May 6, 2019
The House unveiled their budget proposal on Monday, April 29th and passed the budget by the end of the week. This is a significant step in moving toward a budget agreement for the biennium of July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2021. As reported earlier, there has been a lot of discussion already amongst legislative…
Read moreApril 30, 2019
NC DHHS published a “Final Guidance” paper entitled, “BH/IDD Tailored Plan Eligibility and Enrollment”. Final guidance may reference that NC DHHS will not seek any more feedback on the policy, although it is qualified that NC DHHS has the right to amend the policy in the future. This paper accompanies the November 2017 concept paper,…
Read moreAs expected, the 2019 long session of the General Assembly is busy with committees meeting regularly. The budget, initiated by the House this year, is expected to be published at any moment. At that point, activities will likely ramp up to chaotic. The bill filing deadlines for both the House and the Senate have already…
Read morei2i has become a partner with PsychHub, a free online platform providing engaging videos about mental health, substance use and suicide prevention. The program was founded by Patrick J. Kennedy and Marjorie Morrison in 2018. It is described as, “reimagining behavioral health and substance use education through intentional and thoughtful design. Our video offering is…
Read moreMarch 19, 2019
In 2017, the General Assembly passed Session Law 2017-41, legislation to address ways to strengthen and restructure the social service and child welfare system in North Carolina, to that end, the Social Services Regional Supervision and Collaboration Working Group (SSWG) was created to make recommendations for NC DHHS and the General Assembly on delivering optimal…
Read moreMarch 18, 2019
Stay on top of the latest news in North Carolina with the i2i’s news brief. In this issue: Legislature Heats Up North Carolina Managed Care Enrollment Broker Update i2i Convening Partners to Improve High Level Child Mental Health Services Children’s Council Focuses on Collaboration I’m IN: Community Inclusion Launches 4 Innovative Pilot Programs Training March…
Read moreImproving services that address care to children with the highest level needs in the system and working to bring these services in line with a whole person care approach is the goal of a new i2i collaborative project. i2i will facilitate work with a group of LME-MCOs and PRTFs to address standardized performance measures for…
Read moreThe long session of the General Assembly is in the thick of its work at this point. Appropriations subcommittees are meeting multiple times a week, the Governor’s proposal has started the budget process, and other committees are moving bills along. Here’s a quick look at some of the bills that the General Assembly is currently…
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