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Interim Area Director ' s Report OPC Area Board Meeting OPC LME Board Meeting July 2005 1 . Status report on property issues : • Person County Children ' s Group Home — Pride of NC has terminated all services at the group home site . We have made arrangements for property maintenance while we develop a long -term plan for the Board ' s review and approval . • Chrysalis Properties - we are coming up with a proposed timelime and plan for acquiring the properties for the Board review . Preliminary information will be presented at the July meeting . 2 . Status report on payment of Durham Center contract : I am very pleased to announce that the negotiations between LeAnn N . Brown and Durham representatives was successful and OPC has received full payment for the management contract for calendar year 2004 . 3 . Acknowledgement of staff and /or program achievement : Management Team would like to ask the Board to join us in recognizing the work of Marilyn Ghezzi , a clinical therapist at Northside Clinic . Marilyn came to OPC in 1983 as the Volunteer Coordinator for OPC ' s Helpline . In 1988 she joined the staff at Northside Clinic , where she developed the clinic ' s DBT program , developed and still runs the clinic ' s treatment program for dually diagnosed consumers , and provides clinical supervision to graduate interns and staff . Marilyn was named Field Instructor of the Year by the UNC School of Social Work in 2002 , and was also awarded the Dean ' s Recognition of Teaching Excellence for 2004 - 2005 at the UNC School of Social Work . As part of her work at UNC , Marilyn has conducted workshops around the state in the areas of diagnosis and assessment , crisis intervention , and suicide prevention with severely mentally ill adults as part of a ten - session curriculum for mental health workers . Marilyn has also taught numerous workshops on group work for AHEC , and will be soon be doing trainings on assessment and treatment of dually diagnosed clients , and treatment of clients with Borderline Personality Disorder . Marilyn is tified f a cer orensic evaluator and holds a certificate in clinical supervision from NASW - NC . 4 . LME Departmental Profile : the Local Management Entity ( LME ) will have two new departments , as well as several other departments that existed as part of the area program . One of the new departments that we are creating is Community and Provider Services ( CAPS ) , which will operate under the guidance of Judy Batten . During the meeting Judy will be profiling the role of CAPS in the LME . 1