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		<title>Behavioral Health Advocates Make Inroads – Budget Moving to Senate</title>
		<link>http://oacbha.org/2011/05/05/behavioral-health-advocates-make-inroads-%e2%80%93-budget-moving-to-senate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 13:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late yesterday evening, the Ohio House Finance Committee met to adopt another round of amendments to the state biennial budget bill (HB 153).   Thanks to the calls, e-mails and letters sent by thousands of Ohio’s behavioral health advocates, inroads were made to add some funding to support community mental health and addiction services.  An [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: By the Numbers</title>
		<link>http://oacbha.org/2011/01/27/report-by-the-numbers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mental Health Advocacy Coalition and the Center for Community Solutions has released a report to consolidate and highlight existing statewide data on behavioral health to better inform policy decisions.  The report is entitled By the Numbers: Developing a Common Understanding for the Future of Behavioral Health Care. To read the report, visit http:// www.communitysolutions.com/assets/1/Page/MHAC_StudyDoc_012011.pdf]]></description>
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		<title>OF-1-MIND CAMPAIGN KICK OFF</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities Foundation will be kicking off the OF-1-MIND campaign with a press conference on January 26th, at 1:30 in the Statehouse Atrium.  The public is welcome to attend. The OF-1-MIND campaign is an action-oriented advocacy and education campaign designed to create a shift in public opinion and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Need Advocacy Now!</title>
		<link>http://oacbha.org/2009/11/16/1478/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheri L. Walter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have learned that Senate Republicans will be putting together their response to HB 318 over the next few days. As you know, Senate President Harris has stated he is not in favor of rolling back the Income Tax cut, so Senate Republicans are looking at where they can cut to get the money to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BILL ADVOCACY</title>
		<link>http://oacbha.org/2009/10/19/1341/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheri L. Walter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADVOCACY ACTION REQUIRED!!! This past week the Representative Sykes(D) introduced a bill to postpone for the last of five scheduled income tax rate reductions, and to reduce members of the General Assembly salaries by 5%. This was done so that cuts will not need to be made to education. I cannot express how important it [...]]]></description>
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