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3 <br />OPC Area Program - Mental Health Reform Update <br />Topical Outline Prepared for Presentation to <br />Orange County Board of County Commissioners <br />February 5, 2007 <br />1. State level mental health reform <br />• Consultant's report available on the Division of Mental Health's <br />website - http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/mhddsas/ <br />II. Divestiture of service programs in Orange County completed <br />• EIFS/OC & KidScope to Chapel Hill Training & Outreach - <br />October 2005 <br />• SPMI ACT Team to Lutheran Family Services - April 2006 <br />• Club Nova to Club Nova Community - May 2006 <br />• Cross Disability Services to XDS, Inc. - May 2006 <br />• Northside Clinic & Family Counseling Center to Caring Family <br />Networks - June 2006 <br />• Work First services to Caring Family Networks - June 2006 <br />• Community Resource Court to Caring Family Networks - <br />December 2006 <br />III. Financial update <br />• Local and state level update <br />IV. Primary functions of the Local Management Entity (LME) <br />• Governance & Administration <br />• Quality Management <br />• Service Management <br />• Customer Service/Consumer Affairs <br />• Provider Relations & Development <br />• Business & Information Management <br />V. Current activities and projects <br />• Development of Local Business Plan 2007 - 2010 <br />• Development of OPC Area Program Crisis Services Plan <br />• Submission of MHTF (Mental Health Trust Funds) funding <br />requests for SFY 07 <br />• Submission of application for homeless mental health housing <br />initiative <br />• Substance abuse services expansion <br />• Expansion of crisis services and alternatives to in-patient <br />hospitalizations <br />• Collaboration with community partners to increase access to <br />mental health services <br />1