2014 mid-biennium review
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In recent weeks, Governor Kasich introduced a Mid-biennium Review bill (MBR) to propose budget and policy ideas to transform Ohio. It has been split into 14 different pieces of legislation and is currently being discussed in a number of House committees. Learn more about the MBR and changes to health and human services, education and workforce development in Ohio.TRANSCRIPT
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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
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
QUESTIONS?
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