Join The Connecticut Community Non-Profit Alliance, The Keep the Promise Coalition, Mental Health Connecticut, NAMI Connecticut, The National Council for Behavioral Health and BHECON for the Candidates Behavioral Health Roundtable on September 6th, 2018 at 3 PM.

Join legislators, candidates, community behavioral health advocates and constituents in this roundtable discussion highlighting the challenges and opportunities facing Connecticut's behavioral health care delivery system. This event will feature members from the community sharing their experiences and suggested solutions to current challenges faced by Connecticut's behavioral health care delivery system including mental health parity, current workforce shortages, access to treatment, and budgetary needs including community supports.

The event is hosted by APT Foundation at their West Haven location. Off street parking is available and light refreshments will be provided.

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The event is coordinated by the Behavioral Health + Economics Network (BHECON). BHECON is a platform to bring stakeholders, researchers, policy experts and government officials across the fields of behavioral health, criminal justice, and public safety together to consider initiatives and reforms based on sound economic data. BHECON believes leveraging data and engaging diverse stakeholders can drive behavioral health system change to improve the lives of individuals living with serious mental illness. BHECON activities are made possible by generous grants from Alkermes, the New York Community Trust and Genoa.