Expanded or New CrossAgency Initiatives

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Cross-Systems Initiatives Subcommittee
Progress Report
Presentation to the Transformation Workgroup May
9, 2006
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Cross-Systems Initiatives Subcommittee

• PURPOSE
• Identify other entities working on priority
  areas, the work that has been done, and serve as
  point of interface
• Identify best practices or models for system
  change
• Develop specific strategies in each identified
  area
• Develop points of measurement (measures of
  success/timelines)
• Implement strategies and report to TWG
• Recommend policy, rule or code changes

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• Subcommittee Chair Steve McCaffrey
• DMHA Lead Staff Cathy Boggs and Alma West
• Cross Cutting Members
• Senator Billie Breaux
• Senator Pat Miller
• Representative Tim Brown
• Representative John Day
• Peter Bisbecos
• Jeanne Labrecque
• John Okeson

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Subcommittee Chair Steve McCaffreyDMHA Lead
Staff Cathy Boggs and Alma West

• Remaining Members
• Dave Bozell
• John Hall
• Nancy Jewell
• Jim Jones
• M.B. Lippold
• Bob Marra

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Subcommittee Chair Steve McCaffreyDMHA Lead
Staff Cathy Boggs and Alma West

• Members Cont
• Pam McConey
• Judge Chris Monroe
• Julie Newland
• Kristen Schunk
• Jane Seigel
• Cheryl Shearer

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Subcommittee Chair Steve McCaffreyDMHA Lead
Staff Cathy Boggs and Alma West

• Members Cont
• Steve Smith
• Lynn Smith
• Sue Uhl
• Jerry Vance
• Juana Watson
• Lisa Winternheimer

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4 Priority Area Task Forces

• 1. Forensic Task Force
• 2. Early Identification/Intervention Task
• Force
• 3. Public Health Task Force
• 4. Prevention Task Force

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Meetings

• February 28 Theme Forensics
• Dr. George Parker, DMHA Medical Director
• Title DMHA/DOC Collaborations
• Dr. Jim Friedle, DOC Clinical Director,
• Behavioral Health Services of Correctional
  Medical Services (CMS) (Dr. Elton Amos)
• Title Overview of the Correctional Medical
• Services (CMS) in Indiana

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Meetings

• February 28 Cont Theme Forensics
• Diane Mains, Re-entry Program Director, DOC
• Title Offender Re-entry Program
• Pam McConey, Executive Director, NAMI
• Title Crisis Intervention Team

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Meetings

• March 9 Theme Early Identification -
  Intervention
• Betty Walton, DMHA Consultant
• Title DMHA/DCS CANS Assessment
• Cheryl Shearer, DMHA Program Director
• Title Childrens Cross Systems Initiatives
• Kristen Schunk, DOE, Assistant Director
• Title Childrens Social, Emotional
  Behavioral
• Health Plan

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Meetings

• March 9 Cont Theme Early Identification -
  Intervention
• Dr. Judith Ganser, DOH
• Title Sunny Start Initiative
• Deanna McMurray, DOC Director of Youth Services
• Title Community Based Corrections for Youth
  and Adults

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Meetings

• April 21 Theme Public Health
• Dr. Andy Chambers, DMHA Medical Director
• Title Dual Diagnosis Treatment
• Loren Robertson, Assistant Commissioner, IDOH
• Title Overview of IDOH Community and Family
  Programs

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Meetings

• April 21 Cont Theme Public Health
• Carolyn Waller, IDOH Public Health Administrator
• Title Prenatal Substance Use Prevention
  Program (PSUPP)
• Barbara Scott and Trusa Grosso, The Center for
  Mental Health
• Title Primary Care Behavioral Health
  Integration

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Meetings

• April 21 Cont Theme Public Health
• Jeanne Labrecque, Medicaid Director, FSSA
• Title Behavioral Health and Hoosier
• Healthwise Rebid

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Additional Discussions For Each Task Force

• Forensics Task Force
• Community Diversion Programs
• Re-entry Programs (Judge Monroe)
• Treatment in Jails
• Mental Health Records in Jail
• Medicaid Application Process
• Substance Abuse Treatment
• Mental Health courts and drug courts
• Grant opportunities
• Work Release/Medications

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Additional Discussions For Each Task Force

• Early Identification - Intervention
• Indiana WINS Universal application system to
  determine eligibility
• Core competencies for early childhood
  intervention organizations
• Practice reform Family driven principles for
  intervention
• Department of Education updating Article 7 (IDEAI
  No Child Left Behind)
• CANS Limitations
• SB 529 Implementation (Screening Bill)

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Additional Discussions For Each Task Force

• Public Health
• Training in substance abuse for Primary Care
  Physicians and Obstetricians
• Specific initiatives from the Center for Mental
  Health regarding Primary Care and Behavioral
  Health Integration are pending
• Hoosier Healthwise Rebid

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Additional Discussions For Each Task Force

• Prevention
• Meeting to be held on May 30, 1-3 p.m.
• Speakers include
• John Von Arx, Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
  (ICJI) and Indianas Drug Free Commission
• Dave Bozell, Bureau Chief of Prevention, DMHA
• JoBeth McCarthy, Coordinator of External Affairs,
  Indiana Prevention Resource Center (IPRC)
• Charlotte Pontius, Director of Program
  Development and Outreach, Fairbanks

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Where Are We Headed With Initiatives?

• Identify current cross-systems initiatives from
  each Primary Task Force
• Identify needed cross-systems initiatives
• In collaboration with the TWG, identify priority
  initiatives
• Develop and implement strategies for each
  priority initiative and report to the TWG on
  progress and barriers
• Recommend policy, rule or code changes