department of behavioral health and intellectual disability services, philadelphia, pennsylvania; fran harding, director, center for substance abuse prevention, substance abuse and mental health services administration, u.s. department of health and human services, rockville, maryland; john shinholser, president, mcshin foundation, richmond, virginia; pat taylor, executive director, faces & voices of recovery, washington, d.c. fran, why is there a need to increase public awareness and support related to mental and substance use disorders? it's a good question because many people are thinking that they've seen way too much information on this, and, in fact, what we have learned is that we have to get the message out so people understand the facts. they understand that substance abuse and mental health disorders are-is just another chronic illness or problem in the public health realm, and we want-as we move closer to health reform, we want the american public to understand that where we fit into overall health and general medicine. so we're-we need to get the message not only to parents, not only to young people, but to schools, to faith-based organizations, to communities, to businesses. every piece of america needs to understand how s

u.s. department of health and human services. test, test, test, test, test, test, test >> good morning, everyone welcome to the board of supervisors finance committee special meeting for june 17th. i'm supervisor mark farrell joined by erick moore and other supervisors. i'd like to thank the clerk mr. vic as well as the members of sftv covering this meeting mr. clerk do we have any announcements >> yes, please silence all electronic devisess. items acted upon today will be acted on today's agenda unless otherwise stated >> just to give the public a announcement we're going to take care of some budget things first. we have time constraints i want to make sure we call everyone up in order so people can go back to their day jobs >> item number one technology to enter into the 7th amendment into the radio project between the city and a motor role to $8 million. >> marble who is here. so mark if you would come up and just speak about this item and then we'll take comment >> good morning. thank you for the report deborah. so this contra

u.s. department of health and human services. few cities have. and now, please join me in welcoming the mayor of our great city the honorable edwin m. lee (applause) . . >> thank you very much mr. davis for that introduction, happy valentine's everybody ... >>> (applause) . >> wow what a wonderful occasion. i mean how can you be today valentine's day in a room full of heros on the field of heros yeah (applause) in the innovation capital of the world the world class city of san francisco congratulations everybody for being a hero today. you know the san francisco hospital foundation the general hospital foundation has been such a wonderful wonderful entity and i want to just thank stephanie your leadership, i want to thank julie and rich at the board with all of the other board members, the staff at the hospital, all of the staph, you know sometimes the doctors have to do it's emergency work but what makes that whole hospital run is literally everybody that works at the hospital from the social workers to the accountants to the administrators to th

u.s. department of health and human services. few cities have. e in welcoming the mayor of our great city the honorable edwin m. lee (applause) . .

u.s. department of health and human services. [music] the national alliance on mental illness, also known as nami, has a mission to help improve the lives of people affected by mental illness. the bottom line is to save lives and to support recovery. our approach in support groups and education groups and what we do on the information helpline really has to do with recovery and the ability of each person to live in the community as much as possible to engage and to give people the idea that recovery is a possibility, that people with these illnesses from depression to schizophrenia live in the community and have lives and work, and none of this means that your life is going to come to an end. in my lifetime, people used to whisper about cancer. they wouldn't talk about it. it was not talked about. and it's the same with mental illness-that people don't want to talk about it because it can be debilitating. it's critical that we really do have a national dialogue on it and that the national dialogue frankly not focus on worst case s

services and continued research by the private and public sectors. samson's strategy to reduce use and misuse aligns with the four-part strategy. we work across u.s. department of health and human services by participating in the behavioral health coordinating committee's prescription drug abuse subcommittee. we are an active partnership with the cdc, the fda, the office of the national coordinator health information technology, nih and others aimed at preventing and treating prescription drug use and abuse. according to our 2011 national survey, nonmedical use ranks as the second most common ill lis sis class drugs in the united states. you've mentioned these data, and there's no need for me to repeat it, but it is important to note that there was a slight decline in nonmedical use between 2010 and 2011 which suggests that the national, state and local efforts to reduce prescription drug misuse may be having an impact. state prescription drug monitoring programs are an important component in government efforts to prevent and reduce drug abuse. pdmps have the goal of preventing prescription drug use and misuse as well as illegal diversion. in 2005 the national all schedules pre

of last year, he testified in the u.s. hupes regarding the u.s. department of health and human services preventative services mandate. his testimony was persuasive to other faith groups at a time when the threat was not directed to that of his own faith community. you might also be familiar with his televised communication last september. e vid described the levitical itzvah to moses, proclaim this to all abroad. this is a command from the shofar. the rabbi explained in his invocation that the same mitzvah is emballetsened -- emblazened on the liberty bell in philadelphia. please join me in welcoming him. [applause] >> thank you for that introduction. it is a privilege to be here with you. jonathan sacks, the chief rabbi of the united kingdom, recently wrote a book entitled, "the home we build together." in this book, he, a british jew, and a member of the british house of loffed lords, reflects on religious pluralism in america. he says, quote, "whn whenever i visit washington, d.c. i make a point to see presidential memorials. jefferson, roosevelt, lincoln. each care indescriptions taken from their words. london ha

the health and human services department says it is very sympathetic to the situation and aims to be fair. >>> six u.s. members of congress are winding down a week in russia. they concluded that the u.s. and russia could have worked better together to try to prevent the boston marathon bombings. officials said tsarnaev and his mother had had radical beliefs before they came to the u.s. >>> in turkey thousands of people are clashing with police in istanbul. medics are taking away the wounded. anti-government demonstrators have been clashing with police and fired back with water cannons and teargas. the situation in turkey is developing quickly. more protests have been reported around the country. our senior international correspondent ivan watson is in istanbul. ivan, sounds like these things are flaring up again. >> reporter: miguel, i'm having a little trouble hearing you. but i'm maybe about a mile away from the scare which was the battleground for 36 hours from friday to saturday between riot cops and demonstrators. that place is controlled by demonstrators. i'm next to a big soccer stadium where there is a cr

u.s. department of health and human services. >> cents and cisco's buses and trains serve many writers --an francisco buses and trains serve many riders. the need to be sure they can get off at their intended stop. >> deputy city attorney john givner, during the closed session the committee voted 3-0 to forward items 9, 10, 13 and 14 to the full board with recommendation. voted 3-0 to table item 12. and continue item 11 to the call of the chair. for item 8, the committee voted to recuse supervisor yee from participation because of the personal relationship with the attorney representing the plaintiff. and by a 2-0 vote, continued that matter to the call of the chair. >> thank you. colleagues can i have a motion to not disclose what happened in closed session? >> so moved. >> is there a second. >> second. >> with no objection, the motion passes. [ gavel ] madame clerk, is there anything else on the agenda? >> no, mr. chair. >> if there is nothing further, the meeting is adjourned. [ gavel ]