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DWIHN plans to increase its bed capacity by partnering with Trillium (external organization) to build and operate a long term behavioral health care facility. The agency will invest $3.5 million in exchange for access to a set number of beds, and a locked-in rate for five years.

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Today, I’ll be live-tweeting the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN), Full Board Meeting at 1:00pm for #DETdocumenters
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09:46 AM May 15, 2024 CDT

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Here is the agenda for today’s meeting. It’s also available online at:
dwihn.org/translations/t…
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If you’d like to know what happened at the last meeting, you can check out the meeting Minutes & Presentations here:
dwihn.org/Board/Full_Apr…
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Info on ways to attend today’s meeting can be found on the DWIHN website here:
dwihn.org/board-of-direc…
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Here’s a neat graphic I found that shows photos of the DWIHN Board of Directors
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If you feel there are errors or corrections needed to these tweets or you have questions, please contact documenters@outliermedia.org
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In attending today via zoom, we’re just received this message in the chat
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CORRECTION: I’m attending today via zoom, we just received this message in the chat
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Meeting called to order at 1:07pm
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Roll Call was taken, once the member who is in the parking lot comes in there will be a quorum
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Motion was made to move two items up on the agenda. Motion carried
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Moment of silence was held
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Minutes from the previous meeting were approved
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A Financial Report was received and filed
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There were no Board Member Announcements
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Board Actions (BA) were moved up in the agenda and are being discussed
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BA #21-28 for Janitorial Services was APPROVED
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BA #23-60 for Security Services was APPROVED
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BA #24-07 DWIHN’s Operating Budget was APPROVED
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BA #24-18 was APPROVED, see details in photo
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📣 CEO REPORT 📣 is beginning with long-term care collaboration with Trillium
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DWIHN projected to invest $3.5 million in the project. The facility would hopefully divert clients in the following ways
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There was a question from Board Member, Bernard Parker, RE: a question he received on why an RFP wasn’t put out
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The recommendation on the Trillium presentation was submitted
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📑 Plante Moran Presentation of 3 Audit Reports and their Outcomes provided by A. Watkins
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📑 Plante Moran issued Unmodified Opinions on all 3, “Entirely Clean Audit” according to A. Watkins
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Excerpt from the Financial Analysis
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Revenues and Expenses Excerpt
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A further highlight showing that DWIHN is spending less than its revenue in a healthy way.
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The Financial Audit Report was accepted by the Board
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Various Board Reports were given with feedback from recent meetings
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PROVIDER PRESENTATION - Ruth Ellis Center, highlighting their history and current programming. Learn more about the Ruth Ellis Center here:
ruthelliscenter.org
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Ruth Ellis Center’s Clairmont Center was highlighted
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🗣️ GOOD & WELFARE/ PUBLIC COMMENT/ ANNOUNCEMENTS 🗣️
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There were NO PUBLIC COMMENTS
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Meeting adjourned at 2:24pm
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This concludes my live-tweeting of the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN), Full Board Meeting for 5/15/24. For more meeting coverage, check out:
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