COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS NETWORK
Full Member Meeting
9:00am to 10:30am
November 10, 2015
Franziska Racker Centers
3226 Wilkins Rd. Ithaca, NY
CSN Roundtable and Introductions
Paul Fairbanks-Facilitator
Robin Pape-Greeter
In Attendance: Sally Manning, Paul Fairbanks, Judy Clay, Judy Hoffmann, Robin Pape, Barb Place, Amy Jo
DeKoeyer, Jessica Brown, Wendy Gutman, Pat Vincent, William Niver, Jessica Guthrie, Janice Johnson,
Lori Drake, Elizabeth Wolff, Katie Schild, Mike Barry, Ann Reichlen, Serena Ward, Tina Hallock
CSN Social Media
Serena Ward suggested creating a Facebook page for the CSN as a platform for promoting our work and
future events/meetings. It was agreed that this would be useful and should be a part of the marketing
sub-committee. This will give us an opportunity to perfect our elevator speech. Serena volunteered to
administer the page and Lori Drake suggested we look into using Twitter as well.
System of Care Financial Mapping Webinar
Other communities received millions of dollars for their SOC while Tompkins County received thousands.
No on-going money will be given to SOC. Rather, we need to create our own funding by breaking down
barriers between agencies and braiding funding. The goal is for the community to be spending less
money on high ticket services. There is a great deal of potential, but there is little buy-in from higher
levels. Representatives don’t necessarily need to come to meetings, but we need to open the
conversation.
SOC RIMS report with Lenora Behar
This is a scale or readiness index measuring a community’s readiness for SOC. This turns perceptions into
numbers. Tompkins County has a great deal of energy, but little administrative buy-in and little agency
funding. What do we need to do to demonstrate that SOC will save everyone money? Think outside the
box. The high level of interest can be built upon. Families should be defining the goals.
System of Care Meeting in Syracuse
5 communities participated. Barb Place reported on the Open Table model in which a faith community
supports an individual in need. She also reported on Project TEACH which is administered by OMH. This
is a tool for Pediatricians to consult with child psychiatrists and Barb pointed out that this did not use
SOC philosophy when it was created. No families were involved in the process of creating this program.
Project Group Updates/Activities
Sally reported on changes happening at Cayuga Medical Center. Mental health cases will still present
through the ER and go through medical clearance, but in the future there will be a separate mental
health evaluation room. A psych tech and an evaluator will be working together with patients and the
process is meant to provide a calmer experience with the possibility to work through something and
develop a plan as an alternative to hospitalization.
Cultural Sensitivity met over the summer and gave a presentation to the CSN around self-awareness.
Considering presenting in the future on ways to be an ally. Open call for members. Working with youth
and other committees.
Trauma Informed met in October. Working on ways to get the message out. Trying to get more
agencies/providers to recognize trauma and always be thinking about the potential for an underlying
trauma issue. Also working on “branding” around trauma. Who should the audience be? What do we
want to say to them? Trying to create a culture of curiosity around trauma and ultimately prevention.
Youth Driven conducted a meeting with both youth and adults. Many projects were identified at a 9/30
meeting of human service professionals. Potential trainings include learning how to build strength-based
programs (anyone who works with youth) and bringing in the project-based youth leadership group
from NYC. Goals include being “youth up” instead of “adult down”.
Family Driven will be presenting at the January CSN meeting. A survey will be going out prior to the
meeting.
CSN Website Overhaul
Asking all CSN members to visit the current website and determine what the gaps are. Submit ideas
through the website or Jaydn.
*Anyone interested in serving on the Leadership Hub should contact Paul Fairbanks.
Next meeting will take place in January.
CSN Meeting Evaluation
11 evaluations received:
9 participants felt the meeting was well planned and organized while 1 was neutral and 1 disagreed. 10
participants felt the meeting was well facilitated and 1 disagreed. 7 participants felt there were clear
action steps, 1 was neutral and 2 disagreed.
Appreciated: Learning what CSN is about, Variety of strong input, Respect for all attendees, Intros:
personal and professional backgrounds, Good time keeping, Hearing everyone share thoughts and ideas,
Great to hear from everybody- participants/attendees and subcommittees, Space for families to have
input, It’s a comfortable setting – enjoyed hearing about all of the activities that are currently being
advocated for. Hearing from other agencies about solutions and programs
Concerns: Not so interactive throughout, so much smaller than last year, no coffee!
Comments: Helpful to have agenda in front of us, Great people!