Behavioral Health Equity Work Group
2/5/15 Notes
Attendees: Cliff Davis (Human Service Collaborative), Elaine DeMello (NAMI NH), Kim Firth (Endowment for
Health), Mary Forsythe-Taber (Makin’ It Happen), Carol Garhart (Project LAUNCH and Spark NH), Anela
Kruščica (OMHRA), Stacey Lazzar (Safe Schools / Healthy Students – Concord), Effie Malley(NH Children’s
Behavioral Health Collaborative), Laura McGlashan (Office of Minority Health & Refugee Affairs, OMHRA),
Michelle Myler (Safe Schools/Healthy Students Project Coordinator), Np Poudyal (Bosnian Community of NH),
Rebecca Sky (Health and Equity Partnership), Kerry Wiley (Family Centered Early Supports & Services,
Via Phone: Theresa Bianchi (Ordained Minister, Board Certified Chaplain), Diane Bolduc (The Moore Center),
Katy Burchett (CHS / MCHC), Elaine Demello (NAMI NH), Michal Eakin (SNHU), Jim Fauth (Antioch), Susan
Maslack (Susan Maslack Consulting & SNHU), Barbara Seebart (State Refugee Coordinator), Trini Tellez
(Director, OMHRA)
Facilitator: Amy Parece-Grogan (OMHRA)
I.
Workforce hub feasibility study
a. Kim Firth, from the Endowment for Health, explained how the Workforce
Development work group of the NH Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative
is working with Cliff Davis, from Human Service Collaborative, to conduct a
feasibility study for a sustainable training infrastructure in NH for children’s
behavioral health providers.
b. Some points and questions from Cliff:
 We may need to think differently about training structures
 How do we create a training infrastructure that actually teaches what staff
needs to know?
 We need to think broadly about High Fidelity Wraparound
 We need to provide time and opportunity to build confident and competent
workforce
 Think about programs / places that are touching on workforce of
children’s behavioral health (early childhood education, health care,
schools, education, preschool, as well as service systems)
1. send names and contact info of those programs to Cliff
2. he wants to understand the ‘lay of the land’
3. next steps – looking to see if people will fund programs or set
these priorities
II.
NH Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative (NH CBHC)
a. Effie Malley, Director of NH CBHC, presented an overview of the Collaborative
b. Powerpoint was emailed out prior to her presentation
c. You can learn more at www.nh4youth.org
d. Executive summary and detailed plan can be found here:
http://nh4youth.org/about/cbhc-plan
e. If you are receiving these meeting notes you are involved with the CBHC. You
can become more informed / involved here: http://nh4youth.org/get-involved
***A note to remember for future meetings – before speaking, please state your name to help participants on the phone follow the conversation.
III.
NH Health & Equity Partnership (NH H&EP)
a. Trini Tellez, Director of the Office of Minority Health & Refugee Affairs and
Steering Committee member of the NH H&EP, presented an overview of the
Partnership
b. Powerpoint was emailed out prior to her presentation
c. You can learn more at www.equitynh.org
d. The Plan to Address Health Disparities and Promote Health Equity in NH can be
found here: http://www.healthynh.com/index.php/nhhep-about-us.html
e. If you are receiving these meeting notes you are involved with the H&EP. You
can become more informed / involved here:
http://www.healthynh.com/index.php/i-want-to-act.html
f. Join our next event – Communicating for Change! More info at:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=forums&srcid=MDg0NTg4NzQzNzkz
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IV.
Behavioral Health Disparities
a. Powerpoint was emailed out prior to presentation
b. Key Point – Improving quality is linked with addressing disparities
c. Please see attached CLC one-pager for links to organizational assessments
Our next meeting will be March 5th at 9-11AM at the Foundation for
Healthy Communities
***This group meets the first Thursday of each month from 9-11AM at the Foundation for Healthy Communities***
Upcoming meetings:
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March 5th
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April 2nd
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May 7th (also Children’s Behavioral Health Day)
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June 4th
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July 2nd (Minority Mental Health Awareness Month)
***A note to remember for future meetings – before speaking, please state your name to help participants on the phone follow the conversation.