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Home My WebLink About2014-01-13 Advisory Board Meeting Rick Wynn, Director Christy Briggs, Fiscal Officer 425 Franklin Farm Lane Chambersburg, PA 17202 Phone: (717) 263-1256 Fax: (717) 709-2300 TTD: (717) 264-8474 Drug and Alcohol Advisory Board Meeting minutes January 13, 2014 Attendance: Voting Members:Staff/Guests: Commissioner Irvin Dasher Richard Wynn Commissioner Dave Keller, President Jean Snyder Manny Diaz Christy Briggs Dan Miller Jennifer Lipko Stan Barrett Katherine Beidel Al Ziehl Julien Vinck Lauri Ryder AGENDA I.Welcome and Introductions II.Approval of November meeting minutes a)Manny motioned to accept the November meeting minutes, Dan Miller seconded the motion, and all were in favor. III. a)Rick informed the board members that in previous conversations with Jen Lipko, Lindsey Waters; a board member has decided to step down because of an inflexible school schedule. It is hard for her to attend meetings regularly. Dave Keller asked for a motion to accept her resignation with a formal letter from the board thanking her for her time and efforts while on the board as a member. Irvin Dasher motioned to accept, Dave seconded and all were in favor. b)Rick gave updates on the Block Grant. There is $30,000 currently available for programming through a mini grant application. The application is due by January 15, 2014 to Shalom Black. The block grant committee will decide who receives the grants in their meeting on rd February 3, 2014. Categorical programs started the year at the allocation from the previous year. They will be submitting a mid-year report, which will detail whether or not they will project being over or under budget to maintain some level of service. The Block Grant committee may decide to do allocations or mini grants based on what they receive. c) Pennsylvania 1115 Application for Medical Assistance Ex[[1907,2548,2409,2605][12][,I,][Times New Roman]]Feel free to reread the [[525,2605,1557,2662][12][,I,][Times New Roman]]letter, Jen will attach the letter with the minutes. [[1520,2605,2423,2662][12][,,][Times New Roman]]Here is a website discussing the Parity Act and some points that we discussed. http://cms.hhs.gov/CCIIO/Programs-and- Initiatives/Other-Insurance-Protections/mhpaea_factsheet.html d)Rick mentioned that Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol programs are working with the local crisis units at the hospital to train staff on how to look for and see both issues with some coming into the hospital intoxicated and that could have co-occurring issues and not to just address the intoxication. Local and state police officers have been trained to deal with and handle individuals that are co-occurring. ÷÷ ®¿²µ´·²«¬±² Ü®«¹ ú ß´½±¸±´ Ð®±¹®¿³ / 2 Page | Jean mentioned that Fulton County Partnership is partnering with Fulton County Medical Center to address the abuse of prescription drugs. This is the number one drug issue in Fulton County and this committee would like to get data on the prescription drugs being filled and the frequency. They will be working with physical health providers on acquiring some of this data. Discussion on prescription drug abuse in Franklin and Fulton counties was had with the board members and report, Dan Miller seconded the motion, all were in favor. Dave Keller asked that Rick follow up on the items he discussed at our next meeting. IV.Prevention a)Lauri Ryder, Prevention Specialist gave the board some information on the drug take back drop off boxes. Lauri said that the boxes are placed inside local state police departments, where an officer is assigned to that specific box. The box is available 24/7 for dropping off of any prescription drugs. 