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ADVOCACY
1. Packet of position papers, news clippings, and flyers from NAMI Nassau County (12 pages)

   CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES

2. Mario E. Jardon, CEO, Citrus Health Network Inc.. on a behavioral health plan for children (2 pages)

   DRUG ABUSE

3. Toni Jennings, President of the Florida Senate, on Drug Summit 2000 (1 page)

   FUNDING NEEDS AND REQUESTS

4. Helen Walter, co-president, NAMI- Nassau County (3 pages)

   LAW ENFORCEMENT

5. Responses from Sheriffs in Leon & Okaloosa Counties on mental health issues   (12 pages)
   Individual responses: Charlie Morris,  Larry Winkleman, J.M. Phillips, Keith Daws, and Patricia Cates

   LEGAL ISSUES

6. Letter from Carol A. Caldwell, director of the Mental Health Advocacy Project, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid,Inc. (1 page)
7. "Under court order: the Supreme Court ruling in Olmstead v. L.C." by the Bazelon Center (39 pages)
8. DHHS letter on the impact of Olmstead v. LC to state Medicaid directors (11 pages)
9. State of FLorida - Year 2000 Resolution (6 pages)

   STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCIES

10. Presentation from the National Organization of State Mental Health Program Directors (6 pages)

    SYSTEM ORGANIZATION

11. Mark Englehardt (3 pages)

    TREATMENT ACCESS

12. Tom Yanick, Director, Behavioral Health Services, Morton Plant Hospital (2 pages)