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April 2015
Macomb
HSCB
County
HSCB Focus
HSCB is the state-designated community collaborative for Macomb County.
HSCB Reorganizes its Structure
UPDATES
 Ray of Hope/Warming
Center has moved to:
2 Crocker Blvd., Suite
102
Mt. Clemens, MI 48043
(586) 329-4046
 A general reference
source about the
employment-related
provisions of Social
Security Disability
Insurance and the
Supplemental Security
Income Programs for
educators, advocates,
rehabilitation
professionals, and
counselors who serve
people with disabilities
is available in the 2015
Red Book, a guide to
Work Incentives and
other disability-related
policies and programs,
like Ticket to Work is
available online at:
http://
www.nasuad.org/
hcbs/article/2015red-book
An HSCB-sponsored breakfast meeting,
held on February 25, 2015 at the Macomb
Intermediate School District celebrated the
achievements of its Children and Youth
Standing Committee and Children's Early
Intervention Services Subcommittee
(CEISS) while announcing modifications in
the HSCB Work Group structure.
An additional change is the establishment of
an Inter-Agency Initiatives Steering
Committee (ISC) to share information and
identify issues/projects demanding interagency collaboration.
The Inter-Agency Initiatives Steering
Committee's responsibilities will include
reviewing statistics, trends and “hot” topics
and to assess what’s already
happening in the
community; schedule
specialized
presentations; and
identify the need areas
and potential
collaboration
strategies.
For over twenty years, the HSCB’s
committee structure has
changed in response to a
range of internal and
external challenges.
Changes occur to
assure that the HSCB
structure is flexible
and meeting the needs
of organizations and the Yvonne Brock, Chair of the HSCB Children and
Work groups will be
Youth Standing Committee and Carol Shortt,
community. A recent
Chair of CEISS thanked members of their
established in response
respective Committees for their work over the
review of the HSCB
years.
to goals outlined in the
structure in the context
HSCB Annual Working Agenda or as a
of changing political and funding challenges
result of a need identified by the Interresulted in the restructuring of the current
Agency Steering Committee.
operational chart.
A major change in that re-structuring is the
disbanding of the Children and Youth
Standing Committee, chaired by Yvonne
Brock (DHS) and the Children’s Early
Intervention Services Subcommittee
(CEISS), chaired by Carol Shortt (Health
Department).
Once a need has been identified and the
Steering Committee has received
endorsement from the HSCB Executive
Council to proceed, it can choose to work on
the need itself or establish a Work Group to
do so. Steering Committee members may
choose whether to serve or not serve on the
Work Groups under it.
The Inter-Agency Communications Work
Group will remain an HSCB work group and
continue to coordinate the annual HSCB
Information Exchange and Traveling Tours.
The Work Group will then develop
strategies to address the issue, identify
members for this Work Group and develop
a Work Plan.
(Continued on page 3)
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MCHAP Awarded Grant
The Macomb Children's Healthcare
Access Program (MCHAP) is one of
eight CHAP programs in Michigan to
receive funding to integrate 2-1-1 into
the CHAP model and expand local
multi-disciplinary teams for
community resources referral,
transportation access, and physical,
behavioral and oral health provider
navigation statewide. The grant of
$225,000 a year for two years will be
used to focus on transportation,
translation, and other ways of
eliminating barriers to treatment.
CHAP is a collaborative, communitybased program for children who are
enrolled in Medicaid and is designed
to reduce barriers to accessing health
care at the family, health care provider
and health system level.
The grant was provided by the
Michigan Health Endowment Fund to
Michigan Association of United Ways.
For more information, contact Monica
Woodson, MCHAP Executive Director
at (586) 480-2309.
HSCB Vice-Chair
Steve Gold,
Director of the
Macomb County
Department of
Health and
Community
Services, has
Steve Gold been elected CoChair of the
HSCB Executive Council to serve a
three year term of office which
began January 1, 2015.
