Planning and Operations Committee

The Planning and Operations Committee is a standing committee of Integral Care’s Board of Trustees. The committee is responsible for review of needs assessments, network design and management, policy review and development, managed service functions, and evaluation. Planning and Operations Committee meetings are held monthly and are open to the public. We hope to see you there.

Hub Learning Community provides resources and educational opportunities to other local authorities and providers in order to serve individuals with an intellectual and/or developmental disability within the least restrictive environment.

You are invited to the First Hub Learning Community Resource Fair. The event is scheduled for October 19th, 2018, from 10am-3pm and will feature Exhibitors such as:

1. ACC Student Accessibility Services
2. Arc of the Capital Area
3. Austin Independent School District
4. Austin Resource Center for Individual Living
5. Autism Society Texas
6. Capital IDEA
7. College Living Experience
8. Cerebral Palsy Awareness Transition Hope
9. Community Partners for Children
10. Disability Rights Texas
11. Every Child, Inc.
12. Integral Care
13. SAFE Alliance
14. Special Olympics
15. Texas Center for Disability Studies (E4 Texas)
16. The Life Project
17. Vela

The event will be held at the Long Center for the Performing Arts (701 W Riverside Drive, Austin, TX, 78704), in the Kodosky Donor Lounge. Parking is free across the street at Auditorium Shores or can be accessed for a flat fee of $8.00 in the parking garage. Food and beverage is available for purchase by the Long Center.

Come join us and help us reach our goal of enabling individuals with IDD to stay within the least restrictive environment.

The Finance Committee is a standing committee of Integral Care’s Board of Trustees. The committee is responsible for reviewing fiscal matters, policies, funding sources, accounting, performance measures, facilities, management information systems, resource development and more. Finance Committee meetings are held monthly and are open to the public. We hope to see you there.

Mind Matters brings mental health experts and advocates together to share information, tools and experience with the goal of advancing our community’s understanding of mental illness and increasing awareness of the resources available.

Mind Matters events are free and open to the public and are typically held on the fourth Monday of each month. Check back for the most up-to-date schedule of events and topics, as these are subject to change.

Stories of Healing and Hope: In Our Own Voice

with NAMI Austin presenters

Valerie Milburn
Kelvin Alston
Kristen Crane

Monday, October 22, 2018  |  6:30-8:00 p.m.

Dell Children’s Medical Center
Pat Hayes Education and Conference Center
4900 Mueller Blvd, Austin, TX 78723 | Austin, TX
Enter through Dell Children’s main entrance and check in at security
Free and open to the public, free parking available

Storytelling is one of the most effective and powerful ways that we change the mental health conversation. Join us as three NAMI Austin speakers share about their own personal lived experience. In Our Own Voice presenters change the preconceived ideas people have about mental illness. They will describe the realities of living with a mental health condition and share their moving message of hope. Come learn about what it’s really like to live with mental illness and experience the power of storytelling to heal, inspire and create connection.

Integral Care’s nine-member volunteer Board of Trustees is appointed by Central Health, the City of Austin and Travis County. Each appoints three representatives to reflect the needs of our community. The trustees are a diverse group with various professional backgrounds, bringing expertise in the areas of criminal justice, health care, management and rehabilitation services. Board meetings are monthly and open to the public. We hope to see you there.

The Central Texas Grief and Loss Conference is open to professionals interested in increasing their knowledge base about working in the area of bereavement. The two-day event will offer a variety of workshops and intensives to appeal to both the beginner interested in grief work as well as the seasoned professional seeking to gain more information about grief and loss. This includes social workers, marriage and family therapists, counselors, psychologists, school counselors, nurses, chaplains, and students.

The focus will be on the impact of grief and loss across the lifespan to include children, adolescents, and adults. Emphasis will be placed on various types of loss as well as the necessary components involved in providing grief counseling to individuals, couples, families, and groups. The conference sessions will be conducted by bereavement professionals from Central Texas, and the conference will be opened with a keynote by national expert Phyllis Kosminsky, Ph.D., LCSW on Attachment-Informed Grief Therapy.

The Central Texas Grief and Loss Conference is open to professionals interested in increasing their knowledge base about working in the area of bereavement. The two-day event will offer a variety of workshops and intensives to appeal to both the beginner interested in grief work as well as the seasoned professional seeking to gain more information about grief and loss. This includes social workers, marriage and family therapists, counselors, psychologists, school counselors, nurses, chaplains, and students.

