Butler County Drug & Alcohol Advisory Board  Meeting Minutes  DATE: TIME: PLACE:  May 21, 2024 7:30 a.m.  Butler County Human Services Conference Room and also via Zoom  COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT:  Mark Lope John Johnson OTHERS PRESENT:  Joshua Hakeem Kristan Semmler  Cory Williford, SRU AmeriCorps VISTA Kenneth Clowes, Butler County Community College Jen O'Neal, The CARE Center Anna Shuster, The Gaiser Center Ruthane Durso, Independence Health System  Donna Jenereski, Tracey Hendrix, Lisa Gill, Ralph Patrick, Anne Drissler, Tori Reagle, Elisha Coast, Bill Kepple, Grace Abbruzzese, Butler County Human Services  Call to Order  John Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:33 a.m. Review and Approval of] Minutes (April 2024)  Kristan Semmler made a motion to approve the minutes as written. John. Johnson seconded.  All in Favor Opposed Abstentions  4 0 0  *Since there was a lack ofa a quorum, additional votes were taken on all business presented at this  meeting.  Public Comment Regarding Agenda Items There was no public comment. Unfinished Business There was none. New Business  Donna Jenereski reviewed a contract amendment with the Center for Community Resources to add in Student Assistance Program (SAP) Training Services for the period of September 30,  2023 through June 30, 2024.  1  Butler County Drug & Alcohol Advisory Board- -May: 21, 2024 Meeting Minutes    Program  Anna Shuster from Ellen O'Brien Gaiser Addiction Center gave aj presentation on1 the programs  and services that they provide.  REPORTS  SCA: Case Managemenl/reammenlPrevention Updates:  The heART for Sobriety art/craft activities formerly held at SUCCEED have moved to the Recovery Center. The activities continue to be offered each Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The: recovery advocacy group continues to meet on a weekly basis at the center. The group is focused on improving attendance, building the activities/services offered at the center, and eventually transitioning to ai recovery community organization (RCO) at some point ini the future. The grand opening for the recovery center was. held on May gth and wel had a wonderful turnout! We estimate that there were approximately 100-150 people in attendance for the event. Those in Since the soft opening on April 26lh, the Center has been opening three days a week from 1:00- 7:00pm. The Center is also planning tol host a picnic on Memorial Day for individuals in The Nonprofit Development Corporation (NDC) continues to work oni necessary repairs and We did receive the revised documents from OMHSAS and we were able to complete our For 2024, as of last week, there have been 10 confirmed overdose deaths thus far with 8 cases For comparison purposes: at this time last year, there had been 16 confirmed overdose deaths and  I Recovery Center update-  recovery and in attendance really felt supported by our community.  recovery along with their family and/or friends.  renovations to the building.  e Revalidation with Dept. ofHuman Services (DHS)- revalidation applications at the end of April. County Overdose update- still pending.  6c cases were still pending.  Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) Updates:  eI DDAP Annual SCA Program Monitoring-  As mentioned last month, we submitted our pre-submission packet to DDAP at the end of Monitoring visits with all assigned in-county providers has continued and all visits will be completed by the end ofl May. This includes the monitoring oft treatment, prevention, intervention, case management, and certified recovery specialist (CRS) services.  March. Our on-site visit with DDAP has been scheduled for August 7h.  Annual Provider Monitoring-  XYZ: Rate Setting Process- the PACDAA's statewide website. State Updates: None  The XYZ: rate setting process for FY 2024-25 has concluded and the rates have been posted on  2  Butler County Drug & Alcohol Advisory Board-May 21, 2024 Meeting Minutes    Financial Report Case Manager Report  Bill Kepple reviewed the allocations and expenditures through March 31,2024. Tracey Hendrix reviewed the statistics for the Monthly Assessment Services, the Information/Referral Services (IRS), and the Client Location graph for the month of April 2024. Lisa Gill gave an overview of upcoming Drug & Alcohol prevention events and trainings. She reviewed the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Third Quarter Prevention Service Data: including the Prevention/ntervention: Number of Services, Number of Individuals Served, and the Prevention  Prevention Report  Demographic Data. She provided flyers for several events.  PCCDUpdate  Kristan Semmler reported there are seven (7) active participants, one person is in jail pending a violation hearing, two are: in long term rehab, one: is in intensive outpatient, one: is in a halfway house, and two are in outpatient. There are four that are pending that have cases here in June. Donna reported that there are currently fifteen (15) people participating in the program. Two are in al halfway house, two are in inpatient, one isi in intensive outpatient and eight are in outpatient. There are two people in jail pending violation hearings and further order oft the court. There will be a graduation for three individuals on May 30th at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom #2.  Drug Treatment Court Update  Council Members' Concerns/Comments/Amnouncements Providers' Concems/Comments/Amnouncements  There were. none.  Ken Clowes gave an update on BC3's Hope is Dope programing. Three professional series were held at the County Government Center and one was held at the BC3 campus. Four Recovery series were. held for the community, one at the YMCA and three in the prison. A class will be held next week at the VA campus in partnership with the Veterans' Overwatch Foundation.  Public Comment Regarding General Items There were no public comments.  Adjournment meeting at 8:01 a.m. on at this meeting.  As there was: no further business to discuss, ai motion was made and seconded to adjourn the *Additional votes were obtained from absent board members to approve all action items voted  3  Butler County Drug & Alcohol Advisory Board- - May 21, 2024 Meeting Minutes    APPROVED. ASTOFORMAT: SAED- Shawn Pugh, Chairperson SUBMITTED BY:  Johr,  9L dhn@igpl  Grace. Abbruzzese  Cc: Advisory Board Members  4  Butler County Drug & Alcohol Advisory Board - May 21, 2024 Meeting Minutes