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MHADA postpones Feb. 11 meeting, forms small group to review 2025 budget
Summary
Heavy snowfall led the Mental Health Addiction Directors Association of Cape May County to reschedule the remainder of its Feb. 11 meeting to March 11 and direct a small group to review the 2025 DMHAS-submitted budget and propose allocation changes.
The Mental Health Addiction Directors Association (MHADA) of Cape May County postponed the remainder of its Feb. 11, 2025 virtual meeting because of heavy snowfall and directed a small group of members to review the 2025 budget submitted to the New Jersey Department of Human Services — Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) and propose allocation changes at the March 11 meeting. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Majken Mechling at 5:03 p.m., and adjourned at 5:20 p.m. after the decision to reschedule.
MHADA’s February agenda included routine reports and a site visit review, but deteriorating weather beginning about 4:30 p.m. prompted members to end the session early and continue the meeting on March 11, 2025 to “assure safe travel from work to home for the attending members.” A motion to approve the minutes of the September meeting was made by Lisa Shaffer and seconded by Rev. Tom Dawson; the motion carried.
Why it matters: MHADA oversees coordination among local mental-health and addiction service providers and reviews budgets tied to DMHAS funding. The small review group will examine 2024 spending performance and the 2025 budget submission, then propose allocation changes for the full MHADA membership to consider on March 11. That follow-up could affect local program staffing and grant allocations.
During the Feb. 11 session Amy Dindak provided a DMHAS report as part of routine correspondence; no formal votes on the 2025 budget were taken during the shortened meeting. The board recorded no public response prior to adjournment.
Discussion versus action: The decision to reschedule and the direction to convene a small group to review the budget are recorded as operational directions; the only formal action during the Feb. 11 meeting was approval of the September minutes. Further substantive action on budget allocations was deferred to the March 11 meeting.
Clarifying details: The Feb. 11 meeting opened at 5:03 p.m.; snowfall began at about 4:30 p.m.; the meeting was formally adjourned at 5:20 p.m.; the follow-up meeting is set for March 11, 2025. The small group was tasked to review the 2025 budget submitted to DMHAS and to propose allocation changes to be considered by MHADA at the March meeting.
Next steps: MHADA members will reconvene March 11 to complete the agenda, hear a proposed AEREF grant modification, and receive a presentation from Maryville on contingency management.
