Watch a recording of a NAMI GLAC town hall about Care Court

Watch a recording of a NAMI GLAC town hall about Care Court

A recording of our Town Hall with the LA County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) on the Care Act is available to you.

Hosted by NAMI GLAC’s Executive Director, Traute Winters, Jennifer Hunt, Psy.D., Acting Senior Deputy Director of Reentry Services at LACDMH, and Jean Ho from Los Angeles County’s Chief Executive Office provide information on Care Court and a conceptual overview of CARE Act proceedings. This is also your opportunity to provide feedback and ask questions. 

Information on the Care Act can be found at https://www.chhs.ca.gov/care-act/.

Click here if you would like a copy of the presentation slides used during the town hall.

NAMI LA County Conference Recap

NAMI LA County Conference Recap

The NAMI LA County Conference was a smashing success. Over 300 people attended the event on November 13th and appreciated being “together again for mental health.” They soaked in the stirring testimonies and information from providers, peers, and advocates presenting at the day-long conference.

If you happened to miss the conference or would like to view a playlist of selected presentations or look over a gallery of photos that capture the sense of shared community, please view our landing page by using the button below.

New NAMI Long Beach/Whittier Landing Page

New NAMI Long Beach/Whittier Landing Page

NAMI GLAC now offers meeting dates and times for support groups and classes for members of our Long Beach and Whittier areas.

Please click the button below to sign up to read about upcoming Peer-to-Peer and Family-to-Family classes, along with meeting times for Connections support groups.

Check out NAMI GLAC’s appearance on KNBC’s “California Live”

Check out NAMI GLAC’s appearance on KNBC’s “California Live”

On Wednesday, July 19th, NAMI Greater Los Angeles County’s Executive Director Traute Winters, along with NAMI GLAC Walk Manager and Family Support Group Facilitator Gigi de Pourtales and Connection Facilitator Ryder Davis joined KNBC’s California Live’s Danielle Nottingham for a conversation about the background of NAMI GLAC and the emotional support and purpose NAMI’s support groups provided Gigi and Ryder.

Deborah Freund Joins the Board of Directors for NAMI Greater Los Angeles County

Deborah Freund Joins the Board of Directors for NAMI Greater Los Angeles County

Deborah Freund is a full-time research professor in the School of Community & Global Health (SCGH). She is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Population Health Science at The College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific and the Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA. In the past, she has served as the RAND Corporation’s O’Neill-Alcoa Chair of Policy Analysis, the president of Claremont Graduate University, the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, and a Distinguished Professor of Public Administration and Economics at Syracuse University, and the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculties, and Professor of Public Affairs, Economics, and Medicine at Indiana University. She served as executive director of the American Society of Health Economists from 2019 to 2020. Before she completed her PhD, she worked at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

She began her academic career as an assistant and associate professor in the Health Policy and Administration departments at the Gillings School of Global Public Health and the Economics Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was one of the first scholars to study Medicaid and is known for her research and evaluation of Medicaid-managed care and the outcomes and costs of total knee replacement. She wrote the Australian guidelines on pharmacoeconomics—legislation that determines national drug prices through cost-effectiveness analysis and setting a reference price—a practice that has spread worldwide. She was on the team that designed the Medical Care Expenditures Panel Survey and was the team’s principal investigator that created the Fair Health Database.

Freund is the author of over 100 refereed articles and chapters, two books, and has been on the editorial board of 10 journals and publishers. Her current interests are in Medicaid managed care, health disparities, the impact of the Medicaid expansion under the ACA, how COVID-19 has impacted access to care and insurance coverage, and vaccine hesitancy. She has received numerous grants and contracts for her research, totaling over $50 million as principal investigator and another $50 million as a co-principal investigator or participant. Funding agencies have included CMS (formerly HCFA), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the New York State Health Foundation, AHRQ, NIH, NSF, and the states of Vermont and Ohio.

Freund has been a recipient of the Kershaw Prize, which is given to a scholar under the age of 40 by the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management; the J.S. Drotman Award from the American Public Health Association, which recognizes an individual younger than 30 who has creatively challenged public health; and the Board of Trustees Award from the American Hospital Association. In the past, Freund has consulted for members of Congress, the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine), Cerner, and several pharmaceutical companies.

Her current board service includes Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the San Antonio Regional Hospital, and the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. Her previous board service included Cedars Sinai, The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), Excellus Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Med-America, AcademyHealth, and Tuition Plan. In the past, she also was a very active member of The American Public Health Association, where she chaired the medical care section. She has also served on many advisory boards, including the Duke University Evaluation Hub, the Catalyst for Health Reform, and the dean’s advisory board for the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. She was chair of the American Hospital Association’s Board of Health Research and Education Trust and the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA). Freund was elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance in 2003.

She received a Master’s Degree in applied economics, a Master of public health degree in medical care administration, and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan.

About The National Alliance on Mental Illness Greater Los Angeles County (NAMI GLAC)

NAMI GLAC is the leading countywide organization composed of grassroots-based chapters that promote wellness, recovery, equality, and dignity for individuals and families affected by mental illness and the community at large. They work to provide leadership in advocacy, education, support, and public awareness throughout Los Angeles County.

Mental illness can be treated, and people living with mental illness can recover to live fulfilling lives. All NAMI programs and services are free of charge for individuals living with mental illness and families and friends who care for them.

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