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[1. Call to Order of the Edmond City Council Meeting.]
AFTERNOON ON THIS, BRI, VERY FAR BACK MONDAY MORNING.WAS THAT WORK? FINDING GLASSES? SORRY, I DROPPED MY SPECTACLES.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS SPECIAL MEETING, UH, WORKSHOP TO ORDER.
[2. Presentation and Discussion of Community Behavioral Health Update. ]
TALK ABOUT THE, HAVE A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UPDATE.WE HAVE THIS SIDE IN THE BACK
SO THEY GOT CHE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, AND EVERYBODY ELSE UP HERE.
MS. PATERSON, YOU GOING, YOU'RE GONNA LEAD THE WAY.
I'M CHRISTIE BATTERSON AND THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND.
WHAT WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU IS NOT JUST AN UPDATE, THE ASSESSMENT THE CITY HAS INVESTED IN, BUT RATHER A COLLABORATION OF PARTNERS.
INSTEAD OF ME STANDING UP HERE READING AN UPDATE, I'VE INVITED THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ARE PARTNERS, THE ONES WITH THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND HERE TO SPEAK, TO CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY THAT IS BEING BUILT AND EXPANDED ON.
UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA TAKE MUCH OF THE TIME.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE A, UH, VARIOUS FOLKS GETTING UP AND TALKING THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS DURING THE PRESENTATION, DON'T HESITATE TO STOP AND ASK.
UM, BUT FOR, WITHOUT, UH, STEALING TOO MUCH OF HER THUNDER, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO JESSICA HAWKINS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES WITH THE HEALTH HEALTHY MINDS POLICY INITIATIVE.
THIS IS AN EXCITING TOPIC, AND WE'RE REALLY THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THIS UPDATE ABOUT THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN EDMOND AROUND YOUR MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE.
I'M DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES AT HEALTHY MINDS POLICY INITIATIVE, AND I'M HERE TODAY WITH MY COLLEAGUE BRANDY GAITHER, UM, BETWEEN THE TWO OF US WHO ARE SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY OF EDMOND IN BUILDING OUT THIS FANTASTIC FRAMEWORK AROUND MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT THAT WE KNOW HAS ALREADY SERVED AS A MODEL FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
SO, REALLY QUICKLY, I WANNA ORIENT YOU WHEN HEALTHY MINDS CAME TO THE TABLE, UH, WE WERE INTERESTED IN LOOKING ACROSS THE COMMUNITY OF EDMOND AND ASKING THE QUESTION, TO WHAT DEGREE DO EDMOND RESIDENTS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED IN TERMS OF PREVENTION? UM, THE ABILITY TO HELP DEVELOP YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE HEALTHIEST WAY POSSIBLE, THAT THEY CAN GET A GREAT START TO LIFE, MINIMIZE RISK FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE CHALLENGES.
AND THEN ALSO, TO WHAT DEGREE DO WE HAVE EARLY INTERVENTION OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO DO SHOW SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS, UM, OR NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS IN ORDER TO, UM, NOT DEVELOP A MENTAL HEALTH, UM, PROBLEM IN THEIR LIFE COURSE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT ISSUES OF TREATMENT AND RECOVERY FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE DEALING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS.
HOW DO WE SUPPORT THEM HERE IN EDMOND? DO THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO RECOVER AND THRIVE IN THE COMMUNITY? AND TO THAT END, UM, THE CITY OF EDMOND DID A REALLY NOVEL THING.
UH, YOU ALL INVESTED IN HAVING AN ASSESSMENT PERFORMED IN THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF, WELL, HOW ARE WE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY WITH MENTAL HEALTH? WHAT DO WE NEED AND WHERE ARE THE GAPS IN WHAT WE CALL THE CONTINUUM OF CARE? SO IN 2021, AS A BIT OF HISTORY, IF YOU WEREN'T FAMILIAR, THE CITY OF EDMOND ENGAGED WITH HEALTHY MINDS TO ASSESS THE PREVALENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT TYPES OF SERVICES AND SUPPORTS ARE AVAILABLE.
THE ASSESSMENT REVEALED THREE KEY THINGS.
THERE WERE MANY FINDINGS, AND IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE REPORT, WE'D LOVE TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU SO YOU HAVE IT.
BUT FIRST, WE FOUND IN OUR ASSESSMENT THAT ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES IN EDMOND DID HAVE SOME BARRIERS, INCLUDING A LACK OF AVAILABLE LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.
UM, COST FOR SERVICES COULD BE PROHIBITIVE FOR MANY WHO LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THE NEED FOR TRANSPORT TO OKLAHOMA CITY BECAME VERY APPARENT VERY QUICKLY THAT IF YOU LIVED IN EDMOND AND YOU NEEDED INTENSIVE SUPPORTS OR CARE, UM, YOU HAD TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY OF EDMOND IN ORDER TO GET A LOT OF THOSE.
SECOND, THE ASSESSMENT REVEALED THAT CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN EDMOND WERE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO SOME OF THESE BARRIERS.
UM, WE COLLECTED AND REPORTED ON SOME DATA THAT SHOWED THAT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO NEEDED THESE SUPPORTS, UM, THE, THE BARRIERS WERE EVEN MORE EXTREME, DIFFICULT TO FIND CARE.
AND THIRD, UM, ONE OF THE KEY FINDINGS, THE THE ASSESSMENT REVEALED THAT STIGMA IN THE COMMUNITY WAS DEFINITELY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM RECOGNIZING AND SEEKING CARE THAT THEY NEEDED FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
AND SO THIS HAPPENED IN 2021, WHERE THE CITY COMMISSIONED THIS REPORT
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IN 2022.UM, THERE WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT CITY AND EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION IN INVESTMENT IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTH CARE.
AND NORTH CARE IS EDMUND'S, UM, C-C-B-H-C, WHICH YOU'RE GONNA HEAR MORE ABOUT FROM OUR PARTNERS.
UM, AND A-C-C-B-H-C UH, GRANT WAS AWARDED, UH, TO NORTH CARE TO HELP DEVELOP OUT THEIR SERVICES IN THE AREA.
A VERY IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
IN JANUARY OF 2023, THE CITY DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO INVEST IN THE FINDINGS OF THE REPORT AND, AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAD WHAT YOU NEED TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED IN THE ASSESSMENT.
IN SPRING OF 23, A MENTAL HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE IN THE FORM OF A STEERING GROUP WAS FORMED ALONG WITH FOUR OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES.
ONE AROUND CRISIS CARE, ONE AROUND SCHOOLS, ONE AROUND, UM, COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS, UM, AND ONE ABOUT THE, THE NEW C-C-B-H-C PRESENCE, NORTH CARE AND EDMOND, TO HELP IMPLEMENT THIS REALLY ROBUST PLAN THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD PUT TOGETHER TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE ASSESSMENT.
AND ADDITIONALLY, DATA METRICS WERE DEVELOPED TO HELP THE COMMUNITY KEEP PULSE, UH, THE PULSE ON WHETHER THINGS WERE IMPROVING.
ALSO, IN 23 IN THE SUMMER, THESE SUBCOMMITTEES PRIORITY PROJECTS STARTED TO GET UNDERWAY.
THERE WAS A SIX MONTH REPORT OF PROGRESS TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND LATER THAT FALL, UM, EDMOND WAS ONE OF ONLY TWO CITIES IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO START A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE 9 1 1 CENTER AND THE 9 8 8 SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS LINE, UH, THAT CAME TO OKLAHOMA IN THE FORM OF 9 8 8.
AND THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP, 9 1 1, OPERATORS WERE ABLE TO DIVERT PERSONS WHO HAD MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS CALLING THE 9 1 1 CENTER FOR HELP TO 9 8 8, SO THEY COULD GET THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED, DEESCALATION PHONE SUPPORTS, AND IN SOME CASES, A MOBILE CRISIS TEAM COMING OUT, UH, TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY OR THE PERSON IN NEED.
ALSO, IN FALL OF 23 WAS THE NAMING OF THIS INITIATIVE, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION UNDER THE NAME OF FLOURISH.
IN JANUARY OF 24, EDMOND'S MENTAL HEALTH PLAN, YEAR ONE REPORT OF PROGRESS WAS MADE TO THE COMMUNITY.
IN SEPTEMBER, UH, NORTH CARE OPENED THE NEW URGENT RECOVERY CENTER, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR MUCH MORE ABOUT.
