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  1. Non-Profit Resource Index

    Non-Profit Resource Index ​Colorado ...

  2. HUD Housing Guidance: 60-Day Wait Time & Olmstead

    lists for housing resources can have a negative impact on the well being of participants and reduce ...

  3. Neurodiversity and Homelessness

    . Please see a number of resources in the Neurodiversity section in our Knowledge Hub here ...

  4. Miscellaneous

    Resources ...

  5. "THE FINDINGS SUGGEST THE PRESENCE OF BOTH BIAS AND ERROR AND SUGGEST EVEN 'WELL-CREDENTIALED' PSYCHIATRISTS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS CAN REACH AN INCORRECT DIAGNOSIS."

    Illness Policy Organization & the Treatment Advocacy Center for exposing the lack of treatment ...

  6. Pretenses of Inclusion, Needs for Emergency Funds for Vulnerable People with Disabilities

    fit.            A little bit of that goes a long way.             The mental health advocacy ...

  7. CO Medicaid Community Transition Services (CTS) -- 8.553 (Transition Services from the Nursing Home to the Community)

    cross-disability peer counseling; and individual and systems advocacy. Transition Coordinator ...

  8. " 'Defund the Police" Means 'Invest in the Resources Our Communities Need' " or Don't Cost Shift to the Police

    'Defund The Police' Means 'Invest In The Resources That Our Communities Need ...

  9. Crisis Services in CO, the US & Around the World

    Photo Credit: WikiMedia Commons ​ Crisis Service Resources ...

  10. ANOTHER DISABILITY SCANDAL IN COLORADO DUE TO LACK OF RESOURCES --IN ONE OF THE TOP ECONOMIES OF THE COUNTRY

    Not enough arguments

  11. Our Kafkaesque Fixation on Forced Care Statutes Often Misses the LARGER Problem of RESOURCES

    Not enough arguments

  12. Calendar Park

    reaching out to offer you some positive feedback on the suicide prevention resources listed on your page ...

  13. CAN THE FEDS GET US TO "MEASURABLE GOALS"

    to see how we are going to get out of this without RE-ALLOCATING RESOURCES ...

  14. Arapahoe H.S. & the divergent failures in the Public School & Mental Health Systems

    System during the last few decades has not had the resources to serve people with Intensive Mental ...

  15. State DUTY to MODIFY PROGRAMS to bring HOUSING & Services to Scale for people with Disabilities who are institutionalized or at risk of institutionalization

    : To raise this with the STATE and ask for more resources toseek NON-EMERGENCY CIVIL COMMITMENT ...

  16. We Need To Get Real About the State of the Science & "Mental Health Treatment Adherence"

    in advocacy upon the client’s behalf. A lawyer is not bound, however, to press ...

  17. Mass Shooting  -- A rare event that underscores common shortages for High Need Cognitive Disability

    ) When judges talk about these problems --- they often talk about the need for "RESOURCES ...

  18. ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF UNCERTIFIED "GRAVELY DISABLED"

    the State and demand for "reasonable accommodations" as resources allow -- more work on that has now been ...

  19. ARE CO SHERIFFS LEADING THE WAY ON RESIDENTIAL SERVICES?

    this issue with resources about getting rid of or greatly restricting AdSeg.                   The 2020 ...

  20. "BEHAVING WISELY" ----OFTEN INVOLVES A FAIR AMOUNT OF DIFFICULTY AND RE-ALLOCATION OF TIME, ENERGY & RESOURCES

    ​ A big part of Orchid began with the idea that MENTAL HEALTH housing, ...

