January 16, 2012 – 5:26 pm
The Action Group has been accomplishing a lot in its short two-hour monthly meetings. (See the January 2012 Action Group Minutes for all the details.) This group was formed for people to come together to share, make suggestions, give input, learn about volunteer opportunities, plan events, and help stop stigma. They are for people [...]
December 17, 2011 – 8:09 am
Our vision of Action Group is getting clearer with each meeting! At our most recent meeting on December 13 we decided on five standing agenda items to keep us on track with our goals in the coming year:
Sharing
Making suggestions and giving input
Volunteer opportunities
Stigma
Leadership
You can read about the discussion leading us here in our December 2011 [...]
November 30, 2011 – 6:06 am
This quarter’s newsletter Expect Recovery Vol. 3, Issue 3 December 2011 is now available. In it you’ll find the mini-conference and action group schedules for the year 2012, an introduction of the NLCMH peer support specialists, and more!
November 9, 2011 – 12:23 pm
A lot of people attended the NLCMH Recovery Action Group yesterday and we had a great discussion! We brainstormed about the purpose of our group in the coming year and all the things that people can DO to become involved. The group identified three regular agenda items:
Sharing – The Action Group is a great place [...]
October 12, 2011 – 6:33 pm
We had a good meeting of the Northern Lakes CMH Action Group by videoconference this morning. We:
reviewed how the celebration day went in September,
discussed improvements we can make for next year’s celebration,
talked about the upcoming Art of Recovery show (deadline to submit art is Oct. 17),
shared a bit about the distribution of the Recovery Newsletter,
started [...]
This policy is to formally express the concept of “recovery” as the overarching goal of the service system, for persons with severe mental illness, directly operated or funded by Northern Lakes Community Mental Health (NLCMH).
Recovery shall be the guiding principle and operational framework for our system of care provided by the partnership of public and [...]
The June RC meeting was very productive, as always. (See June Agenda and May Minutes.) Some Council assignments were postponed because of CARF accreditation surveys and other schedule conflicts. The Council reviewed its “job descriptions” as shown in the NLCMH Recovery Council Concept Paper. Also discussed was how to get more folks involved in ALL [...]
The Recovery Council meets monthly to help move the Northern Lakes system transformation forward so the organization is increasingly more recovery-based.
Some of the key accomplishments of the Council:
The Recovery Council developed the official Definition of Recovery – The definition is key to driving system transformation and keeping our vision on track. The definition is posted [...]
January 26, 2009 – 2:11 pm
After being snowed out in November and December, the Recovery Council resumed its work at its January meeting. Handouts included the agenda, minutes from the September and October meetings, a new draft Recovery Policy, a list of Recovery Council Blueprint Tasks updated last September, and a Position Description for surveyors who will be conducting the [...]
November 27, 2008 – 8:59 am
Click for the 2009 calendar of NLCMH Recovery Council meetings which rotate among the four NLCMH office locations.
