Comprehensive Community Services

NORTH CENTRAL REGION COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM COORDINATION COMMITTEE December 20, 2022 Call Meeting to Order: The North Central Region Comprehensive Community Services Program Coordination Committee meeting was called to order by Chair Scott Mildbrand at 3:00 p.m. on December 20, 2022, via Zoom and in person in Taylor County. Voting Members Present: From Iron County: Brianna Thomas and Cally Bucknell From Taylor County: Scott Mildbrand, Cathy Taber, Rachel Loucks, Erin Meyer, and Cody Miller From Sawyer County: Hailey Sands From Price County: Chana Rymarkiewicz Voting Members Absent: Terri Bollinger and Alicia Carlson Others Present: Cheryl Ketelhut NCR- CCS Administrator , Taylor Reinhardt NCR -CCS Administrator, Suzanne Stanfley Director, Taylor County Human Services, and Marisa Radloff TCHS Administrative Assistant Attendance Recording: Completed and recorded as indicated above. Approve Agenda: Erin Meyer motioned to approve the agenda of 1 5 items and Cathy Taber seconded. The Motion carried. Introduction of Committee Members and New NCR-CCS Administrator : Taylor Reinhardt introduced himself as the new NCR -CCS Administrator. Committee members introduced themselves and what county they are part of. Scott Mildbrand thanked Chery Ketelhut for all the hard work and years she has put into Taylor County. Approve Minutes of the October 25, 2022, Meeting: Erin Meyer motioned to approve meeting minutes of the October 25, 2022, meeting and Chana Rymarkiewicz seconded. Motion carried. Public Comments: None were present. Quality Improvement Plan o Review 2022 Plan and DHS Satisfaction Survey Results Ms. Ketelhut updated us on the review of the 2022 Plan and DHS Satisfaction Survey Results and provided a handout containing this content; accomplishing and completing goals one and two this year. Not being able to work on goal number three this year but will be worked on in 2023 for the Quality Improvement Plan. Goal number five has been a challenge; in 2021 we had seven returned reports and eight returned reports in 2022, will be working on improving for the future. Ms. Ketelhut provided an update about runn ing reports by county but would like to try to run the reports by region. Goal number six we are contracted with BRI and Aurora Community Services; which indicates they are available to all consumers in our region not just in Taylor County. o Develop 2023 Quality Improvement Plan Developing the 2023 Quality Improvement Plan, Suzanne Stanfley stated she would like to keep goals number one through five in the 2023 plan and remove goal number six (NCR- CCS will have approved providers for employment Related Skil l Training) and add a new goal; to obtain peer support providers for the region. Questions were asked, discussion was had. Motion was made to approve changes to the 2023 Quality Improvement Plan . Mr. Reinhardt will provide a draft 2023 Quality Improvement Plan at the next CCS meeting in February. Rachel Loucks made a motion to approve the 2023 Quality Improvement Plan. Cathy Taber seconded the motion. Motion was carried. CCS Website Information : Ms. Ketelhut provided an update of the Taylor County website pertaining to the CCS program. Ms. Ketelhut went over: • how to navigate to this page • explained this webpage is the homebase for all providers to go to for training purposes, for anyone interested in becoming a CCS provider • The application is provided on this page, along with referrals to become enrolled and all Forward Health updates. To be added: • Information about the CCS service array • Will be adding eligibility and service facilitation in the future Discussion was had. Work on the website is not complete as additional information for consumers is to be added. Ms. Ketelhut would like this to be consistent information provided throughout the region. NCR-CCS Desk Review: Ms. Ketelhut provided an update on this topic. Every other year we need to complete the certification process with an in person visit from the Department of Quality Assurance at DHS. The opposing years we must complete the process but as a desk review with no in person visit. Ms. Ketelh ut has yet to receive the DQA information this year, an update will be provided at the next scheduled meeting. County Updates: • Ms. Ketelhut provided an update for Taylor County; hired a new service facilitator (Mia Bleicher) she has completed