1) Strengthening Community & Citizen Engagement for City-County-State infrastructure: 2) Continuing Response to the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 and Opioid Workforce Act of 2018: Here's my brief updated PowerPoint presentation regarding the importance of strengthening leadership skills for peer recovery & mental health support specialists working within the Behavioral Healthcare System of Care. (SoC) OR Continuum of Care (CoC) for Human Service Delivery embedded in Local Governments~#PublicHealthStrategies #Resilience #LeadershipTraining #OpioidCrisis #AddictionServices #RecoveryManagement #MentalHealth #BoardDevelopment #WorkforceDevelopmentTraining

1. PEER ENHANCEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT
RECOVERY RESILIENCE BOARD LEADERSHIP
TRAINING -2015-2016
Cassondra Turner McArthur-
ORRN Consultant 2015

2. CROSS-SYSTEM
COLLABORATION &
COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
INVENTORY &
REVIEW OF
EVIDENCE-BASED
SERVICES
SOCIAL INCLUSION-
DIVERSITY-CONTEXT
EXPERTS-LIVED
VOICE-
SOCIAL
CONNECTION
LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT-
EMPOWERMENT FOR
CITY & COUNTY
GOVT
INFRASTRUCTURE-
Cassondra Turner McArthur-ORRN
Consultant- 2015

3. •OACBHA
• *COUNTY
AUTHORITIES-
BOARDS
• CCAO-
*COUNTY
GOVERNMENT
•OhioMHAS
*STATE
GOVERNMEENT
• SAMHSA
*FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
NORA OEC
ADAMHS
BOARDS
NAMI
OHIO
Cassondra Turner McArthur-ORRN
Consultant- 2015

4.  INTRODUCTION
 STATE OF OHIO
 GOVERNOR’S OFFICE APPOINTS 1/3 OF
OHIO CITIZENS TO ADAMHS BOARDS
 CCAO COUNTY COMMISSION BOARDS
APPOINTS 2/3 OF LOCAL CITIZENS TO
ADAMHS-ADAS BOARDS
Cassondra Turner McArthur-ORRN
Consultant- 2015

5. RECRUIT PEER
RECOVERY &
MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORT
CANDIDATES
FROM VARIOUS
NGOs
SCHEDULE &
ENROLL -FIVE (5)
REGIONAL 1.5
LEADERSHIP
TRAINING
WORKSHOPS
BOARD OF
TRUSTEE
LEADERSHIP
APPLICATION &
RECRUITMENT
PIPELINE FOR
APPOINTMENT TO
COUNTY ADAMHS
BOARDS
DEMONSTRATE %
INCREASE OF
CIVIC-CITY-
COUNTY
LEADERSHIP &
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
ENGAGEMENT
ACTIVITIES THAT
STRENGTHENS
“QUALITY OF
LIFE” INDICATORS
FOR SOCIAL
IMPACT
Cassondra Turner McArthur-ORRN
Consultant- 2015

6. •SURVEY ADAMHS BOARD EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TO ASSESS SKILLS
& ADDRESS BOARD MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITION GAPS
•ESTABLISH RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PROTOCOLS FOR CITY &
COUNTY COMMUNTY REPRESENTATION
STRENGTHEN ROBUST
USE OF PEER
RECOVERY-MH
SUPPORT SPECIALISTS
•FINALIZE STANDARD CORE TOPIC COURSE OFFERINGS – FOR FIVE
(5) REGIONAL SYMPOSIUMS
•TRAIN PEER RECOVERY-MH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS
ENHANCE KNOWLEDGE
BASE IN POLICY &
LEADERSHIP
WORKFORCE
•STRENGTHEN “COMMUNICATION NAVIGATION “ SKILLS FOR EACH
PEER “FELLOW” SUPPORTER
•CREATE LINKEDIN PROFILES & MAINTAIN ONLINE DATABASE OF
PEER FELLOWS EXPERTISE FOR CITY, CCAO & ADAMHS BOARDS
CREATE & SUSTAIN A
COMMUNITY SERVICE
LEADERSHIP
FOUNDATION
Cassondra Turner McArthur-ORRN
Consultant- 2015