  21. A Public Health Approach to Criminal Justice

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  • Home
    • About Orchid >
      • Why Orchid?
      • ORCHID'S SYSTEMIC FOCUS & "ROOT CAUSE" ANALYSIS APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING WITH A COMMITMENT TO CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
      • Disclaimers, Limitations and An Invitation
      • Orchid Board
      • Orchid Book Club
      • Conjecture, Science & Translational Research & Medicine
      • Orchid Themes & Symbols
      • The Tipping Point
      • Orchid's Website Advertising Policy
      • Statement for Potential Website Contributors
      • Contact
  • Blogs
    • Val's Blog
    • Val's Blog 2
    • ​TRANSLATIONAL/ ​TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE MONDAY
    • NEURO-DIVERSITY Wednesday
    • Olmstead Law & Order Thursday
    • Translational Medicine Friday
    • Translational Love, Relationships & Neuro-Diversity Saturday
  • Orchid's A-Z Index
    • Crisis Services in CO, the US & Around the World
    • Assertive Community Treatment & Flexible ACT Index
    • Housing & Homelessness Index
    • Criminal Justice
    • Innovation Index
    • For More: See the Main Orchid Index Page
  • US Federal
    • THE IMD RULE & ADMIN. ENFORCEMENT OF DISABILITY CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS
    • Medicaid & Supportive Housing & Housing-Related Services
    • CMS' FAILURE TO COVER HOUSING FOR LTC & THE IMD RULE: WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS DISCRIMINATION
    • National Take
  • Immunology & Mental Health
    • Alcoholism & the Immune System & Mental Health
    • Brain Injury, the Immune System & Mental Health
    • Celiac Disease & Sensitivities, the Immune System & Mental Illness
    • Mental Illness & The Immune System
    • Racial Discrimination & the Immune System & Mental Health
    • Trauma & the Immune System & Mental Health
    • ***Physical Health Issues, the Immune System & Mental Health Index
  • University of Chicago: Institute of Translational Medicine
  • Hot Topics
    • What We Want --- SAMHSA Grant Opportunities Due Jan. 22, 2019
    • Anti-Social Personality Disorder >
      • DECONSTRUCTING ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER AND PSYCHOPATHY: A GUIDELINES-BASED APPROACH TO PREJUDICIAL PSYCHIATRIC LABELS [Hofstra Law Review 2013]
      • Personality Disorders -- Unscientific & Vague -- Must Be Reformed
    • Executive Functioning & "Prison Brain" >
      • Job Accommodation Network on Executive Functioning Deficits
    • Medicaid & Medicare Network Adequacy >
      • OIG: STATE STANDARDS FOR ACCESS TO CARE IN MEDICAID MANAGED CARE (Sept. 2014)
      • OIG: ACCESS TO CARE: PROVIDER AVAILABILITY IN MEDICAID MANAGED CARE (Dec. 2014)
      • GAO 15-710: MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Actions Needed to Enhance CMS Oversight of Provider Network Adequacy (Aug. 2015)
      • CMS: Promoting Access in Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care: A Toolkit for Ensuring Provider Network Adequacy and Service Availability (April 2017)
    • Medicaid Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder Parity >
      • CMS Parity Compliance Toolkit Applying Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Requirements to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs [Jan. 17, 2017]
      • Frequently Asked Questions: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Final Rule for Medicaid and CHIP [CMS October 11, 2017]
    • Olmstead Disability Rights >
      • Statement of the Department of Justice on Enforcement of the Integration Mandate of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Olmstead v. L.C. (2011)
      • Comprehensive Olmstead Planning
      • the Logical Long Term Consequences of our failure to provide Intensive Community MH Treatment
      • Olmstead Nation ---State Pages: How Far to Comply with Olmstead?
  • Take A Walk Around Orchid's Resource Block
  • Colorado Abuse & Neglect Scandals Involving People with Disabilities
  • Mental Health By The Numbers
  • New Science Is Amazing AND It Has HUGE Moral Implications for Our Society: NOW
  • Olmstead & Homelessness
  • Double V
  • " 'Defund the Police" Means 'Invest in the Resources Our Communities Need' " or Don't Cost Shift to the Police
  • VAGUE OLMSTEAD PLANS, EXPENSIVE LITIGATION
  • Updating & Reforming our Understanding & Treatment of "Anti-Social Personality Disorder" Blog
  • Reform of " Anti-Social Personality Disorder" in Criminal Justice
  • CO HB22-1278
  • New Understandings Matter
  • Mental Health, Ethics & Law
  • CO Olmstead Disability Homeless Law & Policy Project
  • Inflammation, the Immune System, Neuro-Developmental Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders, Substance Use Issues & Chronic Disease
  • Microglia and the Brain's Immune System
  • Substance Issues & the Immune System