Center's Fourth Annual No Limits Gala features Francis Greenburger
2017-11-02 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Please join us Nov. 2, 2017. Francis Greenburger, successful real estate developer, author, and mental health advocate, will be the featured speaker at the Center’s Fourth Annual No Limits Gala at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center from 6-9:00 p.m. This annual fundraiser features an auction, reception, dinner and music. Proceeds from the event benefit the Center’s programs.

Francis Greenburger is the founder and CEO of Time Equities, Inc., a multibillion-dollar real estate investment, and development company, as well as chairman of Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, a literary agency representing some of the most successful writers of our time. He is the founder of two not- for-profit organizations, the Omi International Arts Center and the Greenburger Center for Social & Criminal Justice. He has served on the boards of over 15 nonprofit organizations for the arts, education, and criminal justice reform.
Read a recent Huffington Post about the author http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/francis-greenburger-a-man-on-many-a-mission a-profile_us_58ab7b05e4b0417c4066c1e1 For additional information:
Register now.
Questions: Ed Binanay at 919 523 1547 or ebinanay@med.unc.edu

Twenty-fifth Annual STEP Symposium
2018-04-14 08:00 - 12:10
Twenty-fifth Annual STEP Symposium
Advances in the Neuroscience and Treatment of Schizophrenia: Celebrating 25 Years of STEP
Schizophrenia and related disorders are serious but treatable illnesses. Outcomes continue to improve when we use treatment approaches that really work.
At the 25th Annual STEP Symposium, learn from and interact with experts in the mental health field as they share the latest in understanding and treating schizophrenia. Explore genomic insights into the origins of schizophrenia and how to implement psychosocial treatments. Learn about the variety of treatment programs at the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health.
Audience: Psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists, other mental health professionals, persons living with mental illness, family members, and advocates.
Objectives: The information presented at this educational activity should improve your ability to:

Provide an overview of obstacles to implementing best practices for psychosocial treatments
Discuss the best predictors of genetic risk for schizophrenia

Agenda and additional information
Register Online at http://tinyurl.com/yblrs2ge

Eighth Annual NC Community Psychiatrists' Leadership Network Symposium (formerly Medical Directors' Symposium)
2018-05-19 07:45 - 14:45
Eighth Annual NC Community Psychiatrists’ Leadership Network Symposium (formerly Medical Directors)
Register today
Program with agenda Note you can also view the agenda and register online via the Wake AHEC Hyperlink in the upper right corner of this file.

Questions alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu

2018 Brushes with Life Exhibition and Reception
2018-09-25 17:30 - 19:00
SAVE the DATE
September 25, 20185:30-7:00 pm

Fifth Annual No Limits Gala
2018-11-01 18:30 - 21:15 | George Watts Hill Alumni Center, UNC-Chapel Hill Campus
Register today for Fifth Annual No Limits Gala
November 1, 2018
George Watts Hill Alumni Center
Reception: 6:30 p.m.
Dinner: 7:30 p.m.
Program: 8:00 p.m.
Music, live auction. Individual tickets are $100.00.
Registration Available https://events.medicalfoundationofnc.org/events/2018/nolimitsgala

Contact:
Sponsorships and Donations Ed Binanay, Development Director ebinanay@med.unc.edu

The 26th Annual STEP Symposium: Social Determinants of Mental Health and Recovery
2019-04-06 08:00 - 12:00 | The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, 100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
Social Determinants of Mental Health and Recovery
The William and Ida Friday Center Saturday, April 6, 2019
Traditional medical and psychiatric health care represents only a modest portion of an individual’s overall health and wellness. It is increasingly recognized that community factors and other social determinants of health, including housing, transportation, food security, employment and social connectedness, play a significant role in health, wellness and recovery. At the 26th Annual STEP Symposium, we will present the importance of the community in maintaining health and wellness and in supporting recovery. We will also explore how healthcare systems are approaching social determinants of health and how communities can support the health, wellness and recovery of individuals living with mental illness.
Audience: Psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists, state mental health authorities, LME-MCO staff, other mental health professionals, persons living with mental illness, family members, and advocates.
STEP 2019 Brochure
ONLINE REGISTRATION PREFERRED
GO TO: http://tinyurl.com/y8dp9d9k

Ninth Annual NC Community Psychiatrists' Leadership Symposium: Transitioning to North Carolina's Medicaid Managed Care: What's Next?
2019-05-04 08:30 - 14:45
May 4, 2019 UNC Friday Center
Transitioning to North Carolina’s Medicaid Managed Care: What’s Next?

