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Inter-Office Coordinating Council to meet on Friday, January 18

ALBANY, NY (01/11/2008; 1650)(readMedia)-- The Inter-Office Coordinating Council (IOCC), a collaborative entity created to improve the continuity and coordination of services across agencies to people with mental disabilities, is scheduled to meet on Friday, January 18. Members of the IOCC include the Commissioners of the NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) and the NYS Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD).

WHEN: 10:00 a.m. to 12 p.m., Friday, January 18, 2008

WHERE: 8th Floor Conference Room, 44 Holland Ave, Albany, New York 12229

WHO: OASAS Commissioner Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo; OMH Commissioner Michael Hogan; OMRDD Commissioner Diana Jones Ritter.

AGENDA:

I. Welcome and Introductory Remarks – IOCC Commissioners

Structure of the Inter Office Coordinating Council

• Mental Hygiene Planning Committee
• Program Committee
• Ad-Hoc State Agencies - DOH; OCFS; SED; DDPC
• 2007 IOCC Annual Report
• Meeting Schedule - Full IOCC meeting every 6 months; Committee meetings as determined by IOCC

II. Update on Inter-agency Collaboration Activities

Follow-up to People First Listening Forums

OMH/OMRDD Regional Collaboration

OASAS/OMH/OMRDD Collaborative Local Planning

Co-Occurring Task Force

III. 2008 County Director of Community Service approvals

IV. Next Meeting of the IOCC - July 11, 2008

OASAS

4th Floor Conference Room

1450 Western Ave

Albany, NY 12203

V. Adjourn

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