You can find a link to the meeting on the ADAMHS Board website:
adamhscc.org/Home/Component…

A little background on the ADAMHS Board, per its website. It is one of the 50 Boards in Ohio responsible for the planning, funding and monitoring of public mental health and addiction treatment and recovery services.

It is a quasi-independent part of the Cuyahoga county government, governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. The Board contracts with provider agencies to deliver services that assist clients on the road to recovery.

The board‘s Mental Health Response Advisory Committee (MHRAC) was created by the settlement agreement between the city of Cleveland and the DOJ for the city‘s police department.
clevelandohio.gov/CityofClevelan…

Among the committee's goals are to improve the police‘s relationship and support of mental health providers, as well as expand the department‘s Crisis Intervention Program. https://t.co/57n7JE0Uw7

The three chairs of the committee are Scott S. Osiecki (ADAMHS Board CEO), Nicole A. Carlton (Commissioner of the Division of Emergency Medical Service, Cleveland Department of Public Safety), and Captain James McPike (CIT Coordinator, Cleveland Division of Police)

Here is a link the the committee‘s annual reports.

adamhscc.org/about-us/curre…

Here are description of the MHRAC‘s subcommittees from the ADAMHS Board Website. A description for today‘s subcomittee is highlighted. https://t.co/Kces7wZz0L

The Community Involvement/Engagement Subcommittee meeting, that should begin shortly, follows today's MHRAC meeting, which was scheduled for 9:30 am.

The subcommittee meeting will begin a few minutes late, said Madison Greenspan. https://t.co/jPayN2dV7G

"It was spicy when I left," said Joan Englund about the MHRAC meeting that is running long.

Here is the agenda for today's subcommittee meeting, shared in the video conference. https://t.co/8HrPH9urod

Today's MHRAC meeting has now adjourned, the subcomittee meeting is underway. This subcommittee meeting has a "hard stop" for 11:30 am today, said Joan Englund.

"They were shared with Capt. McPike, who has all of the updated cards," said Englund about CDP Resource Cards, which are "now in the hands" of Cleveland police, but need to be put into individual Cleveland police cards for officers.

"We're waiting to hear from the tri-chairs" about the agenda item, titled 'committee recommendations' said Englund, referring to the the three chairs of the the full MHRAC committee.

"CDP is the entity that has prevented us from doing a community survey," said Rosie about a new community survey. A survey was done in 2015, as noted on the agenda.

Englund noted that "there were questions raised in this group" about a new community survey, qualifying what the hold-up is. Rosie said she appreciated the clarification, but noted the need for community feedback. "We haven't had these kinds of meetings and surveys since 2016."

"As with everyone in the entire world, we're dealing with COVID," said Englund about hosting the next coffee with a CIT officer event. She said that there was a possibility to host a hybrid meeting at ADAMHS facilities in Midtown. She asked for folks thoughts.

"Allow registrants to start registering now," said Samantha, noting that if there were a hybrid event, folks should have a chance to sign up ahead of time and noted that a lot of folks still do not have broadband access in the community.

"There may be some kind of option to reach out to people who don't have internet access," said Rosie who noted that due to the digital divide, the committee had made past efforts to have paper surveys bought into hands of residents at citywide shelters. https://t.co/0hC7ZYOXNo

"Our meetings aren't live streamed," said Rosie who noted that there were people who wanted to attend today's larger committee meetings, but that they couldn't, and that no recording would be posted after the fact.

"I am certainly happy to reach out to CDP," said Englund about having a Coffee with a CIT Officer event broadcast on public access TV. https://t.co/tsXRg0yy8w

"I think June feels realistic," said Rosemary Creeden about planning for the Coffee with a CIT Officer event, due to the current COVID situation. https://t.co/9rxIF7Pcvz

"I think that would be manageable," said Greenspan about doing an event in June, as well as a second event in October. She noted that past meetings were held in early-October in past years. There is a question about if there is capactiy of hosting more than one event per year. https://t.co/wQ9hhfnklh

"Capt. McPike suggested TV20," said Beth DeJesus about hosting the event on the city's public access TV station since the event is a city initiative. https://t.co/diL4AVl8nU

The events were suggested as quarterly events, originally, said DeJesus. "In light of the new administration, we may not get a first quarter one," said DeJesus, who noted that the original event was one under the Jackson administration. https://t.co/A85hEX8hUn

"Our recommendation was to do quarterly for 2022," said DeJesus in response to a point from Samantha, who suggested a clarification of what the event's bench marks should be.

"Everybody understands the flexibility of COVID," said DeJesus, who noted that revising the recommendations to reduce the number for the coffee event should not be a major issue.

Samantha suggested that the subcommittee sets a goal to host one event, and any more events hosted would be "a bonus." It was suggested that a June event could have a different name than the October event. The October event coincides with International Cofee Day. https://t.co/0dyWsSIAML

"Why couldn't we do this in April," asked Rosie. DeJesus said that doing a zoom meeting would not be difficult and could be held in short time. But she noted that coordination for a larger public access event would take more work.

Elaine said that if the event were headed toward a full, public-access style event, there would need to be more efforts to get the word out through a wider-array of channels to the public, including social media.

Englund proposed that the recomendation be changed to two events. One event to be hosted on TV 20 or another similar format. And one event, billed as a Coffee with a CIT Officer, to be hosted in October. There were no objections, and the recommendation were updated.

Beth DeJesus spoke to two updates from the agenda. She said that the thank you letters were sent out to CIT officers. She said that, due to short staffing "due to COVID," the old resource cards, needing to be swapped-out from the police's zone cars is delayed but ongoing.

DeJesus said that she would share the 2015 Survey questions. She said that there may be feed back on the committee's recommendatios. She said that she did not have the information, because the person who would have that knowledge is on leave.

"There could be room for one of the other invitees to stand down," said Charles See about whether it would be better for a committee member from MHRAC to be on the Black Thought, March 8 radio show on channel WOVU.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:34 am.

This concludes coverage for today's ADAMHS Board, MHRAC Community Engagement Subcommittee meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for Feb. 14. For more meeting coverage, check out documenters.org.

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