her orientation and is starting to take on a caseload . Ms. Ketelhut stated enrollment is doing well with 35 enrolled and 5-6 on the waitlist, which will hopefully be taken off as of January. Advertising for the dual CCS/CLTS position has been reposted and will be provided with an update at the next scheduled meeting. • Iron County- Brianna Thomas provided an update pertaining to more people helping them out with a steady flow of referrals coming in. Ms. Thomas also stated they will be combining CCS/CLTS/CST and will be interviewing for this position. • Sawyer County- Hailey Sands updated us that they have 6 that are enrolled and/or in the enrollment process with one functional screening going on. • Price County - Chana Rymarkiewicz stated there is a couple enrolled and working on enrolling more into programs. There is currently no counseling provider for the CCS program which is currently their biggest barrier. Update on providers was given by each county with Taylor Reinhardt to follow-up. Form Approval: Ms. Ke telhut requested the approval of the Admission Agreement Form; Contents of this form include no longer needing a release of information within the CCS program’s consumers and providers contracted with. Questions were asked; discussion was had. Updates for this form were requested and will be updated. Updates will be made while in contact with our county attorney. A revised Admission Agreement form will be provided by Mr. Reinhardt at the next scheduled meeting. 2023 CCS Contract Exhibit Approval: Ms. Ketelhut explained this documentation is attached to all contracts that are contracted out through the region; as explained on a handout distributed and displayed at the meeting. There may be some revising of the 2023 CCS Contract Exhibit document with the changes recommended by Corporation Counsel. CCS committee could make a motion to approve the 2023 CCS Contract Exhibit document with the changes recommended by corporation counsel. If any changes are made by the cooperation council, each county will be notified with the changes. A motion was made by Erin Meyer for the 2023 CCS Contract Exhibit Approval with any changes recommended by the cooperation council. Cathy Taber seconded that motion. The motion was carried. Other Business: Ms. Ketelhut and members stated there was nothing to report on this topic. Schedule Next Meeting: Next meeting is Tuesday, February 21st, 2023, at 3:00p.m. Mr. Reinhardt will provide a schedule for the remaining meetings to be scheduled for 2023. Adjourn: Motion to adjourn by Erin Meyer, second by Chana Rymarkiewicz. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 3:52 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Marisa Radloff, TCHS Administrative Assistant NORTH CENTRAL REGION COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM COORDINATION COMMITTEE October 25, 2022 Call Meeting to Order: The North Central Region Comprehensive Community Services Program Coordination Committee meeting was called to order by Chair Scott Mildbrand at 3:02 p.m. on October 25, 2022, via Zoom and in person in Taylor County. Voting Members Present: From Iron County: Brianna Thomas and Cally Bucknell From Taylor County: Scott Mildbrand, Cathy Taber, and Cody Miller From Sawyer County: Hailey Sands From Price County: Chana Rymarkiewicz Voting Members Absent: Terri Bollinger, Rachel Loucks, Erin Meyer, Alicia Carlson Others Present: Cheryl Ketelhut NCR - CCS Administrator, Laurie Hoffman NCR -CCS Services Director, Suzanne Stanfley Director, Taylor County Human Services, Karlie Pierson DHS Area Administration, and Marisa Radloff TCHS Administrative Assistant Approve Agenda: Brianna Thomas motioned to approve the agenda of 14 items and Cathy Taber seconded. The Motion carried. Attendance Recording: Completed and recorded as indicated above. Approve Minutes of the August 17, 2022, Meeting : Brianna Thomas moti oned to approve meeting minutes of the August 17, 2022, meeting and Cathy Taber seconded. Motion carried. Public Comments: None were presented. Review Bylaws: Ms. Ketelhut started this discussion by stating membership shall be composed of twelve voting member and shall follow DHS 36.09 (2) for membership. Ms. Ketelhut explained we do not currently have a Vice -Chair. Questions were asked and discussion was had. Cathy Taber nominated Brianna Thomas for the Vice -Chair position. Cally Bucknell seconded this motion. The motion was