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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES <br />June 21, 2021 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MET ON MONDAY: June 21, 2021 virtually. <br /> <br />BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS PRESENT: Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, Pat Garavaglia, and Jane <br />Garrett. <br /> <br />GUEST: Oscar Fleming. <br /> <br />BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS ABSENT: Earl McKee. <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Nancy Coston, Director; Lindsey Shewmaker, Human Services Manager; Sharron Hinton, <br />Human Services Program Manager; and Crystal Mitchell, Human Services Program Manager. <br /> <br />I. Call to Order and Introductions <br /> <br />DSS Chair, Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, called the meeting to order at 4:03 pm. <br /> <br />II. Board Comments <br /> <br />Tamara Dempsey-Tanner noted that the Board continues to wait on the state to finish Board <br />appointments for the current Board vacancy. <br /> <br />III. Public Comments <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />IV. Agenda Changes <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />V. Action Items <br /> <br />On a motion by Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, the Board approved the minutes of May 2021. Pat <br />Garavaglia seconded the motion. The motion was carried without dissent. <br /> <br />VI. Items for Discussion and/or Decision <br /> <br />1. North Carolina Integrated Care for Kids (NC InCK) <br /> <br />Nancy Coston noted that there is an expanded role for Social Services under the North Carolina <br />Integrated Care for Kids (NCInck) model and Crystal Mitchell will explain what that will look like. <br />The model is funded by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a seven year period and <br />seeks to integrate services offered through various systems to support well-being needs of children <br />and families. It is a two-prong model with one area of focus being service delivery and the other <br />area reduction of expenditures for children insured by Medicaid and NC Health Choice. This model <br />will be rolled out in five counties to include Orange, Durham, Alamance, Vance, and Granville. <br />There is a two year planning period with implementation targeted to begin in 2022. UNC, Duke, and <br />NC DHHS are the lead organizations. The model design has twelve Service Integration Consultants <br />(SICs) who provide strategic coordination and represent expertise in a specific system. Two of <br />these positions are identified for child welfare. One position will be embedded within the Division of <br />Social Services and the other will be within DSS in the Child Welfare Division. The goal is to have