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(From CCC Press Release)

Community Counseling Center of Mercer County’s (CCC) CEO, Clyde “Kip” Hoffman, is retiring on July 8, 2022. Kip has served as the CEO of Community Counseling Center since November 2014, and prior to his position as CEO, he served as the Clinical Administrator and Chief Clinical Officer for CCC starting in 2001. Kip provided 21 years of service to CCC. Kip graduated with his Master’s of Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh, and has served the Human Services field for 46 years. Other places of employment include the Greenville Regional Hospital, Horizon Hospital Systems, the UPMC Horizon Foundation, and Paoletta Psychological Services. Kip has also served on various Board of Directors including The Sharon Rotary, AWARE, Inc., Mercer County Area Agency on Aging, Farrell Family Services Advisory Board, Farrell Headstart, American Cancer Society of Mercer County, and the Greenville Sanitation Board.

After an extensive vetting process, The Board of Directors of Community Counseling Center of Mercer County is happy to announce Dr. John N. Mahinis as the new Chief Executive Officer of Community Counseling Center of Mercer County.  Dr. Mahinis has his Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology, Master’s Degree in Education, Ph.D.  Counseling Psychology, and his MBA.  Dr. John Mahinis has over 20 years of experience in financial management as well as providing and overseeing counseling services for various agencies. He has directed organizations in several traditional, higher level corporate, senior executive roles within a variety of different industries nationally and internationally.

Dr. John Mahinis is a United State Veteran having served as an officer in the Military Intelligence branch of the United States Army, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel.

Community Counseling Center of Mercer County is a nonprofit corporation that has provided community behavioral health services in Mercer County since 1957. Its main office is in Hermitage, with satellite locations in Greenville and Grove City. They also offer employment services, residential services for the seriously mentally ill, outpatient mental health counseling, drug and alcohol counseling, gambling addiction treatment, psychiatric rehabilitation, children’s services, and open access. For more information, see cccmer.org or call 724-981-7141.

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Following up on the previous RCPA Alert regarding the Pennsylvania Insurance Department’s Notice for Public Comment, please note that comments may be submitted via email OR sent directly to the following address:

PA Insurance Department
Attn: Katie Merritt, Policy Director
1326 Strawberry Square,
Harrisburg, PA 17120

Comments will be accepted until Friday, August 5, 2022.

The department is looking to hear from consumers, advocates, and other organizations about challenges they have experienced accessing various provider types. The notice is divided into two categories: physical health services and behavioral health services, including substance use disorder treatment.

On behalf of its behavioral health provider members, RCPA is compiling comments to submit to PID, although members who prefer to submit their comments and experiences on their own are encouraged to do so. Providers wanting to submit comments as part of an RCPA response can send them to Drug and Alcohol Division Director Jason Snyder. PID will accept comments until Friday, August 5, so please submit your comments to RCPA by Friday, July 29.

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The Department of Human Services’ Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) is announcing upcoming TRAIN sessions. Individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism (ID/A) are at an increased risk of experiencing trauma; however, few therapists are skilled in both trauma and ID/A support. To bridge this gap, psychologists with the ASERT team created the TRAIN program — 12 weeks of self-guided learnings and live webinars to equip therapists across Pennsylvania currently working with ID/A populations, with the skills to support clients through traumatic experiences. Read more here.

Therapists interested in participating in the fall cohort, which begins in September, should email with their interest.

If you have questions, please contact your RCPA Policy Director.

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The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) is studying the availability of providers in various specialties, including behavioral health, and geographic areas. This is an opportunity for behavioral health providers, including drug and alcohol and mental health providers, to share their challenges in finding and employing specialists required by state regulations and payer contracts and the subsequent access issues that result.

The goal of the study is to understand areas of need based on the current availability of providers to accept new patients, the amount of time it takes to get an appointment with these providers, and the network adequacy considerations based on the findings. PID is seeking public comment from organizations, consumer advocates, providers, and consumers about their experience with getting an appointment or finding available specialists.

On behalf of its behavioral health provider members, RCPA is compiling comments to submit to PID, although members who prefer to submit their comments and experience on their own are encouraged to do so. Providers wanting to submit comments as part of an RCPA response can send them to Drug and Alcohol Division Director Jason Snyder. PID will accept comments until Friday, August 5, so please submit your comments to RCPA by Friday, July 29.

More information can be found in PID’s published Notice for Public Comment.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation will offer a free webinar on OSHA’s Respiratory Protection Standard 29 CFR 1910.134.

Overview:
Bryan Brougher, CSP, from the PA OSHA Consultation Program, will host the webinar. This webinar was developed to help employers comply with the respiratory protection standard. Bryan Brougher is a certified safety professional with over 30 years of experience who has been with the IUP PA OSHA Consultation program for over 20 years. Prior to his time with IUP, Bryan worked as a safety/health professional in manufacturing industries, research and development, and consulting industries.

How to Join:
Please join PA OSHA Consulting for this no obligation free webinar. You are encouraged to share this invitation with others who you feel would benefit from this content. Preregistration not required. Webinar room opens one hour prior to start time.

Join From PC, Mac, iOS or Android
Password: paosha

NOTE: If you are unable to attend the live webinar, it will be recorded and available on our website the week following the webinar here.

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