AND THE CITY OF EDMOND WAS A AWARDED $4 MILLION IN WHAT'S CALLED A SYSTEM OF CARE FEDERAL GRANT TO SERVE CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS RESOURCE HAS COME TO EDMOND AND THAT YOU ALL COMPETITIVELY BEAT, UM, STATES FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN ORDER TO GET THIS WONDERFUL GRANT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND ON OCTOBER OF 2024, THE GRAND OPENING OF THE OASIS CLUBHOUSE, WHICH YOU'LL ALSO HEAR MORE ABOUT TODAY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME GIVE YOU THAT BACKGROUND TO THE FLOURISH INITIATIVE.
UM, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA SHARE SOME OF THE WONDERFUL SUCCESS STORIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE, OF THE CAMPAIGN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THIS ABSOLUTELY.
SO I'M GONNA SHARE, UM, SOME SUCCESS STORIES THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, I WILL, UM, YEAH, I'LL, WE'LL JUST, WE'LL JUST GO WITH THAT.
SO, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WERE AWARDED IS WE APPLIED FOR THE OPIATE ABATEMENT FUNDING THROUGH THE STATE, UH, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
UH, WE WERE AWARDED $125,000 APPROXIMATELY.
WE WERE THE ONLY COMMUNITY ALONG WITH OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT WE'RE AWARDED.
UM, THIS WILL ENHANCE AND EXPAND OUR SERVICES WITH THE, UH, JUSTICE INVOLVED YOUTH, UH, SUBSTANCE RELATED VIOLATIONS AND MENTAL HEALTH, UH, ISSUES.
WE CONVENED A WORKING GROUP WITH PARTNERS TO PLAN A MORE COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF SERVICES AND SUPPORT, INCLUDING PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS. UM, I WANTED TO PAUSE AND SAY OUR PARTNERS WITH EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, UM, SPECIFICALLY, UH, CATHERINE LAMBERT, UM, YOLANDA WHITLOW WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT ADMIN AND HER TEAM, AS WELL AS, UH, SHEILA STEN IN, UH, EDMUND FAMILY COUNSELING.
UM, THEY HAVE DONE PHENOMENAL WORK SO FAR WITH OUR, UM, OUR KIDDOS THAT, UM, HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM HERE IN PROGRAMMING THIS GROUP.
UM, AT FIRST WE WERE GOING THROUGH WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO WITH 125,000 AS WE HAD APPLIED FOR WITH THOSE GOALS IN OUR APPLICATION.
AND WE TOOK A PAUSE AND WE SAID, WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY WITH THIS? AND THEY ALL PIVOTED AND CHANGED DIRECTION, AND WE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO WHERE WE DON'T GET AT TO THE END OF BEING IN JUVENILE COURT AND, UM, MAYBE PUT JUVENILE COURT OUT OF BUSINESS? I DON'T KNOW.
UM, BUT TO START BACK AT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? SO THE NEXT STEP IS FORMALIZING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS
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AND AGREEMENTS TO INCREASE CAPACITY, UM, AND NEED, YOU KNOW, REFERRING THOSE JUVENILES THAT NEED THOSE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. UM, AND IN FACT, I JUST HAD A MEETING WITH EDMUND FAMILY COUNSELING LAST WEEK.THEY'VE EVEN THOUGHT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO, UM, AFTER THE FACT IN FOLLOW UP.
UM, AND THEN IN COORDINATE WITH EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
UM, THERE'S SOME POLICY THAT MAY HAVE TO CHANGE AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO IN THE FUTURE WHEN IT COMES TO OUT SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS? 'CAUSE THE NUMBER ONE GOAL IS TO KEEP THOSE KIDDOS IN SCHOOL.
WHEN YOU SAY POLICY, IS THAT POLICY CITY POLICY OR EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOL'S POLICY? THAT WILL BE EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOL POLICY.
THEY'RE ALREADY CHANGING SOME OF THEIR POLICY, AND SOME HAVE, LIKE I SAID, SOME HAS ALREADY BEEN CHANGED, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT OTHER POLICY WITH THEM.
THE OTHER THING THAT JESSICA MENTIONED WAS OUR, UM, KIND OF BRANDING THE, THE, WHAT THIS ALL MEANS.
AND SO, UM, WE CAME UP, THE COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE CAME UP WITH FLOURISH.
UH, WE RESEARCHED AND COLLECTED, UM, OTHER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UH, RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE HAVE DONE IS TRYING TO GET THE EDUCATION.
WE CONTINUOUSLY DO THIS, AND IT, IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK.
UM, AND WE'RE, SO WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY WORKING ON THIS AND TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND GET THOSE RESOURCES OUT THERE.
BUT WE'VE CREATED A HUB OF RESOURCES.
UM, IT'S UNDER THE CITY OF EDMONDS WEBSITE.
SO UNDER COMMUNITY RESOURCE, UM, IS THIS HUB.
AND IT'S BASICALLY A LANDING SITE OR A LANDING PORTAL FOR ALL OUR PARTNERS, WHETHER IT'S ANY TYPE OF SERVICE THAT'S AVAILABLE WITH OUR PARTNERS.
AND WE'RE, LIKE I SAID, CONTINUOUSLY WORKING ON THIS BECAUSE I'M ALL ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CLICKS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO, TO GET TO SOMEWHERE.
UM, OF COURSE, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IF YOU'RE HAVING A A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS CALL 9 8 8.
UM, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO, IF SOMEONE'S LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, IF THEY NEED THAT SERVICE, THEY NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO, AND THEY'RE NOT IN CRISIS, OR THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT RESOURCES OUT THERE, THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE A, A GO-TO PLACE, BUT THEN TWO CLICKS LATER, OR AT A MINIMUM, UH, A FEW CLICKS LATER, THEY COULD BE WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH, UH, OUR, OUR, UH, COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOOD AT THE OUTREACH.
THEY KNOW THEY'RE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
UM, SO WE'LL BE, UH, LAUNCHING ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS AND WORKING WITH ALL OUR PARTNERS ON OUTREACH EVENTS AND, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
SO NEXT, I REALLY WANNA, I WANNA HAND THIS OVER TO CATHERINE LAMBERT, UH, WITH EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE, UH, SCHOOL-BASED STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE.
I'M CATHERINE LAMBERT ON THE STUDENT SUPPORT AND COUNSELING FACILITATOR FOR EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SO I'M JUST GONNA GO OVER AND HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF OUR SUCCESSES, UM, IN HAVING WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF EDMOND AND OUR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERS.
SO, UM, TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW, WE HAVE EXPANDED MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS.
AND THAT WOULD BE K THROUGH 12 AND ANNUAL SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING FOR ALL STAFF EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS GRADES THIRD THROUGH 12TH ANNUALLY, AS WELL AS, UH, PARENT GUARDIAN SUICIDE PREVENTION LESSONS THROUGH, UM, DAYBREAK HEALTH WEBINARS THAT WE'VE BEEN OFFERING THIS PAST YEAR.
DAYBREAK, UH, HEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS AN ONLINE LIVE WEBINAR THAT FAMILIES CAN JOIN CONFIDENTIALLY AND PARTICIPATE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME.
AND, UM, IT HAS BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED, UM, WELL ATTENDED.
UM, THE, THE RESPONSE FROM PARENTS HAS BEEN, UH, VERY GOOD.
AND THEY'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT THEY CAN JOIN FROM THE COMFORT OF THEIR OWN HOME AND LEARN MORE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR OWN CHILDREN, AND THEIR COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.
UM, WE'VE BEEN AWARDED THE STATE OPIOID ABATEMENT GRANT THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER.
AND WHAT WE WILL BE DOING WITH THAT IS A PREVENTION PROGRAM WITH, UM, DRUG AND ALCOHOL PREVENTION PROGRAM WITH BOTEN LIFE SKILLS TRAINING FOR, UM, ELEMENTARY GRADES THIRD THROUGH FIFTH, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
AND IT IS A PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR SUBSTANCE USE.
UM, WE ALSO, THE NEXT STEPS HAVE BEEN, UM, TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BOTIN LIFE SKILLS THAT WE HAVE, UM, PURCHASED THROUGH THE OPIOID ABATEMENT GRANT.
AND THEN WE WILL START IMPLEMENTATION WITH SMALL GROUPS, GRADES THIRD THROUGH FIFTH AS A PILOT PROGRAM FOR, FOR THAT UNTIL ALL OF OUR FOLKS ARE FULLY TRAINED.
