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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-11-07 - Minutes Franklin County Commissioners COMMISSIONERS Human Services Administrator’s Office David S. Keller, Chairman Human Services Building Robert L. Thomas 425 Franklin Farm Lane Robert G. Ziobrowski Chambersburg, PA 17202 www.franklincountypa.gov Hearing Impaired Number: (717) 264-8474 Human Services Administrator Telephone: (717) 261-3893 Stacie M. Horvath FAX: (717) 261-0999 smhorvath @franklincountypa.gov Franklin County Human Services Block Grant Committee Meeting Wednesday, November 7, 2018 2:30 - 4:00 PM Franklin County Human Services Building Attendance: Voting Staff Staff Staff Public Committee Carey Freeman Missy Reisinger Lori Young Stacie Horvath Shelley Grezner Stacy Rowe Stacy Yurko Christy Briggs Shelly Schwartz Cori Seilhamer Angela Pickel April Brown Ann Spottswood Marisa Shields Sharyn Overcash Glenda Helman Kim Wertz Patricia Winebrenner Traci Kline  Welcome and Introductions  The Human Services Block Grant has two (2) new Voting Members, Carey Freeman and Shelley Grezner.  Approval of 8/20/18 Minutes  Shelly Schwartz motioned to approve  Kim Wertz seconded the motion  All Approved  Review of current and projected FY Block Grant Planning  Administrative Updates  Plan Submission Updates  Plans/Changes o Glenda Helman gave a brief overview of the Franklin County Human Services Plan.  In March, of this year, an Internal Planning Committee was formed. This committee included the Directors of the various categoricals within the Block Grant. Each Director documented a Human Services Plan for their department. The Plan was written and then it was sent out to this Human Services Block Grant External Group for further discussion at the next external meeting which happens before it goes to the State for review.  There were two (2) Public Hearings. The first hearing was at the Human Services Block Grant External Meeting which was held at the Adminstration Annex, 218 N. Second Street, Chambersburg, PA 17201. The second hearing was held after the Board of County Commissioners Meeting at the Commissioners Complex.  The Plan was then submitted to the Department of Human Services of Pennsylvania. They reviewed the Plan and sent out a letter stating they accepted the Plan as submitted.  Approximately one and one-half (1-1/2) months after the acceptance letter, we received the Allocation letter from the State saying they approved the budget and will be receiving the budget as allocated within the Human Service Plan. o Stacy Rowe added that the Fiscal Report for FY 17-18 was also sent out. This report was due by the end of September. Along with the Fiscal Report a plan was presented indicating how the carryover monies from FY 17-18 will be disbursed. Stacy has not received anything back regarding whether or not this plan is approved. Will proceed with the plan assuming it is approved.  Fiscal Review and Reports Update (Stacy Rowe)  For financial information, the Fiscal Department runs approximately two (2) months behind. To date, the most completed month for financial information is August. Typically, they are not presenting a fiscal heavy presentation at this point. At the meeting in February there will be more items to discuss.  The Allocation for FY 18-19 is still tentative. Still receiving allocation letters from the State anticipating additional items coming in within the next month or so.  Stacy gave a brief overview of the FY 18-19 reports: o To date, the allocation is $6,975,855. This amount includes FY 17-18 carry-over totaling $274,225. It is very difficult to make projections at this point, but as of now they are projecting that there could be approximately $77,000 to reallocate. o Since there are additional funds for this fiscal year, the County share is increasing. The anticipated amount is estimated to be $176,000. o At the last Block Grant meeting there was a discussion/decission of how the FY 17-18 carry-over funds should be distributed. The only change was a decrease in the Co-Responder Program by a couple thousand dollars.  Mental Health – Mobile Psych Nurse in the amount of $27,816 (Cori Seilhamer)  Mental Health had lost this service, in the past, due to funding cuts.  With this program there will be an RN available to individuals of which they serve in the community.  Mental Health – Family Housing in the amount of $18,000 (Cori Seilhamer)  This program will assist families with housing.  Mental Health – Co-Responder Program in the amount of $27,276 (Cori Seilhamer)  To continue Co-Responder services from January through June, 2019.  Mental Health – Supported Living and Outpatient Services in the amount of $50,000 (Cori Seilhamer)  They are renovating a building to increase individual apartments for Supportive Living Services. There will be staff available around the clock which will live in a separate unit.  Human Services Development Fund – Data Warehouse in the amount of $31,141 (Missy Reisinger)  Data Warehouse is doing very well. All of the data validation is checking out.  Missy recently viewed the prototype dashboard that will be going out to a Human Services department by the end of this month.  Still having problems with Tri-State Data Systems; Aging, Early Intervention and Children & Youth.  Human Services Development Fund – Strengthening Families in the amount of $18,000 (Stacie Horvath)  This is a (7) seven week evidence-based family skills training program which targets children in the sixth grade.  Human Services Development Fund – Training Days in the amount of $12,000 (Stacy Yurko)  The last Training Day was October 16, 2018.  There were 192 unduplicated individuals.  The reviews from Judy Cameron were above and beyond the previous Training Days. th  Currently, planning and preparing for the next Training Day which will be on April 17, 2019. Looking at possible sites.  Human Services Development Fund – Aging Personal Care Services in the amount of $60,000 (Stacy Rowe)  For our local Franklin County Area Agency on Aging Personal Care Services. These services will be available for Franklin County seniors, sixty-five (65) and above.  Homeless Assistance Program – Shelter Support in the amount of $29,992 (Stacy Rowe)  This funding is for SCAAP to provide for our local shelters for two hundred and six (206) additional nights.  