NAPHS YOUTH SERVICES LEADERSHIP
FORUM January 16,
2003 Washington, DC NAPHS Director of Government
Relations Kathleen M. Sheehan (center) joins Annie B. White (left)
from the office of Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Beth Foley (right) of the
National Association of State Directors of Education.
Robert Kreider
(right), Chief Operating Officer of the Devereux Foundation, and Sybil Potts
of Kids Behavioral Health, LLC share examples of their programming for youth.
H. Neil Campbell
(left), CEO of Keystone Education & Youth Services, confers with Mike
Lindley (right), of Keystones Board of Trustees.
NAPHS Secretary
Kevin P. Sheehan, President & CEO of Youth and Family Centered Services,
participates in a working discussion on advocacy strategies.
Isa M. Diaz
(left), Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations, Ramsay Youth Services,
Inc.; Anne Anthony (second from left), CEO of Willow Crest Hospital, Inc.;
Scott Anthony, M.D. (second from right), Board Member, Willow Crest Hospital,
Inc.; and Laura Nash (right), Director of Professional & Community
Relations, Foundations Behavioral Health, participate in a discussion of priorities
for the NAPHS Youth Services Committee.
Ronald Bernstein
(left), CEO of Foundations Behavioral Health, and Isa M. Diaz (right),
Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations, Ramsay Youth Services, Inc., share
thoughts on top advocacy agenda priorities for the NAPHS Youth Services Committee
with Committee Chair Edward Irby (standing). Among issues identified
by Forum participants as important for 2003 are:
- partnering
with community providers to build systems of care
- advocating
for expanded special education funding
- pressing
for collaboration among funding stream managers
- proving
the behavioral healthcare we provide is affordable.
Made
possible with an educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company 
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