Inter-Office Coordinating Council Meets January 22 In Albany

ALBANY, NY (01/15/2009)(readMedia)-- The state Department of Mental Hygiene Inter-Office Coordinating Council (IOCC) will hold its quarterly meeting on Thursday, January 22, 2009. The IOCC includes the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), Office of Mental Health (OMH) and the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD).

WHEN: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 pm, Thursday, January 22, 2009.

WHERE: 1450 Western Ave, Albany, New York - Fourth Floor Conference Room

WHO: OASAS Commissioner Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo; OMH Commissioner Michael

F. Hogan and OMRDD Commissioner Diana Jones Ritter.

AGENDA: Meeting will include welcome remarks by IOCC Commissioners, action on routine consent items, reports from the Mental Hygiene Planning and Program Committee, a discussion of The Children's Plan - Improving the Social and Emotional Well Being of New York's Children and Their Families, and a discussion of the proposed 2009-2010 Executive Budget with a focus on services for people with multiple disabilities.

The IOCC meeting will be available through webcast at: http://www.oasas.state.ny.us/webcasts/index.cfm