WEBVTT 00:10.260 --> 00:13.359 All right , good morning , everybody . 00:13.779 --> 00:17.270 Uh just doing a sound check to make 00:17.280 --> 00:19.750 sure that everybody can hear us for the 00:20.149 --> 00:22.371 the quarterly military Family Community 00:22.371 --> 00:23.549 Network meeting 00:28.329 --> 00:30.551 in the chat box . Can someone give us a 00:30.551 --> 00:32.551 thumbs up or a mute yourself to say 00:32.551 --> 00:36.250 that you can hear us ? Ok . Read you 00:36.259 --> 00:38.529 loud and clear . Thank you , Herman . 00:38.540 --> 00:42.509 Appreciate it . Hi , Mary . This is 00:42.520 --> 00:44.939 Glenn . I can hear you fine . Awesome . 00:44.950 --> 00:47.819 Thank you . All right , let's get 00:47.830 --> 00:51.369 started here . I am . Good morning . 00:51.799 --> 00:53.910 Good morning everyone . Thank you for 00:53.910 --> 00:56.279 being here . I think this was uh the 00:56.290 --> 01:00.060 right choice to do this online uh today , 01:00.189 --> 01:03.810 uh rather than trying to venture 01:03.819 --> 01:05.690 out and go to Northfield . So 01:05.699 --> 01:07.699 appreciate everyone joining us this 01:07.699 --> 01:09.819 morning . Happy New Year . Everyone . 01:09.830 --> 01:13.180 Yay 2024 is getting off to a rousing 01:13.190 --> 01:16.900 start , but I just wanted to just say 01:16.910 --> 01:18.966 how much I appreciate everyone being 01:18.966 --> 01:21.849 here and uh all the work that Marcy and 01:21.860 --> 01:25.029 Je Jeremiah Danny have done to get this 01:25.040 --> 01:28.529 uh all set up and 01:29.459 --> 01:33.400 just looking forward to the topics and 01:33.410 --> 01:35.577 I'm here if anyone has any questions . 01:35.639 --> 01:38.800 Thank you . Thank you , Miriam . So 01:38.809 --> 01:42.339 today's topic is extended family member 01:42.349 --> 01:45.220 resources and I appreciate all the 01:45.230 --> 01:47.459 feedback that I got from the network on 01:47.470 --> 01:49.526 this topic because people are like , 01:49.526 --> 01:51.359 what do you mean extended family 01:51.359 --> 01:54.589 members ? And so truly means that our 01:54.599 --> 01:57.139 service members have family and friends 01:57.150 --> 01:59.599 that are not their direct dependents or 01:59.610 --> 02:02.199 significant others . So if you think 02:02.209 --> 02:04.376 about the service member that may have 02:04.376 --> 02:06.542 the elderly parent that they take care 02:06.542 --> 02:10.009 of or a sibling that may have 02:10.020 --> 02:13.089 special needs or even friends because 02:13.100 --> 02:15.433 the our family network , as we all know , 02:15.830 --> 02:18.289 it looks different , every household or 02:18.300 --> 02:20.522 family network looks different and it's 02:20.522 --> 02:22.800 important to have that support network . 02:22.800 --> 02:24.800 So we just wanted to highlight some 02:24.800 --> 02:26.856 resources today to talk about what's 02:26.856 --> 02:29.250 available to help those that may not 02:29.330 --> 02:32.649 not be eligible for uh the direct 02:32.660 --> 02:34.910 military resources that we often talk 02:34.919 --> 02:37.979 about as well as all of you that are on 02:37.990 --> 02:40.429 the call today . So our first 02:40.440 --> 02:42.440 presentation today is gonna be with 02:42.440 --> 02:45.320 Brian Studer , our state military , one 02:45.350 --> 02:47.517 source consultant and Brian's going to 02:47.517 --> 02:49.406 share with us what military , one 02:49.406 --> 02:51.572 source has to offer for those extended 02:51.580 --> 02:54.509 family and friends . Brian , good 02:54.520 --> 02:57.779 morning , good morning , Marcy . Good 02:57.789 --> 02:59.900 morning , everybody out there in MFCN 02:59.900 --> 03:03.369 World . Um My name is Brian Stoer and 03:03.380 --> 03:05.547 I'm the military one source consultant 03:05.547 --> 03:07.769 for the state of Vermont . Um I'm gonna 03:07.769 --> 03:09.547 go ahead and jump right into my 03:09.547 --> 03:11.547 presentation here . So bear