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The Guilford County Board of Commissioners Approves Guilford Center's LME Business Plan
for 2007-2010
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved Guilford Center's LME Business Plan for 2007-2010 at its March 15, 2007 meeting. The Plan describes current operations and three-year strategic goals for six Local Management Entity (LME) functions: 1) governance and administration; 2) business and information management; 3) provider relations; 4) customer service/consumer affairs; 5) service management; and 6) quality management.

North Carolina Session Law (S.L.) 2006-142 requires that each LME submit a three-year strategic plan to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) by March 31, 2007.

Prior to writing the LME Business Plan, the Guilford Center conducted an extensive Community Stakeholder Survey to help identify the greatest community needs and develop its priorities through the year 2010. The Center’s business strategy will focus on substance abuse services, recovery model, crisis services, housing, and reduction of state hospital admissions.

The Plan will now be submitted to the State for approval.

Link to the Guilford Center's LME Business Plan 2007-2010

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The Guilford Center Children's Community Collaborative Advisory Committee Sponsors May 7, 2008 Community Resource Fair
Guilford County will recognize Children's Mental Health Awareness this month by celebrating the strengths and resiliency of families of children with mental health issues. Parents, guardians, other caregivers, child care workers, and teachers are invited to a FREE Community Resource Fair on May 7 from 2-6 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3906 West Friendly Avenue, Greensboro. The event is sponsored by the Guilford Center Children's Community Collaborative Advisory Committee. Activities will include a variety of speakers from the County's human services agencies, over 30 provider booths, light refreshments and lots of valuable information. Children's activities are planned throughout the afternoon, featuring the arrival of a real fire truck and firefighters from the City of Greensboro Fire Department at 5 p.m. The Community Resource Fair is the perfect opportunity to have fun while learning more about the resources and mental health services that are available for children in Guilford County.

The list of agencies participating includes: the Guilford County Department of Public Health, the Guilford Center, the Guilford County Department of Social Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Guilford County Schools, the Hope Project and Foster Parent Association.
For more information, call:

Lisa Salo
System of Care Coordinator
Guilford Center
lsalo@guilfordcenter.com
641.4962

State Announces Transition Timelines Regarding Medicaid Utilization Review
In April, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Carmen Hooker Odom announced that ValueOptions (VO) would be providing Utilization Review (UR) services for all North Carolina Medicaid covered mental health, developmental disabilities and substance abuse services. more…

Solicitation of Proposals to Receive MH/DD/SAS Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SAPTBG) Funds for HIV Early Intervention Services SFY 06-07
In anticipation of an award for this program, The Guilford Center is completing a competitive bid process to choose a local non-profit provider for HIV Early Intervention Services for at risk substance abusing clients at the site of SA treatment. more…

The Guilford Center Begins the Process of Transitioning Consumers to New Service Providers
As required by state mental health reform, The Guilford Center is accelerating its efforts to transition consumers who receive clinical care at its facilities to new private state-endorsed service providers. The Center held Provider Fairs during the month of April, in Greensboro and High Point, to give consumers the opportunity to meet and learn more about the organizations that have been approved to provide services. more…

North Carolina Initiates Problem Gambling Program
Legislation that created the North Carolina education lottery allocated a portion of the lottery funds to develop a statewide program to address gambling addiction disorder. more…

Notice of Request for Proposal (RFP) Process for Adult Substance Abuse Treatment Services
The Guilford Center is soliciting proposals from qualified non-profit providers and will select one or more vendor(s) to provide Adult Substance Abuse Treatment Services for eligible Guilford County residents, beginning on or about November 1, 2006. more…

State requires letters of notification for termination of Medicaid service
All Medicaid recipients must be notified in writing of the termination of any Medicaid service that results from the recently approved changes in service definitions. Notification must be made prior to March 20, 2006, the date for implementation of the changed definitions. more…

State Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services announces important changes in incident and death reporting system
Director of the North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services, Mike Moseley, released a February 9, 2006 memo to all Local Management Entities outlining important changes in incident and death reporting. more…

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approves Enhanced Benefit Service Definitions
The NC Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services announced CMS approval of the Medicaid State Plan Amendment (SPA) that provides for new and enhanced services for individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders. more…

The Guilford Center Partners with CenterPoint Human Services on Medicaid Utilization Review and After-Hours Screening, Triage and Referrals
The Guilford Center and CenterPoint Human Services have filed a joint letter of intent with the state establishing a four county partnership (Guilford, Davie, Forsyth, Stokes) for the provision of Utilization Review (UR) and after-hours screening, triage, and referral (STR) functions. more…

Medicare Part D means important changes for The Guilford Center’s consumers
Anyone who currently has Medicare Part A and/or Part B, including people who have both Medicare and Medicaid, can join a Medicare prescription drug plan in their area. Enrollment began November 15, 2005 and lasts through May 15, 2006. The Part D program pays for prescription drug costs similar to other insurance plans. more…

The Guilford Center graduates area’s first Peer Support Specialist employment training class
The Guilford Center is among the first Local Management Entities in North Carolina to initiate a Peer Support Specialist (PSS) Employment Training Program. The concentrated PSS training course took place in November. Eighteen graduates were honored in a ceremony held on Friday, December 9. more…

Notice of Request for Proposal (RFP) Process for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Mental Health Treatment Services
The Guilford Center is soliciting proposals from qualified non-profit providers and will select one vendor to provide Mental Health Treatment Services for eligible Deaf and Hard of Hearing consumers. more…

Notice of Request for Proposal (RFP) Process for Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Services
The Guilford Center is soliciting proposals from qualified for-profit and non-profit providers and will select one vendor to Provide Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Services for eligible Guilford County adolescent residents. more…

Notice of Request for Proposal (RFP) Process for MAJORS Program
(Managing Access for Juvenile Offender Resources and Services)
The Guilford Center is soliciting proposals from qualified non-profit providers and will select one vendor to Provide MAJORS Program Services for eligible Guilford County residents. more…

Notice of Request for Proposal (RFP) Process for At Risk Supported Employment Program
The Guilford Center is soliciting proposals from qualified providers and will select one vendor to Provide Supported Employment services for eligible Guilford County At Risk youth residents (ages 16 and 17). more…

The Guilford Center to host Respite Provider Fair
The Guilford Center will host a Respite Provider Fair on Thursday, March 16, 2006 from 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. more…

Joan Landreth Named Runner Up For Statewide Outstanding Community Support/Case Manager Award
Joan Landreth, Case Manager for Children and Youth with The Guilford Center in Greensboro, was among three professionals honored at the 18th Statewide Community Support/Targeted Case Management Conference, sponsored by the North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services and Northwest AHEC. more…

Area Authority offering Requests for Proposals (RFP) for Adult Day, Vocational Services
The Guilford County Area Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Authority (DBA The Guilford Center Behavioral Health & Disability Services) is requesting collaborative proposals from private or public, non-profit or for-profit organizations or public institutions more…

Service Definitions implementation delayed
The NC Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services has extended the time when new Service Definitions will be implemented. more…

Facility Based Crisis Services RFP
The Guilford Center Behavioral Health & Disability Services (also known as the Guilford County Area Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Authority) is requesting proposals from private or public, nonprofit or for-profit organizations or public institutions to provide Facility Based Crisis Services for our consumers. Services must be provided in Guilford County. more…

Guilford agency, employee wins statewide awards
The Guilford Center Behavioral Health & Disability Services and one of its staff members won two statewide awards given by a consortium of agencies in recognition of Mental Health Evidence-Based Practice. more…