Town Hall Update “Good news!” Following the “Town Hall” meeting that was sponsored by The Arc of Oakland County on February 26, 2014, the Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority (CMHA) has recently decided not to invoke any major budget reductions during FY14 (that is, through September 30, 2014). This will more than likely become “official” on Tuesday, March 18th at the next Oakland CMHA board of directors meeting. Fortunately, the Oakland CMHA found out at the very end of February that within its reconciled FY13 financials with the state of Michigan, it was able to “save” and carry-over almost $3.5M of un-allocated Medicaid dollars from its FY13 budget. I want to sincerely thank all of the parents, individuals served, advocates, agency, and provider personnel who not only attended the wildly successful “Town Hall” meeting, but also wrote to their elected officials about this issue. Additional kudos go out to the members of the Oakland CMHA board for listening to our thoughts and concerns. This is not over. We still have FY15 looming on the horizon, but we won’t know the full extent of any reductions for the next fiscal year until about June. “Re-basing” remains an issue and we will possibly have to deal with future cuts or reductions from the Michigan Department of Community Health (DCH) in the coming months ahead. We will keep you posted on ongoing advocacy efforts.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:11:21 +0000
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