with me 03:11.547 --> 03:13.769 while I get my uh screen sharing up and 03:13.769 --> 03:16.800 running . Ok . Well , again , good 03:16.809 --> 03:19.009 morning everybody . Um , Brian ST now 03:19.089 --> 03:21.256 are here and I'm gonna jump right into 03:21.256 --> 03:23.367 it here with , uh , with military one 03:23.367 --> 03:25.478 source and the resources and benefits 03:25.478 --> 03:27.860 that it has for extended family members , 03:27.869 --> 03:30.470 um , and friends . But before I do 03:30.479 --> 03:32.590 really get into that , I just want to 03:32.590 --> 03:34.812 make sure everybody is aware , aware of 03:34.812 --> 03:37.160 full eligibility for the military one 03:37.169 --> 03:39.570 source program . Um And just a little 03:39.580 --> 03:41.636 bit of really briefly about military 03:41.636 --> 03:43.858 One source . Um , military , one source 03:43.858 --> 03:45.747 is a department of defense funded 03:45.747 --> 03:48.264 program . Um , what that means for our 03:48.274 --> 03:50.441 service members and their families and 03:50.441 --> 03:52.544 some , uh , and some portions of 03:52.554 --> 03:54.665 extended family members and friends . 03:54.665 --> 03:56.554 Um , is that all the programs and 03:56.554 --> 03:59.455 resources , um , are free for them no 03:59.464 --> 04:01.824 matter what their activation status is . 04:01.835 --> 04:03.946 Um , no matter what branch of service 04:03.946 --> 04:06.839 or component they are in . Um , the , 04:06.850 --> 04:10.339 their families are eligible if they are 04:10.350 --> 04:12.517 eligible to be enrolled in deers . And 04:12.517 --> 04:14.183 that's the defense enrollment 04:14.183 --> 04:16.350 eligibility reporting system . Um , if 04:16.350 --> 04:18.294 they're eligible to be enrolled in 04:18.294 --> 04:20.294 deers , whether that be a spouse or 04:20.294 --> 04:22.572 whether that be a dependent kiddo , um , 04:22.572 --> 04:24.628 then they are fully eligible for all 04:24.628 --> 04:24.614 the programs and resources that 04:24.625 --> 04:26.945 military one source has to offer . Um , 04:26.954 --> 04:29.176 all the way from the time their service 04:29.176 --> 04:31.343 members signed up or the program began 04:31.343 --> 04:33.904 through 365 days post separation from 04:33.915 --> 04:35.804 the military , no matter why they 04:35.804 --> 04:38.265 separate from the military . Ok . With 04:38.274 --> 04:40.330 that , out of the way , I'm going to 04:40.330 --> 04:43.494 jump into extended family members and 04:43.505 --> 04:47.429 friends ? Ok . So who is this for this 04:47.440 --> 04:50.660 is for , are you a parent ? Are you a 04:50.670 --> 04:53.540 sibling , a grandparent , a fiance of a 04:53.549 --> 04:57.339 service member ? If you are , then you 04:57.720 --> 04:59.442 can benefit from some of these 04:59.442 --> 05:01.380 resources and programs that are 05:01.390 --> 05:04.769 available for you . Apologies there , 05:04.779 --> 05:08.510 technical difficulties . Ok . So um we 05:08.519 --> 05:10.741 understand that military one source and 05:10.741 --> 05:12.852 the Department of Defense understands 05:12.852 --> 05:15.709 that you as are vital to the service 05:15.720 --> 05:17.989 members , network of support , right , 05:18.000 --> 05:20.222 friends and extended family members are 05:20.222 --> 05:22.389 vital to the support network for , for 05:22.389 --> 05:24.500 the for our service members and their 05:24.500 --> 05:26.722 families . Military one source can help 05:26.722 --> 05:29.760 equip you with this uh for this role by 05:29.769 --> 05:32.010 providing you with tailored information 05:32.019 --> 05:34.579 about the military experiences and many 05:34.589 --> 05:36.790 resources . Many of the resources that 05:36.799 --> 05:40.279 are available to you . Uh sorry to your 05:40.290 --> 05:43.920 loved one . So what we hope of you as 05:43.929 --> 05:46.170 the support mechanism is that you may 05:46.179 --> 05:48.123 gain a little bit