Thompson Community Center Opens in Warren
Mark Hackel, Macomb County
Executive, highlighted Macomb as a
community that cares and praised
the collaborative efforts to provide
resources to the community, the
result of empowering those in
authority to make things happen.
A new multi-service center - the
Thompson Center - has opened in the
Van Dyke School District at 11370
Hupp, Warren, MI 48089. The
Center houses the Women, Infants
and Children (WIC) program,
Macomb County Community Services
Agency (MCCSA), MSU Extension
programs and the Macomb Children’s
Healthcare Access Program
(MCHAP).
A Grand Opening Ceremony was held
on March 6, 2015 attended by more
than 100 people. The program was
moderated by Steve Gold, Director of
the Department of Health and
Community Services. The program
started with a prayer by Pastor Roger
Facione from Mt. Calvary Lutheran
Church.
The Superintendent of the Van Dyke
School District, Joe Pius, welcomed
the visitors, provided a history of the
Thompson Center and described the
need for services in the District.
From left to right: William Ridella,
Director/Health Officer, Health
Department; Andrey Dujyz, County
Commissioner; James Fouts, Mayor of
Warren; Mark Hackel, County
Executive; Steve Gold, Director,
Department of Health and Community
Services; Joe Pius, Superintendent,
Van Dyke School District; Roger
Facione, Pastor, Mt. Calvary Lutheran
Church; David Flynn, Chair, Macomb
County Board of Commissioners; and
Rhonda Powell, Director, Macomb
County Community Services Agency at
the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the
Grand Opening of the Thompson
Center in Warren, MI.
A Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony was
followed by a tour of the building
which featured newly-renovated and
redecorated service areas.
The new WIC office at
the Thompson Center.
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From the Lead Agency Chair
John Kinch
HSCB Lead Agency Chair
The Macomb Human
Services Coordinating
Body (HSCB) has been
an enthusiastic
supporter of the Great
Start Macomb (GSM)
Collaborative and has
actively participated in its
establishment, including providing a
letter of support to the State of
Michigan for its designation.
GSM recently revised its
organizational structure and with
this reorganization came the
opportunity for GSM and the
Macomb HSCB to review its working
relationship so that services and
mutual goals could be identified and
shared in a reciprocal manner for the
benefit of Macomb County families
with young children.
A Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) was drafted that outlined
common agreements about
membership on both collaboratives,
the support of mutual strategic
activities, committee structures,
funding, and cross-agency staff
meetings. That MOU was approved
by the HSCB Executive Council at its
September meeting.
One of the agreements was the need
for a link between the two groups. To
address that need, this past
September, Dr. Lynn Fontanive from
the MISD was appointed the HSCB
Executive Council representative to
the Great Start Macomb Executive
Council. As such, Dr. Fontanive will
report on the activities of both the
Macomb HSCB and Great Start
Macomb Collaborative when
attending the respective meetings.
The HSCB looks forward to our
continued collaborative relationship
with Great Start Macomb around
early childhood issues in the County.
The complete Memorandum of
Understanding is posted on the
HSCB website: mhscb.mccmh.net
under the “Documents” link.
Reorganization (Continued from page 1)
Executive Council member agencies
that will have representatives on the
Steering Committee are:
Department of Human Services
Health Department
Initial goals to be prioritized by the
Steering Committee are contained in
the HSCB’s 2015 Annual Working
Agenda. These four goals, assigned to
the Executive Council for initial
action, include:
Macomb Co. Community Services Agency
MISD
MSUE
Veterans Services
The first meeting of the Steering
Committee will be held on May 5,
2015. Agenda items include:
confirmation of a meeting schedule;
procedure for the selection of the CoChairs; membership; an initial
discussion of four goal areas; and,
identification of clerical and
professional staff support.
 Develop an inter-agency portal of
services platform using a pilot site to
initiate and work through the system of
care issues involved in such an interagency project.