AND THEN IT WOULD BECOME A TIER ONE PREVENTION, UH, FOR ALL STUDENTS DURING THEIR ADVISORY TIME OR MASCOT TIME AT SCHOOL.
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WE'RE ALSO SEEKING FUNDING, UM, THAT WE WERE JUST GRANTED THROUGH THE SYSTEMS OF CARE GRANT TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AT SCHOOL AND HAVE MORE DIRECT, UM, MORE DIRECT, UH, INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS AT SCHOOL THAT NEED THAT FOR OUR MOST SEVERE, UM, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AT SCHOOL.THESE NUMBERS ARE ENCOURAGING.
SO THIS IS, UM, DATA THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE OKLAHOMA PREVENTION NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THE OPNA THAT'S GIVEN EVERY OTHER YEAR, GRADES 6, 8, 10, AND 12.
AND, UM, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE HERE, WE ARE COMPARING SIGNIFICANT DATA POINTS, UH, REGARDING SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE GRAPHS, THE ALCOHOL USE FROM THE SCHOOL YEAR 21, 22 TO 2324 HAS DECREASED BY 38.6%.
MARIJUANA USE DECREASED OVER THAT SAME TIME PERIOD BY 41.8%, AND VAPING DECREASED BY 47.3%.
AND ON THE MENTAL HEALTH SIDE, YOU SEE DURING THAT SAME, UM, THE SAME, UM, OPNA YEARS OF 21, 22 TO 2324, DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS DECREASED BY 7.68, PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS BY 15.2%.
AND AT RISK FOR DEPRESSION DECREASED BY 26.9%.
SO WE HAVE SEEN GAINS ALREADY WITH ALL THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THE CITY'S HELP, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH ESSER FUNDS, AND THEN GOING FORWARD BEYOND ESSER FUNDS.
NOT SURPRISING THAT THE SYMPTOMS HAVE GONE DOWN WITH THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE GOING DOWN.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS.
AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT JESSICA TALKED ABOUT WAS THIS PAST FALL, UM, WELL PAST FALL, JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO, UM, WAS OASIS CLUBHOUSE OPENING.
SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN, UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE PAIGE.
PAIGE CHAMBERLAIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OASIS CLUBHOUSE.
MY NAME IS PAIGE CHAMBERLAIN, AND THIS IS MY COLLEAGUE.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH THE CLUBHOUSE MODEL AT ALL, BUT THE CLUBHOUSE IS A PLACE FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING MENTAL ILLNESS SYMPTOMS TO, UM, COME AND BUILD COMMUNITY AND TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS THEM TO, UM, TAKE HOLD OF, UH, DIGNITY AND A RESPECTFUL PLACE TO BE.
SO, UM, BILL, DO YOU WANT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE CLUBHOUSE? YES.
I'M A FOUNDING, UH, BOARD MEMBER, BUT I'M ALSO A FOUNDING MEMBER.
UM, WHEN I GOT SICK, I WAS REALLY SCARED AND ALONE, AND I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEPLACE THAT WAS JUST OKAY TO BE.
AND LUCKILY, THERE IS A CLUBHOUSE IN THE METRO.
IT WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN IN NORMAN THUNDERBIRD CLUBHOUSE.
NOW WE HAVE OASIS AND IT'S ONLY 15.
THERE WAS WORK I COULD STILL DO.
AND AS I DID MORE AND MORE, I GOT BETTER AT IT, AND I WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO TEACHING FOR 10 YEARS.
WHAT'S A SPECIAL EDUCATION'S CAREER WORTH TO A COMMUNITY? WHEN I GOT SICK AGAIN, I KNEW RIGHT WHERE TO COME BACK TO CLUBHOUSE.
I COULD WALK IN THE DOOR LIKE I HAD NEVER LEFT.
MY NAME WAS ON THE SIGN IN SHEET, AND I COULD PICK UP WHERE I HAD BEEN BEFORE.
IT WAS LIKE A LIFEBOAT WAITING FOR ME WHEN I NEEDED IT.
SO THE CLUBHOUSE PROVIDES A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME.
UM, WE DO ALL THE WORK TOGETHER, MEMBERS AND STAFF SIDE BY SIDE.
THAT COULD BE, UM, THE JANITORIAL PIECE OF THE WORK.
THAT COULD BE GRANT WRITING, THAT COULD BE DOING A COMMUNITY PRESENTATION,
UM, SO IT REALLY ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO TRY NEW THINGS IN A SAFE SPACE.
AND, UM, BILL PUTS IT, IF YOU PUT US IN A CORNER, WE'RE LIKE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION.
UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF SOMEONE JUST NEEDS A PLACE TO FEEL SAFE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE.
I HAVE TROUBLE WITH MY MEMORY SURPRISE.
UH, BUT, UH, YOU CAN COME WHEN YOU WANNA COME.
YOU CAN LEAVE WHEN YOU'RE READY TO LEAVE.
NOBODY HAS TO SIGN A CONTRACT.
NOBODY HAS TO AGREE TO A SCHEDULE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT THE SORT OF THING WHERE IF
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YOU WANT THIS, YOU GOTTA DO THAT.EVERYBODY, THE, THE MEMBER ON THEIR VERY FIRST DAY CAN WALK INTO THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE AND USE THE COMPUTER.
THE, UH, PAGE USUALLY USES, WE'RE VERY EGALITARIAN.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T GET IN A CLINICAL SETTING.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS CRAVE.
MM-HMM,
ONCE YOU'RE A MEMBER, YOU'RE ALWAYS A MEMBER.
SO IF YOU'RE IN A REALLY GOOD SPACE, YOU CAN BE AT THE CLUBHOUSE.
IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING YOUR BEST, YOU CAN BE AT THE CLUBHOUSE.
UM, LIKE BILL SAID, HE WENT BACK TO WORK.
AND SO HE WASN'T AT THE CLUBHOUSE FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS, BUT THEN WHEN HE NEEDED IT AGAIN, HE JUST WALKED RIGHT IN THE DOOR.
UM, WE ALSO, WE PREPARE A MEAL TOGETHER EVERY DAY.
SO WE PREPARE IT TOGETHER AND WE EAT IT TOGETHER.
REALLY, THERE'S NOTHING THAT, UH, PAIGE CAN DO THAT ANY OF US COULDN'T DO WITH HER.
UH, WE DO A LOT OF SIDE BY SIDE WORK, WHICH MAKES IT A LOT OF EASIER.
WE ARE NOT ALONE WHEN WE DO THIS.
AND THAT'S THE BIG, UH, TAKEAWAY FOR ANYBODY WHO IS ISOLATING OR FEELING LOST.
I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU TO THINK OF PEOPLE IN YOUR OWN CIRCLE THAT HAVE FRIENDS OR LOVED ONES, OR MAYBE YOU KNOW THEM YOURSELF, WHO ARE ISOLATING, WHO ARE LOST AND SINKING.
ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME ON DOWN.
INVITE US TO YOUR SOCIAL, UH, CLUBS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS.
WE'D LOVE TO DO A PRESENTATION AT YOUR CHURCH.
WE NEED MEMBERS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW.
AND NOTHING DEFEATS STIGMA MORE THAN CONVERSATION.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, THE ONLY CLUBHOUSE IN OKLAHOMA COUNTY.
WE'RE THE THIRD ONE IN OKLAHOMA.
THERE'S THUNDERBIRD, WHICH IS IN NORMAN, AND THERE'S ONE IN TULSA.
BUT, UM, WE'RE PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, CLUBHOUSE INTERNATIONAL, THAT PROVIDES SUPPORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT CLUBHOUSES CAN SUCCEED.
'CAUSE THERE IS, UM, EVIDENCE AND DATA BEHIND THE CLUBHOUSE PROGRAM.
AND CLUBHOUSE INTERNATIONAL SEES THAT IT IS A WONDERFUL RESOURCE FOR A COMMUNITY RECIDIVISM FOR BOTH, UH, HOSPITALIZATION AND INCARCERATION.
UH, THERE'S PROOF THAT IT CUTS DOWN ON JUST INTERACTIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UH, IT'S WRITTEN UP IN ALL THE JOURNALS.
IF I COULD, UM, CAN I PASS YOU GUYS A BROCHURE SO YOU GUYS HAVE IT? HERE, I'LL DO THIS SIDE.
OH, HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO START? ANY QUESTIONS? MM-HMM.
