Mental Health & Addictions Council - June 23, 2026

Agenda

• 4:30 - 4:45PM Welcome and Introductions 
  Teresa
  Business
  • Approval of May Minutes
  • Review of Group Norms    
• 4:45 – 5:45pm
  Teresa
  • Review strategic objectives and develop timeline for next year.
  • Determine workgroups for strategic objectives.
• 5:45 – 6:00pm
  Karen
  • By-laws update
  • Contract questions
  • Open seats on Council    
• 6:00 – 6:30pm  Roundtable and Wrap-up 
  All
  • Council members
  • Public Comment    
• 6:30-6:45 MHAC Exec Agenda Planning
  MHAC Exec

Minutes

Call to Order, Establish Quorum (met), Approval of Minutes 

• Teresa brought the meeting to order at 4:40pm
• Motion to approve May’s meeting minutes, motion passes.
• Review group norms – no changes.
• No updates to acronym list.

Teresa Melville

• Review strategic objectives and develop timeline for next year. 
  • What are our deliverables by the end of the year? (pg 18)
  • First year priority (pg 19)
  • Coming up with an annual calendar, (discussions on politics, compiling a list of prevention resources, quarterly updates, house deflection, BHRNS, etc)
  • ATLAS, PEER services, youth services
  • Developing a data request framework
• Determine workgroups for strategic objectives. 
  • Apply prevention and early intervention workgroups to support prevention and intervention infrastructure
  • Educate and simplify resources so that the public can be more informed on potential avenues of assistance (e.g. County sponsored one stop shop)
  • Youth-based support work groups and youth advocacy groups
  • Policy funding legislative advocacy workgroup, ADPC workgroup
  • Goals: Overall is to use early intervention and prevention services and advocacy to support the people of Clackamas County
  • Expand and adjust the living document accordingly with new data streams coming in.
  • What is the best way we can track data and store institutional knowledge for the future evolution of MHAC

Action/Follow up

• Coordinate timetables to be more proactive on relevant upcoming programs
• Have BHD notify MHAC on progress and goals that align with MHAC strategic objectives. BHD or other partners could provide links to data and reports for MHAC’s awareness and distribution.
• Limitations on staffing subgroups 
• General request – How do we get the data? 
• MHAC Members – choose one goal to keep in mind to focus on and share how we can have answers for it in five years at the next meeting

Directors Report
Karen Kern

• By-laws update 
  • By Laws are being reviewed by PGA, waiting to be approved by the Board
• Contract questions 
  • Sub question: Bill – Do we have a sense of geographic distribution of contracts and funding?
  • Are they less represented on this body and others?
• Open seats on Council 
  • Motion for recruitment: 

Austin will initiate the process and share it with MHAC Committee updates

• Advocacy and Legislative 
  • N/A 
• Nominating Committee 
  • N/A
• Suicide Prevention Coalition 
  • N/A

Round Table

Roundtable and Wrap-up 

 N/A

Public Comment

None

Recap; Summarize action items; Agenda item suggestion – All

The meeting adjourned at 6:30 pm

• Proposed agenda: TBD with Karen and Exec Committee

Next Meeting Date and Location

Tuesday July 28th, 2026 from 4:30-6:30 pm Hybrid-In person at Clackamas MHC and Virtual

Please RSVP to Karen Kern: kkern@clackamas.us