HomeMy WebLinkAboutMH Provider Meeting Minutes 03-15-19 Mental Health Provider Meeting
Friday, March 15, 2019
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MEETING MINUTES
Welcome & Introductions
Everyone introduced themselves and their agency affiliation.
Stacey Brookens, MH/IDD/EI Administrator, started on February 21, 2019.
Provider Announcements & Updates
» TrueNorth Wellness Services
A handout was provided with information on TrueNorth’s Peer Support Program.
The program is accepting referrals. It is currently for adults only. However,
TrueNorth will be providing Peer Support for youth whenever they hire staff
trained to provide the service. If anyone needs more information, please contact
Erin Glenn or Kelsey Hawbaker.
For Mental Health month (May), TrueNorth will be hosting events that bring
attention to MH. There will be an open house on May 2nd from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00
p.m. to celebrate the purchase of the McConnellsburg building as well as show
off the other side of the building. TrueNorth is looking for community input on
what they would like to see in this space. In addition, there will be three (3) mini
sessions throughout the month. These themes will be: 1) tidying up and how
organizing can help one’s mental health; 2) family themed; and 3) not fully
determined at this time but will have a training component. TrueNorth is looking
to find something that engages more men. If anyone has any ideas, please
contact TrueNorth. Once all details are worked out, information will be sent out.
» Service Access & Management
Franklin County SAM office moved in January to 1640 Orchard Drive, Suite 3,
Chambersburg. If anyone would like a tour, please contact Andrea Concordia.
The office number is (717) 261-1555.
SAM offers walk-in hours Monday – Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. If you want
to make a referral, have a case worker come to the individual’s house or set up
an appointment outside these hours, please contact SAM. Individuals must have
documentation for a serious mental illness (SMI) diagnosis.
SAM has an information line that intake workers check regularly. If anyone is
looking for information, leave a voicemail and the intake worker will return the
call.
Lately SAM has been receiving referrals for individuals who need additional
supports or “just in case”. This is not what case management is. Case manager’s
job is to link individuals with services or make other referrals. Please keep this in
mind when making referrals.
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» Mental Health Association
Stay tuned for information on Walk the Walk in May. Participants will start at the
Chambersburg Recreation Center and then march to Fort Chambers Park then
meet back at the recreation center. Final details are still being worked out.
Starting next month, MHA will provide youth Peer Support for ages 14 and up.
Victoria Craig is the Director of the program. If you have any questions, please
contact her. Additional announcements will be coming.
Kenny Wuertenberg’s last day with MHA was last week. MHA’s board is working
through the process of hiring a new CEO. Current managers at MHA are taking
care of the day to day functions. Please contact the MHA office if you need to
speak with any of the managers.
» Healthy Communities Partnership
Go Girls Go has started this week. HCP is still looking for volunteers. Volunteers
can give one night a week, after school, etc. Volunteers must be willing to jog a
little but are not expected to run. The program has a lesson component along
with physical activity. The program serves 160 girls. HCP is looking for donations
for snacks as they try to provide a healthy snack to participants. If anyone knows
of groups that take collections, please let them know. Registration is open at
www.timberhilltiming.com for the 5K on May 18th. Participants can walk, run, skip,
etc. An adult will accompany each of the 160 girls.
Strengthening Families starts in Chambersburg on March 19th. It’s a seven (7)
week program. It is a universal program for low risk, no risk or high risk individuals.
The Strengthening Families program is for parents and youth 10-14 years of age
to learn various family skills-building. Participants can learn how to set boundaries
and address barriers as well as how to talk about drugs and alcohol before youth
may begin using these substances. The program will also be starting in
Waynesboro on April 1st. If anyone is interested, contact the HCP office at (717)
264-1471.
Children’s Services
» TMCA Update
No update at this time.
» PerformCare Update
No update at this time.
» CASSP Update
Child and Adolescent Service Systems Program (CASSP) received 14 referrals for
the month of February which is a record high. Kim has been receiving referrals
from elementary schools lately. Many families and children are not currently
open with mental health services. Schools are not always aware of the services
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children are receiving or the many services that might be available. Kim reaches
out to Service Access & Management (SAM) for children who are eligible for
services.
Kim is in the process of updating brochures. As a reminder, Kim is able to come to
your agency to talk about CASSP. Please contact her at (717) 709-2307 or (717)
264-5387 if interested.
Provider Spotlight – Pennsylvania Counseling Services
Rebecca Troutman and Matt Litzinger from PCS presented on children’s services and
outpatient services.
Family Based services –
Matt Litzinger is the Director of Family Based (FB) for Franklin/Fulton. Family Based has
one more position to add then they will have five (5) teams. Of those five (5) teams, one
is specialized in working with children and families with challenging behaviors, such as
sexual acting out behaviors. The team can work with the victim or the offender.