250 boxes were given out across the state, there are four boxes locally. After some time if the drugs are not taken the state officer places them in a locked evidence box. The DEA will take the drugs or the Franklin County Sheriff will drive the drugs to an incinerator so that the drugs can be destroyed properly. [[1884,1191,2426,1248][12][,I,][Times New Roman]]Jen will attach a copy of [[525,1249,1366,1306][12][,I,][Times New Roman]]the location sheet for members to share. [[1329,1249,1379,1306][12][,,][Times New Roman]] [[1342,1249,1392,1306][12][,,][Times New Roman]] b)Lauri attending our meeting today to present information on the Interrupted Prevention Program. The history of this program is that it was started in Dauphin County for kids at high risk behavior for drug use to be interrupted at an early age and taught about drugs and the affects they can have. Grant is made available through PCCD, Temple University is Communities Partnership is the facilitator of the program and Fulton County Family Partnership is a co-facilitator to provide this program in Fulton County. Target age group is 14-18, with some until 21 year olds, and case by case of middle school age kids as well. Referrals can come from D&A staff, case management staff, district judges, juvenile judges, Children and Youth, Juvenile Probation officers, and schools (SAP team) and go directly to Healthy Communities Partnership. There will be a referral form created. Once this form is created it will be sent out. The program includes parents at the end of the sessions. There is no cost to the kids or parents. c)Lauri provided some numbers on PAYS surveys completed in 2013. The data presentation th will not be available until April 30, 2014. Once that is available Lauri can attend our meeting and give us the presentation on the data collected from the PAYS surveys. [[2206,2169,2372,2226][12][,I,][Times New Roman]]PAYS [[525,2226,855,2283][12][,I,][Times New Roman]]number sheet w [[839,2226,1528,2283][12][,I,][Times New Roman]]ill be included with the minutes. [[1490,2226,1540,2283][12][,,][Times New Roman]] V.Treatment a)Kathy provide an outline of the Forensic Initiatives Task Force committee meeting that her and Rick sit on. Basically the concept is to find ways to use a re-entry grant that will assist inmates coming out of jail that do not have a home plan or a place to resident once released, as well as accessing the services they need, this has a significant impact on how they turn around their lives once out of jail and come back into and remain in the community. b)Kathy talked about points of the Treatment Statistic PowerPoint presentation. [[2100,2629,2225,2686][12][,I,][Times New Roman]]The [[523,2686,1158,2743][12][,I,][Times New Roman]]PowerPoint will be attached. working with treatment services in Franklin and Fulton Counties. c)Kathy read one success story of a DAPP client. [[1493,2801,2403,2858][12][,I,][Times New Roman]]All stories will be attached with the minutes [[2373,2801,2436,2858][12][,,][Times New Roman]]. [[2398,2801,2448,2858][12][,,][Times New Roman]] VI.Fiscal Report a)Christy presented the fiscal report and gave a summary of numbers and amounts. [[2169,2916,2346,2973][12][,I,][Times New Roman]]Fiscal [[525,2974,1044,3031][12][,I,][Times New Roman]]report will be attached. [[1007,2974,1057,3031][12][,,][Times New Roman]] VII.Public Comment ÷÷ ®¿²µ´·²«¬±² Ü®«¹ ú ß´½±¸±´ Ð®±¹®¿³ / 3 Page | a)Mr. Julien Vinck thanked the board for allowing him to attend. He commented on how much money is spent and a lot of inmates that he sees come back into jail. He runs a group called b)Mr. Al Ziehl thanked the board for inviting him to attend this meeting as well as becoming a member of the board. He stated that he would like to become a member. The board will discuss board membership and contact Mr. Ziehl with details. VIII.Adjournment at 4:37 PM. th IX.Next meeting is on April 14, 2014 at 3 PM in the Fulton County Antietam Iron Works Building, McConnellsburg. This information has been disclosed to you from records whose confidentiality is protected by Federal and State Regulations. (Federal Law 42 CFR Part 2, HIPPA Law of 1996, PA Code 257.5 & Act 63). Federal Regulations (42 CFR Part 2 and HIPPA Law of 1996) prohibit any further disclosure, unless disclosure is expressly permitted by the written consent of the person to whom it pertains, or as otherwise permitted by such regulations. A general authorization of the release of medical or other information is not sufficient. Fulton County Commissioners: Franklin County Commissioners: Rodney L. McCray, Chairman David S. Keller, Chairman Craig C. Cutchall Robert L. Thomas Irvin L. Dasher Robert G. Ziobrowski