The Cloudburst Group Facilitates National Behavioral Health Conference and Policy Academy for Returning Veterans and Their Families
Cloudburst provided facilitation services for “Paving the Way Home: The National Behavioral Health Conference and Policy Academy on Returning Veterans and Their Families.” This national policy academy was sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The purpose of this event was to assist federal, state and local partners to improve and enhance mental health and substance abuse services for returning veterans and their families.
Federal, state and local service providers, military and veterans service organizations, primary care and community health and prevention providers, educators, and advocacy groups were on hand to assist state policy-making teams to develop innovative strategies for dealing with issues facing returning veterans and their families. This included sharing ‘best practices’ and successful program implementation models to build resiliency and stability by preventing and/or treating complex conditions, including mental disorders such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders, as well as suicide, homelessness, domestic violence, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and co-occurring disorders. In addition to providing facilitation services, Cloudburst worked with individual states to develop action plans to help inform and direct policy and programs to assist their returning veterans and their families, whether active duty, National Guard, or reservists.
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