AspireMN

An association of resources and advocacy for children, youth and families

January 2018Member Meeting

January 11, 9 am - 4:30 pm, social hour 4:30 - 6 pm

Radisson North, 2540 Cleveland Ave, St Paul, 55113

As a courtesy to presenters and guests we ask you to please keep all electronic devices out of the meeting.

You are encouraged to respond to urgent communications by stepping into the lobby.

Thursday January 11

9:00 – 9:30 amWelcome & Member Introductions and Updates

9:30 – 11:00 am Federal Updates: what happened and what next, panel perspectives – Zach Freimark: Office of Congressman Emmer, Sarah Franz:Office of Senator Klobuchar, Nan Madden: MN Budget Project, Matthew Burdick:MN Department of Human Services

11:00 – NoonPsychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities:updates and commentary on the anticipated opening of PRTFs in MN –Dave Hartford: The Hills Youth and Family Services, Dick Wolleat, Northwood Children’s Services, Shawn Connery: Clinicare

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 – 1:15 pmAspireMN Executive Director Updates and FoundationBusiness Meeting

1:15 – 2:15 pm Contracting: designing an agreement that reflects joint interest and expectations – Katie Ilten: Contract Specialist and Attorney, Frederickson & Byron

2:15 – 2:30 pm Break

2:30 – 3:30 pm MN Department of Human Services Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorder Division Re-Organization: Implications for Children’s Mental Health – Maisha Giles (Division Director) and Claire Wilson (Assistant Commissioner)

3:30 – 4:00 pmNext Generation Integrated Health Partnerships – Discussion

4:00 – 4:30AspireMN Committees – Committee chairs will share the work of your association in action and invite greater participation

  • Research & Evaluation – Dawn Peterson
  • Membership – Cici Hughes
  • Emerging Practice – Rob Edwards
  • Leadership Development & Training – Connie Ross
  • CTSS – Stephanie Combey
  • Foster Care – Jay Kimball
  • Residential – Jon Stumbras
  • Case Management working group – Sheri Olson
  • Billing and Compliance working group – Laurie Meyer

4:30 – 6:00Committee Mingle – Social hour to mingle with committee members and chairs and sign up for future AspireMN engagement

Friday January 12

9:00 – 10:00 amBoard of Directors Training – Review the key tools and practices to support high quality board deliberation and decision-making, Training by Eric Ewald of Ewald Consulting.

10:00 am – Noon AspireMN Board of Directors Meeting (all are welcome)

Guest Presenter Bios

Maisha Giles, LMFT, LICSW, LADC, joined DHS on September 5, 2017 as the new Behavioral Health Director, providing direction and oversight to the Mental Health Division and the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division as they move towards integration. Giles comes to DHS from NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center in Minneapolis, where she has been the Treatment Director since 2015, responsible for overseeing the administrative and clinical operation of a co-occurring treatment program, as well as managing internal and external community and agency partnerships. She first started at NorthPoint as a co-parent court navigator and then a mental health practitioner. Giles has had a wealth of experience working in the community. Giles was the health and wellness manager for Better Futures Minnesota, which treats primarily African American men with a history of serious and persistent mental illness, chronic substance use and incarceration. In addition, she worked at People Incorporated in Blaine as a mental health practitioner, and at Kaposia Incorporated in St. Paul as an employment specialist. Giles has her M.A. in Community Psychology from Metropolitan State University, and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Independent Clinical Social Worker and Alcohol and Drug Counselor.

Katherine B. Ilten, Katie advises, litigates, and speaks on many issues arising under state and federal

laws governing health care providers, including Medicaid, Medicare, the Vulnerable Adults Act, and

licensing regulations. Katie is an effective advocate and trusted adviser to skilled nursing facilities, home

and community-based waiver service providers, medical equipment vendors, home health agencies, and

assisted living facilities as well as other licensed health professionals. Clients turn to Katie to help

unravel the complexity of state and federal regulations, and to achieve or maintain compliance with

these complicated laws. Katie often serves as outside general counsel to many of her health care

clients, who rely on her legal abilities and advice to determine the most appropriate and cost-effective

way to handle challenging business.

Claire Wilson, Assistant Commissioner for Community Supports – Community Supports includes all DHS behavioral health policy areas, including the divisions ofMental Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Disability Services, Deaf and Hard of HearingServices, and Housing and Support Services. Wilson has more than two decades of experience inpublic policy and related issues.Wilson came to DHS June 13, 2016, from the Minnesota Association of Community MentalHealth Programs, where she served as executive director. In that role, she provided strategic andadministrative leadership, creating coalitions of stakeholders to advance improvements in mentalhealth. She has also served in a leadership role for the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State,where her work included outreach to underserved communities. In addition, she was a 2013Humphrey Policy Fellow at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

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