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Jane Hamel-Lambert, PhD, President of IPAC and John
Borchard, RN, BSN, Chair, IPAC Board of Directors accepted the 2007
Award for Distinguished Rural Health Program from Heather Reed from
ODH Office of Primary Care and Rural Health and Susan Isaac, Ohio
Rural Health Coalition on September 18, 2007.
The award recognizes a program that promotes or facilitates the
development of innovative rural health care delivery systems. The
evaluation committee looked at the following criteria: innovation
and perceived effectiveness, the programs lasting impact on the
community and an emphasis on coordination with others in the
community.
IPAC Partners also present at the awards luncheon joining us in
accepting the award included parent partners Liana Flores and Annie
Pepper; Dave Hunter, Project Director of Athens Co. Help Me Grow;
Sue Meeks, RN,C from OU-COM Community Health Programs; John
Constanzo, PhD Superintendent from the Athens Co. Schools; Robert
Stewart, Judge from the Athens County Juvenile Court; Kendall
Brown-Clovis, PCC, LICDC HR Director, Tri-County Mental Health and
Counseling Center, Inc.
Congratulations to everyone. IPAC clearly embodies the principles
of this award!
Photo Credit: Larry Hamel-Lambert
Abstract
| Program: |
HRSA/ORHP/Rural
Health Network Development Grant |
| Title: |
Interpersonal Partners for Appalachian
Children (IPAC) |
| Applicant: |
Ohio University (IPAC network member)
Jane Hamel-Lambert, PhD, MBA
Ohio University, 070 Grosvenor Hall
Athens, OH 45701 (740) 593-2289, hamel-lj@ohio.edu |
Interpersonal Partners for Appalachian Children (IPAC) will use
the RHND grant to improve access and quality of health and mental
health services. Across the next three years, IPAC will (1)
implement our strategic plan to improve our ability to identify, to
refer and to provide coordinated care, and comprehensive care for
young children in our community with special needs through clinical
and functional integration across partners, and (2) IPAC will
strengthen infrastructure of its network and develop its capacity to
become a self-sustaining network capable of developing innovative
sustainable solutions to the challenges facing our community. Two
SAMSHA model programs, Circles of Care and Starting Early Starting
Smart, have guided our proposal for transforming the delivery of
services to children between 0 – 6 years of age.
To accomplish the first goal, IPAC will (a) improve early
identification by training frontline providers in 11 early childcare
programs and 4 primary care practices to routinely screen young
children for developmental and socio-emotional risk; (b) establish a
Family Care Navigator program to improve care coordination and
empower families; (c) develop the infrastructure to co-locate
service providers creating a sustainable interprofessional behavior
and development assessment clinic, and (d) develop the
infrastructure to support co-locating mental health providers in
four primary care settings (Both c and d improve coordination and
comprehensiveness of services).
IPAC is a newly incorporated entity, with an independent Board of
Directors. To strengthen its capacity to function effectively as a
rural health network, IPAC will (a)operate within the adopted
governance structure, create functional committees to achieve our
goals, strengthen community participation, file for 501c3 status,
write policies, evaluate the network and write a comprehensive
sustainability plan; (b) pursue staff development to to support
integration efforts, interprofessional teams, and clinical
expertise; and (c) develop a communication strategy for internal and
external stakeholders including a web site and a narrative awareness
campaign.
The service area for this project includes four Appalachian
counties: Athens, Meigs, Hocking and Vinton Counties, where over
7,000 children between 0 and 6 years of age live.All are single
county MHPSA; Vinton is whole county HPSA, Meigs and Hocking are Low
Income HPSA. Vinton and Meigs County are whole county Medically
Underserved Areass (MUA); Athens and Hocking are Partial County MUAs.
Additionally, Athens, Vinton and Meigs Counties are designated
distressed by the Appalachian Regional Commission.
IPAC is a community-consumer-university partnership. Our membership
includes 11 community service partners, including consumers, and
five University-affiliated service partners. Community partners
comprise nearly 70% of our membership. IPAC is a mix of “doers” and
“directors,” informed by “consumers,” transforming the way our
community delivers health and mental health services through network
integration.
Interdisciplinary Assessment
Integration of Primary Care and Mental Health
Ages and Stages
Family Navigator Program
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