Child Mental Health Subcommittee meeting for Adolescent and Child Health Work Group, 1/24,2023. Attendees were: Jennifer Lee-Steckman, Gillian Shreve, Sandy Miller, Laura Robinson, Julie Sanders, Tiffany Fratz, Karl Schwalm.
Since there were three participants new to this planning, Karl began with a recap of what’s been done the last two years…[Read more]

Minutes from Sept. 7 meeting (attendees: Michael Dennis, Alicia Streets, Heather Hanline, Heather Cooper, Jennifer Lee-Steckman, Maria Frantz, Laura Robinson, Sabrina Tasker, Robert Stephens, John Corbin, Sotiere Savopoulos, Jennifer Brenneman, Mary Van Sickle, Lindsey Strubin, Fred Polce, Jr., Jennifer Corder, MD, Karl Schwalm
Karl Schwalm…[Read more]

Minutes from Teen Pregnancy Subcommittee, which met 8/16/2022, 8-9AM, virtually.
Members present were: Jennifer Corder, Jennifer Lee-Steckman, Heather Cooper, Dr. Sotiere Savopoulos, Susan Mills, Karl Schwalm
Purpose of the meeting: To explore further where we want to go in addressing the problem of teen pregnancy in Garrett County.
Karl gave a…[Read more]

On Friday, March 19, a group met for the first time to discuss plans to address childhood obesity. Lots of ideas were brought up. Efforts can go in three directions: primary prevention, secondary prevention and treatment. It’s clear that we need to work with the schools, so Karl Schwalm will work toward getting someone from the schools on this…[Read more]

On March 15, 2021, interested parties met virtually to discuss a “Green Campaign” for child mental health awareness. Mary Van Sickle informed us that May is Mental Health Month. Kimi Scott-McGreevy said that the hospital would plan a series of posts for Facebook and Instagram, both specifically for the hospital and in general to inform the…[Read more]

On March 3, 2021, Mary Van Sickle (schools), Amy Fike (Lighthouse) and I met with Mark Boucot CEO or GRMC, Kendra Thayer (CCO GRMC) and Kimi Scott-McGreevy to discuss child mental health. I presented a brief history of the Child and Adolescent Health Work Group, initiatives we’ve pursued and then some statistics for Garrett County on Mental…[Read more]

On February 9, Mary Van Sickle, Amber King and I met with the Board of Education to present our history, our projects and specifically to discuss Adolescent Mental Health, particularly in relation to the schools. I think we were well-received, there were a number of comments and questions and we were invited back if we should feel the need to…[Read more]

On January 19, Dr. Sisler, Mary Van Sickle and I met with the County Commissioners, gave a history of our Work Group and what we’ve worked on, then some specifics about our current Behavioral Health initiative. On January 21, Dr. Sisler, Amber King and I met with Paul Edwards and his athletic directors and trainers to discuss “sports physicals”…[Read more]