Reminder 2006 Statewide Leadership Summit November 29, 2006

PLEASE HOLD THIS DATE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Statewide Leadership Summit, Part III

Transforming Maryland�s Public Mental Health System

9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Turf Valley Resort

On Our Own of Maryland and the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law are co-sponsoring a third Statewide Leadership Summit on

Transforming Maryland�s Public Mental Health System.

The conference is being held on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Turf Valley Resort and Conference Center in Ellicott City.

Key speakers include Robert Bernstein, Executive Director of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law; Dr. Daniel Fisher, Commissioner with the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health from Boston, MA; Dr. Brian Hepburn, Executive Director of the Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration; Denise Sulzbach, Project Director with Maryland's Mental Health Transformation Grant, among others.

Maryland has received one of the new five-year federal Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The Summit is designed to engage consumers and other stakeholders in exploring key public policy issues in transforming Maryland's public mental health system and gain input into Maryland's Comprehensive Mental Health Plan which is being developed.

This will be the third Statewide Summit co-hosted by both organizations. On Our Own of Maryland and the Bazelon Center jointly sponsored similar Summits the past two years.

Please hold this date and plan on attending. Further information with agenda and conference brochure will be sent as details are finalized.

If you have any questions, please contact the On Our Own of Maryland office at 410-646-0262

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