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Park County LAC reviews training calendar; rules block immediate vote on class funding
Summary
The LAC discussed multiple mental-health trainings (Hope Squad, CIT, QPR, Mental Health First Aid, and a July clinician training) and debated using LAC funds to pay for Mental Health First Aid materials. The group deferred a formal vote due to open-meeting notice requirements and arranged reimbursement or a special meeting.
Local mental-health training and prevention programs were the central agenda items at the Park County LAC meeting, with members outlining schedules, costs and next steps for several initiatives.
Juanita Bitter, a public health nurse with the Park County Health Department, described a Mental Health First Aid class planned for April 30 and provided a cost estimate for manuals and supplies: she said the manuals would cost roughly $345 (one earlier estimate cited $385) and that lunch from Café Fresh would be about $15 per person for an expected 16 attendees, producing an approximate total of $585 depending on final sign-ups.
"The cost for the manuals and those supplies would be, I think it was $385. It was 345," Juanita said, noting variability based on enrollment.
Jenny Jo Allen moved that the LAC use its Local Advisory Committee (LAC) funds to pay for the materials and lunch. LAC members flagged open-meeting laws: one member cautioned, "We can't vote on something that wasn't on the agenda because it wasn't given proper public notice." The group agreed not to take an immediate formal vote at the meeting. Instead, organizers will either have LiveWell or a partner pre-purchase materials with the expectation of county reimbursement, or call a quick special meeting with proper notice to approve payment.
Beyond First Aid, participants confirmed a June Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training (a 40-hour course the week of June 15) that will use scenario actors and require about a dozen volunteers, and a July 16–17 clinician training with Dr. Bridal focused on suicide-related CBT that will offer continuing-education credits. Laurie Bishop and other coordinators described a May 1 "May Day" connector event and ongoing work to bring more organizations into the Connect referral system ahead of Medicaid requirement changes.
Next steps: organizers will finalize a funding approach for the April 30 First Aid class (reimbursement or special meeting) and post training sign-up details and outreach links for CIT and the July clinician training.
