THE ROLE OF THE CONSUMER ADVISORY COUNCIL

Primary consumers and family members have formed an affiliation advisory council and generated together the following purpose of the council:

• Guide and advise the Affiliation
• Review the Affiliation's progress in addressing consumers issues
• Address staff problems, develop solutions to those problems
• Participate in training of consumer's
• Monitor performance of providers (mental health staff and contractor's)
• Assist in selection of contractual network providers and hiring key staff
• Generate ideas about how consumers can get jobs outside/inside of Community Mental Health
• Share information back to consumers and/or staff at the home community
• Review and advise on affiliation policies

The council meets one time a month, the first Thursday of the month,  for three hours, from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at Community Mental Health of Clinton-Eaton-Ingham Counties, 812 E. Jolly Rd., Lansing, MI.

MEETING SCHEDULE

 

October 1, 2009	April 1, 2010
November 5, 2009	May 6, 2010
December 3, 2009	June 3, 2010
January 7, 2010	July - NO MEETING
February 4, 2010	August 5, 2010
March  4, 2010	September 2, 2010