CFAC Meeting Minutes: 1/24/11

Members Present: Nancy Backer, Ruth Anne Bradshaw, Bob Carey, Bill Cook, Leslie Huntley, Christine Smith, Tracey Turner, Rosemary Weaver, Joseph Crowder, Kristie Sluder

Members Excused: James Lane, Carolyn Burton, Joseph Sentelle,  Debbie Hamrick

Members Absent: Howard Graves

WHN Staff: Dick Graham, Kelley Stines

Guests: Charley Bradshaw, Nicholas Freeman, Rich Munger, Cathy Kocian

Team: Consumer Family Advisory Committee

Date:  1/24/11          

Time Started: 
  5:00 Small Groups
  5:45 Community Connections
  6:00 Regular CFAC 

Time Ended:  8:00 PM

TOPIC

DISCUSSION/FINDINGS/CONCLUSIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS/ACTIONS

Community Connections

Several highlights:  Rutherford county received a grant for Substance Abuse Services. Several counties reported pride in their CIT training efforts. 

Nami/WHN initiative w/ Buncombe county to develop CIT (non-certified) online training - geared to different audience. Goal to reach small, rural counties - not to replace live CIT training.

Cathy Kocian: Upcoming CABHA training; state/local CFAC Conference call Feb 16 7:00-8:00. Proposed service definition for name-brand drugs; CABHAs Map

Welcome & Introductions

Bill Cook led welcome and introductions. Rich Munger fielded several questions regarding proposed Online CIT  Training. Still under development with mix of online hours, and in-person training. Targets a different audience from regular, certified CIT: EMS, fire & rescue, magistrate, non-sworn law enforcement.  Initial draft anticipated in a year. 2 year goal for full rollout.

Approval of Agenda

Motion to add CFAC Action Crisis Plan to the Agenda.  Approved with update.

Kelley – Update CFAC Agenda

Approval
Nov 2010 Minutes

Ruth Ann Bradshaw was not here for the Nov meeting. Accepted with correction.

Kelley – make correction to Nov Minutes

Action/ Crisis Items

Add New item: Update relational agreement with the board. Need to form a committee. Janet Price-Farrell has been nominated as an honorary CFAC member. She’s been a big help in the past. She has agreed to help.  Committee is open to anybody who wants to help. Because Medicaid Waiver will impact the updates, timeline to look at updates over several months.  Statutes are in your CFAC book.

Committee Volunteers: Bill Cook, Nancy Baker, Rosemary weaver, Janet Price-Farrell, Bob Carey, Kristie Sluder.

Committee – begin work on updating the relational agreement with the Board.

Medicaid Waiver Update (WHN Dick Graham)

Expecting 2 other waiver sites to be on an upcoming phone call to share ideas/ solutions to common themes,  to avoid duplication, and increase consistency in policy among the LMEs.

Medicaid Information Sessions – rollout was initially slated for 1/month. Commissioners of the various wards wanted to have strong public input so WHN moved up info sessions for Rutherford, Polk and Henderson counties to January.

Members were given updated handout w/ session dates. Rescheduled dates were put in the 3 counties’ local paper. . Based on weather reports, alternate snow dates were arranged, just in case, for Rutherford (1/31/11) & Polk (2/3/11).

Added Note: Polk County was rescheduled for Thursday, Feb 3, 2011 due to bad weather.

CFAC Waiver Support Plan  Work Groups

CFAC participation on Waiver Workgroups (Handout).  Information is on WHN website – click on the big red “Medicaid Waiver”  block to go to Waiver web page.

CFAC members welcome to attend any of these committee meetings. Many workgroups will require CFAC representation. Nancy & Bill currently attend a meeting every Tuesday. Need more participation as the workgroups form.

Requires commitment – CFAC needs representation.

If you can’t participate regularly, you can select a backup consumer or family member from your community as your backup. If you volunteer for a committee, it’s still good to have a back up.   Some workgroups will start soon, others maybe not until July. Once info is available, Nancy will send out list of teams and their objectives, when these workgroups will start (some may not be until July) and when they will meet.

Motion was made/seconded/approved to ask the Board to earmark $2500 from their fund balance to fund CFAC members traveling to Asheville for meetings.