7.  PROPOSED BOARD LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM
EDUCATIONAL TOPICS:
 BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE OVERVIEW OF CURRENTLY
FUNDED EVIDENCE-BASED SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM OF
CARE- SoC OR CONTINUUM OF CARE - CoC
 OVERVIEW OF ADAMHS BOARD ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OHIO REVISED CODE - O.R.C.
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 OVERVIEW OF ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PUBLIC &
NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS (NGO) BOARD
MEMBERS IN REPRESENTING THEIR (NEIGHBORHOODS-CITY-
COUNTY AREAS)
Cassondra Turner McArthur-ORRN
Consultant- 2015

8.  SOFT SKILLS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
STRATEGIES FOR BOARD MEMBERSHIP &
LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION DEVELOPMENT
 OVERVIEW OF ADAMHS BOARD GOVERNANCE:
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES – BYLAWS
 FUNDING OVERVIEW: Federal Block Grants, State
GRF Funding, Local (City-County) Government
Funding: HHS/Levy Funding / United Way
Funding : “Collective Impact” criteria & Local
Philanthropic Funders
Cassondra Turner McArthur-ORRN
Consultant- 2015

9.  CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND DIPLOMACY
MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
 IDENTIFY NONPROFIT (NGO) PEER LEADERSHIP
STYLES AND FOSTER INCLUSION
 RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY SUPPORT
EMPOWERMENT STRATEGIES FOR
SUSTAINABLE CLIENT WORKFORCE
ATTAINMENT- BOTH SOFT & HARD SKILLS
Cassondra Turner McArthur-ORRN
Consultant- 2015

10.  COMMUNITY ADVOCACY – ENGAGEMENT LEADERSHIP
APPROACHES
 CONTEXT EXPERTS-LIVED VOICE INPUT
 BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE 101
 PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES 101
 MEDICAID 101 – REIMBURSEMENT SERVICES & STATUTORY
GRANTS FUNDING REGULATIONS
 CAREER EMPLOYMENT READINESS PLANNING FOR PEER
RECOVERY-MH SUPPORT SPECIALISTS- “P.E.E.R FELLOWS” FOR
THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF CARE (SoC)
Cassondra Turner McArthur-ORRN
Consultant- 2015

11.  GRADUATION CEREMONY - CERTIFICATE OF
COMPLETION
 DESIGNATED AS A “P.E.E.R FELLOW”
 PROMOTE ONLINE “P.E.E.R FELLOWS” ON EACH
ORRN NETWORK WEBSITES-NGO FACEBOOK
PROFILES
 PROMOTE ONLINE “P.E.E.R FELLOW LEADERSHIP”
RESOURCE DATABASE FOR FUTURE ADAMHS
BOARD RECRUITMENT & APPOINTMENT
Cassondra Turner McArthur-ORRN
Consultant- 2015

12.  ORRN PEER BOARD LEADERSHIP SYSTEM
INFRASTRUCTURE PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT:
 DEPLOY VARIOUS CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
(CQI) STRATEGIES-PDSA CYCLES
 QUALITATIVE & QUANTITATIVE DATA SOURCES- PEER
PARTICIPANT PRE/POST SURVEYS-TESTING RESULTS
 FUNNEL FEEDBACK TO THE ORRN-P.E.E.R ADVOCACY PANEL
FOR CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (CQI)
MONITORING ACTIVITIES
 STRENGTHEN SOCIA MEDIA PRESENCE: LINKEDIN-
FACEBOOK—PUBLIC HEALTH- TWITTER-ORRN WEBSITES-
Cassondra Turner McArthur-ORRN
Consultant- 2015

13.  SPECIAL THANKS TO:
 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) –
http://samhsa.gov│877.726.4727│Marsha Baker, GPO
 Northern Ohio Recovery Association (NORA) –
http://norainc.org│216.391.6672│Anita Bradley, Executive Director
 Ohio Empowerment Coalition (OEC)
http://ohioempowerment.org│614.310.8054│Jack Cameron, Executive Director
 National Alliance on Mental Illness│ (NAMI Ohio) │
http://namiohio.org │614.224.2700│Terry Russell, Executive Director
Cassondra Turner McArthur-ORRN
Consultant- 2015