carried. Ms. Ketelhut went over wording changes in the North Central Region Comprehensive Community Services Coordination Committee Bylaw s, ARTICLE 111. Membership, Section 1 (a) and ARTICLE VI. Officers, Sections 1. Election of Officers, to update membership language discussed at the last meeting and secondly to correct the appropriate election year timespan. Cally Bucknell made a motion to approve these wording changes. Chana Rymarkiewicz seconded. Motion was carried. Review QI Plan: Cheryl Ketelhut provided an update regarding this topic while sharing her screen via the Zoom Meeting. • Goals number 1 and 2 were accomplished with results of internal surveys shared at the last meeting. • Ms. Ketelhut reported that she due to time constraints she has not been able to develop an implementation plan for the third goal: As a result of enrollment in CCS, life satisfaction will improve as demonstrated by results of the life satisfaction survey. • Goal 4 will be shared during county updates. • Pertaining to goal five: The DHS Satisfaction surveys have been distributed to CCS consumers in the region who have been enrolled for at least 6 months or discharged in the last 3 months. Taylor County wanted to increase return rates, so consumers were given a choice to have the survey completed via paper and clerical staff entering data into the DHS system or direct entry of their responses by logging into the system via internet. Taylor County had 8 adult surveys returned so far (7 total in 2021). Surveys need to be returned or responses entered by 10/31/2022. Price reported no returns, Sawyer at nearly 100% and Iron one survey returned. Results of the survey can be shared at the next meeting. • Goal 6: Aurora is taking referrals for the Employment Related Skill Training and Cheryl will determine if BRI is ready to do the same. CCS Website Information: Ms. Hoffman provided an update of the Taylor County websi te pertaining to the CCS program. Ms. Hoffman went over • how to get to this page • explained this webpage is the homebase for all providers to go to for training purposes, • for anyone interested in becoming a CCS provider • the application is provided on this page, along with referrals to become enrolled and all Forward Health updates. Discussion was had. Work on the website is not complete as additional information for consumers is to be added. Ms. Ketelhut thanked Ms. Hoffman for all the hard work and crea tivity used to create this page for our convenience and for others. Ms. Hoffman also stated if anyone had any questions, suggestions and or comments to email her. NCR-CCS Desk Review: Ms. Ketelhut provided an update on this topic. Every other year we need to complete the certification process with an in person visit from the Department of Quality Assurance at DHS. The opposing years we must complete the process but as a desk review with no in person visit. Ms. Ketelhut has yet to receive the DQA informati on this year, an update will be provided at the next scheduled meeting. County Updates: • Ms. Ketelhut will be retiring January 6, 2023, this position is advertised until the end of the day October 28 th. Hired one new service facilitator starting Monday, O ctober 31 st, and advertising for another service facilitator until November 11 th. Ms. Ketelhut stated enrollment is doing well. Statistics were discussed pertaining to the handout provided. Questions were asked, discussion was had. • Iron County- Cally Bucknell provided an update pertaining to more people helping them out. Brianna Thomas stated there was another CCS enrollment as well. • Sawyer County - Hailey Sands updated us that they have six current clients and two referrals. • Price County - Chana Rymarkiewicz questioned having an up -to-date list of current providers and contractors we work with. Other Business: Ms. Ketelhut and members stated there was nothing to report on this topic. Schedule Next Meeting: Next meeting is Tuesday, December 20th, 2022, at 3:00. Adjourn: Motion to adjourn by Cathy Taber, second by Chana Rymarkiewicz. