How Can I Find Out About the Idaho Behavioral Health Council (IBHC)?
Watch this video of the October 6, 2021 presentation by David (Dave) Jeppesen, Director of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare who spoke about the Idaho Behavioral Health Council and its new Strategic Action Plan. The council was established in 2020 to bring together all three branches of state government, local governments, and community partners to develop a statewide plan to ensure an effective, efficient, recovery-oriented healthcare system for all adults, children, and their families who live with mental illness and addiction.
How Can I Find Out More About ACEs?
Additional Resources referred to in the presentations noted above:
- ACEs Awareness Questionnaire
- Resilience Questionnaire
- Idaho ACEs Data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Additional Resources about ACEs and Resilience in Idaho:
- Video link from the Moscow League program (Apr. 2021) The Idaho Resilience Project – Shaping Healthy and Resilient Communities with Jean Mutchie, Roger Sherman, Shannon McGuire: Idaho Resilience Project
- Idaho Public TV documentary (Feb. 2021) Resilience: Hope Lives Here
- Honorable Bryan K. Murray’s article (June 2020) “The Pandemic of Adverse Childhood Experiences: Courts and the Health of Idaho Citizens”: The Pandemic of ACEs
- “Idaho ranks among worst states for childhood trauma. Here’s the path forward” (Dec. 2019) by Scott McIntosh, Idaho Statesman: Idaho ranks among the worst states for childhood trauma
- Idaho Public TV documentary (Oct. 2019) Resilient Idaho: Hope After Trauma
Additional Resource about ACEs:
A 15-minute TED Talk by Nadine Burke Harris (Sept. 2014): How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime
What League Positions Inform BRACEs’ Work?
Our committee’s work is based on the following national League positions and policies:
- From page 143: Impact on Issues 2020-2022
Early Intervention for Children at Risk
The League’s Position
Statement of Position on Early Intervention for Children at Risk, as adopted by the 1994 Convention:
The League of Women Voters of the United States believes that early intervention and prevention measures are effective in helping children reach their full potential. The League supports policies and programs at all levels of the community and government that promote the well-being, encourage the full development, and ensure the safety of all children.
- From page 129-131 Impact on Issues 2020-2022
Health Care
The League’s Position
Statement of Position on Health Care, as announced by the National Board, April 1993 and supplemented by concurrence to add Behavioral Health, June 2016:
BASIC LEVEL OF QUALITY CARE: Every U.S. resident should have access to a basic level of care that includes the prevention of disease, health promotion and education, primary care (including prenatal and reproductive health), acute care, long-term care, and mental health care. Every U.S. resident should have access to affordable, quality in- and out-patient behavioral health care, including needed medications and supportive service that is integrated with, and achieves parity with, physical health care.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: The League supports:
- Behavioral health care that is integrated with, and achieves parity with, physical health care
- Health education—from early childhood throughout life—that integrates all aspects of social, emotional, and physical health and wellness.
- Efforts to decrease the stigmatization of, and normalize, behavioral health problems and care