ALL YOUNG ADULTS, ALL FROM EIGHTEENS ALL 18 F 18 F.
SO IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED TO COME TAKE A TOUR, UM, OUR ADDRESS IS ON THE BACK.
YOU CAN ONE, YOU CAN JUST STOP IN WHEN WE'RE OPEN.
WE'RE OPEN TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY FROM 10 TO FOUR RIGHT NOW.
EVENTUALLY, UM, WE'LL MIRROR BUSINESS HOURS, SO EIGHT TO FIVE, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
BUT LIKE THEY MENTIONED, WE JUST STARTED IN OCTOBER, SO, MM-HMM.
UM, WE HAD FOUR MEMBERS ON OUR FIRST DAY, AND, UM, WE HAD 11 THE OTHER DAY.
SO, UH, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 20 MEMBERS OF THE CLUBHOUSE NOW.
12 OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN THE CLUBHOUSE, UM, AND STARTED, STARTED PARTICIPATING.
SO, SO IF MOMS ARE IN CRISIS OR NEED TO COME, UH, MAYBE SINGLE MOMS. MM-HMM.
SO WE, UM, I MEAN, THE FOCUS OF THE CLUBHOUSE IS, IS THE ADULTS.
SO, UM, IF IT WAS FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT FOR, NOT FOR THE CHILDREN'S ISSUES, BUT FOR MAMA RIGHT.
BUT FOR, UM, IT'D BE PREFERRED THAT THEY DIDN'T.
THEY COULD FOR, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS JUST A SHORT STOP IN MM-HMM.
WE CAN BE REALLY FLEXIBLE WITH THINGS, BUT IN TERMS OF RIGHT.
TECHNICALITIES, A STANDING SORT OF POLICY, NO.
ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU GUYS.
SO, BEFORE I BRING UP THE NEXT ONE, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER RIGHT, WE INVESTED ARPA FUNDING, UM, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR CARES FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OKLAHOMA COMMERCE WITH NORTH CARE TO REHABILITATE THE, UM, FACILITY AT 15TH.
UM, BEFORE I BRING UP SALLY KERR WITH NORTH CARE AND CHIEF YOUNGER, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JESSICA TALKED ABOUT WAS HOW WE'VE INTEGRATED THE 9 8 8 9 1 1 SYSTEM.
UM, AND WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANT MEANS IS IF A CALL COMES IN WITH DISPATCH, UM, AND, UM, AFTER THEY GO THROUGH THE SERIES OF,
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UM, QUESTIONS WITH DISPATCH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A NUMBER WITH 9 8 8, AND WE DO A WARM TRANSFER TO 9 8 8.AND ONCE IT'S, UM, ESTABLISHED WITH NINE EIGHT, EIGHT, UH, CALL TAKER, THEN OUR NINE ONE ONE, WE'LL DISCONNECT THE CALL, UM, REVERSELY IF NINE EIGHT EIGHT IS ON THE PHONE AND THEY NEED TO DISPATCH, UM, OUR P OUR POLICE, THEY WILL CALL BACK IN TO NINE ONE ONE.
AND THEN WE WILL DISPATCH POLICE OR, UH, UH, FIRE AND UM, A MR IF NEEDED.
SO, UM, BUT NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE SALLY KERR, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NORTH CARE, AND FOLLOWING HER CHIEF YOUNGER WILL ALSO BE COMING UP TO SPEAK OR TOGETHER.
SO, I'M SALLY KERR AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT NORTH CARE.
AND FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M NEW IN MY ROLE AND WORKING WITH CHRISTIE AND CHIEF YOUNGER HAS BEEN GREAT.
THEY ARE SO HELPFUL AND HAVE KIND OF HELPED ME, HELP ME GROW INTO THIS ROLE AND, AND GET ALL CAUGHT UP ON, UM, THIS ASSESSMENT AND WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE.
SO I WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT I JUST BROUGHT YOU JUST A FEW NUMBERS.
UM, FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR SINCE WE OPENED IN, UH, MID-SEPTEMBER, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE 45 STAFF IN THE EDMOND AREA CURRENTLY, INCLUDING THE CRISIS STAFF.
WE'VE HAD 23 CRISIS INCIDENTS SINCE WE OPENED WITH 22 OF THOSE BEING UNIQUE PATIENTS.
WE'VE SERVED OVER 1,330 IN THE CLINIC IN EDMOND, AND 796 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
UM, MOBILE CRISIS TAKES ABOUT A HUNDRED CALLS PER MONTH.
OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THOSE AREN'T EDMOND, AND WE'RE NOT THE ONLY MOBILE CRISIS THAT COVERS, BUT ALONG WITH THE, UH, THE CRISIS, UM, BUILDING, WE ACTUALLY HAVE MOBILE CRISIS ON THE GROUND HERE AS WELL.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE SOME NUMBERS ABOUT, OR A SLIDE ABOUT HOW YOUR, YOUR CALLS HAVE GONE DOWN OR NO.
I'M GONNA LET YOU DO THAT UNLESS YOU GUYS HAD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? NOT RIGHT NOW.
UH, THANKS FOR CHANCE TO ADDRESS YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, BEFORE I HIT THIS SLIDE, I WILL TAKE A LITTLE LIBERTY UNLESS CHRISTIE PUSHES ME OFF THE, THE ELECTOR TURN HERE AND, AND, AND JUST RECOGNIZE, UH, THAT THIS ALL STARTED WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY BRINGING THEIR CONCERNS AND WISHES FOR A BETTER SERVICE ENVIRONMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN THE CITY OF EDMOND TO CITY STAFF.
AND THAT CITY STAFF LIKE CHRISTIE TOOK THAT SERIOUSLY, UH, LOOKED AT THE NEEDS THAT WE NEEDED, UH, TO ADDRESS, AND THEN BROUGHT THAT TO THE POLICY MAKERS AND THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.
AND THAT, I JUST WANNA SHARE MY APPRECIATION THAT YOU TOOK THE CITIZEN'S CONCERN SERIOUSLY.
YOU TOOK STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS SERIOUSLY.
YOU SPENT YOUR OWN TIME LOOKING INTO THE ISSUES AND ULTIMATELY PROVIDED THE RESOURCES, THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES NECESSARY FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
SO I JUST WANT US TO ALL RECOGNIZE HOW THIS CAME TO BE AND EACH STAKEHOLDER'S PARTICIPATION IN IT.
AND SO I'M JUST REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF BEING PART OF A COMMUNITY, UH, THAT TAKES THESE THINGS SERIOUS AND, AND REALLY HAS A, A GREAT RESPONSE TO SHOW FOR IT.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR WHAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE.
UH, THE NUMBERS YOU SEE, THERE ARE JUST A FEW NUMBERS, UH, REGARDING, UH, POLICE INVOLVEMENT IN THIS ISSUE OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
UM, AND WHEN THE NATIONAL NARRATIVE TALKS ABOUT, UH, JUSTICE REFORM, I FREQUENTLY POINT TO THIS LOCALLY WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT JUSTICE REFORM.
AND THAT IS MAKING SURE OUR CITIZENS THAT HAVE NEEDS ARE GETTING THOSE ADDRESSED BY THE APPROPRIATE, UH, ENTITY, UH, IN THE APPROPRIATE WAY.
AND I THINK NOTHING SPEAKS LOUDER THAN IF YOU LOOK AT THAT RIGHT HAND GRAPH.
AND IN 2023, WHERE YOU SEE, OKAY, RIDE CARE GIVING, UH, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO 385 PEOPLE, UH, FROM INSIDE THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF EDMOND, WITHOUT, OKAY, RIDE CARE, THAT'S 385 PEOPLE THAT LIKELY WOULD'VE BEEN IN HANDCUFFS IN THE BACK OF A BLACK AND WHITE POLICE CAR GOING TO GET MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
NOW, TO BE CLEAR, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT.
BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS SAY THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, WHEN COUNSEL WAS ENGAGING STAFF WITH WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE US WORK ON, UH, STAFF WAS ALSO ENGAGED WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND LOOKING AT LAWS THAT WERE PROHIBITING A MORE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE IN THIS AREA.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, I THINK, IS THE RESULT, AGAIN, OF LOCAL POLICY MAKERS, UH, MAKING SOMETHING, UH, IMPORTANT AND MOVING TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND THEN CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR STATE LAWMAKERS
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TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION IN PLACE TO ALLOW US TO DO WHAT WE THINK WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR CITIZENS.SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SAY THERE'S OVER 300 PEOPLE A YEAR THAT AREN'T GONNA FIND THEIR WAY, UH, INTO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, INTO THE BACK OF A POLICE CAR, UH, I THINK THAT'S A BIG WIN.
