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Healthy Minds Cooperative. (A Blue Horse Initiative). Town Hall Presentation 22 September 2005. Healthy Minds Cooperative Incorporated June 13, 2005 Nova Scotia Co-operative Associations Act Registry Number: 3102658 Governance Interim Board of Directors
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Healthy Minds Cooperative (A Blue Horse Initiative) Town Hall Presentation 22 September 2005
Healthy Minds Cooperative • Incorporated June 13, 2005 • Nova Scotia Co-operative Associations Act • Registry Number: 3102658 • Governance • Interim Board of Directors • Six (6) mental health consumers (60%) • Two (2) family members • One (1) service provider • One (1) expert in co-operative development
Healthy Minds Cooperative • Core Business Functions • Improved access to mental health services and supports (e.g., consumer navigators, peer support) • Education (e.g., early intervention, addressing stigma) • More extensive participation of those with living experience in the design, development, delivery, and evaluation of mental health services. • Advocacy (e.g., legal & family issues, stigma busting) • Developing better connections to existing community services and organizations (building bridges, visibility)
Healthy Minds Cooperative • Interim Staff • Stephen Ayer, Cooperative Coordinator • Keri Calp, Healthy Minds Navigator • Irene Skehen, Wellness and Recover Educator • Karen Billard, Community Focused Living Units (CFL) Client Review & Placement Ad Hoc Committee Member (Part-time) • Heather Cowan, Clinical Indicators Workgroup Member (Part-time) • Stanley MacEachern, Committee Chair, Housing for the Homeless (Part-time)
Healthy Minds Cooperative • Major Events (June 13 to September 21, 2005) • YOUR Mental Health Record Information July 27th • Presentation to A Family Voice for Mental Health Group August 4th • Art by the Ocean: Healthy Minds Cooperative • Picnic August 18th • A talk by Bill McPhee, founder of Schizophrenia Digest (in association with the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia) September 8th • Focus Group: Tobacco Free - Mental Health Policy Review September 21st
Committee Involvement (Cooperative Coordinator) • Community Focused Living Units (CFL): • (i) Client Review & Placement Ad Hoc Committee; • (ii) Implementation / Programming Committee • Citizens Support Web Committee • Koinonia Development Committee • Performance Evaluation & Improvement Committee • Psychiatric / Mental Health Performance Indicators Committee • Spryfield Mental Health Community Forum Committee • Transition Leaders Network • Tobacco Free Mental Health Policy Review Working Group
Committee Involvement (Other Staff and Shareholders) • Ad Hoc Ethics Committee, Education Section, Dept. of Psychiatry • Citizens Support Web Committee • Clinical Indicators Workgroup • “Club Friday” Implementation Committee • Diversity Dialogue • Hiring process for two managers within the Capital District Mental Health Program • Input to 2005-2006 Mental Health Consumer Meaningful Participation Assessment Tool (for DoH) • Input to a client survey document provided by the ECFH • Participated in a meeting with senior management of DCS on July 26th • Performance Evaluation & Improvement Committee
Healthy Minds Cooperative • Major Upcoming Events • Membership Campaign (ongoing) • Consumer Focus Groups: Tobacco Free – Mental Health Policy Review (ongoing) • Self Esteem Workshop Series – Starting September 22 • The Amazing Race to Mental Health • Friday, October 7th, 2005 • Healthy Minds Cooperative, Annual General Meeting – November 8th, 2005
Eastern Sun Professional Centre 260 Wyse Road Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 1N3 Phone: (902) 404-3504 Fax: (902) 404-3447 Email: healthyminds@eastlink.ca Website: www.healthyminds.ca • Healthy Minds Cooperative
Eastern Sun Professional Centre 260 Wyse Road Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 1N3 Phone: (902) 404-3504 Fax: (902) 404-3447 Email: healthyminds@eastlink.ca Website: www.healthyminds.ca • Healthy Minds Cooperative