October 12th Mental Health Task Force Meeting

Join us for the Mental Health Task Force October meeting, on Tuesday, October 12th from 3 – 5 PM.

Agenda

View the meeting agenda here (pdf).

View the meeting recording here (Youtube; captions available).

Our agenda will include:

1. Welcome and Task Force Updates, Mary Neubauer and Christine Apple
   • View the MHTF 2021-2022 Supporting Members List here (pdf).
   • View the 2021-2022 Membership Drive Materials and Online Payment Option here.
2. Granite Hills Hospital Update, Jennifer Bergersen, CEO
   • View the Granite Hill Hospital website here (external link).
3. Medicaid Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) update and changes, Nick Di Meo, Wisconsin DHS
   • View the NEMT presentation here (pdf).
   • View the ForwardHealth Update here (pdf).
4. Wisconsin Community Services (WCS) Hub & Spoke Program, Eric Diamond, Director of Innovation and Special Projects and Maya Robinson, Assistant Director of Hub & Spoke Health Home
   • View the Hub and Spoke Program presentation here (pdf).
   • View the Hub and Spoke Member Brochure here (pdf).
   • View the Partner with a Health Home brochure here (pdf).
   • View the Home Health ROI document here (pdf).
5. Debrief on our 2021 Karen Avery Forum, Celebrating Recovery, Ending Stigma, Embracing Possibilities and discussion of next steps.
   • Advocacy Opportunity: SB-600 Decriminalizing Fentanyl Test Strips (pdf).
   • View the full MHTF MH Board testimony here (pdf).
   • View Childs’ “Drug Checking with Fentanyl Test Strips” presentation here (pdf).
   • Studies
     • Fentanyl self-testing outside supervised injection settings to prevent opioid
       overdose: Do we know enough to promote it? (pdf).
     • Evaluation of a fentanyl drug checking service for clients of a supervised injection facility, Vancouver, Canada (Harm Reduction Journal).
     • Harm reduction measures employed by people using opioids with suspected fentanyl exposure in Boston, Baltimore, and Providence (Harm Reduction Journal).

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