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Marisa Radloff, TCHS Administrative Assistant NORTH CENTRAL REGION COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM COORDINATION COMMITTEE August 17, 2022 Call Meeting to Order: The North Central Region Comprehensive Community Services Program Coordination Committee meeting was called to order by Chair Scott Mildbrand at 3:15 p.m. on August 17, 2022, via Zoom and in person in Taylor County. Voting Members Present: From Iron County: Brianna Thomas From Taylor County: Scott Mildbrand, Cathy Taber, and Cody Miller From Sawyer County: Hailey Sands and Alicia Carlson From Price County: None Voting Members Absent: Nancy Campbell-Kelz, Erin Meyer Others Present: Cheryl Ketelhut, NCR -CCS Administrator, Sarah Reese -Socha and Tori Borman TCHS Administrative Assistant Approve Agenda: Due to quorum, meeting was started with information only and when enough voting members were present, this topic was started. Cathy Taber motioned to approve the 13 - item agenda. Alicia Carlson seconded. The Motion carried. Attendance Recording: Completed and recorded as indicated above. Approve Minutes of the June 21, 2022, Meeting: Alicia Carlson motioned to approve meeting minutes of the June 21, 2022, meeting and Cathy Taber seconded. Motion carried. Public Comments: None were presented. Approve Youth and Adult NCR -CCS Brochures: Ms. Ketelhut explained the Adult and Youth CCS Brochures and provided the description and reasoning with what was changed. Questions were asked and discussion was had regarding the new Youth Brochure. Ms. Ketelhut stated service facilitators will disperse these new brochures to consumers and/or providers. It was stated that Ms. Ketelhut will provide these brochures to the other counties for hand -outs. In addition, Ms. Ketelhut thanked and offered appreciation to the members of the sub -committee for help ing during the meetings to help create the brochures. Alicia Carlson motioned to approve both CCS Brochures, Adult and Youth. Cathy Taber seconded. The Motion carried. DHS Satisfaction Survey – Subcommittee Report: Ms. Ketelhut started this meeting w ith this topic due to it only being information and not a voting topic. Ms. Ketelhut stated this is discussion of the sub-committee. Ms. Ketelhut explained the process will go by each county and discussed in detail for Taylor County. With that, she stat ed the new process will be asking the at least 6 - month enrolled consumer if he/she would prefer emailed, or hand -delivered. With the hand delivering, the service facilitator will not be able to bring it back with them due to confidentiality and ensuring the consumer stays anonymous. Questions were asked and discussion was had. This will be a follow up process for the staff. Review Second Quarter Enrollment and Hospitalization Stats: Cheryl Ketelhut provided an update on this topic. Review QJ Plan: Supervisor, Cheryl Ketelhut provided an update regarding this topic. With that, she stated there were 128 surveys for their region sent out. 40 were for service facilitators and the rest were for the other providers. There was only a 27% return rate, which is not great and that is the goal to improve the response rate. Ms. Ketelhut did state Sawyer County had the best satisfaction rate by receiving 100% for both service facilitator and service providers. CCS Website Information : Ms. Ketelhut indicat ed there is a process in place for updating the County website in Taylor County. It is hoped to add consistent information regarding the CCS program and the enrollment process. Cheryl Ketelhut stated that the hope is that the other counties will provide the link to the page and the individual will be directed to the process in the County they reside in. More information to follow on this in the October 2022 meeting. Other Business: Ms. Ketelhut and members stated there was nothing to report on this topic. Schedule Next Meeting: Next meeting is Tuesday, October 25th, 2022, at 3:00. Adjourn: Motion to adjourn by Cathy Taber, second by Brianna Thomas. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 3:35 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Tori Borman, TCHS Administrative Assistant NORTH CENTRAL REGION COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM COORDINATION COMMITTEE June 21, 2022 Call Meeting to Order: The North Central Region Comprehensive Community Services Program Coordination Committee meeting was called to order by Chair Scott Mildbrand at 3:05 p.m. on June 21, 2022, via Zoom and in person in Taylor County with all counties in the region represented. Voting Members Present: From Iron County: Cally Bucknell and Brianna Thomas From Taylor County: Scott Mildbrand and Cody Miller From Sawyer County: Hailey Sands From Price County: Chana Rymarkiewicz Voting Members