As North Carolina Medicaid transitions to privatized managed care, 2019 will be an important year for behavioral health are. Our annual symposium will continue to assist psychiatrists in their leadership and management roles as they adjust to the new system that emphasizes integrated and accountable care. Session topics will include the most recent update of the State’s transformation plan for Medicaid and Behavioral Health. Related discussions will include how psychiatrists and provider organizations can constructively adapt to the coming changes.
The Ninth Annual N.C. Psychiatrists’ Leadership Symposium was created specifically for community psychiatrists and physicians.
Agenda and Registration Information
Online Registration

Questions: alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu

NC Community Psychiatrists' Leadership Video Conference features Carrie Brown, MD, MPH
2019-10-08 11:00 - 12:00
Our October 8 NC Community Psychiatrists’ Leadership Video Conference, specifically designed for community psychiatrists, is the first in a series to update community psychiatrists and other physicians working in behavioral health about the State’s Medicaid Transformation and to provide information and discussions on other important topics. We have also extended an invitation t0 psychiatry residents around the State to participate. This event is a collaboration with NC AHEC.
Our first program features Carrie L. Brown, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer for Behavioral Health & IDD, at
NC Department of Health and Human Services.
Host John Gilmore, MD, director of the NC Community Psychiatrists’ Network, vice chair of Research and Scientific Affairs at UNC Psychiatry and director of the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health.

Discussion Topics:
House Bill 630 – A look at HB 630, which changes
the involuntary commitment laws in North Carolina.
https://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/HTML/S630v4.html
IVC Commitment Forms Effective October 1.
Medicaid Transformation – An update on NC Medicaid
Transformation with the opportunity to ask questions and share ion
Information.
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/assistance/medicaid- transformation

:Info: alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu
Video Conference Access:
Join Zoom Meeting- If you are not a Zoom member allow 10 minutes to set-up.
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Access by Phone Dial 1 929 205 6099
Meeting ID: 947 993 716

Hope Grows Here Center's Sixth Annual No Limits Gala
2019-11-07 18:30 - 20:30 | George Watts Hill Alumni Center, UNC-Chapel Hill Campus
Hope Grows Here: Sixth Annual No Limits Gala

Join Us for Live Music by Souljam, Dinner and Live & Silent Auctions!

Proceeds will benefit programs at the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health.
Register Today

Questions. Contact
Allison Barnes Baranowski
allison_baranowski@med.unc.edu

The Center and XDS Inc. host a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner for patients and others in the community
2019-11-28 10:30 - 12:30 | Chapel in the Pines, 314 Great Ridge Pkwy, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516
XDS Inc. and the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health will continue a Thanksgiving tradition that was started more than 20 years ago by Thava Mahadevan, the current director of operations at the Center, when he was executive director of a nonprofit organization XDS Inc. Staff and volunteers will host a Thanksgiving meal for clients/patients from the Center, the Department of Psychiatry, and others in the community who need a place to celebrate the holiday. The meal will be served Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 2019, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m. at the Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church in Chapel Hill. In order to provide a meal to all that attend, we request that you RSVP by November 14th.
The meal cost is underwritten by the Center, XDS, and generous community donors. Monetary donations may be sent to PO Box 368 Carrboro, NC 27510 – checks to be written to “The Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health.” For in-kind donations, questions, to volunteer at the event, or to RSVP please contact Kristin Lukasiewicz kristin_lukasiewicz@med.unc.edu or Anna Hart anna_hart@med.unc.edu

DEADLINE for Registration November 14th
To register for the “Thanksgiving Dinner” or to ask questions contact Kristin Lukasiewicz (kristin_lukasiewicz@med.unc.edu) or Anna Hart (anna_hart@med.unc.edu)

42th Annual Legislative Breakfast for Mental Health
2020-02-01 08:30 - 13:00 | The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, 100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
Information and Registration for the 42 Annual Legislative Breakfast
Program
Access to Care: Paradigm, Partnership & Possibilities

Check-in opens at 8:30 am
8:30 – 11:30 am Exhibitor Tables open
9:30-10:30 Breakfast Buffet open
10:00 am Opening Program in Trillium Dining Room

The State of the State – Mental Health
Legislative Champion Award
Building Access to Care

11:10 Intermission 20 minutes
11:30 Resume Program in Auditorium

Lived Experienced Panel: Rep. Graig Meyer, Rep. Carla Cunningham, and Hillsborough Town Commissioner Matt Hughes
Legislative Q&A Panel: Moderated by Rose Hoban
Door Prize Give Away

