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Mental Health Provider Meeting
Human Services Building
Friday, June 10, 2011
Meeting Minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Everyone introduced themselves and their agency affiliation.
Provider Announcements and Updates
Pauline Ruthrauff stated that Family Care Services will be updating their facility and
starting a family-based program once OMHSAS and the Children’s Bureau approves.
Once that happens a new director will be announced as well.
PA Counseling is accepting family-based referrals; to make a referral please call 717-
261-1218 and the liaison will transfer to appropriate person.
Candice Rutherford announced that there will be some changes at Summit Behavioral
Health Services, and there are some positions open such as an LPC and LSCW.
Pat Cambri shared that the new director for Treatment Foster Care/Adoption is Kristy
Cluck.
Mental Health Association will be hosting a QPR training on June 21st all day at the
Administrative Annex Building on 218 North Second Street in Chambersburg.
Keystone Community Mental Health Services is sponsoring Certified Psychiatric
Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP) Test Preparation Workshop on July 27th from 9:00
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Human Services Building; a small fee will be charged for the
class ($50 for PAPSRS members; $75 for non PAPSRS members). This workshop is for
anyone who is planning to take the CPRP exam in the near future.
CBHNP has hired their new Franklin/Fulton Program Director; it is Brian Gannon.
Reminder to all providers who are involved in cost settlement, all interim cost
settlement statements must be submitted by July 31st.
MH provider meeting agendas will contain reminders of timelines of reports that are
due for providers. **Please review attached agenda reminders for providers.*
County Announcements/Information - Jim Gilbert
Barbara Johncour will be retiring from Franklin/Fulton MH/MR on June 30th.
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MH/MR will be partnering with PA Aging Coalition in a prevent suicide campaign.
Cori will be taking donations of shoes for a memorial in Harrisburg remembering those
who were lost because of suicide in August or September.
Cori passed around a book that Department of Aging put together with questions and
answers for care givers of elderly individuals. If anyone is interested please contact
Cori to place an order caseilhamer@co.franklin.pa.us.
Some case management changes for MH/MR programs are: Heather Cook moved from
ICM to Housing Case Manager/RC, Nancy Furman moved from ICM to ACM
Supervisor, Patrick Elder ICM has resigned, which means there are three MH positions
available; three C&Y workers will be filling those three positions.
Adams-Hanover Counseling office in Fulton County will be the new BSU in Fulton
County (intakes and ACM) beginning in July for clients that reside in Fulton County.
The new Transitional Housing Program will house ten individuals for twenty-four
months that are transitioning out of the Franklin County jail that do have a home plan
in place or who are aging out of the children’s system. There are four adults and one
transitioning youth for the apartments at this time.
The ChildTrauma Academy is providing a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder training for
provider staff that work closely with children on June 30th at the Administrative Annex
Building from 9-4:30. There are a total of 35 seats available, first come first serve.
Claire will do a waiting list and if she feels the waiting list is too long, arrangements
may be made to change the location to accommodate for everyone wanting to attend.
Ed Franchi reminded the providers about the new interim cost settlement process for
this fiscal year. Therefore, if your organization is involved in cost settlement, we will
need your internal financial statements for period ending June 30, 2011 by the end of
July.
Barbara Johncour is working on a draft protocol with Claire for service descriptions for
new programs.
Jim reviewed the Psychiatric Admissions Reporting overview comparing first quarter
2011 with first quarter 2010. Admission report will be attached to these minutes for
those who were not at this provider meeting.
Dr. Dorlisa Minnick did a presentation for the providers on the Shippensburg
University research project that Jim and Cori submitted for analysis. The project was
“Impacting the Lives of Hospitalized Consumers in Franklin/Fulton Counties”. The
four research questions were the main focus of the data. They helped to understand
and relate issues with clients and case managers as results of individuals being
hospitalized. Dr. Minnick reviewed the four questions and the results. She also had
discussion and suggestions for solutions and for future research. MH/MR/EI staff and
57 clients were contacted. Unfortunately because of phone disconnection and relocation
most of the original sample list were unable to be contacted. All were interviewed
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confidentially. Four themes emerged from the interviews. They were communication,
staff/working alliance, importance of support and efficient services, and size of
caseloads. Dr. Minnick also had discussion and suggestions for some solutions to help
with the four themes that emerged from staff interviews. If anyone has any questions
or projects they would like to have Dr. Minnick’s class work on please call her at 717-
477-1785.
Claire shared some information about the Network of Care that is available to the
public and providers. www.networkofcare.org . Every county in the state of
Pennsylvania has one; it started several years ago with a grant. Now there is permanent
funding for this website that clients can log-in and get all providers information.
Clients can also give access to support agencies, doctor offices, psychiatrics, etc. to help
them with support. MH/MR will be working to load all provider data into this site,
but providers are welcomed to load their own information, if so desired.
The meeting was adjourned.
Next meeting: September 9th
2011 meeting schedule— (all Fridays, beginning at 10:00 a.m. in the Human Services Building rooms
155-156)
September 9th December 9th
Minutes by Jennifer Lipko