Integration of Care Committee
Veronica Fortunato & Steve Hemraj, IOC Co-Chairs
Wednesday, February 15th, 2023
10:00am-12:00pm
Attendance
Committee:
Bill Gross
Billy Fields
Chris Joseph
Deborah J. Greene
Dorothy Farley
Graham Harriman
Gregg Bruckno
Gretchen Ty
Hondo Martinez
Janet Goldberg
John Schoepp
Karen McKinnon
Marcelo Maia
Mitchell Caponi
Raffi Babakhanian
Ronnie Fortunato
Steve Hemraj
Staff:
Adrianna Eppinger-Meiering
Bryan Meisel
Cristina Rodriguez-Hart
Doienne Saab
Grace Mackson
Ilana Newman
Kimbirly Mack
Scott Spiegler
Agenda Item 1: Welcome, Roll Call & Moment of Silence
The meeting was opened with introductions (name, agency, title) and favorite black owned business in honor of Black History Month.
Black Owned Business
Rock and Come In – Jamaican Restaurant & Bar
Astor Wines – Worker Owned Collective
Peaches (2% black owned)
Trinity Pentecostal House of Prayer in BK
Agenda Item 2: Line-by-Line Editing of the Behavioral Health Directive
Special thanks to all committee members who volunteer to read. Kimbirly Mack kicked off the reading at the February meeting.
Committee began at demarcated stop.
The following bullets capture key points of the discussion.
- Feasibility of high intensity case management is challenging due to multiple funders at agencies.
- Committee discussed language to support lower ratio case loads – practice exists, is not wide spread, and is expensive
- All providers will not be able to deliver this service; if required across the board, will limit appilcants for the funding
- Currently people need additional case management – very difficult to get clients to support needed
- Can we determine a percentage of how much of the cade management should be high intensity – how do we figure out this number – should it be based on percentage of clients in RW with a serious mental health diagnosis.
- Idea is that organizations should be promoting
- 33:10 stop
Agenda Item 3: New Business & Public Comment
No public comment.
| Name | Conflict |
| Brenda Starks-Ross | Food & Nutrition Services, Short-Term Housing, Health Education/Risk Reduction, Family Stabilization and Supportive Counseling, Harm Reduction |
| Deborah Greene | Harm Reduction |
| Janet Goldberg | Medical Case Management, Harm Reduction, Food & Nutrition Services |
| Ronnie Fortunato | Food & Nutrition Services |
