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Jefferson County Substance Abuse Advisory Board
DATE May 8, 2007
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Jefferson Mental Health
Meeting Minutes
Board Members Present: John Barth, John Austin, Dean Robertson, and Laurie
Strong.
Board Members Absent: Connor Daily, Catharine Robinson, Caroleena Einarson,
Kimber Rotchford, John Chiles, Betty Harmon, Anne Winegar and Sherry Kimbrough
Staff Present: Ford Kessler, Rose Clemens and Julia Danskin
Staff Absent: Kelly Matlock
Guests:
I. CALL TO ORDER/APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The meeting was called to order at 3:45 pm. As there was no quorum at
today’s meeting, those present decided to email Substance Abuse
Advisory Board (SAAB) members to secure their approval or disapproval
vis a vis a letter of support that is due prior to our next meeting. The
letter of support is to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMSHA) of the Dept of Health and Human Services,
Washington D.C. regarding an application for substance abuse treatment
funding expansion and program enhancement for the Co-Occurring
Disorder Integrated Treatment (CODIT) program operated collaboratively
by Ford and Laurie. The program started, as you know, in October, and
has already reached capacity. An average of 13 referrals are received
each month. In order to expand capacity the program needs to hire more
staff, and in order to do that it needs more money. In addition, the
CODIT program consists of the partial replication of an Evidenced Based
Best Practice shown to work for folks with co-occurring severe mental
illness and substance abuse disorders. In order to fully serve this severely
impacted clientele, we need to fully replicate the program by adding other
elements….such as addressing clients medical and health needs. For this
also we need money. This grant is a competitive federal grant with a short
timeline. The letter is written already and John is willing to sign it as
Chair with a quorum of support from board members. Would you please
email Laurie at lauries@jmhs.info and say yes or no, ASAP so Ford and
Laurie can proceed.
ADJOURN – The meeting adjourned at 3:55 pm. The next meeting
is scheduled for June 12, 2007.
Respectfully submitted by Rose Clemens