UH, SO AGAIN, WANNA RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, UH, FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THAT OUTCOME.
AND I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT TOPIC IF YOU HAVE ANY.
SO, IF ALL OF THAT WASN'T EXCITING ENOUGH, UH, WE DECIDED TO APPLY FOR ANOTHER GRANT.
'CAUSE WE CAN'T DO A LOT OF THESE INITIATIVES WITHOUT MONEY.
UM, AND SO WITH THE HELP OF HEALTHY MINDS, WE APPLIED FOR A COMPETITIVE GRANT WITH THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH, UH, SERVICE ADMINISTRATION OR SAMHSA.
WE WERE AWARDED A FOUR YEAR, $4 MILLION GRANT.
UM, THAT SOUNDS SIMPLE ENOUGH.
IT'S NOT
UH, BUT WHAT THAT FUNDING WILL BE USED FOR IS IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH UP TO 21 YEARS AT RISK, OR WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
UM, WE ALL KNOW THAT, UM, YOUTH OR ANYBODY FOR THAT MATTER, USUALLY CAN'T, CAN'T HEAL WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORTED SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND FAMILIES.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE BASICALLY BUILDING AN INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'RE BUILDING UPON WHAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED BUILDING, UM, AND IT'S EVIDENCE BASED SERVICES.
UM, SO YEARS ONE THROUGH THREE, UH, RECIPIENTS MATCHES, ONE FOR EVERY THREE FEDERAL DOLLARS.
WE DO HAVE CITY, UH, MATCHING FUNDS THAT HAVE TO BE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS.
UM, AND THEN BY YEAR FOUR, IT'S A A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR MATCH WITH FEDERAL FUNDS.
OUR PRINCIPAL PARTNERS ARE, YOU'RE, IT'S A BROKEN RECORD, I THINK UP HERE, BUT, UM, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THESE PARTNERS.
AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN WHEN I'M UP HERE TALKING ABOUT PROGRAMMING WE CANNOT DO WITH WHAT WE DO IN THE CITY, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY WITHOUT OUR PARTNERS.
UM, SO IT, IT IS EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS NORTH CARE, EDMOND FAMILY COUNSELING AND HEALTHY MINDS WILL HAVE A PART OF IT AS WELL AS THEY ARE ASSESSMENT OR EVALUATORS THROUGH THE GRANT.
SO, SOME OF THE SYSTEM OF CARES GOAL GOALS WILL, UH, STRENGTHEN COORDINATION OF THE CITY'S CHILD SERVING AGENCIES BY ESTABLISHING A GOVERNANCE TEAM.
UM, YOU'VE HEARD THAT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL SUBCOMMITTEE TEAMS AND OUR STEERING COMMITTEE TEAM, UM, WE WILL BE RECONVENING THAT STEERING COMMITTEE TEAM.
UM, SO I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THOSE MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THAT STEERING COMMITTEE TEAM, ASKING THEM IF THEY WANNA CONTINUE SERVING.
WELL, THAT'LL, THAT MAKEUP OF THAT TEAM WILL LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
AND THEN THE GOVERNANCE TEAM, THERE'S ACTUALLY IT'S GUIDE GUIDED BY, UM, THE RULES OF, UM, FROM SAMSA.
THERE'S CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE TO BE ON THAT GOVERNANCE TEAM.
UM, SO WE'LL BE PUTTING THOSE TOGETHER.
UM, THE NEXT COUPLE OF, UH, I, I SAY MONTHS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY A FEW WEEKS, WE'LL BE STARTING TO SEND THOSE EMAILS OUT AND PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
ANOTHER SYSTEM OF CARE GOAL IS TO DECREASE EMERGENCY ROOM ENCOUNTERS BY STRENGTHENING, COORDINATING THAT CRISIS CARE ACROSS LOCAL AND STATE, UH, CONTRACTED CRISIS PROVIDERS.
UM, SO IT'S NOT JUST THE PROVIDERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE ROOM HERE BEHIND ME, AND THOSE, THE ONES THAT I CONTINUOUSLY TALK ABOUT.
IT'S ALSO THE PARTNERS, UM, THAT THEY HAVE, UM, THAT WE'LL BE RELYING ON.
SO THIS IS, AND WE'VE HEARD, UM, THAT SAID BEFORE, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A CITY OF EDMOND PROBLEM OR A CITY EDMOND, UH, INITIATIVE.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY, THIS IS A REGIONAL INITIATIVE.
SO WE'LL BE RELYING ON THOSE REGIONAL PARTNERS AS WELL.
IMPROVING CLINICAL OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH AT RISK FOR SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES BY INCREASING PUBLIC AND PROVIDER CAPACITY TO PROVIDE INTENSIVE STABILIZATION SERVICES, HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES, INCREASE MINI MEANINGFUL FAMILY AND YOUTH PARTICIPATION AT ALL LEVELS, AND INCREASE EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT ACCESS TO EVIDENCE-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL.
WE HAVE, UM, IDENTIFIED 300, NOT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT WE SAID THAT WE WILL SERVE 325 CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND YOUNG ADULTS EXPECTED TO BE SERVED THROUGHOUT THE FOUR YEAR GRANT.
AND THESE HAVE, UM, HAVE TO BE REPORTED ON QUARTERLY, ANNUALLY THROUGHOUT THE, THE, UM, LIFESPAN OF THE GRANT.
SO NEXT STEPS, UM, HIRING TWO FULL-TIME STAFF, UH, HERE FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND, A PROJECT COORDINATOR.
THIS PERSON WOULD BE THE ONE THAT, UH, LEADS THE TEAM, MAKE SURE THE TEAM IS DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
UM, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S REPORTING, UH, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AT THE TABLE.
UH, AND ALSO THE ONE THAT WILL BE COORDINATING EFFORTS IN COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH
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SAMHSA.UM, AND THEN THE LEAD FAMILY COORDINATOR.
THIS IS A UNIQUE POSITION AS WELL.
THIS PERSON ACTUALLY HAS LIVED EXPERIENCE SO MUCH LIKE THE FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE CLUBHOUSE OASIS.
THIS PERSON HAS EITHER THEMSELVES HAD EXPERIENCE WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS OR SERIOUS, UH, EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE, OR HAS BEEN IN A CARETAKER ROLE.
BOTH THESE POSITIONS ARE REQUIRED BY THE GRANT, UM, AND WILL BE FUNDED BY, UM, OUR MATCH, UM, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
UM, WE ALSO WILL BE CONDUCTING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
ACTUALLY, HEALTHY MINDS WILL BE DOING THAT.
UM, THERE'S A DEADLINE ON THIS.
THIS IS DUE BY THE END OF MARCH.
UM, THEY'LL BE IDENTIFYING ANY GAPS IN SERVICES, UM, AND THEN REPORTING THAT TO THE, UH, GOVERNANCE TEAM AS WELL.
AND THAT'S HOW THE, UH, GOVERNANCE TEAMS WILL KIND OF SET THE PARAMETERS FOR THE GRANT ITSELF.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE STEERING COMMITTEE WILL ESTABLISH A GOVERNANCE TEAM FOR THE GRANT.
UM, AND AGAIN, I'LL INCLUDE LEADERS FROM CHILD SERVING AGENCIES, FAMILY MEMBERS, YOUTH, AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS.
SO WHAT ELSE IS NEXT? I MEAN, THIS, IT'S NOT JUST A SYSTEM OF CARE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON WITH THIS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO HELPING IN SUPPORTING WITH, UM, OUR CRISIS SUBCOMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE ON AND CONTINUE THEIR WORK.
UM, AS YOU HEARD, NORTH CARE IS OPEN.
UM, THEY HAVE THEIR OUTPATIENT SIDE.
UH, CURRENTLY THEIR, UH, URGENT RECOVERY CENTER IS OPEN.
UH, THEIR GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO BE OPEN 12 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK BY MID-OCTOBER.
BUT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE SUPPORTING TO GET THEM OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY.
