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WEBINAR | Building a Community Cornerstone: The Franklin County Crisis Care Center


When: August 15, 2024
Time: 10:00am Pacific
Where: United States
Price: FREE

1 unit EDAC continuing education
1 unit AIA continuing education
IDCEC credit also available**

CEU forms available for download during webinar

CEUs

This webinar will integrate key takeaways from how collaborative planning for community solutions, coupled with evidence-based design practices, are poised to set a new standard of mental health and addiction crisis care for Franklin County’s (Ohio) 1.3 million residents with the introduction of the Franklin County Crisis Care Center in Spring 2025. 

The crisis care center will be a state-of-the-art facility built to serve nearly 80 individuals at any point-in-time and a projected peak annual service volume of more than 34,500 encounters. Details provided will include how Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board (ADAMH) identified the need for the program, how the right partners were identified and brought to the planning, funding, and implementation tables, and how the innovations born from the collaborative planning will move best practices in crisis care services forward.

Presenters will share the project from three distinct perspectives: community activation, an evidence-based care delivery model, and the design process to create a built environment suited to all stakeholder needs. The resulting facility design is informed by research and best practices with a peer-supported service delivery model at its foundation. 

Presenters will also introduce the Recovery Innovations (RI) model of crisis care that focuses on warm and welcoming healing spaces as one of the catalysts that provides the opportunity for someone in crisis to determine their recovery pathway. See how the Crisis Care Center supports this model and specific areas of facility design that will support three distinct levels of care: behavioral health urgent care, crisis stabilization, and inpatient services. 
 


 

 


 

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the partners necessary to begin the process, ranging from planning, fundraising and key partnerships necessary to support service delivery.
  • Learn about key program and design innovations planned to enhance the crisis care experience including physical health services, service coordination, pre-discharge services, dedicated spaces for families and staff, and a co-located pharmacy. 
  • Understand design interventions in acute crisis care settings that respond to the holistic physical, safety, psychosocial needs to enhance facilitation of the peer-supported services.
  • Appreciate how this program and facility design will support a national best practice model for individuals in mental health or addiction crisis.

 

Presenting Faculty

 

Jonathan Thomas I, Chief Operating Officer, ADAMH Board of Franklin County

Jonathan Thomas joined the ADAMH team in January 2015. In his current role as Chief Operating Officer, Jonathan is responsible for managing the operational performance of ADAMH, including strategic planning with associated project management, grant management, benefit plan management with oversight of billing definitions and adjudication of claims, information technology, and data governance including outcomes and reporting. Jonathan also holds a Lecturer position in the College of Social Work at The Ohio State University where he teaches a variety of courses, focused mostly on program evaluation and topics focused on mental health and substance use disorders. Jonathan completed studies in both psychology and social work before earning his master’s degree in public policy and management from the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University.

Having started his career working at an ADAMH-funded agency, Jonathan has experiences in serving youth in residential treatment and families providing treatment foster care. Jonathan has held leadership positions with the Ohio Department of Health and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. More recently, Jonathan was a member of Leadership Columbus’ Signature Program’s Class of 2021. Jonathan is excited about the opportunity to help lead the design and implementation of efficient and effective solutions in cooperation with his colleagues, the ADAMH network of providers, and partners across Franklin County in order to accomplish ADAMH’s vision where all individuals and families in Franklin County can achieve optimal mental health and wellness, free from stigma, with equitable access to quality community-based services and supports.

 

Gina Livingston-Smith, CHID, IIDA, EDAC, LEED AP, Senior Associate, NBBJ

Gina Livingston-Smith is a designer and planner with two decades of experience in healthcare design. A Senior Associate at NBBJ in Columbus, she is recognized for her expertise in delivering human-centered design solutions that support ideal experiences for patient families, health workers and visitors. Her clients have ranged from Federally Qualified Health Centers to acclaimed academic medical centers. To fuel the future for evidence-based healthcare design, Gina moonlights as adjunct faculty for the Healthcare Design Master’s Program in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University.

 

Joy Brunson-Nsubuga, Chief Operating Officer, RI International

Joy Brunson-Nsubuga is a native of South Carolina. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Francis Marion University in 2006 and Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy with a certificate in addictions counseling from Appalachian State University in 2009. She completed one year of Executive Leadership Coaching utilizing Oxford Leadership Principles in 2019 and completed her MBA with a concentration in healthcare management and information systems at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington in the Spring of 2023.

She currently holds full licensure as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist, and Certified Clinical Supervisor as well as the AAMFT Approved Supervisor designation. Joy is an expert in Systems Thinking and Therapies, Behavioral Health Crisis Systems, and Substance Use and Medication Assisted Treatment. She has experience in leading multi-state operations and is currently Chief Operating Officer for RI International overseeing all clinical services and supports in ten states. She also owns a private practice, Relatively Speaking Therapeutic Center, and offers family and couples therapy, supervision for marriage and family therapists, licensed professional counselors, and substance use professionals seeking full licensure, consultation for agencies, and offers presentations on systemic therapies, crisis interventions, leadership practice, and addictions treatment. Joy is the former Professional Practice Board Chair for the North Carolina Marriage and Family Therapy Association.