Absent: Nancy Campbell-Kelz, Erin Meyer, Cathy Taber, Alicia Carlson Others Present: Cheryl Ketelhut, NCR-CCS Administrator, Karlie Pierson, DHS Area Administration and Tori Borman TCHS Administrative Assistant Approve Agenda: Chair, Scott Mildbrand stated one item on agenda was already discussed at the meeting in April, therefore, it was removed making the agenda a 14 -item agenda. Chana Rymarkiewicz motioned to approve the agenda of 14 items and Hailey Sands seconded. The Motion carried. Attendance Recording: Completed and recorded as indicated above. Approve Minutes of the April 19, 2022, Meeting : Chana Rymarkiewicz motioned to approve meeting minutes of the April 19, 2022, meeting and Hailey Sands seconded. Motion carried. Public Comments: None were presented. Provider Updates: There are no new providers, however, Cheryl Ketelhut reported that there is individual that is highly interested in becoming a provider and there is now an approved contract to start working with the individual. There is also a group, called We-Adapt that is for kids and adults enrolled in the CCS Program. As mentioned, previously, there is a struggle with finding providers for the CCS Program with a few of the barrier that are experienced. NCR-CCS Policy Approval: None. NCR-CCS Form Approval: None Quality Improvement Plan Review: Cheryl Ketelhut provided an update on this topic. Cheryl states there are no changes at this time but did make the committee aware the Satisfaction Surveys have been sent out to the consumers. County Updates: • Chana Rymarkiewicz in Price County reports that the county is trying to get consumers enrolled in the CCS program, however, the County is experiencing low staff. In addition, to low staff, Chana reports it is hard to get in contact with the consumer and en gage with them regarding the CCS Program. • Brianna Thomas reported on behalf of Iron County with having completed quite a few Functional Screens and are found eligible for services, however, the consumer is proceeding with the CSP Program due to higher needs. • Hailey Sands reported on behalf of Sawyer County, and reports the County has seven enrolled, but hoping to enroll one more, although might be difficult having the individual agree with the other necessary protocols with counseling. Hailey reports she did receive a referral from the Youth Justice Program. • Cheryl Ketelhut reported for Taylor County reports that currently the program is stable and no specific changes. Cheryl did provide an update to the committee regarding the Taylor County Human Services Board approved an additional staff member to be hired for the Children Long Term Support (CLTS) position and that will begin the next process of being approved at the Finance committee. Administrator’s Report: Cheryl Ketelhut reported the CCS Sub -Committee did meet June 9 th, but relayed there was no conversation with the surveys, as the State has just changed the guidelines regarding how this process is to be completed. It was agreed at the sub-committee to hold until the specific guidelines were completed to move forward with that process. Cheryl did provide an update regarding the Brochures that were discussed at the sub-committee and will be working with one of her staff members who works with the children to possibly be creating a CCS Children Brochure. Once things are put together, Cheryl will provide back to the big committee. In addition, Cheryl Ketelhut reminded the other counties that the quarter will be ending and will need the numbers for the CCS Report. Schedule Next Meeting: Next meeting is Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at 3:00. Adjourn: Motion to adjourn by Chana Rymarkiewicz, second by Brianna Thomas. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 3:32 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Tori Borman, TCHS Administrative Assistant NORTH CENTRAL REGION COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM COORDINATION COMMITTEE April 19, 2022 Call Meeting to Order: The North Central Region Comprehensive Community Services Program Coordination Committee meeting was called to order by Chair Alicia Carlson at 3:03 p.m. on April 19, 2022, via Zoom and in person in Taylor County with all counties in the region represented. Voting Members Present: From Iron County: Cally Bucknell and Brianna Thomas From Taylor County: Scott Mildbrand, Erin Meyer, Cathy Taber and Cody Miller From Sawyer County: Hailey Sands and Alicia Carlson From Price County: Chana Rymarkiewicz Voting Members Absent: Nancy Campbell-Kelz Others Present: Cheryl Ketelhut, NCR -CCS Administrator, Sarah Reese -Socha, Director Price County HHS, Suzanne Stanfley, TCHS Director, Tru Lor, DHS Area Administration Karlie Pierson, DHS Area Administration and Tori Borman TCHS Administrative Assistant Approve Agenda: Scott Mildbrand motioned to approve the agenda of 14 items and Erin Meyer seconded. The Motion carried. Attendance Recording: Completed and recorded as indicated above. Approve Minutes of the February 15, 2022, Meeting : Scott Mildbrand motioned to approve meeting minutes of the February 15, 2022 meeting and Cathy Taber seconded. Motion carried. Public Comments: None were presented. Provider Updates: There are no new providers, however, Cheryl Ketelhut reported that a process of re-approaching qualified providers in Price County will be happening. Ch eryl Ketelhut states she will update at next meeting regarding this and the details that follow. In addition, Cheryl Ketelhut reported a conversation with a new provider who is interested in service for all those enrolled in CCS, especially Tribal Members, specifically in Sawyer County. NCR-CCS Policy Approval: None. NCR-CCS Form Approval: None Election of New Chairperson: In the last meeting, February 15, 2022, it was announced that Committee would need a new Chairperson to comply with the Bylaws. S cott Mildbrand was nominated by Cally Bucknell, Iron County and seconded by Alicia Carlson, Sawyer County. Motion carried with 8 ayes. Scott Mildbrand is now the Chairperson, and he took over the meeting. Quality Improvement Plan Review: Referenced the handout, 2022 Annual Quality Improvement Plan that was sent to the committee members prior to the meeting. Cheryl Ketelhut reviewed the handout with the committee and discussed the goals in depth. County Updates: • Chana Rymarkiewicz in Price County reports that they have two consumers enrolled in the CCS program and 5 more possible. Reports Price County has two consumers enrolled in the CSP but will be transitioning to CCS. • Hailey Sands reported on behalf of Sawyer County with having 7 consume rs enrolled in the program and hoping to have two more enrollees in the next couple of weeks. Hailey did express the difficulties of contacting clients. • Cally Bucknell reported on behalf of Iron County, and reports the County has three enrolled, but potentially have 4 more. Cally reported they have their first dually enrolled individual (CCS/CLTS), so that is a learning curve for them. • Cheryl Ketelhut for Taylor County reports that currently the program has 36 enrolled clients. Cheryl states that there is new staff in ADRC and Probation, so will be reaching out to those agencies to discuss the referring process and information regarding the CCS Program, specifically CCS is not a court ordered program, all voluntary. Cheryl stated a process that Taylor Co unty is going to try to keep the clients interested in the program with the waitlist that can happen with being down a worker. Administrator’s Report: Cheryl Ketelhut explained the North Central Region Comprehensive Services – Enrollment Data handout b y stating the numbers of consumers enrolled and where each county is for hospital stays. Sub -committee was discussed and scheduled to meet on Thursday, June 9th at 3 pm to discuss receiving survey responses and updating the CCS Brochure. Schedule Next Meeting: Next meeting is June 21, 2022, at 3:00. Adjourn: Motion to adjourn by Alicia Carlson, second by Cally Bucknell. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 3:51 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Tori Borman, TCHS Administrative Assistant NORTH CENTRAL REGION COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM COORDINATION COMMITTEE February 15, 2022 Call Meeting to Order: The North Central Region Comprehensive Community Services Program Coordination Committee meeting was called to order by Chair Alicia Carlson at 3:04 p.m. on February 15, 2022, via Zoom and in person in Taylor County with all counties in the region represented. Voting Members Present: From Iron County: Cally Bucknell and Brianna Thomas From Taylor County: Scott Mildbrand, Erin Meyer, Cathy Taber and Cody Miller From Sawyer County: Hailey Sands and Alicia Carlson From Price County: Chana Rymarkiewicz Voting Members Absent: Nancy Campbell-Kelz Others