Departmental Program Review and Updates  All Human Services Departments, Regardless of Monies Within Block Grant Participation o Lori Young (Intellectual DevelopD)  IDD – Transportation Costs in Waiver  The Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Program has set aside some monies to supplement transportation for some people who will go over their waiver cap. For example, the Person Family Directed Support Waiver is capped at $33,000. If the transportation rates increase as proposed, then there are individuals who will lose or have to reduce services that they are currently as their transportation costs will put them over the cap. There is also a $70,000 cap on the Community Living Waiver. The IDD program has chosen to use the monies set aside to supplement this transportation costs. We should know more after Thanksgiving.  Discussion followed by Block Grant Committee Members.  Program Updates  The IDD program is using Base funds to start a new program called CSG Mobile Behavioral Support. It will be used for 2-3 people in the first year. We will be sharing the "team" consisting of a Psych Nurse and Behavioral Specialist with Cumberland / Perry. This service for individuals who have both an Intellectual Disability and a Mental Health Challenge. The service will target individuals who utilize high cost supports frequently such as psychiatric inpatient or are in danger of losing housing, day programming or other supports due to their behavior. The IDD program is excited to start this service.  Also the Regional Collaborative which teaches the Life Course Framework had a $5000 initiative funding. The Collaborative was told that they would not receive any other monies but last week, the IDD program found out that they were getting another $5000 to use to support the Life Course Planning Framework. The IDD program and PA Family Network are going to plan an event in the Spring. o Stacy Yurko (Information and Referrals)  As of the end of October they have done two hundred and six (206) assessments since January 24, 2018.  There are no funds available for individuals who would need Rapid Re-housing. Candleheart has funds that will be available but HUD has not released them. st  The Chambersburg Cold Weather Shelter will be opening their doors December 1.  The New Hope Shelter and the Ranch had thought about merging, but this has ceased. The Ranch is no longer in service at this time.  For families that they cannot find placement, Stacy stressed that through the Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), Co-ordinated Entry, they try their best to connect these homeless families with shelters or other locations outside of Franklin County. o Missy Reisinger (TMCA)  About twenty-two percent (22%) of Franklin Counties total population is receiving their healthcare benefits through Medicaid. Fulton County is at twenty-five percent (25%) of their population. o Cori Seilhamer (Mental Health)  Mental Health will receive funds from the State to have an eight (8) bed Specialized Community Residence (SCR). This will be focused on forensics, which will assist individuals released from incarceration. o Angie Pickel (Link/Ombudsman)  The eight (8) bed Specialized Community Residence (SCR) will also add another licensed facility to be monitored by the Ombudsman Program.  The Brookview Campus/Menno Haven will soon be opening their Rehabilitation Center. This will consist of forty-four (44) beds.  Luther Ridge will be opening their Skilled Unit, which will consist of sixty ( 60) beds.  Angie has been working with Tracy Radtke on the 811 Housing Committee. The 811 Housing is housing for those who are chronically homeless and also need to have a physical or mental health disability. o Glenda Helman (Criminal Justice and Grant Management)  At the Local Housing Options Team (LHOT) meeting, they spent a great amount of time speaking about preparing for the Point and Time Count. This will take place at the end of January.  Glenda has been working with Tracy Radtke regarding the counties two (2) HUD Programs which are referred to as HUD 1, HUD 2 and HUD 3. o April Brown (Drug & Alcohol)  Possible Block Grant funding in the near future;  For Prevention, April reported that they are seeing trends with vaping within the middle schools and high schools. There is vaping with nicotine and vaping with marijuana. Drug and Alcohol is looking at possibly equipping the Prevention Providers with materials or doing presentations and workshops for the school districts.  For Recovery, the department will start looking into developing recovery activities within the community. Not necesarily event based, but recurring. One of the things is what it would look like to have support groups in the community specifically for individuals who are on Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT).  Continue American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Trainings.  Provide assessments in the schools.  Medical Marijuana Education.  Will continue to fund Prevention Programs in the schools and community.  Will continue with Treatment Services. The last two (2) years they were able to fund 100% of the requests for treatment.  Will continue with Recovery events. o Traci Kline (Franklin County Area Agency on Aging)  Aging is seeing spikes in, In Home Service requests. Alot more services are requirred.  Seeing a decrease in Senior Center usage, minus the Mont Alto Senior Center where there is an increase.  Aging received a Senior Community Center grant that will allow them to purchase the Co-Pilot Software System. The program will help to capture better data. The seniors and participants will be able to use this system.  Aging does their Assessment Program in conjunction with the County Assistance Office when an individual is applying for Medical Assistance in the community or a nursing facility. The County Assistance Office does the financial certification and the Aging Office does the medical piece of the assessment. This program is suppose to change April 1, 2019.  Recently, Wellspan has taken over the operations of the Chambersburg Hospital.  Block Grant Committee Operations & Subcommittee Reports  New Member Orientation, Recruitment and Professional Development New Subcommittee Report  Review of Block Grant Committee Member Orientation PowerPoint and Handbook o Shelley Grezner made a comment that the powerpoint was very helpful to her. o Stacie Horvath went over the contents of the Official Handbook. o Handbooks were distributed to the Voting Members.  Sharing State, County or Local News/Updates  Recent election  Attorney General, Jeff Sessions has resigned.  Public Comments and Discussion  Next Meeting(s):  Date: February 21, 2019  Time: 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.  Location: Franklin County Human Services Building