 Develop a collaborative approach to
assist public/private and generic service
providers on how to identify and use
existing service networks.
 Participate in the survey of Michigan’s
Community Collaboratives being
designed through Eastern Michigan
University to provide information on
the key elements that make statedesignated Community Collaboratives
successful.
 Explore collaboratively how to initiate
a domestic violence prevention project,
through new funding sources and/or
other cross-system service
reconfigurations, to provide services in
southern Macomb County to children
exposed to domestic violence and/or
sexual assault.
For a list of the complete HSCB
Annual Working Agenda, go to:
http://mhscb.mccmh.net/Portals/0/
HSCB%20Annual%20Working%
20Agenda%202015.pdf
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2015 Traveling Tours
The 2015 HSCB Traveling Tours will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, May
13 and 14, 2015 at various locations around the county with the theme "Services
to Flag."
Tour sites include:
Disability Network Oakland and Macomb
Catholic Charities of SE Michigan
Family Youth Interventions
Macomb County Morgue
Vets Returning Home
CARE of SE Michigan
Glen Peters School
Thompson Center
Forensic Nurses
SHAR Macomb
Rising Stars
Social Security
Abigayle Ministries
Great Start Macomb
Juvenile Justice Center
Hope Center in Macomb
Trinity Community Care
Family Youth Interventions
Downriver Community Services
Sterling Heights Fire Department
Inter-Faith Center for Racial Justice
FOCUS
is the quarterly newsletter of the Macomb County
Human Services Cordinating Body, funded through the
Michigan Department of Community Health and with
the support of the County Executive’s Office and the
Macomb County Board of Commissioners.
Focus provides information and resources
of inter-agency interest to
Macomb County’s human services network.
Address all correspondence to:
Macomb County Community Mental Health
22550 Hall Road, Clinton Township, Michigan 48036
(586) 466-7903
Editor: Madeline Habib, M.A.
HSCB EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
John Kinch, Chair
Macomb County Community Mental Health
Steven Gold , Vice Chair
Department of Health and Community Services
John Bierbusse
Michigan Works!
Debbie Bouts
Michigan Rehabilitation Services
Nicole Faulds
Macomb County Circuit Court
Suzanne Faunce
Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
Lynn Fontanive
Macomb Intermediate School District
Jennifer Morgan
Martha T. Berry Medical Care Facility
Valerie Nunn
Department of Human Services
Michael Patterson
Department of Human Services
Rhonda Powell
Macomb County Community Svcs. Agency
William Ridella
Macomb County Health Department
When available, the registration information flyer will be posted on the HSCB
website: http://mhscb.mccmh.net/Portals/0/2015%20Traveling%
20Tours%20Registration%20Information-single%20pages.fin.pdf
The 2015 Traveling Tours Co-Chairs are:
Jenn Putney (Prosecuting Attorney’s Office), (586) 469-5642
jennifer.putney@macombgov.org
Amanda Sears (AAA-1B), (248) 262-9200
asears@aaa1b.com
Registration is online only at:
http://www.solutionwhere.com/misdtraining/cw/main.asp
Once registered, you do not need to cancel your reservation if you cannot attend
the event.
Laura Rios
Veterans Services
Rhonda Westphal
Juvenile Justice Center
Richard Wooten
MSU Extension
Maria Zardis
Planning and Economic Development
HSCB COMMUNICATION LIAISONS
Den-Nela Cody, Circuit Court
Salvatore D’Angelo, Martha T. Berry MCF
Lynn Fontanive, MISD
Shelly Gilray, Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
Ted Kasper, MCCMH
Bernice Kerner, Michigan Works!
Kristin Ledford, MCCSA
Saneya Moore, MSUE
Debbie Schave, Department of Human Services
Katie Sheen, Rehabilitation Services
Carol Shortt, Health Department
Sharon Stahl, Veterans Services
Rhonda Westphal, Juvenile Justice Center
Maria Zardis, Planning and Economic Dev’t