However, the program is geared more towards the offenders. Family Based is a team
delivered service where a mental health professional and mental health worker go into
individuals’ homes, community and school three (3) to four (4) times a week to work
with the family on relationships and improve dynamics so that children’s behaviors will
decrease. Family Based is designed as the most intensive service in Franklin/Fulton
before reaching Community Residential Rehabilitation (CRR) level. It is the highest level
of community based service in the area. In order to be eligible, children have to have
suicidal or homicidal ideations or areas of concern across home, school and
community. If you know of a child that has those symptoms, get them an evaluation to
see what would be recommended. Any doctor can refer for Family Based services. A
prescription letter that includes their diagnosis and recommends FB is acceptable. The
request is then submitted to PerformCare. Medical Assistance (MA) is needed to pay for
Family Based services. In rare instances when children are fee for service or CHIP, the
County will pay for the service.
Outpatient services –
Rebecca Troutman is an OP Therapist/Team Leader for the Chambersburg clinic. A flyer
was passed around to highlight services provided by PCS in Franklin and Fulton
counties. PCS provides MH counseling, D&A counseling, psychiatric services, and
recovery support services. There are two (2) Certified Recovery Specialists (CRS) working
with PCS providing support for those in recovery or struggling with substance use
disorders and concerns. PCS has a Care Navigator that functions like a case manager.
The Care Navigator has flexibility and helps connect individuals to services with
substance use disorder, as well as medical, mental health, housing, financial support
(such as setting up financial services), budgeting, life skills, etc. All three positions have
the ability to meet clients in the community. Individuals do not have to be receiving
services from PCS to receive recovery support services. The recovery support program is
funded through RSA through the County. PCS has a new location they are moving to
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and will be looking at opening additional recovery services programming, education
pieces, support groups, etc.
In the last year, PCS started a community support program called Critical Time
Intervention (CTI). The program has been up and running since fall. PCS is working with
individuals who are accessing crisis or co-responder services in both Franklin and Fulton
and have difficulty in following through with services/recommendations. PCS works with
Keystone Rural Health Center and TrueNorth Wellness Services. CTI is a team of two (2)
individuals that are working to stabilize and help individuals engage. They look at
obstacles and barriers as well as supports. They have assisted in helping figure out
insurance, housing, taking individuals to medication appointments, setting them up with
mental health services, budgeting, life skills, etc.
The primary point of access for CTI is through crisis. All other outpatient services can be
accessed through PCS’s local office or patient registration.
True North Wellness Services will be in Provider Spotlight for the next provider meeting. If
you are interested in being in the Provider Spotlight, there is availability for the October
and December MH Provider Meetings. Please contact Jim.
Community Resource Spotlight – Fulton County Partnership
Julia Dovey, Executive Director of Fulton County Partnership and Fulton County Human
Services Administrator presented on the services available in Fulton County. Fulton
County Partnership is a small non-profit human services agency that has grown over the
years. The needs in Fulton can be different than those in Franklin County as well as the
delivery of services and supports. The following are some services provided by FCP:
Parent Education – includes Parents as Teachers (PAT), Early Head Start and Community
Outreach Parenting Education (COPE). There are about 100 families served. The
programs are in all three (3) school districts. If you are looking for ways to get into
districts or contacts for districts, please reach out to FCP. Check and Connect Program
is for students who are high truancy or have other concerns.
Dental Clinic is celebrating its 20th year. It is staffed two (2) – three (3) days a week. The
clinic is staffed with volunteer dentists from Franklin/Fulton. Intensive services cannot be
provided but basic services can be. Anything requiring follow-up cannot be done since
the dentist is not the same/consistent. There is a wait list for the program. They focus on
children under 18. In addition, there is grant funding to provide this service for
individuals who are working but do not have insurance.
Transportation – Medical Assistance Transportation is run through FCP. Transportation is
provided with FCP’s vehicles and senior service carts. If you have a Medicaid consumer
that needs to get to appointments, reach out to FCP.
Another transportation service that is extremely underutilized is called
Employment Transportation Assistance Program (ETAP). The program supports
individuals who are low income and working. It provides 12 months of services
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that include vehicle repairs, vehicle purchases, and mileage reimbursement to
get back and forth to work. Vehicle purchase assistance would be up to $1,500.
If they have a trade in, that could be used towards the purchase. The individuals
are able to finance a vehicle; however, there are some finance limitations on
interest rates. The program is through PennDot and does have some hoops to
jump through. Individuals must live in Fulton County, have a child and be working
(or have a start date for work) and have not used the program since 2011 to
qualify. The budget for the program is $30,000 and less than $5,000 has been
utilized thus far.
If you have consumers who cannot utilize MA Transportation and have no other
way to get back and forth, FCP has Human Services Development Fund
Transportation (HSDFT). This is for individuals who do not qualify for any other
transportation services.
Child Care – FCP is the only licensed, center based child care in Fulton County. FCP has
Preschool Child Care (PACC) and School-Age Child Care (SACC) which is a before and
after school child care program for Central Fulton. The program takes CCIS payments
and does not ask for additional payments on top of that. There are currently no slots
available for preschool but there is availability for SACC. FCP is hoping to obtain
licensing for Southern Fulton for SACC.
