On September 30, 2010 a group of nearly 200 community behavioral health care professionals came together at the Ohio State University Fawcett Center to learn more about health care reform and to determine how to ensure that local services for people with mental illness and addiction remain intact during serious budget deficits.  The day-long session was called “Board Summit: Preparing for the Future – Health Care Reform & More (or less)”. This event, hosted by the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities, was supported with a grant from The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati.

Participants came from Ohio’s County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Boards, behavioral health treatment providers, consumers of services, recovery advocates, state association representatives, and other parties interested in the array of services that comprise a local continuum of care for Ohioans with mental illness and/or alcohol or other drug addiction.

Education & Advocacy in Ohio’s Behavioral Health System

Materials from the Summit are included below.

Morning Session

• State of the State
• 2010 General Election Information
• Making National Health Reform Real

Breakout Sessions

• Board Leadership: Leading Behavioral Health into the Future with Health Care Reform
• The Board as an Entrepreneur: Role of the Board in 2011 and Beyond
• Education and Advocacy: Coming Together as a System to Sell that Behavioral Health Care is Health Care
• Budgeting within Fiscal Realities: How Do We Do More with Less

If you have any questions about the Summit or any of the materials included on this page, please contact Liz Henrich at ehenrich@oacbha.org or 614-224-1111.