Upcoming Benchmarks' Friday Webinar
We have great news!  

Dave Richard, Deputy Secretary, NC Medicaid, Division of Health Benefits has agreed to join our Benchmarks' Friday Membership Webinar once per month to provide updates from Medicaid, including transformation, important provider updates, initiatives and news.  

This Friday, Dave Richard will join us from 8:30 am thru 9:00 am and we very much hope you will be able attend.


Date:  Friday, August 21, 2020
Time:  8:30 am thru 9:30 am
Upcoming Events
Tuesday:  August 18, 2020
Employment Resilience: People with IDD are Critical Frontline Workers 

Time:  2:00 pm thru 3:00 pm
Tuesday:  August 18, 2020
Trauma-informed, Resilience-oriented Crisis Navigation Webinar

Time:  2:00 pm thru 3:00 pm
Wednesday:  August 19, 2020
Exploring the Intersectionality of Peer Support and Person-Centered Planning Across Disability

Time:  2:30 pm thru 4:00 pm
New:  Wednesday:  August 19, 2020
Upcoming Virtual Suicide Awareness Townhall

Time:  3:00 pm thru 4:00 pm
Wednesday:  August 19, 2020
Oral Health & Behavioral Health: Models of Coordinated and Integrated Care

Time:  3:00 pm EST
Thursday:  August 20, 2020
Peer Support! A Webinar Produced for our North Carolina Peer Community by the National Association of Peer Supporters, Chicago Health Disparities Center and a Dissemination Team

Time:  11:00 am
Thursday:  August 20, 2020
Crisis Leadership and Resiliency: A Trauma-informed Approach to COVID-19 Response

Time: 1:00 pm thru 2:00 pm
New:  Friday:  August 21, 2020
Benchmarks Friday Membership Webinar featuring Dave Richard and Karen McLeod

Time: 8:30 am thru 9:30 am
Tuesday:  August 25, 2020
Addressing Emotional Health Needs of People with IDD During a Pandemic:  A Model Demonstration Project to Promote Engagement and Comfort During a Crisis 

Time: 2:00 pm thru 3:00 pm
Wednesday:  August 26, 2020
QuitlineNC: Supporting Patients to Become Tobacco Free During COVID-19

Time: 12:00 pm thru 1:00 pm
Wednesday:  August 26, 2020

Time: 2:00 pm thru 3:00 pm
New:  Wednesday:  August 26, 2020
Rural Development Hubs Webinar

Time: 2:00 pm thru 4:00 pm
Thursday:  August 27, 2020
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Webinar Series
4 Part Series (Aug. 27, Sept. 3, Sept. 10, Sept. 17)
Includes CEOs & Contact Hours-Free of Charge

Time:  9:00 am thru 4:45 pm
Thursday:  August 27, 2020
INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN TIMES OF CRISIS

Time:  10:00 am thru 11:00 am
Thursday:  August 27, 2020
Complimentary Webinar: COVID-19 Q&A Webinar for Behavioral Health Care Accreditation

Time:  1:30 pm thru 3:00 pm EST
Tuesday:  September 1, 2020
Community Support Safeguards During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Time:  8:00 am thru 9:00 am
 
Thursday:  September 10, 2020
Benchmarks' Child Welfare Webinar feat: Karen McLeod & Lisa Cauley

Time:  8:00 am thru 9:00 am
 
Monday:  September 14, 2020
Western NC: Regional Policy Institutes

Time:  9:00 am thru 11:30 am
Keynote:
Deputy Secretary Juvenile Justice, Billy Lassiter

Advocacy 101: Adam Sotak, NC Child

Legislative Panelists:
Terry Van Duyn - Buncombe
Representative Sarah Stevens -Alleghany/Surrey/Wilkes
Counties Include:
Cherokee, Graham, Clay, Macon, Jackson, Swain, Haywood, Transylvania, Madison, Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Yancey, McDowell, Rutheford, Cleveland, Lincoln, Burke, Caldwell, Mitchell, Avery, Watagua, Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes, Yancey, Catawba, Alexander, Iredell, Yadkin, Davie, Stokes, Forsyth 
Monday:  September 28, 2020
Central NC: Regional Policy Institutes

Time:  9:00 am thru 11:30 am
Keynotes: Deputy Director, Child Welfare Services Lisa Cauley
NC Child Welfare Family Advisory Council - Gina Brown

Advocacy 101: Melea Rose-Waters, Prevent Child Abuse NC

Counties Include: Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union, Rowan, Rockingham, Caswell, Person, Guilford, Davidson, Randolph, Montgomery, Cabarrus, Stanly, Alamance, Lee, Moore, Anson, Richmond 
Tuesday:  October 6, 2020
Eastern NC: Regional Policy Institutes

Time:  9:00 am thru 11:30 am
Keynotes: Deputy Secretary, Behavioral Health & Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - Kody Kinsley
Associate Director, NC Families United - Stacy Justiss

Advocacy 101: i2i Center for Integrative Health

Legislative Panelists:
Senator Don Davis - Greene/Pitt
Representative Donna White - Johnston

Counties Include: Vance, Warren, Halifax, Northampton, Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson, Harnett, Cumberland, Hoke, Scotland, Robeson, Bladen, Harnett, Sampson, Duplin, Wayne, Pender, New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, Onslow, Jones, Lenoir, Greene, Pitt, Carteret, Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico, Hyde, Dare, Washington, Martin, Bertie, Currituck, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Gates, Hertford, Camden, Chowan, Tyrell 

Saturday:  October 10, 2020
Save The Date:  NAMI's 2020 Annual Conference
Virtual and Free

Monday:  October 26, 2020
Triangle: Regional Policy Institutes

Time:  9:00 am thru 11:30 am
Keynotes: Youth Transition Program Director, NC Families United - Lacy Flintall
MomsRising - Sheila Arias

Advocacy 101: Beth Messersmith, MomsRising

Legislative Panelists:
Senator Valerie Foushee - Chatham/Orange
Senator Natalie Murdock - Durham
Representative Verla Insko - Orange

Counties Include: Wake, Johnston, Chatham, Orange, Durham, Franklin, Granville 
LME/MCO Updates
Please click on each of the following links to view details sent out from each LME/MCO.

Benchmarks' wants to be sure to make the following list handy for our members to visit and suggests a peek at least once per week to find information that may be pertinent to your agency and contracts.