Community Psychiatrists Leadership Videoconference Series features Shannon Dowler, MD
2020-03-09 13:30 - 14:30
Mark you calendar for March 9, 2020 at 1:30 PM for a special video conference featuring Shannon Dowler, MD, Chief Medical Officer, North Carolina Medicaid.
Host: John Gilmore, MD, Director of Community Psychiatrists’ Leadership Program and the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, Eure Professor, Vice Chair Research and Scientific Affairs, Department of Psychiatry.
Questions: alice_lockhart@med.unc.eedu

Shannon Dowler, MD
Chief Medical Officer, North Carolina Medicaid
Topic: Community Psychiatrists, Medicaid Update Videoconference
Time: Mar 9, 2020 01:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Videoconference series is a collaboration with NC AHEC.

Cancelled Tenth Annual NC Community Psychiatrists' Leadership Network Symposium
2020-04-18 07:30 - 14:30 | The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, 100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
The Center’s Tenth Annual NC Community Psychiatrists’ Leadership Symposium has been cancelled!
Questions: alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu

Twenty-seventh Annual STEP Symposium - Cancelled
2020-04-25 08:00 - 12:00
This event has been cancelled. Please join us for our next STEP Symposium.

This is Us: Improving Family Involvement in Whole Person Care
Please join us April 25, 2020 as the Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health presents the 27th Annual STEP Symposium. This year’s STEP symposium will address the critical role families play in the treatment and recovery of persons with mental illness and take a critical look at how patients, families, providers and systems can work together effectively.

Save the Date!
Date/Time: Saturday, April 25, 2020 from 8am – 12pm
Location: The William and Ida Friday Center, 100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
This event is open to the public, we greatly encourage patients and families to attend.
Cost:
Registration: $25/person
CEU (optional) $25/person
Lunch (optional) $20/person
Contact Paige Nuebel for additional questions.
Registration coming soon. Credit and Check payments accepted. No refunds after April 3, 2020.
If paying by check:
Please make checks payable to “UNC-CH Psychiatry” (in the memo line write “STEP Symposium”)
Mail checks to:
Paige Nuebel
Attn: STEP
UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health
Department of Psychiatry, CB 7160
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160

Agenda
8:00 am – 8:30 am: Registration
8:30 am – 8:40 am: Welcome (John Gilmore & Lorna Moser)
8:40 am – 9:30 am: Strategies that Families and Providers can use to Work Together Better (Bette Stewart)
9:30 am – 10:15 am: HIPPA and Family Consent (Mark Botts)
10:15 am – 10:30 am: Break
10:30 am – 11:15 am: Family to Family and Other Family Centered initiatives (Barbara Maier)
11:15 am – 12:00 pm: Panel: Dignity of Risk
12:00pm – 1:00 pm: Optional Luncheon (Vegetarian options available)

Guest Speakers
Bette Stewart

Bette Stewart is a Consultant/Trainer at the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine, Evidence-Based Practice Center since 2002. She trains mental health providers on the implementation of two evidence-based practices; Assertive Community Treatment and Family Psychoeducation. She continues to advocate for evidence-based mental health practices to best serve consumers and families. She has been working as an advocate for families and their loved ones diagnosed with serious mental illness since 1984 when her husband began re-experiencing symptoms of his schizoaffective disorder, which led to multiple hospitalizations in the State hospital system as well as legal and financial issues. After first-hand experiences trying to manage life, raise children and feeling totally lost when it came to mental health treatment, care and education, Ms. Stewart sought peer support and education from the local National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Ms. Stewart was hired as the Family Outreach Coordinator for a Robert Woods Johnson grant to fund the first Maryland ACT Team at the University of Maryland in 1990, a role she developed single handedly.

Mark Botts

Mark Botts has been an associate professor of Public Law and Government at the UNC school of Government since 1992. Prior to that, he served judicial clerkships with the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan. Botts’ publications include A Legal Manual for Area Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Boards in North Carolina. Mark holds a BA from Albion College and a JD from the University of Michigan School of Law.

