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Join behavioral health providers, consumers, and concerned citizens in pushing back on CareSource's unethical business practices! Meet on the sidewalk at the corner of E Monument Ave and Main St. outside of CareSource headquarters (230 N Main St., Dayton, OH 45402) on FRIDAY, MAY 1ST at 3 PM. Bring a sign and your story! NASW Ohio will be inviting press to this event.

RSVP at www.naswoh.org/CareSourceProtest to help NASW Ohio get a headcount for planning!

Parking: There is street metered parking and a number of parking garages and lots close by, the closest are:
First Street Garage (23 W First St., Dayton, OH 45402)
AirGarage | Public Parking - Downtown Main Street Parking (125 N Main St., Dayton, OH 45402)
For street parking, you can download the Passport Parking App ahead of time.

Questions? Email [email protected]

Not sure what is happening with CareSource? CareSource announced that, due to an overpayment error, they plan to reduce reimbursement rates for some services by 15% and retroactively recoup payments to providers (or "clawback" payments) from the last two years. Actions that will put some providers in a financially untenable position, and hurt access to services for those who use Medicaid across Ohio. Read and sign the petition at www.naswoh.org/CareSourcePetition

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Ohio mental health providers sound alarm over CareSource Medicaid payment clawbacks A surprise move by CareSource, Ohio’s largest Medicaid managed care provider, is sending shockwaves through the state’s mental health community and raising concerns that care for thousands of patients...

Some days, we move through life like everything has to be earned through stress.

Like if it isn’t difficult, it doesn’t count.
Like if we are not overthinking, fixing, carrying, pushing, then somehow we are falling behind.

But not everything meaningful has to arrive through heaviness.

Sometimes healing looks like a good laugh in the middle of a messy day.
Sometimes hope looks like sunlight on the wall, a kind message, your favorite song, a cup of coffee, or one peaceful moment where your body finally softens.

Small things are not small when they bring you back to yourself.

A simple moment can interrupt a hard day.
A simple reminder can calm a tired mind.
A simple act of care can help you remember that life is not only about surviving it.

There is strength in softness too.
There is wisdom in choosing ease when you can.
And there is nothing lazy or naive about letting yourself receive a little light.

So if today feels heavy, do not pressure yourself to fix everything at once.
Just look for one gentle thing.
One thing that feels lighter.
One thing that helps you breathe deeper.
One thing that reminds you that not every part of life has to hurt in order to matter.

A small exercise for today:

Pause for one minute and ask yourself,
what is one simple thing I can let myself enjoy today without guilt?
Then actually do it.
Notice how your body feels before and after.

Sometimes that is how we begin again.
Not with a huge breakthrough.
But with one soft moment that reminds us life can hold ease too.

Save this for the days when everything feels harder than it should, and send it to someone who needs a little softness today 💖