Present: Cheryl Ketelhut, NCR -CCS Administrator, Sarah Re ese-Socha, Director Price County, Suzanne Stanfley, Taylor County Director, Tru Lor, DHS Area Administration and Tori Borman TCHS Administrative Assistant Attendance Recording: Completed and recorded as indicated above. Introduce New Member: Cody Miller will be the new member for Taylor County. Approve Minutes of the December 21, 2021, Meeting: Scott Mildbrand motioned to approve meeting minutes of the December 21, 2021, meeting and Cathy Taber seconded. Motion carried. Provider Updates: There are no new providers, however, Cheryl Ketelhut stated the contracts are in place for 2022. Sacred Heart collaborates with Prevea Health, meaning Taylor County can utilize Prevea as a CCS Provider, once the CCS specific requirements to become a prov ider are met. A frustration was expressed with Chapter 36 and Medical Assistance Requirements. Requiring mental health therapists be CCS providers and bill CCS for services. This means that often times people have to choose to be in CCS or stay with their non-CCCS provider therapist. If the clients sees Mental Health Therapist at Aspirus; CCS is not an option as they will not be CCS providers for any program in the State. It was noted that DHS will look at these requirements in the future, however the Medical Assistance rules will not be determined by them, therefore will remain the same. Committee Chair – In April a new Chairperson will need to be elected. It is stated in the Bylaws, every other year, a new Chair has to be appointment with rotating counties. Iron or Price County would be the choice for this upcoming election. Alicia Carlson, current Chairperson explained the process of what she currently does. No decision was made. NCR-CCS Policy Approval: None. NCR-CCS Form Approval: None Quality Improvement Plan Review: Refer to handout of 2021 Annual Quality Improvement Plan that was sent to the committee members prior to the meeting. Cheryl Ketelhut explained what this all entails for the new members and relayed that her and Alicia Carlson, Chairperson will have to meet regarding the 3 rd goal, under the first item and will update the committee at the next meeting, in April. Cheryl Ketelhut, CCS Supervisor and Erin Meyer, BRI Manager will collaborate with each other and discuss the goal for Employment Related Skill Training. In discussion, it was recommended to create a sub-committee for Q&A which will entail, members from Taylor, Sawyer, Iron and Price Counties to develop a way to get more feedback on surveys from CCS consumers. The meeting will take place March 29th, 2022. Erin Meyer motioned to approve the Annual Quality Improvement Plan. Cally Bucknell seconded. Motion was carried. County Updates: • Alicia Carlson reported on behalf of Sawyer County with having 7 consumers enrolled in the program, but still receiving referrals. Alicia explains the difficulty and struggle they are having to find recruitments as a Clinician is needed and has been advertised for two years. • Cally Bucknell reported on behalf of Iron County, and explains Functional Screens are being completed, but adults have higher needs and CSP is more appropriate. • Chana Rymarkiewicz in Price County reports that they have one consumer enrolled in the CCS program. Reports Price County has two consumers enrolled in the CSP but will be transitioning to CCS. • Cheryl Ketelhut for Taylor County reports regarding staff and their caseloads. With one staff member being transitioned strictly to a CLTS Case Manager, due to increase of the numbers and being a state mandated program, leaving the other CCS Facilitators to absorb those cases. Administrator’s Report: Cheryl Ketelhut explained the North Central Region Comprehensive Services – Enrollment Data handout by stati ng the numbers of consumers enrolled and where each county is for hospital stays. Cheryl Ketelhut relayed she received the certification last Friday and will mail out to each county as it is required to display in their agency’s lobby. Schedule Next Meeting: Next meeting is April 19, 2022, at 3:00. It should be noted that the date of the August 2022 meeting was discussed due to State meeting scheduled on the same day. Adjourn: Motion to adjourn by Cally Bucknell, second by Chana Rymarkiewicz. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 4:12p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Tori Borman, TCHS Administrative Assistant