Lawmakers hear calls to update curriculum July 9, 2019 Boston Globe, The Lowell Sun The MA Joint Committee on Education held a hearing on July 9, 2019 for updating school curriculum. Danna Mauch's testimony on mental health education in Massachusetts K-12 schools is mentioned.
Rules would place ‘gag order’ on committee overseeing solitary confinement in Massachusetts jails and prisons July 8, 2019 masslive.com MAMH and other members of the Department of Correction's Restrictive Housing Oversight Committee are concerned that proposed new regulations that would limit members’ ability to visit prisons and bar them from speaking to the press.
Helping Older Adults Keep the Right to Make their Own Decisions About their Care May 1, 2019 Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care The April 2019 edition of the Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care newsletter focuses on Supported Decision Making as an alternative to guardianship, as well as MAMH's work to promote independence for older adults with mental health conditions.
Urgent Care On Demand, Except This Time For Mental Health April 19, 2019 WBUR Danna Mauch talks with WBUR reporter Martha Bebinger about why walk-in mental health and urgent care centers are so important to increasing timely access to life-saving mental health treatment and supports.
Sheriff Koutoujian Takes Newly-Elected Legislators on Tour of Middlesex Jail and House of Corrections December 18, 2018 Framingham Source Danna Mauch is mentioned as co-chair of the Middlesex County Restoration Commission, which explores the potential for law enforcement and the courts to divert those with mental conditions and/or SUDs from the criminal justice system and towards appropriate treatment.
New direction: Reforms aimed at easing stigma of mental illness and giving more access to treatment July 13, 2018 The Sun Chronicle In an article on new reforms in mental health care, Danna Mauch discusses the increased funding being put towards mental health in the 2019 fiscal budget.
