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TOPIC
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DISCUSSION/FINDINGS/CONCLUSIONS
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RECOMMENDATIONS/ACTIONS
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Community Connections
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Welcome & Introductions
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Approval of Agenda
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Bob motioned to approve the agenda, Ruth Anne second the motion and the group agreed. Agenda is approved as written.
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Approval of January 19th Meeting Minutes
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Rosemary motioned to approve the minutes and Bob second and group agreed. Minutes approved as written.
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Heidi will post the minutes to the WHN Website.
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Announcements
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Polk County Forum will be held on Wednesday, February 10th at the Polk County Government Buildings. Yancey County will be held sometime in March.
Peer Employment Training Graduation will be held on Friday, January 29th at 1:00pm at MAHEC. This is a great opportunity for CFAC to recruit for new members. Please let me know if you will be able to attend.
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Voting on New Members
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Joe Sentelle has completed his application and his application has been emailed to the group. Joe has been asked to attend the February meeting so that CFAC can vote on membership for Joe.
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Heidi will add voting on membership for Joe Sentelle to the February agenda.
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Feedback from CFAC Orientation
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This item has been tabled until the February meeting due to certain members unable to attend today’s meeting.
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Heidi will move this item to the February Meeting Agenda.
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Critical Access Behavioral Health Agency (CABHA)
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CFAC discussed this issue at the Tuesday, January 19th meeting. Everyone at that meeting was asked to read the information and send questions to Donald Reuss. Some CFAC members have concerns regarding the smaller counties having less choice of providers than what they already have. Arthur talked about how it will affect the areas in a positive way.
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WHN Board Meeting Report
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Nothing to report as of now. The next WHN Board meeting is on Friday, February 5th.
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Committee Reports
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Executive: The committee meeting met on 1/19/10 and draft minutes have been emailed to the group.
Finance: Copies of the budget have been given to Rosemary for review.
CQI: Minutes from the last meeting have been emailed to the group for review.
Membership: The group will review Joe Sentelle’s application and vote on his membership at the February meeting. We are also waiting for Barbara Smith from Henderson County to fill out an application. Bob also spoke of other possible members that would be attending tonight’s meeting.
Peer Support: There are 121 Peer Support Specialist in the State of NC. 7 of them are in our area. The Peer Support Specialist group meets at Western Alliance on the first and third Wednesdays of each month.
Hospital Admissions: Bob is waiting on the latest report.
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On-Going / New Business
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· Kristie talked about the problems within the communities where consumers that need to be committed but do not want to be committed – how do we get the consumer committed.
· CFAC/Board Member: Bob emailed Joe Martin, a WHN Board member from Yancey County, asking if he would be interested in applying for membership with CFAC. CFAC agenda is to have a member from the WHN Board also be a CFAC member. Bob will report to the group after getting a reply from Joe.
· WH Board Membership/Terms Issue: Three WHN Board members were released from the WHN Board and replaced due to the end of their terms. CFAC is requesting that the WHN Board clarify its position on board membership terms in the future. Bob Carey has drafted a letter to send to the WHN Board regarding this issue (handed out during the meeting). The group discussed the issue and decided that CFAC agrees with the letter and would like a respond by date added. CFAC will have the letter finished and ready to represent at the February 5th WHN Board Meeting.
· Arthur talks about CFAC sending a letter to their area representatives to discuss the Medicaid / Health Issue currently going on. Arthur will have more information sent out to CFAC on this issue.
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Arthur will discuss this issue with Steve Michaels, supervisor of Access, and get report back to the group at the next CFAC meeting.
Bob will add a respond by date (the March Board Meeting) to the drafted letter. Bob will also add: CFAC would like a say on public members that are voted on the board.
Arthur will send information to Heidi to email out to the group.
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Review of Action / Crisis Items
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WHN Board Membership/Term Issue and Involuntary Commitment Issue have both been added to the Action Plan.
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Heidi will add these items.
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Meeting Adjourned
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Howard motioned, Joe seconds the motion and the meeting was adjourned.
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