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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Advisory Committee Retreat Meeting
AGENDA final
August 7, 2018 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: Jefferson County Public Health/Pacific Room
I. Call to Order/ Introductions
Board Members: Kathleen Kler
Patricia Beathard
Jill Buhler
Anne Dean
Michael Evans
Ariel Speser
Steve Workman
Sheila Westerman
Staff: Vicki Kirkpatrick, and Anna Mc Enery
II. Introductions
III. Approval and/or modification of the draft Agenda/(Enclosure)
IV. Public Comments
NEW BUSINESS
V. Review- History/10th of 1% Fund-Past 5 Years/Priority Funding Areas/
Anna Mc Enery & Vicki Kirkpatrick/(Handout)/25 Minutes
1. What does the spending trend of 1/10th of 1% fund tell us?
2. Are the priority funding areas still the top priority funding areas?
3. How do we access prioritized community needs/gaps?
4. What categories of funding match the priority areas?
5. Is the funding allocated clearly based on defined priorities?
6. Do we split the funding up into percentages again?
PRIORITY FUNDING AREAS for the 1/10TH OF 1% SALES TAX FUNDING
1. Community-based prevention/treatment in children’s centers, school campuses, or in
homes for families & children coping with mental illness or substance abuse.
2. Reduce the incidence and severity of substance use disorder and/or mental health
disorders while improving the health and well-being of all Jefferson County residents by
way of treatment for mental illness, substance use disorder, and co-occurring disorders.
3. Therapeutic courts: coordinate substance use disorder & mental health court referrals,
family dependency, housing, and other needs including, but not limited to transportation
services within adult courts.
4. Divert adults with substance use disorder and chemical dependency and mental health
issues from contact with the criminal justice system.
5. Jails: coordinate and provide substance use disorder, chemical dependency and mental
health assessment, counseling treatment and referral in the jail. Identify and provide case
management-related needs of inmates suffering from mental illness and/or substance
abuse (e.g. housing, medical, employment, etc.) following incarceration.
VI. Outputs vs Outcomes/Vicki Kirkpatrick/35 Minutes
1. Definitions
2. Develop a Criteria? -Evidence Based vs. a Promising Practice
3. What are the Measures?
4. How do we know we are funding the best interventions in the priority areas?
5. Treatment vs Prevention.
o If the goal is recovery, what data elements do we need to demonstrate
recovery?
o How do we measure what didn’t happen?
BREAK/DINNER
VII. Decision Process for Funding-(Definitions)/Kathleen Kler/30 Minutes
1. Supplemental Funding- (additional or new)
2. Emergency Funding
3. Emergent Funding
• Decision-making processes for supplemental funding: Should the decision-making process
for supplemental funds be the same as the decision-making process for regular funds? Should
supplemental funds be targeted differently than regular funds?
• Decision-making processes for emergency funding: Should the decision-making process for
emergency funds be the same as the decision-making process for regular funds? Criteria for
emergency funding?
• Decision-making processes for emergent funding: If contracted services, (approved by the
Committee) cannot be provided by the vendor, staff have an obligation to bring forward
projects to the Committee to replace services. Should the decision-making process for
emergent funds be the same as the decision-making process for regular funds?
VIII. RFP Process/Vicki Kirkpatrick & Anna Mc Enery/30 Minutes
1. Do we continue to only fund existing organizations?
2. If so, do we need an RFP process?
3. Do we fund existing organizations and set aside a fund for new RFPs?
4. Do we do an RFP every two years?
5. When should we do a targeted RFP?
IX. Closing Thoughts from each Committee Member
X. Public Comments