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		<title>Deals means hundreds of people with mental illness will leave nursing facilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent settlement of a case filed in Brooklyn federal court in 2006 means the State of New York has 3 years to move everyone who qualifies out of nursing facilities and into the community. They must also reform their assessment process. The state has promised to develop 200 new units of supported housing: units, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5082782&amp;post=198&amp;subd=ctkeepthepromise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Community Health Network awarded 5-year contract in CT</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Community Health Network (CHN), one of 3 health care companies that currently administers health care coverage mainly to people on the HUSKY program, won the 5-year contract to administer health care coverage for nearly 600,000 low-income children, families, seniors, and adults with disabilities. CHN will take over the entire Medicaid population starting on Jan. 1. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5082782&amp;post=196&amp;subd=ctkeepthepromise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Families with Parents who have a mental illness</title>
		<link>http://ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/families-with-parents-who-have-a-mental-illness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com/?p=194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to an analyses of the National Cormorbidity Study, data indicates that equal or greater percentages of people with &#8220;serious and persistent mental illness&#8221; compared to people without mental illness. A total of 67.2% of the women with SPMI are mothers and 75.5 % of men with SPMI are fathers. In fact, men with SPMI [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5082782&amp;post=194&amp;subd=ctkeepthepromise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Next year&#8217;s projected deficits &#8211; no cuts to mental health care!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With last year&#8217;s deficit being filled by use of stimulus funds and other one-time measures, mental health advocates must continue to reach out to decision-makers with real stories of why cuts to mental health services and supports, including housing and other safety net measures, will only compound costs and disrupt lives. Read an article about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5082782&amp;post=192&amp;subd=ctkeepthepromise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CT State Budget not quite finalized</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Malloy&#8217;s administration acknowledged last week that &#8220;despite ratification of a labor concession-and-savings deal&#8221;, the final details of the budget remain unresolved. This means that some critical safety net services may still be at risk &#8211; call your legislators/the governor today to let them know that mental health services and supports are cost-effective and critical [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5082782&amp;post=189&amp;subd=ctkeepthepromise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social Security Disability applications up 50%, on brink of insolvency</title>
		<link>http://ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/social-security-disability-applications-up-50-on-brink-of-insolvency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com/?p=187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether due to laid off workers, aging baby boomers, economy, or structural defects, new Congressional estimates say the trust fund that support Social Security Disability (SSD) will run out of money by 2017. Meanwhile, this means longer waits for people with disabilities. Please copy and paste or click on the link to read the whole [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5082782&amp;post=187&amp;subd=ctkeepthepromise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CT Unions Ratify Concessions Agreement!</title>
		<link>http://ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/ct-unions-ratify-concessions-agreement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Union Concession Deal has been ratified! A tally of the vote has been released, excluding the police unions who will finish voting today, announcing that every bargaining unit passed the agreement: Final Popular Total = 73%; Per capita vote: 98.06%. Read a press release from the Governor&#8217;s office here: http://www.governor.ct.gov/malloy/cwp/view.asp?A=4010&#038;Q=484798<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5082782&amp;post=184&amp;subd=ctkeepthepromise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Malloy of CT tells Superintendants &#8220;We Can&#8217;t Afford to Fail Any of our Students&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/gov-malloy-of-ct-tells-superintendants-we-cant-afford-to-fail-any-of-our-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com/?p=182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Behavioral health issues are the #1 reason for school drop-out amongst all disability groups.  Students with disabilities have additional barriers to overcome which are compounded by issues such as poverty, race &#38; ethnicity to name a few.  Keep the Promise CT &#8211; make sure children with mental health issues and other disabilities have equal opportunities [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5082782&amp;post=182&amp;subd=ctkeepthepromise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide Prevention within CT Police Departments</title>
		<link>http://ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/suicide-prevention-within-ct-police-departments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com/?p=180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday, August 10th, more than 300 police officers from police departments across CT were asked to examine their cultures in order to better prepare to identify, discuss, and prevent Department suicides caused by things like on-the-job stress buildup, P.T.S.D., depression and other conditions that can lead to suicide. Four CT police officers have committed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5082782&amp;post=180&amp;subd=ctkeepthepromise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CT&#8217;s Budget:  Spending, Revenue &amp; Cuts</title>
		<link>http://ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/cts-budget-spending-revenue-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/cts-budget-spending-revenue-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please check out this link to an article in the CT Mirror entitled: “Study: Connecticut One of Few States Spending Above Pre-Recession Levels” http://www.ctmirror.org/story/13521/new-study-finds-connecticut-one-few-states-spend-above-pre-recession-levels Connecticut is one of just seven states that has elevated spending above the levels budgeted before the recent recession, after adjustments for inflation and federal assistance are made, according to a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ctkeepthepromise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5082782&amp;post=178&amp;subd=ctkeepthepromise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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