Barbara P. Maier

Barbara P. Maier, M.A. MFT, M.B.A. serves as the NAMI Orange County President. She is a “NAMI Basics: Caring for You, Your Family and Your Child” teacher and teacher trainer; NAMI Smarts state trainer and teacher; “Family to Family” and “NAMI Provider Education” teacher; and “Ending the Silence” presenter. She was the Executive Director of NAMI Cook County North Suburban from 2007 to 2010. Prior to that she served on the NAMI CCNS and NAMI Illinois boards before becoming NAMI Illinois’s Youth and Family Program Coordinator. She authored a grant from the Illinois Attorney General and she and her husband trained over 100 parents of children with serious mental illness to teach other parents how to lead their child’s treatment team. Barbara knows knowledge and understanding saves lives and is committed to bringing NAMI Signature programs to families in Orange, Chatham and Person Counties.

John Gilmore

John H. Gilmore, MD is the Thad and Alice Eure Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair for Research and Scientific Affairs in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also directs the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health. Dr. Gilmore has an active research program focused on brain development and risk for schizophrenia. He has over 175 peer-reviewed papers. He pioneered the use of magnetic resonance imaging to study early childhood brain development, and his Early Brain Development Studies is following over 1,000 children longitudinally from birth, the largest study of its kind. Dr. Gilmore received his BA in Political and Social Thought from the University of Virginia and his MD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He did his psychiatry residency at Cornell-New York Hospital and a Psychiatry Research Fellowship at UNC. He joined the faculty at UNC in 1991.

Lorna Moser

Lorna L. Moser, PhD, is a Clinical Associate Professor within the UNC Department of Psychiatry and is the Director of the Institute for Best Practices within the Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health. Dr. Moser is a mental health services researcher, with 15 peer-reviewed publications. She is the co-developer of the Tool for Measurement of ACT (TMACT), a nationally recognized contemporary measure of ACT fidelity. She has a range of clinical experiences, including working on two ACT teams. In the past 17 years, she has had the pleasure of providing technical assistance related to ACT implementation in 12 U.S. states, in addition to the focused support offered to North Carolina. Since 2008, Dr. Moser has been a coordinator of the North Carolina ACT Coalition, which is a grassroots learning collaborative and advocacy group comprised of ACT providers invested in providing higher fidelity ACT services.

Jacob Schonberg

Jacob Schonberg, CPSS is the peer support specialist with the UNC Wake ACT Team. He has over a decade of experience working in community mental health, having helped to build an ACT team in Durham and then joining the UNC team in January of 2019. Prior to working in ACT, Jacob spent two years working in facility-based crisis and substance use detox in Chapel Hill. In addition, Jacob is involved with the NC Harm Reduction Coalition’s syringe exchange and naloxone distribution programs. He has received training in multiple evidenced based therapy practices in order to better support his team members, the provision of multiple wellness curriculums, and core peer support training. He is a trained SOAR worker, completing the disability application process for individuals with severe mental health needs, as well as a trained facilitator of and presenter on psychiatric advanced directives. Jacob is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and substance use disorder, with a history of multiple hospitalizations. He is heavily involved in the local recovery community, and has been in recovery himself for the last 13 years. He is now in school at Durham Technical Community College with the eventual goal of a master’s degree in social work.

Emily Clark

Emily Clark, LCSW, LCAS, CCS is a Clinical Instructor and Team Lead for the UNC-Wake Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT). Emily earned her MSW from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 2006 and has been working in ACTT and community-based behavioral health services since that time. She joined the UNC-Wake ACT Team at its inception in 2013 as the Co-Occurring Disorders Specialist and transitioned to Team Lead in 2015. Her interests include improving ACTT implementation and high-fidelity practices, as well as best practices for individuals with co-occurring substance use disorders and severe, persistent mental illness. She provides training around integrated treatment for dual disorders as well as clinical supervision for ACTT clinicians.

Melinda Asbury

Melinda Asbury, MD, PhD is an assistant professor with UNC Department of Psychiatry and Medical Director for the Wake ACT Team. She specializes in the treatment of individuals with serious mental illness and brings expertise in intensive community-based interventions, first episode psychosis and integrated care. She also works with psychiatry and family medicine residents who are training with the Wake ACT team. Asbury joined the Center in May 2019. Prior to her residency training at Duke University Medical School, she received her medical degree and a doctorate in biomedical sciences with an emphasis in neuropharmacology from the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University. She uses her expertise in neuropsychopharmacology in combination with evidence-based cognitive intervention as her primary treatment modalities. Asbury is also involved in several research studies at the Center’s North Carolina Psychiatric Research Center, and she continues to collaborate at Duke and Durham VA Medical Center with her research focused on optimizing the provision of palliative and hospice care for individuals with serious mental illness.

