2014 mid-biennium review

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The Mid-biennium Review

Featuring:

Tracy Plouck Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services

Tracy IntiharDirector, Governor's Office of Workforce Transformation

Dr. Richard A. RossSuperintendent of Public Instruction, Ohio Department of Education

Lori HellenthalCounty Operations Manager, Ohio Job & Family Services Directors' Association

THE MID-BIENNIUM REVIEW

ADVOCATES FOR OHIO’S FUTUREWHO WE ARE

A statewide coalition of over 450 organizations working together to promotes health and human service budget and policy solutions so that all Ohioans live better lives.

• Strengthen Ohio with Healthy Communities

• Create More and Better Jobs for Ohioans

• Make Ohio More Competitive with Great Public Services

ADVOCATES FOR OHIO’S FUTUREOUR FOCUS

MID-BIENNIUM REVIEW TIMELINE

Mar 11 – Kasich Administration releases MBR proposal (House Bill 472 – HB 472).Mar 18 – Speaker Batchelder announces HB 472 will be split into 14 different bills and assigned to 11 different committees and subcommittees.Mar 23 – Columbus Dispatch reports Republican legislative leaders might wait until after the November election before acting on Gov. John Kasich’s proposed tax package

TRACY PLOUCK

Director of Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services

Ohio Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Services MBR Provisions

• Seeking to support continued transformation as more Ohioans served in our system obtain health care benefits

• Expand planning and actions needed to address some longstanding challenges – Crisis and housing– Prevention capacity– Hospital EMR infrastructure

7Tracy J. Plouck, Director | http://www.mha.ohio.gov/

Building on progress in the MBR - Summary

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Prevention

• $6.5 million for statewide prevention initiativesStatewide youth surveyInfrastructure and training for community

prevention coalitionsSupport to expand Youth-Led Prevention

NetworkTraining and support for evidence-based

prevention practices$1.5 million to support prevention providers

to provide additional support in light of SAPT block grant changes 9

Assisting Ohioans who live in Adult Care Facilities

• $7.5 million to double the Residential State Supplement program

•  Funding used by many with mental illness to supplement income for housing and other living needs in licensed settings of 16 beds or less

• Implement recommendations from RSS study committee

• Expected to enroll an additional 1,000 people 10

Addressing Community Challenges

• $31.5 million to address gaps in continuum of

care, with an emphasis on crisis and housing• $30 million: implement in consultation with

the boards; will be based on needs identified

in local community plans • Will build on former collaborative efforts

(“hot spots”) but funding relationships may

vary• $1.5 million will be used to supplement needs

of women’s treatment providers resulting

from SAPT 11

• Pursue a shared services arrangement for electronic health record already in use at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (up to $2 million)

• ALSO: $15 million in community capital expected

• Addresses BOTH mental health and addiction needs

• This proposal will only work and be sustainable if we all work together as a system to move forward.

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Ohio Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Services MBR Provisions

2014 MID-BIENNIUM REVIEW: ENHANCING

OHIO’S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

TRACY INTIHAR

DIRECTOR

ALIGNING OHIO’S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

• One Unified State Workforce Plan

• Requiring one consolidated state plan for all three programs -- ABLE, Perkins and WIA will create better alignment, cooperation and collaboration.

• The programs would work together on shared goals and outcomes that would take critical steps forward in creating a unified workforce system.

• Workforce Success Measures

• Establishing clear, simple and consistent performance metrics is an important goal for our workforce transformation work and is a priority of the Governor's Executive Workforce Board.

• Aligned workforce metrics and public online dashboard will create an opportunity to evaluate what is working and what is not in our workforce system.

House Bill 488

ALIGNING OHIO’S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

• Inventory of Education Programs

• To tackle the workforce supply/demand question in areas of critical workforce needs, Ohio needs to develop a tool to show the supple side of the equation.

• The Ohio Board of Regents is building the inventory of education and training programs to allow for a thorough review and evaluation of the capacity of our education and training programs and institutions.

House Bill 484

PRIORITIZING VETERANS AS A READY WORKFORCE

College Credit for Military Training and Experience

• Requiring BOR to develop a set of standards and procedures for granting college credit for military experience. BOR has an opportunity to provide support and assistance to institutions.

• Prohibiting Ohio’s public colleges and universities from charging for the evaluation, transcription and application of college credit for military experience.

• Establishing veterans-specific appeals process regarding the award of credits in the event that a veteran would ever need to question a decision regarding military-training credit.

• Requiring that every Ohio’s public college and universities have a veteran office or specifically assigned counselors to support transitioning veterans.

• Requiring that every Ohio’s public college and university provide veterans and active military members with priority course registration to ensure they have access to the classes they need to succeed and thrive in civilian life.

House Bill 488

PRIORITIZING VETERANS AS A READY WORKFORCE

Credit for Occupational Licenses for Military Training and Experience

• Boards and commissions will be required to apply for GI Bill eligibility, ensuring that their testing fees to receive licenses and certificates are covered by the benefit.

• Boards and commissions with regulatory authority of occupational licenses will be required to establish a process to expedite and prioritize licensing and certification for veterans and their spouses.

• Requires boards and commissions to adopt a standard definition of veteran and service member to ensure that the State can properly identify and provide priority of service to all veterans and service members.

• The Ohio Department of Veteran Services will provide critical workforce assistance to boards and commissions. DVS will also create a centralized website that provides state occupational licensing information to veterans and their spouses and provide additional support and assistance to Ohio’s boards and commissions serving veterans as necessary.

House Bill 488

OFFICE OF WORKFORCE TRANSFORMATION

For more information, visit:www.workforce.ohio.gov

Tracy Intihar

tracy.intihar@governor.ohio.gov

Education Initiatives in House Bill 472 Dr. Richard A. RossSuperintendent of Public Instruction

Improve Education for 1.7 Million Students

Strengthen Our Schools

Third Grade Reading Guarantee

A – F Report Card

Straight A Fund

Third Grade Reading Guarantee

Focus on Students

Provide help

Offer new pathways

House Bill 487

OhioMeansJobs.com

Pathways to a Diploma

Dropout Prevention and Recovery

Unique Pathways

Career-Technical Education

Pieces to the Dropout Puzzle

Community Connectors

Adult Pathways to a Diploma

Partner with Board of Regents

Start-up funds

Enroll in 2015-2016

$2.5 Million

Building on Our Success

Working Together

Lori Hellenthal

County Operations Manager,Ohio Job & Family Services Directors'

Association

2014 Mid-biennium ReviewOJFSDA

April 3, 2014

HB 486 – Workforce

Develop One Integrated State Workforce Plan

Common Workforce Performance Measures

Inventory of Education Programs

HB 485 – Human Services

Create within ODJFS, an Office of Human Services Innovation

Make recommendations to the Governor:◦Coordinate services across all public assistance

programs to help individuals find employment, succeed at work and stay out of poverty

◦Revise incentives for public assistance programs to foster person-centered case management

◦Standardize & automate eligibility determination policies and processes for public assistance programs.

MBR Asks/RequestsAdvocate funding for child welfareAll 88 counties leverage available capped

federal child welfare fundsAll 88 counties to work locally, using their

own data to develop a plan to improve outcomes using a menu of evidence-based strategies with technical support from ODJFS

Low resourced “hardship counties” would receive limited supplemental funds to meet basic mandates

APS

Historically low priority for state

$500,000 state wide invested

Counties provide $20 million per year

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