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12/01/2021
Governor Lamont Nominates Nancy Navarretta as Psychological Well being and Dependancy Providers Commissioner
Nancy Navarretta
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(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont as we speak introduced that he’s nominating Nancy Navarretta of Hamden to function commissioner of the Connecticut Division of Psychological Well being and Dependancy Providers. On this function, she is going to succeed Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, who left the place in June following her appointment by President Joe Biden to serve in his administration as assistant secretary for psychological well being and substance use on the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Providers.
Navarretta, who has been the division’s deputy commissioner since 2015, has been serving as its appearing commissioner for the final a number of months. Governor Lamont defined that her efficient management throughout this transition interval has been so spectacular that he requested her to completely keep within the place.
“Nancy has devoted her profession to behavioral healthcare service supply and enchancment, and is extremely regarded amongst her friends all through the area, together with the various personal suppliers the state companions with on these companies,” Governor Lamont mentioned. “We want robust management on these points right now, significantly relating to the impression that the opioid epidemic is having on our nation and the rising psychological well being wants ensuing from the impression of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a vital duty, and I respect Nancy for agreeing to assist lead Connecticut’s efforts on this entrance.”
Navarretta joined the Division of Psychological Well being and Dependancy Providers in 2013, first serving as director of behavioral well being companies after which changing into deputy commissioner two years later. As deputy commissioner, she has been accountable for serving to develop the division’s strategic planning and steady enchancment of its public-private partnerships, which give one of many nation’s most complete continua of psychological well being and habit companies, helps, and lifespan prevention networks.
The division supplies grownup behavioral healthcare to roughly 100,000 people yearly. Along with working two state hospitals, it companions with native psychological well being authorities and greater than 150 contractors within the personal sector.
“I’m honored and humbled for the chance to proceed to guide the unimaginable staff on the Division of Psychological Well being and Dependancy Providers as we proceed to prioritize accessible, built-in behavioral well being programs of care that are knowledgeable by a number of stakeholders together with people with lived expertise,” Navarretta mentioned. “I respect Governor Lamont’s confidence in my management and look ahead to collaborating with sister state companies and partnering with stakeholders statewide to proceed supporting people battling psychological well being issues and people affected by the opioid epidemic, by offering holistic, complete, and efficient companies and helps that foster dignity, respect, and self-sufficiency in these we serve.”
Previous to becoming a member of state service, Navarretta served as chief working officer of the nonprofit behavioral well being supplier Liberation Packages, Inc. in Norwalk; as chief of behavioral well being companies for the nonprofit, federally certified well being middle Cornell Scott-Hill Well being Company in New Haven; and as scientific director of psychological well being and substance use applications for Fairfield Group Providers. She can be a licensed skilled counselor educated in psychological well being and habit specializing within the therapy of trauma-related issues.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts diploma in psychology from Boston Faculty, and a Grasp of Arts diploma in scientific psychology from Fordham College.
Navarretta will start serving as interim commissioner efficient instantly. Her nomination will probably be forwarded to the Connecticut Basic Meeting for its consideration when the subsequent common session begins in February.
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