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Administrative updates:
CONTRACTS...CONTRACTS...CONTRACTS…* January is the month that ID room & board
contracts are to be updated. Please remember to forward a copy to the ID program specialists.
* Yes, it is that time of year to begin contact preparation for next fiscal year . Although, the
County is still investigating the possibility of MH/ID/EI becoming a non profit agency, the deci-
sion has been made to proceed with the contract prepartion. The hope is that whatever the deci-
sion is, the bulk of the contracts will be completed if we start the process now. Your program
specialist will be in touch soon to let you know how we plan to proceed. * Please be advised
that an amendment is coming to all contracted providers regarding the name change and debar-
ment requirements.
Staff Updates: After having been out for 3 months , we our happy to feature Marion
Rowe, ID Program Specialist, this month. I am a New Yorker or should I say Long
Islander who moved to Chambersburg in September 2007 after living in Maryland
for 2 years. I began working with the County in December 2007 as one of the ID
Program Specialists. I have worked in the ID field for almost 20 years starting as a
direct care counselor for children. My husband and I lived on the same street as
children (however had no interest in each other at all), and later became high
school sweethearts. We have an 11 year old son, Myles who loves the pace of liv-
ing in a rural area and a 5 year old daughter Mikayla who is a true city girl!!! We
all enjoy visiting our relatives in NY and having family time with just the 4 of us.
Monthly Topics:
• Mental Health
• Developmental
Disabilities
• Early Intervention
• New job positions
Program Updates:
* Bureau of Early Intervention Services announces that Deb Noel has agreed to fill the position of Chief for
the Division of Western Operations effective January 8th.
* OMHSAS Harrisburg Field Office announces Helen Shuman is the team leader for Franklin/Fulton County.
* The 2012 procedure statements will be on our website by January 31, 2012.
Upcoming Meetings/Trainings:
*Lunch Time Learning, January 18, 2012, 12 PM at the HSB conference room on Franklin Farm
Lane. “After the Holidays… violence. battering. abuse” Bob Skelly, Lutheran Counseling Services.
*Lunch and Learn Session will be on January 27, 2012 with FASD-Debbie Hardy OMHSAS Chil-
drens Bureau. This will be "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
*Mental Health: Co-occurring training series at HSB, Franklin Farm Lane from
9 AM—4 PM: Friday, March 2 Treatment and Discharge Planning
*HCQU trainings at Annex building on 218 N Second St Chambersburg PA
MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) ~ February 12, 2012
Schizophrenia ~ March 9, 2012
ID Provider meeting is schedule for Feb 3 at 10 am at the HSB building
Check us out on the web: http://www.co.franklin.pa.us/Pages/FrankFulMHMRAdmin.aspx
January 13, 2012, Issue 22