Stark County System of Care Expansion Planning:

Key Notes from First Meeting May 14, 2015

Agenda

  • Introduce Co-Facilitator, Review of 4 CLAS Standards, Logic Model, Discussion of Cultural Competence Onsite Planning Session

Notes

  • Introduction of Co-Facilitators
  • Kelly Bah & Tiffany Williams were introduced as the Cultural Competency Subcommittee Co-Facilitators
  • Planning Diagram
  • Stark County System of Care is in the center
  • The seven subcommittees are all intertwined and connected to the System of Care
  • System of Care Goals
  • Explained reasons why we are here and how it will inform the strategic plan
  • Subcommittee Goals
  • To develop a Cultural and Linguistically Competent plan that includes policies, analysis for priorities, status reports, and a uniform message
  • Develop a CLC plan that includes provisions on improving services
  • Review of CLAS Standards 2-4
  • CLAS Standard 2:
  • Advance and sustain organizational governance and leadership that promotes CLAS and health equity through policy, practices, and allocated resources.
  • Everyone in an organization needs to have cultural training
  • When having an executive board, the boards needs to be as involved as possible rather than having the board sit back.
  • The board needs to stick to the vision and mission of the organization.
  • CLAS Standard 3:
  • Recruit, promote and support a culturally and linguistically diverse governance, leadership, and workforce that are responsive to the population in the service area.
  • When searching for employees post on different and diverse job boards and offices
  • Develop a continuing education plan to help those who are left out of jobs because of qualifications gain the qualifications they need.
  • Boards should reflect the populations they serve. Having a diverse board gets representation from all populations.
  • CLAS Standard 4:
  • Educate and train governance, leadership, and workforce in culturally and linguistically appropriate policies and practices on an ongoing basis.
  • There needs to be ongoing training and education for who is coming in and who is already there.
  • It is important that there is a blending of CEO’s and community members.
  • There needs to be youth and family representation on boards.
  • What would the SOC look like to be CLC?
  • Start with Youth
  • Have them be role models “look like them”
  • Engage the schools to be more diverse
  • Parents
  • Hard to get them to follow through
  • Who is addressing these parents?
  • They need the services now because the issues will remain and arise
  • Care Team,
  • Cultures do not trust the dominate culture
  • English or inferior
  • Help the “dominate” culture have an understanding of culture served.
  • Connect and relate to whomever the mental health services
  • Link
  • It is not the same America, it has changed and is still changing
  • Homework
  • Complete the Logic Model and fill out according to where it pertains.

Important Date to Remember

May 27th-Cultural Competence event: Planning To Reduce Behavioral Health Disparities with Georgetown