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~~~- G , 2 From: Judy Truitt Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2:49 PM To: Steve Yuhasz; 'Lynn Ikenberry' (ikenbel@mindspring.com); 'Mary Cay Corr' (marycaycorr@mindspring.com); Mike Rosenthal (pmrmms@aol.com); jimmyb60@embargmail.com; 'Amandab' (amandab51@charter.net); 'Rachel O.. Winstead' (Wnstead@Bennett.edu); 'Carol Mitchell' (msch48@esinc.net); Gentry, Bill (wgentry@unc.edu); Brian Bock (brian.bock@chathamnc.org); edwardsbrooks@earthlink.net; geogreg@chatham.k12.nc.us; Tom Glendinning (goaglen@embargmail.com); Heather Johnson (Chathambooks@gmail.com); john@levineandstewart.com; 'Heather Nash' (heathnash27@yahoo.com); vbeckt@aol.com Cc: Frank Clifton; Gwen Harvey; hyork@personcounty.net; ghodges@personcounty.net; Charlie Horne (charlie.horne@chathamnc.org); Renee Paschal (renee.paschal@chathamnc.org); Inease@brownandbunch.com; Management Team Subject: OPC Update April 26, 2011 Attachments: Waiver FAQ.pdf Dear Board members & County partners, as a quick update please find the following information. • On April 18th the Person County Board of Commissioners reviewed and approved OPC moving forward in negotiations with PBH. • On April 18th the Chatham County Board of Commissioners reviewed and approved OPC moving forward in negotiations with PBH. • The Orange County Board of Commissioners has scheduled time on their May 10th and May 17th meeting agendas - I will present at both meetings. • On April 21St Debra Farrington and I met with the OPC Consumer & Family Advisory Committee (CFAC). The meeting went well and it is my understanding that CFAC is working on a letter of support, which will be ready early next week. On April 21St we uploaded a significant amount of information to the OPC webpage at www.opcareagroeram.com. Included would be: A Question and Answer (Q&A) document with the questions that we have received thus far. I have attached a copy for your review - we will be updating this on a routine basis. We also posted information regarding both PBH and Medicaid waivers in general - we will continue to add new information as it becomes available. Other planning efforts: We are planning to release a series of articles in local newspapers -several editors have already indicated that they are willing to work with us as to educate our consumers, families & communities. We are planning to hold public forums in each of our three counties beginning in mid-June. Finally, OPC staff participate on approximately 80+ committees/collaboratives/forums - we are developing formal talking points and will ask that staff members educate stakeholders as part of their participation with these groups. Please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any questions and as always thank you for your on-going support of our system. Judy 5/2/2011