CMHTF Organizational Structure
Purpose:
To organize a proactive forum involving local citizens, community leaders and health care providers with the focus on issues and concerns regarding mental health in the community.
Mission:
To work together collaboratively in an effort to identify those areas that are problematic in the provision of services, i.e. access to care, crisis intervention, education, stigma etc, and to find solutions to those areas identified.
Goals:
1. To identify those areas that are viewed as problematic by a group consensus and to form sub-groups to find solutions for those areas identified.
2. To provide an arena for local providers to network and educate one another on their individual facilities and the services that they provide to the community.
3. To assist one another by sharing information regarding resources and support in regards to the problem areas identified on a local, state and national level.
4. To provide education on issues regarding stigma and discrimination with the goals of increasing community understanding and acceptance, and improving the quality of care for those persons with serious mental illness.
The Community Mental Health Task Force will elect officers, committee chairpersons, and at-large representatives all of whom will comprise the Steering Committee. The term of office shall be for one calendar year. A slate of officers will be presented at the November meeting, nominations will also be taken from the floor and the election will be held at that November meeting. New officers, etc. will take office in January of the following year. These procedures may be changed by a written proposal to the Mental Health Task Force presented and distributed at its regular monthly meeting, with the vote being taken at the subsequent regular monthly meeting.
The Mental Health Task Force meets on the third Monday afternoon of each month at 2:00 except for the month of December when no meeting is scheduled.
The Steering Committee meets on the first Thursday of each month at 10:30 am. The purpose of the Steering Committee is to conduct more detailed business on behalf of the Task Force to pursue the above stated purpose, mission and goals.
Each committee will determine a regular monthly meeting date and time to provide for on-going efforts within that committee. For example, the Housing Committee meets on the second Monday of each month at 8:30 am.
Officers:
Chairperson: Will preside at the meetings of the Task Force and the Steering committee, set the agendas, distribute agendas and meeting announcements.
Chairperson-Elect: Will attend all meetings, assist the chairperson and serve in his/her absence, and learn about the role of Chairperson. Will assume the role of Chairperson for the subsequent year.
Committees whose chairperson and/or co-chairperson serves on the Steering Committee:
Crisis Intervention: To pursue priority needs in training and service delivery to better meet mental health crises, including the issues of crisis line and PACT.
Housing: To pursue projects which will result in more standard, safe, and affordable housing being available to citizens with mental illness.
Community Awareness: To educate the community about mental illness in order to increase awareness, understanding and acceptance, and to reduce stigma and discrimination.
Child and Adolescent Services: Identify priority service needs and outline course of action to address those priority needs.
Fund Development: Identify possible funding resources which can support the efforts of any one committee or the Task Force as a whole to pursue goals and projects. Review requests for funds and make recommendations to the Steering Committee for projects or services to be funded with available funds raised by Task Force events.
Returning Combat Veterans – The Road Home: Educate the community about resources so that returning veterans, their children and spouses can find assistance with adjustment and reintegration issues.
At-Large members of the Steering Committee: Will attend meetings of the Steering Committee and participate actively in efforts to further the mission and goals of the Task Force.
To organize a proactive forum involving local citizens, community leaders and health care providers with the focus on issues and concerns regarding mental health in the community.
Mission:
To work together collaboratively in an effort to identify those areas that are problematic in the provision of services, i.e. access to care, crisis intervention, education, stigma etc, and to find solutions to those areas identified.
Goals:
1. To identify those areas that are viewed as problematic by a group consensus and to form sub-groups to find solutions for those areas identified.
2. To provide an arena for local providers to network and educate one another on their individual facilities and the services that they provide to the community.
3. To assist one another by sharing information regarding resources and support in regards to the problem areas identified on a local, state and national level.
4. To provide education on issues regarding stigma and discrimination with the goals of increasing community understanding and acceptance, and improving the quality of care for those persons with serious mental illness.
The Community Mental Health Task Force will elect officers, committee chairpersons, and at-large representatives all of whom will comprise the Steering Committee. The term of office shall be for one calendar year. A slate of officers will be presented at the November meeting, nominations will also be taken from the floor and the election will be held at that November meeting. New officers, etc. will take office in January of the following year. These procedures may be changed by a written proposal to the Mental Health Task Force presented and distributed at its regular monthly meeting, with the vote being taken at the subsequent regular monthly meeting.
The Mental Health Task Force meets on the third Monday afternoon of each month at 2:00 except for the month of December when no meeting is scheduled.
The Steering Committee meets on the first Thursday of each month at 10:30 am. The purpose of the Steering Committee is to conduct more detailed business on behalf of the Task Force to pursue the above stated purpose, mission and goals.
Each committee will determine a regular monthly meeting date and time to provide for on-going efforts within that committee. For example, the Housing Committee meets on the second Monday of each month at 8:30 am.
Officers:
Chairperson: Will preside at the meetings of the Task Force and the Steering committee, set the agendas, distribute agendas and meeting announcements.
Chairperson-Elect: Will attend all meetings, assist the chairperson and serve in his/her absence, and learn about the role of Chairperson. Will assume the role of Chairperson for the subsequent year.
Committees whose chairperson and/or co-chairperson serves on the Steering Committee:
Crisis Intervention: To pursue priority needs in training and service delivery to better meet mental health crises, including the issues of crisis line and PACT.
Housing: To pursue projects which will result in more standard, safe, and affordable housing being available to citizens with mental illness.
Community Awareness: To educate the community about mental illness in order to increase awareness, understanding and acceptance, and to reduce stigma and discrimination.
Child and Adolescent Services: Identify priority service needs and outline course of action to address those priority needs.
Fund Development: Identify possible funding resources which can support the efforts of any one committee or the Task Force as a whole to pursue goals and projects. Review requests for funds and make recommendations to the Steering Committee for projects or services to be funded with available funds raised by Task Force events.
Returning Combat Veterans – The Road Home: Educate the community about resources so that returning veterans, their children and spouses can find assistance with adjustment and reintegration issues.
At-Large members of the Steering Committee: Will attend meetings of the Steering Committee and participate actively in efforts to further the mission and goals of the Task Force.
