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They go through, and its ok. Its ok to feel bad. Its ok for you to wake up that day and not feel as good as you did the day before. And thats ok, and ill be there for you. And in turn, they do the same for me. When im going through tough times, the clients know that, and theyll call me, how you doin . You know, you teach them that its ok to feel. Its ok. And the only way that you can do that is to show them that you feel, too. Now that im in school, to get my ged, i eventually want to go to scho...

Hello. Im ivette torres, and welcome to another edition of the road to recovery. Today, well be talking about peertopeer support services for mental and Substance Use disorders. Joining us in our panel today are leah harris, communications and development coordinator, National Empowerment center, washington, dc; tom hill, director of programs, faces voices of recovery, washington, dc; michael d. Little, forensic advanced certified peer specialist coordinator, Philadelphia Department of Behaviora...

And thats ok, and ill be there for you. And in turn, they do the same for me. When im going through tough times, the clients know that, and theyll call me, how you doin . You know, you teach them that its ok to feel. Its ok. And the only way that you can do that is to show them that you feel, too. Now that im in school, to get my ged, i eventually want to go to school and be in some kind of peer support like you do. Ok. Now that ive come through the pain and the anguish on the other side, ive gr...

Because if the Constitutional Rights can find to incarcerate, they can talk about bail. I think what is so dangerous about that moment and it came to a surface in the bail reform act of 1984, the federal law, the birth of preventative detention which one thought was clearly unconstitutional and then became a public good that changed the whole view of a system. Now we live in a justice preemptive justice, but they will commit other crimes in the future. I would say if we all now agree or at least...

However you define that peer. And so again, what active minds does is not clinical, but we just recognize the connection that young adults make with each other surpasses the connection they can have really with anybody. And as much as parents want to have that hand with their student, with their kid, students and young adults are creating their own identity, and oftentimes they want to shed that a little bit from their family, and they create that in their network of friends, as we heard from be...

Hello, im ivette torres, and welcome to another edition of the road to recovery. Today, well be talking about young adults in recovery, meeting the needs of the millennial generation. Joining us in our panel today are. Ben chin, cofounder, ptr associates, washington, dc; alison malmon, founder, active minds, inc. , washington, dc; vannasang souksavath, Ladder Project coordinator, the institute for health and recovery, cambridge, massachusetts; jim williams, executive director, the association of...

The italian heritage parade and the home giants game and castro street fair all in the same weekend and we dont anticipate near those kind of crowds this time, but we have a sustained effort from july through middle of september. So fewer crowds, less of a logistical problem on one given weekend, but we need to be able to sustain that effort over time and have the staff and resources . We have also been able to put a number of key pieces of infrastructure into place, including the jefferson real...

People coming into system in the first place. Prevention models, more going towards Public Education and health is a longterm investment instead of putting into criminal Justice System. I hope as we continue to develop this and other areas that we are focused in the whole concept and where we can take money away without risking Public Safety and putting money in social services that are more likely over a long period of time to continue to reduce crime and continue to create a safe environment a...

San francisco, he was dumped into a facility in ant i ioch that serves people with dementias and alzheimers and he had no one to talk to because the roommates and building occupants were all too demented and i believe he was i yanked out of state. This counsel needs to closely monitor this item to find out whether San Francisco is doing what we accuse nevada does simply patient dumping and calling it community reintegration. Thank you. Mr. Grace. I have a very quick question. Two things really, ...

The common ways that they interact in a negative way, well say, that everyone kind of knows about, are things like facebook and twitter and texting and things like that. But there are a variety of other platforms online where youth are interacting that adults are only just becoming really aware of. Such as . Even things like instagram. You know, they can even have negative interactions with instagram. So, the key thing for parents to know with all of that, well really, there are two main things ...