Legislators and behavioral health professionals will discuss the mental health challenges and priorities among Westmoreland County residents Friday.<\/p>\n
The fourth annual mental health legislative breakfast, held at the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit, is a partnership between Westmoreland County Commissioner Doug Chew, Mental Health America of Southwestern Pennsylvania and Adelphoi.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s breakfast will focus on the county\u2019s behavioral health priorities; crisis response systems and funding; and workforce challenges and service delivery capacity.<\/p>\n
Chew said it is important to involve legislators and mental health professionals in the discussion.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat alignment is critical as we work to expand access, strengthen our workforce and ensure that services meet the growing need in our communities,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Laurie Barnett-Levine, CEO of Mental Health America of Southwestern Pennsylvania, cited advocacy and collaboration as keys to addressing the area\u2019s mental health challenges and goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe continue to see unprecedented demand for mental health services, alongside ongoing workforce and funding challenges,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cEvents like this legislative breakfast ensure that leaders at every level understand both the urgency of the need and the opportunities to improve outcomes for our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legislators and behavioral health professionals will discuss the mental health challenges and priorities among Westmoreland County residents Friday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[64,63,137,514,515],"class_list":{"0":"post-603062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}