Mental Health Response Advisory Committee (MHRAC) Meeting

Remote

The Mental Health Response Advisory Committee (MHRAC) is a part of the Cleveland Department of Public Health.

The Settlement Agreement between the City of Cleveland and the Department of Justice required that a Mental Health Response Advisory Committee (MHRAC) be developed by the City and the Cleveland Division of Police (CDP).

This committee has the following charge:

• Fostering relationships and support between the police, community and mental health providers.
• Identifying problems and developing solutions to improve crisis outcomes.
• Providing guidance to improving, expanding and sustaining the CPD Crisis Intervention Program.
• Conducting a yearly analysis of incidents to determine if the CPD has enough specialized CIT officers, if they are deployed effectively and responding appropriately and recommending changes to policies and procedures regarding training.

MHRAC meets on Zoom at this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89859405431.

Note: This meeting is not livestreamed; you can access it only by attending at the meeting time. Documenters may need to share their name and that they’re a Cleveland Documenter to be admitted on Zoom.

On the agenda:

• This is the second meeting of MHRAC with the Cleveland Department of Public Health running it (it was previous run by a county agency). Check out Documenter Juice McKenna’s notes on the previous meeting.

*story/intros

*Discuss by-laws (draft attached to assignment) *Still need to incorporate addiction and intoxication to crisis care *public comment *staggered term limits

*Discussion on subcommittees *Two have been formed (Training Subcommittee chaired by Carole Ballard) *Community Engagement Subcommittee chaired by Elaine Schleiffer

*Public Comment/Discussion