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		<title>Mental Health Staff and Women’s Rights Advocates Urge State Leaders to “Restore Lifesaving Services for Women and Girls</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2023/03/08/mental-health-staff-and-womens-rights-advocates-urge-state-leaders-to-restore-lifesaving-services-for-women-and-girls/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 22:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Senator Matt Lesser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Saud Anwar]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, March 8th, mental health providers in state facilities and partner organizations held a rally and press conference at &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2023/03/08/mental-health-staff-and-womens-rights-advocates-urge-state-leaders-to-restore-lifesaving-services-for-women-and-girls/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Mental Health Staff and Women’s Rights Advocates Urge State Leaders to “Restore Lifesaving Services for Women and Girls</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>OP-ED: &#8220;Donna Brooks: Connecticut lets down women in addiction recovery&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2023/03/06/op-ed-donna-brooks-connecticut-lets-down-women-in-addiction-recovery/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 19:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sisters Together Achieving Recovery]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Written by Donna Brooks for the Hartford Courant Link to the Digital Courant Article here Link to the PDF of &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2023/03/06/op-ed-donna-brooks-connecticut-lets-down-women-in-addiction-recovery/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">OP-ED: &#8220;Donna Brooks: Connecticut lets down women in addiction recovery&#8221;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Solnit Children’s Center In Urgent Need of Staff as Acute Units Remain Closed</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/09/15/solnit-childrens-center-in-urgent-need-of-staff-as-acute-units-remain-closed/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[State Employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2022]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Albert J Solnit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darnell Ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DCF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Children and Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dept of Mental Health and Addiction Services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Middletown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[September 2022]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short Staffing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solnit Children&#039;s Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Staffing Crisis]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Children and families in urgent need of support are waiting to receive mental health care at top state facilities like &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/09/15/solnit-childrens-center-in-urgent-need-of-staff-as-acute-units-remain-closed/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Solnit Children’s Center In Urgent Need of Staff as Acute Units Remain Closed</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Healthcare Workers March on DMHAS Headquarters, Escalate Demands to Staff Open Positions, Expand Lifesaving Services</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/07/20/healthcare-workers-march-on-dmhas-headquarters-escalate-demands-to-staff-open-positions-expand-lifesaving-services/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2022 19:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[2022]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[7.19.22]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blue Hills Hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut Valley Hospital]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Damien Nuzzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DMHAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hartford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[July 2022]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Press Release]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tameka James]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As state-run mental health and addictions facilities are operating below 50% capacity, state healthcare workers and members of District 1199 &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/07/20/healthcare-workers-march-on-dmhas-headquarters-escalate-demands-to-staff-open-positions-expand-lifesaving-services/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Healthcare Workers March on DMHAS Headquarters, Escalate Demands to Staff Open Positions, Expand Lifesaving Services</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Healthcare Providers to March on DMHAS Headquarters, Escalate Demands to Staff Open Positions, Expand Lifesaving Services</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/07/19/healthcare-providers-to-march-on-dmhas-headquarters-escalate-demands-to-staff-open-positions-expand-lifesaving-services/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 23:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[State Employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[7.19.22]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Hills Hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut Valley Hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CVH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dept of Mental Health and Addiction Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DMHAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DMHAS Commissioner Nancy Navaretta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hartford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[July 2022]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short Staffing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Members of District 1199 New England who are state healthcare workers employed by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/07/19/healthcare-providers-to-march-on-dmhas-headquarters-escalate-demands-to-staff-open-positions-expand-lifesaving-services/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Healthcare Providers to March on DMHAS Headquarters, Escalate Demands to Staff Open Positions, Expand Lifesaving Services</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CT in Crisis: Mental Health Symposium to Examine Growing Crisis Among Children &#038; Adults  &#8211; 2022</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/01/11/ct-in-crisis-mental-health-symposium-to-examine-growing-crisis-among-children-adults/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2022 16:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Post]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[State Employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2022]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DCF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Children and Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DMHAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[front featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[January 2022]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Press Release]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery For All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Symposium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zoom Conference]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 10:00 a.m., legislators and mental health experts held a symposium to highlight the growing and &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2022/01/11/ct-in-crisis-mental-health-symposium-to-examine-growing-crisis-among-children-adults/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">CT in Crisis: Mental Health Symposium to Examine Growing Crisis Among Children &#038; Adults  &#8211; 2022</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Workers Denounce DMHAS’ Shut Down of Young Adult Services Residence in Hartford</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/10/26/workers-denounce-dmhas-shut-down-of-young-adult-services-residence-in-hartford/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2021 17:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Press Releases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[10.26.21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRMHC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DMHAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hilltop Residential Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Luke Bronin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October 2021]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Press Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Young Adult Services]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mental health workers expressed serious concerns Tuesday for Governor NedLamont’s intent to close a 10-bed residence providing transitional living services &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/10/26/workers-denounce-dmhas-shut-down-of-young-adult-services-residence-in-hartford/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Workers Denounce DMHAS’ Shut Down of Young Adult Services Residence in Hartford</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>State Healthcare Workers and Legislators Demand Halt to Downsizing of Public Safety Net</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/05/24/state-healthcare-workers-and-legislators-demand-halt-to-downsizing-of-public-safety-net/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 23:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Unidad Latina en Acción]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Legislators, Recovery For All Connecticut coalition, frontline doctors, nurses, mental health staff, social workers, and other state healthcare workers will &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/05/24/state-healthcare-workers-and-legislators-demand-halt-to-downsizing-of-public-safety-net/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">State Healthcare Workers and Legislators Demand Halt to Downsizing of Public Safety Net</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>State Healthcare Workers Block Traffic in Middletown to Demand End to Staffing Crisis</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/05/06/state-healthcare-workers-block-traffic-in-middletown-to-demand-end-to-staffing-crisis/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2021 15:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[State Employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albert J Solnit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut Valley Hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CVH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DCF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Children and Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Media Advisory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middletown]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Whiting Forensic Hospital]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Frontline doctors, nurses, mental health workers, social workers and other healthcare workers from Connecticut Valley Hospital, Whiting Forensic Hospital and &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/05/06/state-healthcare-workers-block-traffic-in-middletown-to-demand-end-to-staffing-crisis/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">State Healthcare Workers Block Traffic in Middletown to Demand End to Staffing Crisis</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Moral Budget Requires Funding State Services to Meet Growing Need of CT Residents</title>
		<link>https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/04/01/moral-budget-requires-funding-state-services-to-meet-growing-need-of-ct-residents-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamarri Johnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 21:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Front Feature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#ExpandServices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#SaveLives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4.1.21]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The State of Connecticut must provide adequate funding for public services to save lives. The COVID-19 pandemic and its side &#8230; <a href="https://www.seiu1199ne.org/2021/04/01/moral-budget-requires-funding-state-services-to-meet-growing-need-of-ct-residents-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Moral Budget Requires Funding State Services to Meet Growing Need of CT Residents</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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