UM, AGAIN, IMPLEMENTING THOSE OPIATE ABATEMENT, GRANT STRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THOSE LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, UM, HAVING MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH OUR FLOURISH CAMPAIGN, EDUCATION PREVENTION, IMPLEMENTING EXPANDED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES UNDER THE SOC GRANT, UH, OR SYSTEM OF CARE GRANT.
UM, AGAIN, OUR, UH, CRISIS SUBCOMMITTEE PLANNING.
AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, UH, WE PLAN ON BRINGING A MR IN AND BRINGING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IN.
UH, WHEN WE STARTED A COUPLE YEARS AGO WITH OUR CRISIS SUBCOMMITTEE, WE BROUGHT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S OUR COMMUNITIES THAT THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY RESPONDS ON MENTAL HEALTH CALLS.
TULSA COMMUNITY IS ONE OF THEM.
AND OKLAHOMA CITY ACTUALLY IS STARTING TO ROLL OUT CRISIS, UH, RESPONSE TEAMS WITH THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT BEING THE LEAD.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA REOPEN THOSE COMMUNICATION BACK UP TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND CONTINUE MAPPING THOSE SERVICES OF WHAT A CRISIS LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, EXPANDING MORE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM SUPPORTS.
UM, THERE'S A, UH, COMPANION GRANT THAT, MUCH LIKE OUR SYSTEM OF CARE GRANT FOR THE CITY OF EDMOND WAS AWARDED.
THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE THAT'S SIMILAR THAT EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN, CAN GET AS WELL.
UM, AND I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE ONLY THE ONLY OTHER COMMUNITY OUTSIDE THE CITY OF TULSA THAT WAS AWARDED THIS GRANT.
UH, THE CITY OF TULSA WON THE SYSTEM OF CARE GRANT IN THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEM, WON THE ONE THAT WAS THE COMPLIMENTARY.
SO, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE PUT EDMOND ON THE MAP ONCE AGAIN,
UM, AND I, I KNOW I'M, I KNOW I KEEP SAYING THIS, BUT I WILL ALWAYS AND CONTINUOUSLY SAY THIS, UM, WE CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT OUR PARTNERS.
UM, EVERYBODY INCLUDING INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, INTERNAL PARTNERS HAVE BEEN AT THE TABLE.
UM, WHEN I'VE ASKED FOR PEOPLE TO PIVOT, THEY'VE PIVOTED, UH, THEY'VE COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS.
UM, THEY'VE COME BACK WITH OTHER SOLUTIONS AFTER THEY'VE GONE AWAY FROM THE TABLE.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY ALL OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE HERE BEHIND US, THE ONES THAT, UM, KIND OF LOOK AT ME LIKE I'M CRAZY AT FIRST, BUT THEN, UM, COME BACK WITH A SOLUTION, UM, OR STAY AT THE TABLE AND WE WORK IT OUT AND WE FIND A RESOLUTION.
I CAN'T THINK OF ENOUGH FOR MAKING IT TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'VE GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL GLADLY HAND OFF.
ANY QUESTIONS TO ANYONE BEHIND ME? ONE QUESTION ON THE GRANT.
WHAT HAPPENS IN YEAR FOUR AND A HALF? GREAT QUESTION.
SO THIS IS A REOCCURRING GRANT.
IT'S NOT INLY, IT'S NOT UNLIKE A COMMUNITIES KEEP APPLYING FOR IT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE PLANS FOR SUSTAINING THOSE POSITIONS THAT WE HIRE.
UM, AS WELL AS EVERY PARTNER THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH IS ALSO HIRING STAFF.
UM, SO IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN IT AFTER, UM, JUST TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IF THE MONEY ISN'T THERE IN FOUR YEARS, BUT THIS GRANT HAS BEEN AROUND, UH, LONG TERM, IT'S NOT A NEW GRANT.
UM, IT, I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY OR BEEN IN THE, UH, REALM FOR 30 PLUS YEARS.
UM, SO I DON'T FORESEE IT GOING AWAY.
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UH, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW, UH, I NEVER SAY FEDERAL MONEY IS GUARANTEED.UM, BUT, UM, IT, WE HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SUSTAINABLE.
WHAT ARE THE CURRENT HOURS? AND I BELIEVE IT'S EIGHT TO FIVE.
EIGHT TO FIVE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
NOT, NOT ON THE WEEKENDS RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING MID-DECEMBER TO HAVE IT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
YEAH, I THINK THE LATER HOURS WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
AND, AND THEY, UH, THEY HAVE LOOKED, THEY ASKED FOR OUR DATA TO SEE WHERE THE HIGH CALL TIME IS FOR, UH, FOR OUR AREA.
UM, AND DO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBERS THEY HAVE HAD OUTSIDE OF EDMOND RESIDENCE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE CATCHMENT AREA.
SO, UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY PD WOULD, DOES USE THAT FACILITY AND WILL CONTINUE.
I JUST WANT TO TELL BILL, YOU'RE A MAN OF GREAT COURAGE TO STEP UP THERE AND TELL YOUR STORY.
AND I, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND THANK YOU.
WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS INITIATIVE STARTED, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN SINCE STACEY AND I WERE ON THE, AND WE'RE ON THE COUNCIL MM-HMM.
AND TO SEE WHAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THESE PARTNERSHIPS IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IS REALLY AMAZING.
UM, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING.
SO I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER, HE'S, BUT I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.
HOW DO WE KEEP TELLING THE STORY OF, BECAUSE IT'S PEOPLE GONNA TRANSITION, BUT WE HAVE A FOUNDATION HERE THAT IT'S A VERY SOLID FOUNDATION THAT WE'VE STARTED.
HOW DO WE KEEP TELLING THE STORY SO THAT, UM, FOR ONE, WE CAN KEEP EVALUATING OURSELVES THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS RIGHT, AND THEN KEEP AND EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.
UM, WHAT'S THE GAME PLAN FOR THAT? FOR THAT? YEAH.
SO THE, THE COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE, THAT WILL BE THEIR NUMBER ONE GOAL IS TO WORK WITH ALL OUR PARTNERS AND USING THEIR OUTREACH TEAM.
UM, AND GETTING, GETTING TO EVENTS.
UM, THAT WILL HAVE NOT ONLY OURS, IT WON'T BE JUST THE FLOURISH TEAM BEING THERE.
IT WILL BE THOSE PARTNERS AND US BEING AT THE TABLE WITH THEM, UM, AND EDUCATING THE PEOPLE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND ABOUT WHAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE AND ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
BUT IT'S ALSO THE EDUCATION PART.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ALSO WITH WORKPLACE, UM, FOLKS.
WE'VE, UH, WE HAD A SMALL TABLE, A SMALL BUSINESS ROUND TABLE, UM, TO FIND OUT ABOUT THEIR, ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED.
UM, AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN, IT WAS THE STIGMA OF MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES.
OR NOT KNOWING, YOU KNOW, WHO, UM, WAS OUT THERE, NOT, NOT HAVING ENOUGH PROVIDERS, WHAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, SO WE'LL CONTINUOUSLY REEVALUATING WITH THE HELP OF HEALTHY MINDS, WITH THE HELP OF OUR PARTNERS, OF WHAT IS NEEDED NEEDED.
UM, I'M ONE TO LIKE, OKAY, WHAT DO YOU NEED? THAT'S USUALLY ONE OF MY FIRST QUESTIONS.
UM, BECAUSE, UH, IF WE NEED TO SHIFT, IF WE NEED TO PIVOT, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.
UM, BUT REALLY GETTING WITH OUR PARTNERS AND MAKING SURE THE WORD GETS OUT THERE IN EVERY WAY THAT WE CAN, AND MAKING SURE THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT PARTNER IS THERE TO COMMUNICATE THAT WE JUST NEED TO NEVER STOP UNTIL NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT IT.
SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED, THE MORE YOU TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, UM, THE MORE THE STIGMA GOES AWAY, RIGHT? MENTAL HEALTH IS A HUGE COMPONENT OF PHYSICAL HEALTH.
AND UNTIL EVERYBODY GETS THAT AND KNOWS THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, IT'S NOT ANY DIFFERENT OR WORSE OR HAS A STIGMA TO IT THAN IF YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL ILLNESS.
THEY'RE BOTH REAL, REAL SITUATIONS.
AND UNTIL THAT BECOMES ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE, WE JUST CAN'T STOP.