CANCELLED Community Resource Court Program celebrates twenty-year anniversary May 11
2020-05-11 15:00 - 17:00
Community Resource Court Celebration will be rescheduled and posted on this calendar.
The Community Resource Court, (CRC), an innovative collaboration between Judicial District15-Orange and Chatham counties and the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, will celebrate its 20th Anniversary May 11 at the Southern Human Services Center Building in Chapel Hill from 3.00-5.00 PM.
CRC serves justice involved individuals with serious mental illness in Orange and Chatham counties
A planning committee will soon distribute invitations with additional information for this event

Questions: Contact Caroline Ginley, Program Manager, MSW, LCSW-A, caroline_ginley@med.unc.edu
Save the Date CRC 20
CRC Brochure: community-resource-court

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Follow-Along Supports Webinar
2020-09-29 09:30 - 13:00
The UNC Institute for Best Practices is hosting a FREE Follow-Along Supports Webinar for ACT and IPS Teams in North Carolina.

About this Event

The UNC Institute for Best Practices is hosting a FREE Follow-Along Supports Training for IPS Teams (Team Leads, Employment Specialists, and Employment Peer Mentors) and ACT Teams (Employment Specialists and Team Leads) on September 29th, 2020 from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm.
This training will provide specific information about the importance of follow along supports, specifically why the first month on the job is the most critical, how to develop a follow-along plan before the job begins, identify extensive possibilities for follow-along supports, recognize what supports are most appropriate for various individuals, learn out to assertively engage and outreach individuals, and determine when the appropriate time is to close a case.
If you have any questions and/or need any accommodations, please email: penny_liles@med.unc.edu.
We look forward to seeing you there!

ESP Meeting
2020-10-05 13:00 - 14:30, 2020-11-02 13:00 - 14:30, 2020-12-07 13:00 - 14:30, 2021-01-04 13:00 - 14:30, 2021-02-01 13:00 - 14:30
Hosted by the UNC Institute for Best Practices.

Time:
First Monday of every month

EPM Training
2020-10-07 09:00 - 12:00, 2020-10-14 09:00 - 12:00, 2020-10-21 09:00 - 12:00, 2020-10-28 09:00 - 12:00
Professional Training. Hosted by the Institute for Best Practices

Time:
October 7,14,21, and 28 from 9am-12pm

IPS 101 2-Day Webinar
2020-10-13 09:30 - 15:30, 2020-10-15 09:30 - 15:30
IPS 101 2-Day Webinar (October 13th & 15th from 9:30 am – 3:30 pm)

About this Event

The Individual Placement and Support (IPS) 101 training formerly called SE Foundations is required by all IPS team members (Team Lead, Employment Specialist, Employment Peer Mentor, and program assistant) and Assertive Community Treatment team members (Employment Specialists and Team Leaders). This training meets the service definition requirement for IPS and ACT teams.
Due to service definition requirements, this training is currently only available for all IPS team members AND ACT Employment Specialists and Team Leaders.
The two-day training will be an introduction to the evidence-based practice, incorporating the philosophy, practice principles, and the elements of the practice.
IPS 101 on October 13th and 15th, 2020 will occur from 9:30am-3:30pm each day with an hour lunch break. The training will be a webinar, rather than the typical in-person format.
Look forward to seeing you all there!

IPS Documentation Training
2020-10-20 09:30 - 12:30

Disclosure Webinar
2020-10-27 09:30 - 13:00
The UNC Institute for Best Practices is hosting a FREE Disclosure Training for ACT and IPS Teams in North Carolina.

About this Event

The UNC Institute for Best Practices is hosting a FREE Disclosure Webinar for IPS Teams (Team Leads, Employment Specialists, and Employment Peer Mentors) and ACT Teams (Employment Specialists and Team Leads) on October 27th, 2020 from 9:30 am – 1:00 pm.
Disclosure is a critical component in the discussion for people returning to work and/or school. It is important that as service providers, we assist people in making informed decisions as it relates to disclosure. This training will briefly review the American’s with Disabilities Act and how this protects the rights of individuals with disabilities. We will discuss and review the meaning of disclosure and the potential pros and cons of sharing information to employers and/or schools. We will evaluate the specifics of who, what, when, where, and how disclosure should be conducted to ensure that people’s preferences are honored.
If you have any questions and/or need any accommodations, please email melissa_dehaven@med.unc.edu
We look forward to seeing you there!

ESP Meeting
2021-02-01 13:00 - 14:30
Trainers:
ACT, CST, or IPS: IPS ESP
Topic:
Platform: Zoom
Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsceuprz4rGtPgo7xP0lEEhYjVX-2aOMtP
