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NAMI
Central Mississippi Affiliate minutes
January 30, 2008
Present: Kira Johnson, Michele Perkins, Signe Shackelford, Ricky
Quinn, Larry Swearengen, David McIntyre, Carolyn Barkley, Liz Milne,
Richard Courtney, Jerry McCarver, Annette Giessner, and Ann Jensen
President David McIntyre called the meeting to order.
Minutes: The November minutes were approved (no meeting in
December).
Housing Report: David announced that a meeting will be held
February 13 with Catholic Charities, Neil Edwards, NAMI MS, City of
Jackson, etc. to discuss possible application of a HUD housing grant. He
stated Catholic Charities has agreed to be the financial partner; they
will handle money. He stated the City of Jackson has land available at low
prices under a renewal project. It was mentioned that the HUD Lexington
project with NAMI Mississippi and Region 6-Life Help will resubmit for
this year’s grant money due to technicality in the grant.
Treasury Report: Vice President Ricky Quinn reported that $231.50
was earned by our affiliate at the October Walk. Our balance is $874.50.
DMH Update: Signe Shackelford, who serves as 1 of 3 Coordinators
for the Consumer & Family Affairs Division at the DMH, discussed the
Peer Review Program. Peer Review involves visiting CMHCs, making comments,
and is a good way to get to know the system. All expenses are paid. These
reviews are booked through April, but she encouraged those interested to
contact her. Ann Jensen also has the schedule and application forms. Signe
gave dates for the State Consumer Conference: Central MS-May 29-30 in
Meridian, North MS-June 5-6 in Oxford, South MS- June 19-10 in
Hattiesburg.
Jackson State University Update: Kira Johnson reported on new
mental health events at JSU. She will be speaking later tonight at a
sorority for 15 minutes about mental health resources to make students
more aware of mental health issues. She also mentioned an upcoming
anti-stigma event on March 26 and requested NAMI’s help. In addition, a
movie night will be held at JSU Student Union on mental illness to give
students an opportunity to dialogue.
Education Update: Ricky announced NAMI MS state conference on April
4 and 5 with speakers, Ron Honberg, Clarence Jordon, Dr. Pat Ainsworth,
and Dr. Cyndi Undesser. He is working on the conference flyer to be
completed soon. He showed the group the new information prescription-style
pad he developed with our affiliate information and asked members to
distribute at doctor’s offices, hospitals, and other locations. The
group discussed topics for speakers and the possibility of showing a
mental illness film at a future meeting.
Legislative Update: Guest speaker, Larry Swearengen, Coordinator of
Special Projects for NAMI MS gave an update on the current Medicaid match
situation affecting CMHC services. The DMH has asked the Legislature for a
Deficit Appropriation of 22 million to cover the Medicaid match for the
CMHCs for the remainder of this fiscal year ending June 30, 2008 and for a
22 million Appropriation for next year’s match. The House has passed the
Deficit Appropriation 122 to 0. The issue is now in the Senate. The
Governor is allowing 10 million in his budget for the match. It could
possibly take the rest of the session before it is resolved. The DMH will
make decisions on how the appropriated money will be used, what services
will be available, etc. Larry gave a sample letter, an explanation,
talking points, and addresses for members to write legislators in support
of the Medicaid match money. He also discussed some past advocacy efforts.
Next Meeting: February 28. A notice will be sent announcing
location of the meeting.
Meeting Adjourned
Respectfully submitted,
Emily Hodo
Secretary/Treasurer |
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NAMI
Central Mississippi
Affiliate Meeting Minutes
February 28, 2008
Present:
Annette Giessner, Ricky Quinn, David McIntyre, Ann Jensen, Jerry
McCarver, Laura Mullins, Emily Hodo
President David McIntyre called the
meeting to order.
Minutes:
January minutes were approved.
Conference
Report: The 2008 NAMI
State Conference will be held at the Clarion Hotel on I-55 North on April
4-5. We decided to consider
having a packet including NAMI brochures for each program offered (Peer-to
Peer, F2F, etc.) available at the Conference.
Several members volunteered to help in the office and at the
Conference. We asked that the
NAMI office staff send State Conference brochures to local law
enforcement; they agreed to do this.
Education
update: David McIntyre
said he has a meeting scheduled on Thursday, March 27, with Region IX
Director Margaret Harris.