AND IN OUR NEXT PRESENTATION THAT I'LL BE GOING OVER, UM, ABOUT
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THE OPIOID FUNDS, THERE'S SOME PREVENTION AND EDUCATION THAT WE'VE KIND OF LINED UP SOME, UH, KEY THINGS THAT WOULD, STRATEGIES THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO WITH THAT FUNDING.UM, AND IT, IT INVOLVES PREVENTION AND EDUCATION WITH, AGAIN, SOME PARTNERS.
UM, 'CAUSE IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE US VOCALIZING, UM, ABOUT OUR INITIATIVE AND ABOUT WHAT IS OUT THERE, BUT THOSE THAT ARE TRAINED TO DO IT AND TRYING TO GET THE, THE WORD OUT.
UM, ALSO I LOOK AT IT AS IF WE'RE WORKING WITH FAMILIES AND YOUTH WITH THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OR ONE OF OUR PARTNERS, THEN MOM AND DAD ARE GONNA HEAR ABOUT IT.
FAMILIES ARE GONNA HEAR ABOUT IT.
THEN THEY MAY TAKE IT BACK TO THE WATER COOLER, PER SE, AT WORK.
AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE IS GONNA HEAR ABOUT SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT THEIR KIDDO GOT TO GO THROUGH OR THEIR FAMILY GOT TO GO THROUGH.
AND THEN ORGANICALLY IT MAY HAPPEN.
AND THEN THAT BUSINESS IS LIKE, WELL, HOW COME WE DON'T HAVE THAT? AND THEN IT'S JUST A DOMINO EFFECT FROM THERE.
WELL, IT JUST, THIS, IT HAS TO GO AWAY.
IT HAS TO BE OKAY IF WE'RE NOT JUST CHILDREN, BUT ADULTS TO, TO BE OKAY TO SAY, I'M NOT OKAY.
AND, UM, AND I FORGOT TO MENTION, UM, SPEAKING OF THAT, I FORGOT TO MENTION, UM, WE WILL ALSO BE, UH, WE TALKED AT THE CRISIS SUBCOMMITTEE ABOUT INVOLVING UCO.
I KNOW THEY WERE INVOLVED AT THE ORIGINAL HEALTH, UH, MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT.
UM, BUT I KNOW THEY'VE HAD SOME KEY STAFF CHANGES.
AND SO WE'LL BE REACHING BACK OUT TO THEM AGAIN TO BRING THEM BACK TO THE TABLE AGAIN.
SO WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE PROJECT COORDINATOR AND LEAD FAMILY COORDINATOR POSITIONS TO BE FILLED? WE ARE, THE JOBS ARE POSTED.
I'VE INTERVIEWED, I HAVE ANOTHER INTERVIEW THIS WEEK.
UM, IT, I, UH, WE ARE VYING FOR THE SAME PERSONNEL THAT EVERYBODY THAT NEEDS STAFF BEHIND ME IS ALSO VYING, GIVE OR TAKE SOME, SOME NEED LICENSED.
UH, MY STAFF DOES NOT HAVE TO BE LICENSED.
UM, BUT, UM, I, WE'RE ALL KIND OF VYING FOR THE SAME, SAME INDIVIDUALS, UH, GIVE OR TAKE SOME EXPERIENCE.
BUT, UM, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF THAT.
I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE TO BE UP AND PROVIDING SERVICES BY THE END OF MARCH.
SO ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO VOLUNTEER? UM, IT WOULD PROBABLY, THAT PROBABLY WITH THAT ORGANIZATION.
I KNOW PEER SUPPORT IS VERY, UM, WELCOMED.
UM, AND SO THEY WOULD NEED TO REACH OUT TO THOSE AGENCIES, PROBABLY NORTH CARE AND, UM, EDMOND FAMILY COUNSELING ON THAT, ON THAT SIDE, OR THOSE AGENCY.
'CAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'S TRAINING THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
BUT, BUT IF YOU HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE, EITHER YOURSELF, AGAIN, YOURSELF OR AS A CARETAKER, THEN DEFINITELY CHRISTIE, FIRST OFF, GREAT JOB.
UM, YOU KIND OF ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT UCO.
I MEAN, WE HAVE 15,000 STUDENTS IN OUR MIDST.
WE DO K THROUGH 12, BUT WHAT ABOUT K THROUGH 20? YOU JUST THINK MOST OF THEM ARE PROBABLY INDEPENDENT LIVING, SO THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE A NETWORK AROUND THEM WITH FAMILY OR WHATEVER.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW TO GET UCO THAT POPULATION BACK INVOLVED WITH HIS ACTION.
SO AGAIN, WE DIDN'T FOCUS ON THIS SYSTEM OF CARE GRANT, EVEN THOUGH IT GOES UP TO 20.
UM, THEY WEREN'T A PARTNER AT THE TABLE, BUT WITH OUR OTHER MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES.
AND I THINK WE COULD, WE CAN BRING THEM IN THE LOOP, UM, WITH OUR PROGRAMMING AND, AND INITIATIVES.
I KNOW THEY HAVE, THEY DO HAVE SUPPORT AT UCO, BUT AGAIN, WE CAN BRING THEM IN AND, AND GET THEM CONNECTED AROUND.
SO I THINK ALL THE PARTNERS WORKING TOGETHER CAN DO, YEAH.
THE CAUSE OF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, EVERYONE, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM,
[3. Presentation and Discussion of Staff Recommendations of the Use of City Opioid Settlement Funds. ]
SO THE NEXT PRESENTATION WHY, UM, JANE PULLS IT UP IS ON THE OPIATE FUNDING.WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT SEGUE TO START TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL USE OF OUR CITY OPIATE SETTLEMENT FUNDS.
SO JUST A, JUST SOME BACKGROUND.
UM, AND I, I KNOW THIS WAS IN YOUR PACKET, THE BACKGROUND, UM, BUT, UH, I'M SORRY.
UH, SO THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED ON BEHALF OF THE EDMOND WITH OUTSIDE COUNSEL, UM, IN SEVERAL OTHER CITIES SEEKING DAMAGES AGAINST PHARMACEUTICAL CHAINS, MANUFACTURER DISTRIBUTORS, MEDICAL PROVIDERS WHO DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE OPIATE EPIDEMIC, WHICH AFFECTED EDMOND AND OTHER CITIES.
UM, JUST SO EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT OPIOID REMEDIATION IS DEFINED AS CARE TREATMENT OR OTHER PROGRAMS AND EXPENDITURES DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE MISUSE OF USE OF OPIOID PRODUCTS, TREAT OR MITIGATE OPIOID USE AND RELATED DISORDERS, MITIGATE OTHER ALLEGED EFFECTS
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OF OR INCLUDING ON THE INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE OPIATE EPIDEMIC.QUALIFYING EXPENDITURES MAY INCLUDE REASONABLE RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE CAN, WHEN WE STARTED DOING THIS WITH THE LAWSUIT THAT IT WAS SAID THAT ONCE WE STARTED RECEIVING PAYMENT, THAT WE WOULD PUT A PLAN TOGETHER AND THEN COME BACK WITH SOME RECOMMENDED, UH, SUGGESTIONS OF HOW THIS WOULD ALIGN.
UM, SO IN YOUR PACKET, WE OUTLINED OF, UH, THE DIFFERENT, UM, DISTRIBUTORS, UM, MANUFACTURERS AND, UH, MEDICAL PROVIDERS.
I BROKE THEM OUT ACCORDINGLY, UH, TO HOW THAT WAS DONE.
UH, SETTLEMENT, UH, THERE'S A VARIETY BASED ON THE SETTLEMENT.
SOME ARE 75, 15, SOME ARE, UH, ONE LUMP SUM PAYMENT.
SOME ARE SEVERAL PAYMENTS OVER 15 YEARS.
UH, SO THE ONE FIRST ONE WAS THE MANUFACTURER MANUFACTURERS.
UM, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST, UH, RESOLUTION THAT WE HAD.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE THERE.
AND THEN WE HAD THE PHARMACEUTICAL CHAINS, UH, CVS, WALGREENS AND WALMART.
UH, WALMART IS ONE OF THOSE LUMP SUM PAYMENTS AGAIN, UH, CVS AND WALGREENS, UH, PAYMENTS OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
SO TO DATE, WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE, A LITTLE OVER $1.3 MILLION.
UM, I WORKED WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL AS OUTSIDE COUNSEL ON THE LARGE EXHIBIT E.
UM, PRETTY MUCH EVERY ONE OF THE SETTLEMENTS FOLLOWS THAT EXHIBIT E.
