08.13.08

Candidate Forum to Debate Mental Health Issues, Tues. Aug. 26 5-8pm

Posted in Events, GHDC Blog at 7:14 am by M Beauregard


One Voice is a collaborative of diverse organizations in the Greater Houston area working together to ensure that the health and human service needs of all Texans are addressed in legislative, regulatory, funding, and other public policy initiatives.  One Voice includes both Partnership Members, who advocate for health and human service issues, and Resource Members, who provide information needed to support informed decisions.

"WHEN SYSTEMS COLLIDE"
A Candidate Forum to Discuss
HARRIS COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS

One Voice and The Network of Behavioral Health Providers invite you to a Candidates’ Forum at which candidates for key Harris County offices will offer their views on how the office for which they are running and the county can have an impact to ensure that the adult criminal justice system is not the community behavioral health treatment system “safety net”.

It is a well known fact that nation-wide the failure to provide adequate community behavioral health services impacts a community’s criminal justice system. In Harris County, much attention and effort have been paid to providing county inmates needed behavioral health treatment.

But should the Harris County Jail be the largest mental health facility in the state of Texas?

This is a FREE community service event!!

DATE: Tuesday, August 26, 2008

RECEPTION: 5:00 - 6:00 pm     CANDIDATES’ FORUM: 6:00 - 8:00 pm

LOCATION: United Way of Greater Houston, 50 Waugh Drive

Houston, Texas 77007

 CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS:

(listed alphabetically under office)

CANDIDATES FOR HARRIS COUNTY JUDGE

Harris County Judge Ed Emmett

Mr. David Mincberg

 CANDIDATES FOR HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Mr. C.O. “Brad” Bradford

Ms. Pat Lykos

CANDIDATES FOR HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF

City of Houston Council Member Adrian Garcia

Harris County Sheriff Tommy Thomas (Not Confirmed)

This is a FREE community service event!!

Please RSVP by Wednesday, August 20th to:

onevoice@ghcf.org 
or 713.333.2215

 Questions? Please call Candace Spencer at 713.333.2204.

 ~ One Voice ~ 4550 Post Oak Place Drive, Suite 100 ~ Houston TX 77027 ~ 713.333.2232  www.onevoicehouston.org

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