Draft Minutes 
                                            Portsmouth Regional LHRC 
                                                   at AA&G Day Treatment 
                                                  4410 West Norfolk Road
                                                 Portsmouth, VA 23703

Date: 11/07/2014
Members Present: Mr. Nelson Slater, Chair; Ms. Gwendolyn Whitfield, Vice Chair; Dr. Tyrone Davis
Member Absent:    Ms. Amanda Smith

Others Present: Reginald Daye, Regional Advocate-DBHDS; Ms. Jemeca Brown-We Care Community Services:
                              Mr. Anthony Wolfe- Blue Ridge Residential Services.

Call to Order: Mr. Slater called the meeting of the Portsmouth Regional LHRC to order at 9:30am.   
                         
Review and Approval of Minutes: 
                          A motion was made, seconded and passed to approve the minutes of the July 18, 2014 meeting. The 
                          10/17/14 Sub-committee meeting minutes will be addressed at the 01/23/15 meeting.

Regional Advocate Report:                         
                             Mr. Daye passed out a copy of an application he received from a person interested in serving on 
                             the LHRC.  The applicant will be invited for an interview at the 01/23/2015 meeting. 
                             Mr. Daye indicated, for the members not present during the 10/17/14 scheduled meeting, that the 
                             LHRC functioned as a two member subcommittee and allowed the providers in attendance to           
                             present their 3rd quarter reports.
              
Public Comments: None 

Provider Affiliates Report:
                               We Care Community Services:  Ms. Brown indicated that during the 3rd quarter they served
                              (3) clients. They did not have any allegations of abuse or complaints.
New Business:  
                       -Blue Ridge Residential Services: Change in Behavioral Management Policy from TOVA to “You’re Safe, 
                         I’m Safe”- Action on this item was deferred until the 01/23/2015 meeting.
                        The program did not submit the policy to the members of to Mr. Daye for review. The 
                        Mr. Wolfe did not have a copy of the policy with him. He only passed out the training manual.
                       
                      -Mr. Wolfe announced the opening of the following two new sponsored-residential sites:
                                                     1218 Roosevelt Blvd.; Portsmouth, VA 23701-3743
                                                     724 Halyard Dr.; Newport News, VA 23608-8256
                      These sites will come under the program’s LHRC Affiliation for Sponsored-Residential Services. 

Closed SESSION:  N/A

Adjourned: The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m. 

LHRC Chair ____________________________________