Kickoff Event 11-13-08

Morris County Youth Services Advisory Committee

Education Partnership

Kickoff

November 13, 2008

Agenda

8:30am Registration and Refreshments

9:00am Welcome

Mary Jo Buchanan, LCSW, MPA, Director

Morris County Department of Human Services

Freeholder John J. Murphy

Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders

Dr. Kathleen C. Serafino, Acting Executive County Superintendent

Morris County Schools

Kellye Smith, Youth Behavioral Health Coordinator, CIACC Coordinator

Morris County Department of Human Services

9:20am Youth Speaker

Julia Warren

9:45am Department of Children and Families (DCF)

Jeena Williams, Team Lead

Division of Youth and Family Services

10:00am Contracted System Administrator (CSA)

Sheryl Roach, Regional Systems Specialist

Value Options

10:15am Break

10:30am Children’s Mobile Response & Stabilization Services (CMRSS)

Gina Flores, Program Coordinator

Family Intervention Services, Inc.

10:45am Youth Case Management Services (YCM)

Jessica Cronin, Program Coordinator

Family Intervention Services, Inc.

11:00am Care Management Organization (CMO)

Elizabeth Manley, Chief Executive Officer

Caring Partners of Morris/Sussex, Inc.

11:15am Family Support Organization of Morris and Sussex

Lauren Hirtes, Executive Director

11:30am NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Video

12:00pm Lunch/Resource Tables

1:00pm Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS)

David Johnston, County Service Specialist

Alexis Olivio, Resource Development Specialist

1:30pm School District of the Chathams

Dr. Harold M. Tarriff, Director of Special Services

1:45pm Panel Discussion

Jessica Cronin, Program Coordinator

Family Intervention Services, Inc.: Youth Case Management Services

Gina Flores, Program Coordinator

Family Intervention Services, Inc.: Children’s Mobile Response & Stabilization Services

Karen Gagne, State Responsible Coordinator

Department of Children and Families Office of Education

Lauren Hirtes, Executive Director

Family Support Organization of Morris and Sussex

David Johnston, County Service Specialist

Division of Youth and Family Services

James Mahoney, Director of Operations

Caring Partners of Morris/Sussex, Inc.

Sandra McDonell, Team Lead

Division of Youth and Family Services (Ocean County)

Dr. Harold M. Tarriff, Director of Special Services

School District of the Chathams

Jeena Williams, Team Lead

Division of Youth and Family Services

2:30pm Closing Announcements