The focus will be on the impact of grief and loss across the lifespan to include children, adolescents, and adults. Emphasis will be placed on various types of loss as well as the necessary components involved in providing grief counseling to individuals, couples, families, and groups. The conference sessions will be conducted by bereavement professionals from Central Texas, and the conference will be opened with a keynote by national expert Phyllis Kosminsky, Ph.D., LCSW on Attachment-Informed Grief Therapy.

Trauma impacts all of us – directly and indirectly. Whether it comes in the wake of hurricanes, gun violence, war or child abuse, individuals and our greater community can be profoundly affected. When traumatic events occur, emotional support is paramount – for healing and our overall health and well-being.

Join Integral Care for a trauma-focused forum on Monday, November 5^th. Our panel of experts will explore causes of trauma and resources to support recovery.

Date:
Monday, November 5^th

Time:
11:00am – Lunch
11:30am-1pm – Community Forum

Where:
AFS Cinema Theater #2
6259 Middle Fiskville Rd
Austin, TX 78752

The Planning and Operations Committee is a standing committee of Integral Care’s Board of Trustees. The committee is responsible for review of needs assessments, network design and management, policy review and development, managed service functions, and evaluation. Planning and Operations Committee meetings are held monthly and are open to the public. We hope to see you there.

When you walk in the Out of the Darkness Walks, you join the effort with hundreds of thousands of people to raise awareness and funds that allow the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) to invest in new research, create educational programs, advocate for public policy, and support survivors of suicide loss.

Thanks to Walkers and Donors like you, AFSP has been able to set a goal to reduce the annual suicide rate 20% by 2025.

The family support group held on the second Monday of every month and facilitated by Integral Care (previously MHMR) is the longest running group (20+ years) affiliated with NAMI Austin (National Alliance on Mental Illness).  It has been a vibrant, caring group of people, informing and supporting participants on the life-long journey that mental illness is.  When mental illness was first diagnosed in our loved one, this group was invaluable to our understanding of the situation and our ability to cope and deal with it.  The Integral Care leaders have been very important facilitators; over the years, they have opened doors to treatment possibilities and other resources that participants would not have knowledge of or been able to access.  This group brings the best of both Integral Care’s expertise and professionalism and the grassroots bonding of its NAMI Austin members.

JOIN US FOR THE 3RD CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT.

Wednesday, November 28th from 10 a.m. to noon.
(Location to be determined.)

The Children’s Mental Health Crisis Task Force, chaired by Sheriff Sally Hernandez and Emmitt Hayes, will share its final report with recommendations for improving how our community responds to children and youth who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

The Children’s Mental Health Crisis Task Force was created as an outcome of the Leadership Summit held on  October 27, 2017. First convened in December of 2017, the Task Force has:

• examined the strengths and gaps in our current system,
• mapped existing and ideal crisis systems,
• studied best practice models,
• learned from other communities, and
• developed recommendations for improving children’s mental health crisis services in Austin and Travis County

Planning and Operations Committee

The Planning and Operations Committee is a standing committee of Integral Care’s Board of Trustees. The committee is responsible for review of needs assessments, network design and management, policy review and development, managed service functions, and evaluation. Planning and Operations Committee meetings are held monthly and are open to the public. We hope to see you there.

The Finance Committee is a standing committee of Integral Care’s Board of Trustees. The committee is responsible for reviewing fiscal matters, policies, funding sources, accounting, performance measures, facilities, management information systems, resource development and more. Finance Committee meetings are held monthly and are open to the public. We hope to see you there.

The family support group held on the second Monday of every month and facilitated by Integral Care (previously MHMR) is the longest running group (20+ years) affiliated with NAMI Austin (National Alliance on Mental Illness).  It has been a vibrant, caring group of people, informing and supporting participants on the life-long journey that mental illness is.  When mental illness was first diagnosed in our loved one, this group was invaluable to our understanding of the situation and our ability to cope and deal with it.  The Integral Care leaders have been very important facilitators; over the years, they have opened doors to treatment possibilities and other resources that participants would not have knowledge of or been able to access.  This group brings the best of both Integral Care’s expertise and professionalism and the grassroots bonding of its NAMI Austin members.

Integral Care’s nine-member volunteer Board of Trustees is appointed by Central Health, the City of Austin and Travis County. Each appoints three representatives to reflect the needs of our community. The trustees are a diverse group with various professional backgrounds, bringing expertise in the areas of criminal justice, health care, management and rehabilitation services. Board meetings are monthly and open to the public. We hope to see you there.

The Planning and Operations Committee is a standing committee of Integral Care’s Board of Trustees. The committee is responsible for review of needs assessments, network design and management, policy review and development, managed service functions, and evaluation. Planning and Operations Committee meetings are held monthly and are open to the public. We hope to see you there.