Butler County Drug & Alcohol Advisory Board  Meeting Minutes  DATE: TIME: PLACE:  March 19, 2024 7:30 a.m.  Butler County Human Services Conference Room and also via Zoom  COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Commissioner Kevin Boozel Mark Lope John Johnson OTHERS PRESENT:  Joshua Hakeem Kristan Semmler  Anna Shuster, The Gaiser Center Jen O'Neal, The CARE Center  Donna Jenereski, Tracey Hendrix, Lisa Gill, Ralph Patrick, Anne Drissler, Tori Reagle,  Bill Kepple, Grace Abbruzzese, Butler County Human Services  Call to Order  Kristan Semmler called the meeting to order at 7:36 a.m. Review and Approval of Minutes (February 2024)  John Johnson made a motion to approve the minutes as written. Mark Lope seconded.  All in Favor Opposed Abstentions  5 0 0  Public Comment Regarding Agenda Items There was no public comment. Unfinished Business There was none. New] Business 2024. Program  Donna reviewed a contract amendment with the University of Pittsburgh: School of Pharmacy/Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) to extend the end date to June 30,  No program was scheduled for this meeting.  1  Butler County Drug & Alcohol Advisory Board- - March 19, 2024 Meeting Minutes    REPORTS Director's] Report  SCA: Case Managememl/Ireammenl/Prevention Updates:  e SRUI Institute for Nonprofit Leadership: Recovering Life Initiatives update- The heART for Sobriety art/craft activities continue tol be offered at SUCCEED each Friday The Impacting Together recovery advocacy group is now meeting on a weekly basis, in preparation for the opening of the recovery center. The group continues to focus on preparing for the opening oft the recovery center and eventually transitioning to ai recovery community The Nonprofit Development Corporation (NDC) continues to work on necessary repairs and renovations to the building. The repairs to the roofhave been completed and they have started work to replace the HVAC system. The tentative opening date for the recovery center will be April 26th. A grand opening for the center is currently being planned for May gth at 1:00pm. As mentioned several months ago, we received notification oft the re-credentialing process with Carelon. This process occurs every three (3)years and typically consists oft the pre-submission of documents followed by an on-site visit several months later. We did submit the required documents in November and we are waiting for the on-site visit tol be scheduled. At the beginning ofl March, we began the revalidation process through DHS for continued participation int the Medical Assistance (MA) program. The revalidation process occurs every five (5)y years and consists ofa an application along with the submission of required documents and attestations. We hope to complete this process within the next 1-2 weeks. As mentioned last month, the final 2023 confirmed number of overdose deaths is 41. For 2024, as oflast week, there have been 5 confirmed overdose deaths thus far with 8 cases still For comparison purposes: at this time last year, there had been 8 confirmed overdose deaths and  from 3:00pm to 4:30pm.  organization (RCO). F Recovery Center update-  Re-credentialing' Process with Carelon update-  F Revalidation with Dept. ofHuman Services (DHS)-  C County Overdose update-  pending.  4cases still pending.  Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) Updates:  el DDAP Annual SCA Program Monitoring-  At the beginning of March, we received notification that our pre-submission packet was due to DDAP by April 1st. We are currently working on the packet and will submit it by the required As mentioned last month, we have received our provider assignments for FY 2023-24 and we have started scheduling monitoring visits with all assigned in-county providers. This includes the  due date.  A Annual Provider Monitoring-  2  Butler County Drug & Alcohol Advisory Board- - March 19, 2024 Meeting Minutes    monitoring oft treatment, prevention, intervention, case: management, and certified recovery  specialist (CRS) services. .) XYZ. Rate Setting Process-  As mentioned last month, the FY 2024-25 rate setting process for all non-hospital residential and halfway house providers began at the beginning of February. We have received completed rate packets and we are in the process ofs scheduling a meeting with other SCA's within our region to  review the packets. State Updates: None Financial Report Case Manager Report  Billl Kepple reviewed the allocations and expenditures through February 29, 2024. Tracey Hendrix reviewed the statistics fori the Monthly Assessment Services, the Information/Referal Services (IRS), and the Client Location graph for the month of February  2024.  Prevention Report  Lisa Gill gave an overview of upcoming Drug & Alcohol prevention events and trainings. She reviewed the Prevention Service Data: including the Preyention/ntervention: Number of Services, Number of] Individuals Served, and the Prevention Demographic Data for the month of February 2024. She provided a flyer for an event at SRU on the dangers of sports betting and a  flyer for the Butler County Summer Conference.  Nominating Committee Board Reappointment:  Kristan Semmler asked for a motion to reappoint Alicia Beighley to serve a second term on the  Board. Mark Lope made the motion, John Johnson seconded  All in Favor Opposed Abstentions  5 0 0  PCCD Update treatment.  Kristan Semmler reported there is one individual in long term treatment, one in al halfway house, onei isi in IOP. There are two individuals in outpatient, and five who have completed their  Drug Treatment Court Update  Donna reported that there are currently fifteen (15) individuals participating in the program. Three are in al halfway house, two are ini inpatient, the remainder are in outpatient. There is one person in jail on a violation pending further order of the court. There are one or two pending referrals to the program. We had one graduation last month and there willj possibly bet two or  three graduations in May.  3  Butler County Drug & Alcohol Advisory Board- - March 19, 2024 Meeting Minutes    Council Members' ConcemsyComments/Amnouncements Providers' Concems/Comments/Amnouncements Public Comment Regarding General Items There were: no public comments.  There were none. There were none.  Adjournment meeting at 7:56a a.m.  As there was no further business to discuss, a motion was made and seconded to adjourn the  4  Butler County Drug & Alcohol. Advisory Board - March 19, 2024 Meeting Minutes    APPROVED ASTOTORMAT:    Shawn Pugh, Chairperson SUBMITTED BY:  A CLaTe Grace Abbruzzese  Cc: Advisory Board Members  5  Butler County Drug & Alcohol Advisory Board- - March 19,2024 Meeting Minutes