of understanding 05:48.123 --> 05:50.012 about military one source and the 05:50.012 --> 05:52.235 offerings that it has available for the 05:52.235 --> 05:54.290 service member . And at military one 05:54.290 --> 05:56.346 source , we also want to educate you 05:56.346 --> 05:58.346 about some of the things that maybe 05:58.346 --> 06:00.568 your service member is going through um 06:00.568 --> 06:02.679 and help you to understand what their 06:02.679 --> 06:04.709 life is like as a military service 06:04.720 --> 06:07.160 member . Um We hope to strengthen your 06:07.170 --> 06:09.226 connection to your service member by 06:09.226 --> 06:11.392 gaining insight into military life and 06:11.392 --> 06:13.170 culture . Learn about no cost , 06:13.170 --> 06:15.170 resources available to the military 06:15.170 --> 06:17.503 community , like non medical counseling , 06:17.679 --> 06:20.339 health and wellness coaching , tax help 06:20.350 --> 06:23.579 and a whole lot more . Um So what I 06:23.589 --> 06:25.239 want you to do is after this 06:25.250 --> 06:27.361 presentation , I know this slide deck 06:27.361 --> 06:29.417 is gonna be pushed around to you . I 06:29.417 --> 06:31.639 want you to revisit this slide deck and 06:31.639 --> 06:33.806 I want you to go to the links that are 06:33.806 --> 06:35.861 on the screen , that very first link 06:35.861 --> 06:38.028 there with the big family . Um and the 06:38.028 --> 06:40.250 service member that's gonna sign you up 06:40.250 --> 06:42.306 for AAA bi monthly newsletter or a E 06:42.306 --> 06:44.472 publication that's gonna come directly 06:44.472 --> 06:46.028 to your inbox . And that is 06:46.028 --> 06:48.250 specifically for friends and families , 06:48.250 --> 06:49.917 that's our friends and family 06:49.917 --> 06:51.972 connection newsletter . And then the 06:51.972 --> 06:54.679 second link there that is to assist you 06:54.690 --> 06:57.170 in creating a plan with your service 06:57.179 --> 06:59.920 member to maintain communication 06:59.940 --> 07:02.107 throughout their training , throughout 07:02.107 --> 07:04.107 their extended separations or their 07:04.107 --> 07:05.996 deployments . So please check out 07:05.996 --> 07:08.218 military one source . We have things to 07:08.218 --> 07:11.640 offer you as well . So as you move 07:11.649 --> 07:13.538 through our website , some of the 07:13.538 --> 07:15.649 things that are available for you are 07:15.649 --> 07:17.816 the mill life guides and what our mill 07:17.816 --> 07:17.579 life guides are gonna do is they're 07:17.589 --> 07:20.119 gonna provide you with essentials about 07:20.130 --> 07:22.369 military life topics all in one 07:22.380 --> 07:24.850 location , right ? These guides are 07:24.859 --> 07:26.859 gonna include military , one source 07:26.859 --> 07:29.970 services , benefits , resources and 07:29.980 --> 07:32.091 articles that provide you with deeper 07:32.091 --> 07:34.690 content and relevant links to what 07:34.700 --> 07:36.811 military service means to our country 07:36.811 --> 07:39.033 and to you as a , as a connected family 07:39.033 --> 07:42.690 member . Next there , we're gonna do 07:42.700 --> 07:44.867 our best to educate you and inform you 07:44.867 --> 07:46.922 about the benefits that are eligible 07:46.922 --> 07:49.144 for that . You're sorry that your loved 07:49.144 --> 07:51.144 ones are eligible for while they're 07:51.144 --> 07:53.478 serving in the military . Um , you know , 07:53.478 --> 07:55.700 our military community , they do earn a 07:55.700 --> 07:57.756 number of benefits through , through 07:57.756 --> 08:00.033 their service to the co to our country . 08:00.033 --> 08:02.140 And so browse the benefits and see 08:02.149 --> 08:04.420 which ones may be applicable to your 08:04.429 --> 08:07.269 service member situation . Um , and , 08:07.279 --> 08:09.279 and then you can suggest to them to 08:09.279 --> 08:11.335 reach out to military one source for 08:11.335 --> 08:14.709 that resource or benefit . All right . 