UM, BUT IT'S AN EX NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF WHAT QUALIFIES OR ELIGIBLE EXPENSES.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF THESE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL ONES OR THE PHARMACY CHAINS, EXCUSE ME, UM, SOME OF THEM HAVE WHERE YOU HAVE TO SPEND A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE ON THE REMEDIATION.
UM, I BELIEVE CVS AND WALGREENS BOTH, UH, THEY RECOMMEND, OR ACTUALLY IT WAS CVS, THEY RECOMMEND THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF IT, IT GETS SPENT ON, UH, THE REMEDIATION.
UM, SOME OF THEM HAVE WHERE YOU CAN SPEND 30, 25, 15%, UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT REMEDIATION.
SO WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT, UH, THOSE REMEDIATION MA MEASURES COULD BE.
SO EXHIBIT E IS BASICALLY THE SUPPORT TREATMENT OF OPIATE USE DISORDER OR ANY CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR MENTAL HEALTH.
'CAUSE USUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE, YOU HAVE SOME TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER THAT'S CO-OCCURRING.
UM, AND SO THERE'S, UH, IT'S A BROADENED SCOPE OF RECOVERY SERVICES.
UH, AND IT'S TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN RECOVERY.
UM, BASICALLY PREVENTION SERVICES.
YOU COULD BOIL IT DOWN TO THAT IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, AND THEY NEED TO BE FUNDING FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION, UH, PROGRAM IN SCHOOLS IS ONE OF THEM.
UH, FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE TREATMENT OR RECOVERY SERVICES, COUNSELING, PEER PEER, I CANNOT ALL OF A SUDDEN TALK PEER SUPPORT.
UH, RECOVERY CASE MANAGEMENT, RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT, UH, EXPANDED PEER RECOVERY CENTERS, PRETRIAL SERVICES, UM, CONNECTION CO-OCCURRING EVIDENCE-BASED INFORMED TREATMENT.
YOU SEE, IT'S REPETITIVE, UM, NOT REPETITIVE, BUT SIMILAR THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH OUR PREVIOUS, UM, PRESENTATION AND THINGS THAT WE KEEP SAYING.
THE TREATMENT PREVENTION, UM, CO-OCCURRING, UH, SUPPORTMENT OF TREAT TREATMENT AND RECOVERY COURTS THAT PROVIDE EV EVIDENCE BASED IN COURT.
SO POTENTIAL USES FOR EDMONDS PROGRAMMING.
AND THIS WOULD ALIGN BOTH WITH OUR SYSTEM OF CARE GRANT AS WELL AS OUR OPIATE ABATEMENT GRANT FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM, UM, THE STATE WITH THOSE FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED.
THE STATE WE ARE, UH, WE ASKED FOR FUNDS TO COVER AN ADDITIONAL, UH, PROBATION OFFICER FOR OUR JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM.
AND THEN FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT EDMOND FAMILY COUNSELING'S, UH, STAFF, UM, TO HELP THE BACKLOG THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH THE JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM.
UM, LIKE I SAID BEFORE IN THE OTHER PRESENTATION, WE'RE LOOKING AT PIVOTING THAT THOSE FUNDS JUST A LITTLE BIT STILL SIMILAR, UM, LIFE SKILLS AND OTHER PROGRAMMING FOLLOW UP TREATMENT OR FOLLOW UP, UH, AFTER THEY COMPLETE THE PROGRAM, HOW YOU, YOU KNOW, AFTER, UM, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT A WIDE RANGE OF WHAT COULD WE DO, IT REALLY NEEDS TO START BACK AT THE SCHOOL OF WHAT CAN WE DO TO, TO PREVENT THOSE KIDS FROM EVEN GETTING TO JUVENILE COURT AND GETTING, UM, THE, THAT TICKETED FOR THAT SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY KEEPING, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THEM IN SCHOOL.
WHAT PROGRAM CAN WE PUT 'EM AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL THAT'LL KEEP 'EM FROM GETTING THROUGH TO THAT.
UM, SO IT'S HIRING STAFF FOR EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOL, A LEAD FAMILY COORDINATOR AS SUCH THAT WOULD HELP THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS.
UH, IT'S HIRING ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR EDMOND FAMILY COUNSELING, UM, IF NEEDED.
AND THEN AGAIN, A PROBATIONAL OFFICER FOR JUVENILE COURT TO
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HELP WITH, UM, TO GET THROUGH THE LOGS.UM, A MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM OVERSIGHT.
SO THIS IS WHERE OUR MATCH WOULD COME IN FOR OUR LEAD FAMILY COORDINATOR AND OUR PROJECT COORDINATOR FOR THE SYSTEM OF CARE GRANT.
UM, THAT WOULD BE OUR MATCH, UM, FOR FUNDS FOR THAT GRANT.
UH, ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION IS UTILIZE FUNDING FOR PREVENTION SERVICES.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH THAT WE NEED TO DO.
THERE ARE PROVIDERS THAT DO THAT.
UM, ONE OF THEM, UM, IS CALLED DECA.
UM, THEY DO MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TO THE COMMUNITY, TO INTERNAL.
UM, AND SO THIS, WE COULD HIRE THEM.
THEY COULD ALSO BE OUR, ONE OF OUR PARTNERS THAT DO OUR, DOES THE OUTREACH FOR US.
UM, AND SO WE, WE COULD PARTNER WITH THEM.
UM, WE COULD PARTNER WITH A VARIETY OF, OF FOLKS TO, TO PROVIDE THAT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND AGAIN, FILLING THOSE GAPS IN THE SYSTEM OF WHERE IS NEEDED.
AND, AND IT'S GONNA BE A CONTINUOUS BASIS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE RE GOING TO HAVE RECURRING PAYMENTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, SO THIS CAN BE SUSTAINED, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS FUNDING.
UM, AND THEN PEER SUPPORT GROUPS, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER, UH, PROGRAMMING POTENTIAL USE THAT COULD BE UTILIZED, UH, WITH THIS FUNDING.
AS FAR AS SUPPORTING 'EM, LIKE CLUBHOUSE, WE COULD PROVIDE SOME PROGRAM, UM, SUPPORT FOR THEM THAT FALLS UNDER AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE.
THOSE WERE JUST SOME RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON EXHIBIT E.
THERE'S MUCH MORE THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CAN DO.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT USING THE GOVERNANCE TEAM AND STEERING COMMITTEE, OR I'M SORRY, THE STEERING COMMITTEE AS KIND OF THE OVERSIGHT OF WHAT OTHER RECOMMENDATION AS WE GET KIND OF OUR GAPS AND, AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AS WE GO ON.
AND OF COURSE, THE NEXT STEPS ARE IS AS WE BRING, UH, OUR AGREEMENTS WITH OUR PARTNERS THROUGH ANY, UH, BUDGET, BUDGETARY ITEMS, THOSE WILL COME FORWARD THROUGH YOU ALL.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? JUST THANK YOU.
WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO LIVE IN A CITY SUCH AS EDMOND, WHERE THIS HAS BECOME A PRIORITY, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A COUNCIL, PREVIOUS COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, AND MS. PETERSON AND MS. MUG TO WORK ON THIS AND PITCH IN AND GET IT STARTED.
I'M, I'M PROUD OF ALL THREE OF 'EM, AND I'M PROUD OF THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK EACH AGAIN TO EACH AND EVERYONE WHO'S IN THIS ROOM TODAY, UH, FOR YOUR HELP, FOR YOUR INSIGHT.
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN, A LOT OF INFIGHTING COULD HAVE GONE ON BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS THEIR OWN TURF.
BUT EVERYONE THAT WAS AROUND THE TABLE REALIZED THAT THIS WAS A REGIONAL THING AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR YES.
IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE FLOURISH PARTNERS, AND THERE'S EDMOND, EDMOND, EDMOND, EDMOND, BUT IT'S THE REGION HERE THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND EVERYONE PUT THEIR OWN PERSONAL DESIRES TO THE SIDE AND SAID, WHAT CAN WE DO AS A TEAM? AND SO THIS, THIS HAS TO BE A MODEL FOR EVERYBODY TO GO FORWARD.
THIS IS HOW YOU COLLABORATE, THIS IS HOW YOU BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
THIS IS HOW YOU BRING A COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
AND I THINK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU OFFER THAT.
UM, 'CAUSE IT WAS SOME WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE.
BUT WITH THAT, I'LL CALL THIS SPECIAL WORKSHOP OVER.