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OAAF President’s Letters

OAAF President’s Letters

January 2020 Dear Colleagues, We have over 40 years of worldwide ACT research and clinical experience. We know what works and what matters: • Proper funding matters • Model fidelity matters • Staff – client ratios matter • Service saturation matters PROPER FUNDING • Funding for Ontario ACT teams varies dramatically ($800,000 – $1,700,000). • Quebec teams get 1.3 million each. British Columbia teams get $1.7 million each. • Unfortunately, some hospitals and agencies redirect part of their ACT funding to other service areas within the organization. • You simply can’t follow the provincial operational standards and you can’t provide
Losing our Children, Losing Ourselves

Losing our Children, Losing Ourselves

Links to the support materials referenced in Bob Vance's presentation 'Losing Our Children, Losing Ourselves', at OAA Convention 2016 in Niagara Falls.
The Wait for Assertive Community Treatment

The Wait for Assertive Community Treatment

Wait times reflect a demand for services. They are important when looking to prevent health issues from deteriorating, and increase treatment compliance in mental health services.
Join the Ontario ACT Association

Join the Ontario ACT Association

Member agencies of the Ontario ACT Association have access to conference news, newsletters, and online peer group conversations and messaging. What are OAA membership fees used for? Membership fees are used to subsidize conferences, speakers, training, education, research, website development and other issues deemed important by the members. The OAA is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with its members to promote Best Practices in ACT services following current research, literature and ACT standards. What are the benefits of OAA membership? OAA membership offers a better rate for the Conference in October 2016. OAA membership brings newsletters, and online
The New Yorker: June 20, 2016

The New Yorker: June 20, 2016

According to the latest Bureau of Justice Statistics estimate, fifty-six per cent of inmates in state prisons and forty-five per cent of inmates in federal prisons have mental-health disabilities.
Conference Post #2

Conference Post #2

This is a post about the conference. Posts should be fairly brief. They are for newsy, up-to-the-minute items. When the news changes, put up a new post. The most recent posts show up here, rotating on the home page. All posts are archived. In sagittis nibh sit amet justo tempor, vel ornare eros elementum.