08:14.809 --> 08:17.329 So some of the , some of the resources 08:17.339 --> 08:19.809 that you that are specifically eligible 08:19.820 --> 08:23.109 for you as the loved one . Ok . Um We 08:23.119 --> 08:25.341 have some of the different modalities . 08:25.341 --> 08:27.508 We have ways that you can receive this 08:27.508 --> 08:29.690 information . Um We have the podcasts 08:29.700 --> 08:31.922 that you can download and listen to for 08:31.922 --> 08:34.144 free or stream . We have the mo we have 08:34.144 --> 08:36.089 a military one source mobile app . 08:36.089 --> 08:38.311 We'll talk about that a little bit more 08:38.311 --> 08:40.033 in a bit . Um We have webinars 08:40.033 --> 08:42.256 available for you that are pre-recorded 08:42.256 --> 08:44.367 accessible 24 7 on military . Once we 08:44.367 --> 08:46.367 stop mill , we have online learning 08:46.367 --> 08:48.609 resources . We have ex links to 08:48.619 --> 08:50.989 external websites , directories and 08:51.000 --> 08:53.630 tools for you . Um links to government 08:53.640 --> 08:56.179 specific government websites for you to 08:56.190 --> 08:58.246 uh to dive into and learn more about 08:58.246 --> 09:00.134 the Department of Defense and the 09:00.134 --> 09:02.301 military . Um And then we have our own 09:02.301 --> 09:04.468 network of websites and resources that 09:04.468 --> 09:06.634 are available on military one source . 09:08.010 --> 09:10.343 All right . Moving on to the next thing . 09:10.343 --> 09:12.566 Here's some products that you can order 09:12.566 --> 09:14.510 from military . One source . These 09:14.510 --> 09:16.177 products are order , um , and 09:16.177 --> 09:18.390 receivable for free . Ok . They cost 09:18.400 --> 09:20.559 nothing to you to order and they cost 09:20.570 --> 09:22.792 nothing to you to have shipped directly 09:22.792 --> 09:25.014 to your home or to your office and what 09:25.014 --> 09:27.181 these military one source products are 09:27.181 --> 09:29.292 gonna do . They're gonna help you and 09:29.292 --> 09:31.403 your loved ones understand the unique 09:31.403 --> 09:35.140 military life experiences . And 09:35.150 --> 09:37.330 currently there are 40 products under 09:37.340 --> 09:39.007 that location at military one 09:39.007 --> 09:41.539 source.mil that you can order again for 09:41.549 --> 09:45.390 free . All right . So there 09:45.400 --> 09:47.409 are loads of articles that are 09:47.419 --> 09:49.641 accessible for free at the military one 09:49.641 --> 09:51.590 source website . Um , and these 09:51.599 --> 09:53.630 articles can dive into , right , 09:53.640 --> 09:55.780 recreation , travel and shopping . We 09:55.789 --> 09:58.090 understand at military one source that 09:58.440 --> 10:00.718 m just because you are in the military , 10:00.718 --> 10:02.718 right ? You have a loved one in the 10:02.718 --> 10:04.884 military that , that isn't your entire 10:04.884 --> 10:06.996 world , right ? And so we want you to 10:06.996 --> 10:09.107 enjoy time as a family . We want your 10:09.107 --> 10:11.273 service member to be able to take some 10:11.273 --> 10:13.218 R and R . So check out some of the 10:13.218 --> 10:15.051 recreation , travel and shopping 10:15.051 --> 10:17.107 resources we have available for your 10:17.107 --> 10:19.051 service member and eligible deer's 10:19.051 --> 10:21.273 eligible dependence . We have financial 10:21.273 --> 10:23.329 and legal services . We have housing 10:23.329 --> 10:25.051 and living , um , services and 10:25.051 --> 10:26.607 resources for you . We have 10:26.607 --> 10:28.869 transitioning and retiring resources , 10:28.880 --> 10:31.890 relationship , resources and programs , 10:31.900 --> 10:34.640 um , parenting articles and information 10:34.650 --> 10:36.872 and knowledge . Uh , we have health and 10:36.872 --> 10:39.010 wellness coaches and , and health and 10:39.020 --> 10:41.131 wellness articles we really do have a 10:41.131 --> 10:43.020 lot to offer . Um , and currently 10:43.020 --> 10:45.604 specifically for you , all the friends 10:45.614 --> 10:47.336 and family members , there are 10:47.336 --> 10:49.558 currently 64 articles that are tailored 10:49.558 --> 10:52.065 directly at you . Um , however , again , 10:52.075 --> 10:54.075 there are more articles that can be 10:54.075 --> 10:56.019 found at the military , one source 10:56.019 --> 10:57.964 website , um , that you would have 10:57.964 --> 11:01.820 access to for free as well . Right . Ok . 