As a result of a recent police
altercation in Flowood which resulted in the death of a psychotic man,
David will also call Dave Vann, Director of Region VIII, to determine what
kind of training
Rankin
County
law enforcement has received for managing crises involving those with
mental illness. [Update: Dave
Vann told David that all law enforcement in
Rankin
County
has been trained, but he did not specify the nature of the training.]
The Canton Police Department has
indicated that the Department would like NAMI training.
The laws have changed regarding
involuntary commitment, which can now occur in any
Mississippi
county, not just the county of residence.
The NAMI office may change our brochures to reflect this.
Other
Business: Ricky Quinn moved, and Jerry seconded, that Annette Giessner
represent our Affiliate on the NAMI State Board.
The motion was unanimously approved.
Secretary/Treasurer’s
report: With the funds
from the NAMI walk, the affiliate balance is $874.50.
Next
Meeting: The next meeting is planned for 6 P.M. Tuesday, March 25,
2008, at Rick Courtney’s office. The
April meeting will be held on Thursday, April 17, 2008.
The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Emily Hodo
Secretary/Treasurer |
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NAMI
Central Mississippi
Affiliate Meeting Minutes
March 24, 2008
Present:
Annette Giessner, Ricky Quinn, David McIntyre, Ann Jensen, Jerry
McCarver, Richard Courtney, Emily Hodo
President David McIntyre called the
meeting to order.
Minutes:
February minutes were approved.
Conference
Report: The 2008 NAMI
State Conference will be held at the Clarion Hotel on I-55 North on April
4-5. The planning is going
according to schedule. There
will be an announcement in the Clarion-Ledger this week.
Education
update: David McIntyre
said Ricky and he met as scheduled on Thursday, March 27, with Region IX
Director Margaret Harris and Dr. Tamara regarding housing.
David reported that they were very interested in any housing ideas
NAMI has and will work with us. They
were also open to NAMI Provider Education Training at the Region IX
facilities. They indicated
that Sheriff McMillan may be receptive to law enforcement training.
David said he has a copy of the
curriculum that Region VIII used to train law enforcement officers in
Rankin,
Madison
, Simpson, and
Copiah
Counties
. We will compare it to CIT
training and consider using one or the other for law enforcement officer
training if we are able to do so.
A Peer-to-Peer course to be taught at
the NAMI MS office on
Briarwood Drive
will be held on April 10th, 11th, 14th,
and 15th.
Other
Business: Ann has the
names and addresses of members in all four counties in our affiliate area
(about 100). We plan to send
each one an invitation to our May 15 Affiliate meeting when we will try to
provide an IOOV presentation. We
will include an IOOV poster in the first invitation, which will request a
reply by May 1, and send a reminder post card later.
David and others will get some brochures ready to give to members
at the May meeting.
Annette stated that it was
mentioned in a recent PACT meeting that the DMH is considering having
about 3 CMHCs begin operating 3 of the current Crisis Centers as
24/7 facilities under their own standards vs. hospital standards. They
would not require a court commitment as they do now.
There will be an IOOV presentation at
Tougaloo
College
in April.
In the future, our affiliate meetings
will be held the third Thursday of each month, except June and December
(per by-laws), in
St.
Dominic
Hospital
conference room #1.
Secretary/Treasurer’s
report: No change in the
account since last meeting.
Next
Meeting: The next meeting is planned for 6 P.M. Thursday, April 17,
2008, at
St.
Dominic
Hospital
lower level conference room #1. The
meeting was adjourned. |
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NAMI
Central Mississippi
Affiliate Meeting Minutes
April 17, 2008
Present:
Annette Giessner, Laura Mullin, David McIntyre, Linda Hurstell, Denise
Tallant, Liz Milne, Carolyn Barkley, Stan Henley, Emily Hodo
President David McIntyre called the
meeting to order.
Minutes:
March minutes were approved.
Education
update: Eli Lilly and
Company is sponsoring a new program called Community Conversations,
devoted to sharing data relevant to improving the lives of consumers
recovering from mental illness. The
NAMI State Board has agreed to partner with Eli Lilly to help implement
this new approach to consumer advocacy. NAMI
has been asked to assemble a group of 15 diverse stakeholders from the
Central Mississippi
area to take part in the first of three day-long meetings April 30th.
