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Please join us for the May Mental Health Task Force meeting, Tuesday, May 10th, from 3 – 5 PM via Zoom. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and our agenda will include two speakers on youth mental health. We will also hear updates from Ascension Wisconsin and from Milwaukee County BHD.

Agenda

View the May 10th, 2022 MHTF Meeting recording here (YouTube).

1. Welcome and opening remarks, Mary Neubauer and Christine Apple, co-chairs
2. Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental Health Update, Linda A. Hall, Director – Office of Children’s Mental Health
   Director Hall will provide an update on youth mental health including the OCMH Social Connectedness of Youth agenda, and Children’s Mental Health Awareness Activities.
   • WI Office of Children’s Mental Health Update Presentation (pdf).
3. Milwaukee County Mental Health Services for Youth
   • Speakers:
     • Brian McBride, Director, Children’s Community Mental Health & Wraparound Milwaukee
     • Maria Castillo, Community Outreach Coordinator, Milwaukee County Children’s Community Mental Health Services & Wraparound Milwaukee
     • Leanne Delsart, Integrated Services Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Milwaukee County Children’s Community Mental Health Services & Wraparound
   • Materials
     • Children’s Community Mental Health Services and Wraparound Milwaukee Presentation (pdf).
4. Ascension WI. Behavioral Health Services Overview, Jim Kubicek, VP Behavioral Health Service Line
5. Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Services Update, Amy Lorenz, MSSW, LCSW, Deputy Administrator, CARS

Save the Date

• June 2 at 4:30pm: Mental Health Board Finance Committee preliminary budget presentation
• June 10: Milwaukee Mental Health Task Force Meeting: Intersection of Trafficking and Mental Health
• June 14 at 4:30pm: Mental Health Board Finance Committee Public Comment on proposed budget
• June 23 at 1:30pm: Mental Health Board Finance Committee Public Comment on proposed budget

Meeting Registration

Our meetings are open to all. ASL interpreters will be available at the May 10th meeting. To request other disability accommodations, please email barbara.beckert@drwi.org as soon as possible. We will do our best to respond to all requests.

To request a meeting link, complete the form below.

Time: Tuesday, April 12th at 3:00 – 4:30pm

Sponsored by the Milwaukee Mental Health Task Force and Milwaukee Turners.

This is the third session in a series of Zoom forums on the way that people with mental illness encounter the court system.  This session will address the planning and discharge process when someone with serious mental illness who has been incarcerated is returning to the community.  The panel will also discuss roles and responsibilities in providing re-entry support.

Forum Registration

Registration is required. Register for the forum via Zoom.

April 12th Forum Panel Members

View the speaker bios here (pdf).

• Michael Meulemans, Opening Avenues to Reentry Success (OARS) Program
• Zachary Wisniewski,  Corrections Field Supervisor Perspective on Prison/WRC releases as it relates to community supervision
• Ashley Johnson, Mental Health Unit and Mental Health Court Pilot
• David Carlson, Certified Peer Specialist, We Adapt Peer Support
• Chantell Jewell, Superintendent House of Correction, Milwaukee County
• Elizabeth Schwartz, Case Manager, Wellpath

Moderator: Emilio De Torre, Executive Director, Milwaukee Turners

Accommodations

To request disability related accommodations, including ASL interpreters, include your request on your registration. Please make your request as soon as possible; we will do our best to fill all requests. ASL interpreters and captioning will be provided.

Past A Look Inside Sessions

• Session 1: 
  • View speaker information and recording for the first session here.
  • View the first session recording directly on Youtube.
• Session 2:
  • View speaker information and recording for the second session here.
  • View the second session recording on Facebook.