11:01.960 --> 11:05.960 So how do you find them ? Ok . So I'm 11:05.969 --> 11:08.679 now gonna switch over my uh my sharing 11:08.690 --> 11:11.919 to share my uh to share Google . Um Oh , 11:11.929 --> 11:13.985 the wonderful Google . And I'm gonna 11:13.985 --> 11:15.985 give you a bit of a website tour to 11:15.985 --> 11:18.151 help you navigate the website a little 11:18.151 --> 11:20.373 bit , um specifically again , tailor to 11:20.373 --> 11:22.485 friends and family members . And then 11:22.485 --> 11:24.540 because of the group of folks that I 11:24.540 --> 11:26.873 know the majority that are on this call , 11:26.873 --> 11:28.762 the military service providers or 11:28.762 --> 11:30.929 community service providers , I'm also 11:30.929 --> 11:33.096 gonna jump real quick into our service 11:33.096 --> 11:35.262 provider side of things and talk about 11:35.262 --> 11:37.096 that a little bit too because as 11:37.096 --> 11:38.929 service providers , there's also 11:38.929 --> 11:40.659 resources and , and programs 11:40.669 --> 11:42.900 specifically tailored for you to be 11:42.909 --> 11:45.076 able to assist our service members and 11:45.076 --> 11:47.131 their families out . Um at the local 11:47.131 --> 11:48.131 level 11:51.270 --> 11:53.659 24 73 65 . No matter where you're on 11:53.669 --> 11:55.836 the world , you can reach military one 11:55.836 --> 11:58.002 source . Ok . You can reach us via the 11:58.002 --> 11:59.836 website and that is military one 11:59.836 --> 12:02.539 source.mil . It is a dot mill website 12:02.549 --> 12:04.619 again because it is a dod funded and 12:04.630 --> 12:06.590 vetted program . So military one 12:06.719 --> 12:09.760 source.mil and the easiest way for you 12:09.770 --> 12:12.169 as an extended family member or friend 12:12.179 --> 12:14.289 to locate the resources that are 12:14.299 --> 12:18.250 available for you is everybody see my 12:18.260 --> 12:21.440 mouse up there , ok ? At the , you got 12:21.450 --> 12:23.506 the , you got the top um you got the 12:23.506 --> 12:25.617 top tool bar , right ? And then right 12:25.619 --> 12:28.010 below that , you got no life topics . 12:28.020 --> 12:30.131 We'll hop right over to that tab that 12:30.140 --> 12:33.929 says I am a down click that and 12:33.940 --> 12:36.409 look at that you are down here under 12:36.419 --> 12:40.039 extended extended family or friends , 12:40.049 --> 12:42.160 ok ? So go ahead and just click right 12:42.160 --> 12:45.770 on that key . That's gonna bring you 12:45.780 --> 12:48.250 over to the extended family member or 12:48.260 --> 12:52.200 friend , um , specific web page , ok ? 12:52.239 --> 12:54.239 Through that web page , you'll have 12:54.239 --> 12:56.295 access to all the resources that are 12:56.295 --> 12:58.590 specifically tailored for you , ok ? So 12:58.599 --> 13:01.289 you got a brief overview and if we work 13:01.299 --> 13:03.410 down , there's that right there where 13:03.410 --> 13:05.410 my mouse is , make plans to stay in 13:05.410 --> 13:07.632 touch with your service member . That's 13:07.632 --> 13:09.855 what I mentioned earlier about creating 13:09.855 --> 13:11.799 a communication plan for when your 13:11.799 --> 13:11.419 service member has to leave for an 13:11.429 --> 13:13.580 extended period of , um , of training 13:13.590 --> 13:15.619 or deployment or just of yes or 13:15.630 --> 13:18.549 schooling , right ? Um There's another 13:18.559 --> 13:20.670 one that I mentioned too over here at 13:20.670 --> 13:22.615 the right hand side , the free non 13:22.615 --> 13:24.837 medical counseling that's available for 13:24.837 --> 13:27.059 your service member and or their deer's 13:27.059 --> 13:30.210 eligible dependents , ok ? Now , going 13:30.219 --> 13:32.580 back up here , you see , I was that 13:32.590 --> 13:34.757 overview , I'm gonna bounce right over 13:34.757 --> 13:36.757 to mill Life guides . And this is a 13:36.757 --> 13:39.640 great online re learning resource for 13:39.650 --> 13:42.479 you to understand what military service 13:42.489 --> 13:44.433 life is . Life , life is like what 13:44.433 --> 13:47.340 military family life is like . Um And 13:47.349 --> 13:49.770 loads of other things . So if you drop , 13:49.780 --> 13:52.849 drop on down to that and from this , if 13:52.859 --> 13:54.692 you look , it's , we have a very 13:54.692 --> 13:58.140 intuitive and pretty easy to navigate 13:58.150 --> 14:00.840 website . Um It's really great . We 14:00.849 --> 14:03.071 have these amazing filters after you go 14:03.071 --> 14:05.238 into one of those tabs up there that I 14:05.238 --> 14:07.349 was talking about mill life guides go 14:07.349 --> 14:09.530 on down here and it has service branch 14:09.539 --> 14:11.760 specific resources . OK ? 14:12.979 --> 14:15.570 Stands out Space Force National Guard 14:15.580 --> 14:18.640 and Reserves . And then from there even 14:18.650 --> 14:22.070 further , you can go ahead and check 14:22.080 --> 14:24.690 out the specific categories underneath 14:24.700 --> 14:26.929 each of those as well . Ok ? So we 14:26.940 --> 14:28.773 really do try to make it easy to 14:28.773 --> 14:30.789 navigate and easy to find your way 14:30.799 --> 14:33.530 through things . Ok ? So then cruise 14:33.539 --> 14:36.150 right on over to the benefits page . 14:38.869 --> 14:40.758 Same thing , right ? What type of 14:40.758 --> 14:42.869 benefit are you looking for ? Are you 14:42.869 --> 14:44.869 looking for a military ? One source 14:44.869 --> 14:46.591 services ? Are you looking for 14:46.591 --> 14:48.758 assistance programs ? Um discounts and 14:48.758 --> 14:50.980 perks , education , employment that tab 14:50.980 --> 14:52.980 drops down further , right ? Pretty 14:52.980 --> 14:55.147 intuitive . Um Some great things right 14:55.147 --> 14:57.480 here at your um at , at your fingertips , 14:58.520 --> 15:00.840 move on down service branch and then 15:00.849 --> 15:03.071 the programmer office that maybe you're 15:03.071 --> 15:06.159 in search of . So you can see that the 15:06.169 --> 15:08.539 military one source website is quite 15:08.549 --> 15:10.690 easy there's loads of stuff on here 15:10.700 --> 15:12.922 that's immediately at your fingertips . 15:12.922 --> 15:15.400 So please go to military one source.mil . 15:15.409 --> 15:18.760 Ok . If you happen to be a service 15:18.770 --> 15:21.849 member , yourself , a spouse or a 15:21.859 --> 15:24.299 deer's eligible pendant or a service 15:24.309 --> 15:26.729 provider , you can go ahead and you can 15:26.739 --> 15:29.690 create a member connect account . Ok . 15:29.739 --> 15:31.906 This is free for everybody to create , 15:32.130 --> 15:34.241 um , that's eligible , but you can go 15:34.241 --> 15:36.408 ahead and create a free member connect 15:36.408 --> 15:38.950 account to do that back up at the top 15:38.960 --> 15:41.182 of our web page here . Got this toolbar 15:41.182 --> 15:43.238 up here . I'm gonna go ahead and I'm 15:43.238 --> 15:47.020 gonna click that log in button . Super 15:47.030 --> 15:50.260 easy . Pop that thing right open . And 15:50.270 --> 15:52.381 then you can go ahead and create your 15:52.381 --> 15:55.010 free member connect account and for 15:55.020 --> 15:57.349 service eligible service members and 15:57.359 --> 15:59.510 dear eligible dependents and some 15:59.520 --> 16:01.909 service provider resources that's gonna 16:01.919 --> 