Trainings

Rutherford County Community Forum

Smoky Mountain LME/MCO Presents The Rutherford County Community Forum Thursday, January 15, 2015 1:00-2:30PM Rutherford Community Health Services 187 Main Street-Spindale, NC

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It is anticipated that 12 awards of up to $100,000 will be made for FY 14/15 and 12 awards of up to $100,000 for FY 15/16 to successful applicants.

Eligible applicants are encouraged to apply. The Letter of Invitation and detailed instructions, including eligibility criteria, are located on the DHHS, DMH/DD/SAS website at:

http://www.ncdhhs.gov/mhddsas/Whatisnew/index.htm

Applications are due by close of business on Monday November 24^th, 2014.

An information session for eligible applicants will be held at Alamance Community College, Burlington, NC in the main auditorium on November 6^th, 2014 from 10:00 am -1:00 pm.

Please distribute this announcement to prevention providers and community coalitions which focus on substance abuse prevention who provide services in eligible counties (see Letter of Invitation, Table 1 Eligibility Requirements).

Smoky Mountain LME/MCO ("Smoky") recently issued a communication about Level III Residential Services for Children and Adolescents.   In this communication, clinical expectations regarding Residential Treatment Level III services delivered concurrently with Day Treatment services were articulated.

The following is intended to provide additional information about concurrent Day Treatment and Residential Treatment Level III services. Note that these services can be reviewed together under Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment ("EPSDT") guidelines, and will be approved anytime EPSDT criteria apply: 

• Consistent with Administrative Code (NCAC 27G .1704(e))* and Clinical Coverage policy 8D-2, Smoky views Level III residential as a comprehensive service.  
• Interventions to address behaviors occurring in the school setting that are related to the consumer's diagnosis(es), should be addressed in the PCP
• Smoky is committed to serve consumers in the least restrictive Level of Care, as indicated by accepted best practice standards
• Day Treatment is intended to serve populations for whom school interventions have been attempted and deemed insufficient - addressing consumer's barriers to education is a primary school system responsibility. As with any request for day treatment service, documented evidence that interventions by the school system have not been effective in addressing consumer's behavioral needs are required for evaluation of medical necessity.
• Per Clinical Coverage policy 8A, Day Treatment is intended to be time-limited and titrated

* "Each facility shall be responsible for ensuring supervision of children or adolescents when they are away from the facility in accordance with the child or adolescent's individual strengths and needs as specified in the treatment plan."

Please contact Care Management at 1-800-893-6246 X1910 with any questions or concerns.

These Guidelines are applicable to Smoky Mountain-managed Medicaid and State-Funded Services

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The State is sponsoring stakeholder meetings related to intellectual/developmental disability services across the state.  Meetings have been scheduled for Friday October 17^th and Friday October 31^st from 1:00pm-4:00pm in the Brown Building on the Dorothea Dix campus in Raleigh.  These are public meetings and anyone who is interested may attend.

There is a telephone number for people to call and leave messages to advise the Division of Medical Assistance (DMA) on the plan.  The voicemail can handle messages up to 10 minutes long.  The number is:  919-855-4968.  DMA is unfortunately not able to obtain a toll free number at this time.  

Pathways to Integration

December 3-5, 2014

The NC Counsil of Community Programs invites providers and vendors to exhibit at one of the largest mental health, developmental disability and substance abuse service system conferences in NC.

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In its 14^th year of fun and celebration Family Fun Day Holiday Fest is coming up on December 13, 2014. Located inside the Expo building of the WNC Ag. Center the 27,000 sq. foot space is transformed into a winter wonderland of holiday characters to meet, llamas to pet, food, face painters, balloonists and much more. A Wide variety of craft, games  and activities are provide by the service provider programs across the area. Through the wonderful efforts of multiple agencies this event is growing . Last year there were 776 people in attendance.

The event is free to all and it offers multiple ways to be involved.

1)   Provide an 'Informational Booth',

2)   Provide an activity for attendees while promoting

       the services you offer,

3)   Be a part of the planning team for the event (meets

       monthly). Deadline for this is end of September.

4)   Off set the costs of the event by offering a financial

       or in-kind contribution

5)   Inform families about it or just come and check it

      out yourself.

Consider how you can be  part of this really fun day, meet families and other providers of services.

For further details please contact Roxann Colwell at 828-230-3555, roxann.colwell@msj.org.     

See link to see how you can be involved..