This group will dialogue on such topics as housing, employment,
transportation, and criminal justice outcomes for people with mental
illnesses, to establish which is the single most critical issue facing
consumers in our area. We will
wait until this decision is made to pursue further consideration of what
law enforcement training we will advocate in our area.
Housing
Update: David has been in
contact with the Reverend Buckley from Cade Chapel M. B. Church in the
Virden community in
Jackson
regarding long-term housing for low-income individuals and families.
The area is north of
Woodrow Wilson Avenue
between
Bailey Avenue
and Highway 49 North. Our
Affiliate may partner with the Cade Development Corporation to find
suitable housing for those with mental illnesses.
David provided each of us with a brochure explaining the concept
and their specific plans.
Other
Business: We plan to send
each member in Hinds, Rankin,
Madison
, and
Copiah
Counties
an invitation to our May 15 Affiliate meeting when we will try to provide
an IOOV presentation. We will
include an IOOV poster in the first invitation, which will request a reply
by May 1, and send a reminder post card later.
David and others will get some brochures ready to give to members
at the May meeting.
Liz has advertised in the Rankin
Ledger for the Connection support group she facilitates on the first and
third Monday each month at 6 PM at St. Peter’s by the
Lake
at the reservoir. Carolyn
suggested that Connection leaders need more support and more people
trained.
Only $10 million of the requested $22 million
Medicaid match deficit for the Community Mental Health Centers was approved.
CMHCs that have been paying their Medicaid matches will get their part of
the approved 10
million first. Dave
Vann (Region 8) said they will continue to offer all the services there.
Since Shirley Montgomery has resigned
as the Executive of NAMI Mississippi, a new Director is being sought.
Secretary/Treasurer’s
report: No change in the
account since last meeting.
Next
Meeting: The next meeting is planned for 6 P.M. Thursday, May 15,
2008, at
St.
Dominic
Hospital
lower level conference room #1. The
meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Emily Hodo
Secretary/Treasurer |
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NAMI
Central Mississippi
Affiliate Meeting Minutes
Present:
Annette Giessner, Laura Mullins, David McIntyre, Linda Hurstell, Liz
Milne, Peggy Hammet, Jan Downer, Ricky Quinn, Tim McIntyre, Pat McIntyre,
Pam Fortenberry, Jody Fortenberry, Ann Jensen, Anne Sunler, Jerry McCarver,
Patricia Byrne, Elaine Owen, Ginger Bruner, Claude Chatman, Jann Chatman,
Stephanie Chatman, Sybil James, Peet Denson, Elaine Watson, Tom Reaves,
Leland Sentell, Ed Sentell, Karen Pickett, Ferdinand McAfee, George
Miller, Emily Hodo
President David McIntyre called the
meeting to order.
Minutes:
April minutes were approved.
Education update: The
NAMI State Board has agreed to partner with Eli Lilly to help implement a
new approach to consumer advocacy called Community Conversations. At
the first of three planned NAMI Mississippi Community Conversations
meetings (April 1st), it was decided that criminalization
issues are a critical area presently facing consumers in our area and one where
some aspects are solvable. An
Action Plan was created to advocate for persons with mental illness and
their families by becoming more involved with this system.
A second meeting, to be held on July 1st, 2008, will
include these stakeholders and others to pursue further consideration of
what criminalization
areas, which includes law enforcement training, we will advocate
for in our area. On May 20,
Larry Swearingen and David McIntyre will meet with Hinds County Sheriff
Malcolm McMillan as part of this effort.
Other
Business: A number of
invited guests had come to hear an In Our Own Voice presentation and David
brought to their attention NAMI brochures available at the meeting.
He also informed us about the Mississippi Public Broadcasting
special, Out of the Shadows, to be shown May 21.
He also solicited support for the NAMI Walk and requested
suggestions for affiliate meeting speakers.
Ricky Quinn informed the group about
what is available on the Affiliate website.
Liz Milne offered her IOOV
presentation. She was very
well received and took questions afterward, explaining a relapse
prevention plan, the Peer-to-Peer advance directive, and the time and
place of Connection meetings.
Next
Meeting: There will be no meeting in June.
The next meeting is planned for 6 P.M. Thursday, July 17, 2008, at
St.
Dominic
Hospital
lower level conference room #1. The
meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Emily Hodo
Secretary/Treasurer |
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