{"id":14161,"date":"2014-05-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T12:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:00:38","slug":"vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Vt. agencies participate in Mental Health Advocacy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Council for Mental Wellbeing, representing over 2000 member organizations nationwide, held its annual conference in Washington, D.C., from May 5 to 7 culminating with Hill Day 2014, the Council\u2019s advocacy day. Vermont was well represented at Hill Day with 17 professionals, from several Vermont Designated Agencies, on hand to advocate for the families and communities they serve.<\/p>\n

The Vermont delegation met with Sen. Bernard Sanders, and staff from the offices of Sen. Patrick Leahy and Congressman Peter Welch. The delegation thanked the legislators for their support of the Excellence in Mental Health Act, which was approved by congress in December and aims to expand access to evidence-based community healthcare for children and adults with serious mental illness.<\/p>\n

Link to Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Council for Mental Wellbeing, representing over 2000 member organizations nationwide, held its annual conference in Washington, D.C., from May 5 to 7 culminating with Hill Day 2014, the … Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"topic":[],"news-type":[172],"class_list":["post-14161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","news-type-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nVt. agencies participate in Mental Health Advocacy Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Council for Mental Wellbeing held its annual conference in D.C. from May 5 to 7 culminating with Hill Day 2014, the Council\u2019s advocacy day.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vt. agencies participate in Mental Health Advocacy Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Council for Mental Wellbeing held its annual conference in D.C. from May 5 to 7 culminating with Hill Day 2014, the Council\u2019s advocacy day.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mental Health First Aid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-24T17:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-20T17:00:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ray Russell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ray Russell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ray Russell\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#\/schema\/person\/1fa82e1d1174d8f8381b3df3994ae3f9\"},\"headline\":\"Vt. agencies participate in Mental Health Advocacy Day\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-24T17:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-20T17:00:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/\"},\"wordCount\":127,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/\",\"name\":\"Vt. agencies participate in Mental Health Advocacy Day\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-24T17:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-20T17:00:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"The National Council for Mental Wellbeing held its annual conference in D.C. from May 5 to 7 culminating with Hill Day 2014, the Council\u2019s advocacy day.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Vt. agencies participate in Mental Health Advocacy Day\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/\",\"name\":\"Mental Health First Aid\",\"description\":\"Mental Health First Aid\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mental Health First Aid\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/mental-health-first-aid-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/mental-health-first-aid-logo.svg\",\"caption\":\"Mental Health First Aid\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#\/schema\/person\/1fa82e1d1174d8f8381b3df3994ae3f9\",\"name\":\"Ray Russell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es-MX\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40d228a211b9060412e6b79306567b354f1123f0172d2a7a0088eb40543e6be4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40d228a211b9060412e6b79306567b354f1123f0172d2a7a0088eb40543e6be4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ray Russell\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Vt. agencies participate in Mental Health Advocacy Day","description":"The National Council for Mental Wellbeing held its annual conference in D.C. from May 5 to 7 culminating with Hill Day 2014, the Council\u2019s advocacy day.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/","og_locale":"es_MX","og_type":"article","og_title":"Vt. agencies participate in Mental Health Advocacy Day","og_description":"The National Council for Mental Wellbeing held its annual conference in D.C. from May 5 to 7 culminating with Hill Day 2014, the Council\u2019s advocacy day.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/","og_site_name":"Mental Health First Aid","article_published_time":"2014-05-24T17:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-20T17:00:38+00:00","author":"Ray Russell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ray Russell","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/"},"author":{"name":"Ray Russell","@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#\/schema\/person\/1fa82e1d1174d8f8381b3df3994ae3f9"},"headline":"Vt. agencies participate in Mental Health Advocacy Day","datePublished":"2014-05-24T17:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-20T17:00:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/"},"wordCount":127,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"es-MX","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/","name":"Vt. agencies participate in Mental Health Advocacy Day","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-05-24T17:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-20T17:00:38+00:00","description":"The National Council for Mental Wellbeing held its annual conference in D.C. from May 5 to 7 culminating with Hill Day 2014, the Council\u2019s advocacy day.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es-MX","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/news\/vt-agencies-participate-in-mental-health-advocacy-day\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Vt. agencies participate in Mental Health Advocacy Day"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/","name":"Mental Health First Aid","description":"Mental Health First Aid","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es-MX"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#organization","name":"Mental Health First Aid","url":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-MX","@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/mental-health-first-aid-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/mental-health-first-aid-logo.svg","caption":"Mental Health First Aid"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#\/schema\/person\/1fa82e1d1174d8f8381b3df3994ae3f9","name":"Ray Russell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es-MX","@id":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40d228a211b9060412e6b79306567b354f1123f0172d2a7a0088eb40543e6be4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40d228a211b9060412e6b79306567b354f1123f0172d2a7a0088eb40543e6be4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Ray Russell"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19126,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14161\/revisions\/19126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14161"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=14161"},{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}