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OFFICE OF GRANT MANAGEMENT
DIVISION OF BUDGET &FINANCE
Washington County Office of Grant Management
100 W. Washington Street, Room 2200
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Local Management Board Meeting
Zoom Meeting Minutes
September 24, 2021
Members present via conference call/zoom: Deena Holder, Heather Guessford, Deb Gilbert, Eric Gaines,
Courte Van Voorhees, Brooke Grossman, Gerry Kendle, Kim Duncan and Commissioner Cline
Alternates present via conference call/zoom: Jeremy Jakoby, Brooke Kerbs, Linda Yale and Jared Blakeslee
Staff present via conference call/zoom: Susan Buchanan, Rachel Souders, Allison Hartshorn and
Julie Mackereth
I. Opening — Welcome
• Deena Holder, Chair — called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. She welcomed everyone.
II. Approval of Minutes — May 21, 2021
• A motion was made by Brooke Krebs; seconded by Brooke Grossman to approve the
May 21, 2021 Local Management Board minutes as written; motion approved.
III. Staff Report
• Continued Zoom Meetings — Rachel reported, with mask recommendations and social distancing
in place for all county buildings and COVID numbers on the rise meetings will continue to be via
zoom.
• Update on New Members - Rachel welcomed new board members Gerald Kendle and
Kimberly Duncan.
• Lisa Dougherty meeting — Rachel shared, Lisa is the new director of CASA and is interested in
becoming a board member. Staff is getting her information to present at next board meeting.
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IV. Finance Report
• FY21 Year End Fiscal Report — FY21 Grant Expenditures - Allison reviewed the report
provided in each packet she emailed to committee members. SBMH under County
Appropriations spent all but $.29 of their funding. The GOC had 3ro rams that were unable to
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spend all their funding for FY21. Once the FY21 audit is completed, staff will be returning
$45,217.83 in unspent funds to the state. MSDE spent all but $56.57 this amount is a
reimbursement and will not be required to be returned.
• FY22 Expenditure Report — Allison reported, PO's have been approved. She will be receiving
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on invoices and paying them, starting with the back log from July and August. She is waiting for
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School Based Health Centers to get their PO started. She shared, programs are off to a good start
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for FY22.
V. Local Care Team Report — Local Care Team Coordinator — Dr. Courte Van Voorhees
• Courte welcomed new members Gerry Kendle and Kim Duncan. He reported the LCT has had
some turnover in positions. Also at the state level there have not been any new directives. The
referral form has been updated making it easier for parents and staff to navigate. Courte shared
the number of new cases had decreased, but are on the rise again, y
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number of meetings have not increased. His team is navigating cross stateuardianshi issues.
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They have had meetings with lawyers from multiple states as well as the State Assistant Attorney
General for the State of Maryland.
VI. Sub -Committee Reports
• Community Plannin & Review Committee — Dr. Courte Van Voorhees, newly elected Sub
Committee Chair - Courte reported at the last meeting, Potomac Case Management was
requesting to combine their meetings pertaining to Disconnected Youth. The committee also
discussed the focus on funding moving forward with the Diversion from the Juvenile Justice
System program.
VII. Old Business
• None
VIII. New Business
• Annual Report Review - Allison reviewed the Washington County's Collective Impact for
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report emailed in a PDF to each committee member. It is the annual report received b all
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our vendors for this year. She reported we secured $1,186,625.00 in fundingof which
$1 141 350.
31 was spent in FY21. She listed the results and indicators that we have to meet each
year.
• Disconnected Youth Community Meetings — Allison share Philip Scolaro Potomac Case
Management reached out to staff, regarding True Opportunities contract. It states in his contract
that they have to have an advisory group that meets with multiple servicep roviders in
Washington County. They have found that there are multiple meetings of this type that are
overlapping and Philip suggested instead of him having his stand alone meeting, if he is on or at a
meeting and talks about his True Opportunities program and what is going on if that would
suffice. Allison shared, CPAR Committee's recommendation was to bring this before the LMB
board for approval.
A motion was made by Brooke Grossman; seconded by Gerry Kendle to merge the True
Opportunities meetings: motion approved, unanimous vote
As of this meeting Rim Duncan is not sworn inand is unable to vote.
IX. Community Roundtable - Members present via conference call/zoom. Susan announced members.
X. Adjournment
A motion was made by Heather Guessford; seconded by Brooke Grossman for adjournment at
9:45 a.m.: motion approved.
Next Meeting — November 19, 2021 @ 9: 00 a.m.
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