Collaboration – FCP hosts a partnership meeting monthly. Human Service professionals
come to the meeting to work on priorities. Currently, the partnership is looking at a
community health needs assessment. This includes working with Tri State and Fulton
County Medical Center to determine what services to focus on over the next 5-10
years.
Housing – for Fulton County, housing supports come from Huntingdon and Bedford
area. HUD, Homeless Assistance and Emergency Solutions are different. For additional
housing information, please reach out to FCP.
If there are any resources that anyone is looking for, please reach out to Fulton County
Partnership at (717) 485-6767.
If there are agencies that you would be interested in learning more about for
Community Resource Spotlight, please let Jim know so that he may reach out and
invite them to a future provider meeting.
County Announcements/Information
» Forensic Initiative Funding
The County is in the process of working with Keystone Service Systems in setting
up a Forensic Specialized Community Residence (SCR). Jim will be meeting KSS
to look at a potential location today. KSS is the contracted provider of the
current SCR and will be the contracted provider of the Forensic SCR. The Forensic
SCR is an eight (8) bed facility focusing on those coming out of the jail or state
correctional institutions. There will be more information to come on this.
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» Announcements from Cori Seilhamer
Franklin/Fulton, in conjunction with Cumberland/Perry, is hosting a Train the
Trainer QPR (Question, Persuade and Refer); a suicide prevention training.
Cumberland/Perry slots are full but Franklin/Fulton still has five (5) available slots. If
anyone is interested, there are pre-requisites. Please contact Cori for more
information.
The County has Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Training for Behavioral
Health Staff funds available. This is for anyone working with children 0-6 years of
age and their primary function is behavioral health. MH is able to provide online
training access through a subscription for those who are interested. Some of the
trainings that have been pre-approved are Attachment Bio-Behavioral Catch-
Up, Child Parent-Psychotherapy, Circle of Security, DC 0-5, Facilitating Attuned
Interactions, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Trauma Focused CBT, and Triple P.
MH is looking to utilize these training dollars. If anyone is interested in training,
please contact Cori.
Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training is scheduled for April 1st – 5th. If anyone is
interested, there are still a few available spots. Please contact Cori.
May is Mental Health month. Proclamation will be signed at the Franklin County
Commissioners’ Office and Fulton County Commissioners’ Office. Dates have not
yet been set but will be sent out when determined.
Mental Health First Aid Training is May 22nd and 23rd from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00
p.m. at Keystone Health’s new building on Chambers Hill. Participants
must attend both four (4) hour sessions. Training is free. Registration is
open.
TrueNorth Wellness Services is also hosting Mental Health First Aid training in
April at their office in McConnellsburg.
» Reports due since our last MH Provider Meeting
Audited Financial Reports (FY ending June 30th)
Audit Engagement/Extension Letter (calendar year ending December 31st).
Progress Report on Outcomes in Appendix A
Internal Quality of Service Survey
Quarterly Report of Expenditures (October – December)
» Reports due prior to our next MH Provider Meeting
Appendix A for upcoming fiscal [including measurable outcomes/goals if
encumbrance is at least $50,000]
Budget Packet (to include Budget/Rate Letter, Staff Roster, Unit
Assumptions, Budget Narrative for upcoming fiscal year – if appropriate)
Quarterly Report of Expenditures (January – March)
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An extension was provided on contract documentation. It is now due March 29th
instead of March 15th.
» Psychiatric Admissions Reporting Overview
The report provided is comparing fourth quarter (October – December) 2018
with 2017. It addition, information is provided on calendar year actual utilization
for Danville. If anyone has any questions, please contact Jim.
» Staff Burnout and Well-being Report
Dr. Kim Weikel is facilitating the burnout and well-being workgroup. The
workgroup has met a few times. The purpose is to make an effort in regards to
addressing staff burnout and well-being. The workgroup is open to anyone who is
interested. If there are particular dates and times that would work best, please
let Dr. Weikel know. Currently, the workgroups take place on Thursdays.
Data gathering will be starting next week. The plan is to have a link in an email
that providers can access to provide the data, if interested in participating. This is
strictly voluntary. The idea is to send the email to Jim then he will forward it to
providers that are interested in participating. The provider can then choose the
best method in completing the survey (forwarding email to staff, etc.). The survey
will be open for at least a month. The results will be provided once gathered.
There are a series of workshops taking place. The first one is set up for next
Thursday (March 21st) at the Mental Health Association. An email was sent out to
RSVP. There are two (2) sessions; one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Follow up will take place on April 11th as this is a two (2) part workshop. If there is
interest, a third follow up will be held in the summer to see how things are going.
The meeting was adjourned.
Next Meeting:
Friday, June 21, 2019 starting at 10:00 a.m. in the Human Services Building
[425 Franklin Farm Lane, Chambersburg]
Remaining 2019 Meetings:
September 20th December 20th