Current stipend limit is 2 meetings per month.. Need to clarify any changes with increased waiver workgroup participation. Also,  maybe ask WHN to consider alternate forms of meeting (teleconferencing, Skype).

Dick Graham:  WHN is serious about getting CFAC involvement. All workgroups are open to CFAC. I f interested, let the team chair know. Answered question about issue of getting info from PBH – it’s been resolved, was an issue with intellectual Property Rights.  Advocates for CFAC involvement on workgroups are needed during the process, not at the end.

Nancy – send list of workgroups with their objectives, and when they start/meet to request CFAC member participation.

Bill Cook:

- Check on CFAC allotment for mileage to Waiver meetings.

- Present funding request $2500 to WHN Board.

Nominating Committee

Currently CFAC is out of compliance with their Bylaws, so we’re forming a nominating committee.  Leslie, as former chair, to act as the chair. Tracey Turner and Ruth Ann Bradshaw agreed to serve.

Leslie – to present at next meeting.

State CFAC Telephone Conference 1/19/11 (B. Carey)

Bob Carey reporting on Jan 19^th 1 hour teleconference w/ State CFAC committee. Focus was coming up with hot topics from local CFACS. Since Dec meeting was cancelled, we missed the deadline for submitting hot topics that will form the basis for monthly conference calls throughout the year. The following topics were listed, but not really discussed: 1)  Medicaid Waiver Implementation; 2) CABHAS; 
3) DHHS Plans and accountability; 4) ER emissions, length of stay, lack of crisis beds; 5) CFAC communications state/local; 6) Budget cuts; 7) Consumer input at all levels; 8) Policy Rules and regulations

Cathy Kocian provided call-in number on handout.

CFAC members submit three hot topics.

Report from State CFAC Rep/Chair (R. Weaver)

 May no long have LOC (Legislative Oversight Committee). Uncertainty due to new legislatures coming into office and upcoming budget cuts. Not much info from waiver team since implementation moved to 2012 for WHN and Mecklenburg.

CFAC survey – last one was 1 ½ year ago. State task team asks all local CFACS to send in top 3 initiatives to help simplify/shorten the survey. Each WHN CFAC member should submit top 3 concerns in order of priority.  
Can submit in advance:
- Mail to WHN (356 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801  Attn: Kelley Stines);
- email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Western Regional CFAC Meeting - Cathy Kocian (Handout on Pathways CFAC/LME meeting in Gastonia). Western Regional CFAC meeting is asking for 10 top things you want regional group to know. Suggested using top 3 issues to make up the list for this meeting. Saturday, March 26,  is next NAMI meeting. Pathways is providing lunch. Steve Jordan, new division director, is willing to visit  each region each quarter.

CFAC members - submit top 3 issues. Due Feb 28^th.

WHN Board Meeting Report (Bill Cook)

Bill Cook presented the topics addressed. Discussed impact of Value Options’ presentation which caused distrust of waiver, especially in counties that haven’t voted on the Waiver.

CFAC member requested access to Arthur’s response to the Ten Points.

Dick Graham: Provide Arthur’s response to the Ten Points to CFAC members once available.

CABHA Meeting
Feb 2^nd in Gastonia

–OR–
 Feb 3^rd in Morganton

Training of providers and CFAC.

James Lane is interested in attending. He may be able to go with his employers which would free up a slot for someone else.

Need 2 members per CFAC. Two meetings are available. Nancy Baker is interested in Wed Feb 2^nd Gastonia meeting (9:30-4:00).

Joe is interested in attending Morganton, Feb 3^rd.

Interested Persons: Register on xxx Monkey.

Cathy Kocian – ask James Lane if he’s going with his employer. If James can’t go w/ employer, let Nancy know and she’ll give up her slot.

Ongoing/ New Business

§         State CFAC Request – Top Hot Initiatives (handout)

§         Update/Revise CFAC Relational Agreement – Form Committee

§         CABHA Meetings (handout)

§         Peer Support Specialists Graduation & Networking Event (handout) – motion made and approved to sponsor upcoming event.

§         Recommendation to move the regular CFAC meeting for June to a different location in a northern county.

Bob Carey – secure a location for the regular June CFAC meeting
[June 27, 2011]