16:05.549 open up more um for you . Uh and 16:05.559 --> 16:07.781 some , yeah , some additional resources 16:07.781 --> 16:09.726 and benefits to assist the service 16:09.726 --> 16:12.539 member um and their families with , hey , 16:12.729 --> 16:14.780 I'm gonna back out of that and then 16:14.789 --> 16:17.260 since I know there are so there are so 16:17.270 --> 16:19.789 many service providers on the phone 16:19.799 --> 16:21.966 call here . I'm gonna take you back up 16:21.966 --> 16:24.077 to the top here where we at mill life 16:24.077 --> 16:27.369 topics back over to the I MA hit that 16:27.380 --> 16:30.030 drop down menu and look here we have a 16:30.039 --> 16:33.020 tab just for you and resources just for 16:33.030 --> 16:35.200 you as well . You can pop that service 16:35.210 --> 16:38.289 provider or leader tab open and you can 16:38.299 --> 16:40.466 go ahead and see what is available for 16:40.466 --> 16:42.410 you . I'm not gonna dive into this 16:42.410 --> 16:44.521 portion of the website . Maybe we can 16:44.521 --> 16:46.743 do that at another time . Happy to chat 16:46.743 --> 16:48.910 with you offline , uh personally or to 16:48.910 --> 16:51.132 do this again for another NFC N topic . 16:51.132 --> 16:53.188 Um But you can go ahead right here . 16:53.188 --> 16:55.890 You can order products for you to have 16:55.900 --> 16:57.678 his resources available at your 16:57.678 --> 17:00.039 literally at your desk when you're in 17:00.049 --> 17:02.216 front of a service or family member um 17:02.216 --> 17:04.216 that is eligible for a programs and 17:04.216 --> 17:07.959 resources . Ok . I am going to stop 17:07.969 --> 17:10.469 sharing my screen now . I really 17:10.479 --> 17:13.180 appreciate your time . Please know that 17:13.189 --> 17:15.078 you can reach out to military one 17:15.078 --> 17:18.520 source 24 73 65 and get questions 17:18.530 --> 17:20.920 answered for that service member or 17:20.930 --> 17:23.152 their family that you're giving support 17:23.152 --> 17:25.290 to or directly the service member or 17:25.300 --> 17:28.339 family member can call us at 803 17:28.349 --> 17:31.819 429647 , again , 17:31.829 --> 17:35.760 800 3429647 . And you 17:35.770 --> 17:37.780 can always find us at online at 17:37.790 --> 17:40.689 military One source.mil . And we also 17:40.699 --> 17:42.859 have folks , we also have some pretty 17:42.869 --> 17:45.310 cool phone apps . So again , you can 17:45.319 --> 17:47.430 download these for free . There's the 17:47.430 --> 17:49.979 military uh one source phone app and 17:49.989 --> 17:51.767 then there is a for the service 17:51.767 --> 17:53.933 providers out there . Again , there is 17:53.933 --> 17:55.822 a service , a military one source 17:55.822 --> 17:57.933 service provider , phone app that you 17:57.933 --> 18:00.045 can download and load onto your phone 18:00.045 --> 18:02.540 for free . All right . Are there any 18:02.550 --> 18:03.390 questions 18:07.420 --> 18:09.959 I know that was a lot of information in 18:09.969 --> 18:12.136 a short amount of time , but check out 18:12.136 --> 18:13.858 military one source dot Mail , 18:19.160 --> 18:22.300 Brian . That was fantastic . Thank you . 18:22.459 --> 18:24.626 Anyone have any questions for Brian on 18:24.626 --> 18:26.348 what he covered ? Because that 18:26.348 --> 18:27.626 definitely was a lot . 18:31.630 --> 18:34.630 You can unmute your line to uh , ask 18:34.640 --> 18:36.862 your question or you can type it in the 18:36.862 --> 18:38.489 chat box , please . 18:44.280 --> 18:46.280 Oh , Brian Herman says that's some 18:46.290 --> 18:48.300 really good stuff . Thank you . 18:52.729 --> 18:56.250 Thank you , Herman . I'm here for the 18:56.260 --> 18:58.371 remainder of the MFCN meeting . So if 18:58.371 --> 19:00.427 questions pop up , throw them in the 19:00.427 --> 19:02.649 chat box and if I don't catch them , no 19:02.649 --> 19:04.649 doubt that the family programs team 19:04.649 --> 19:07.109 will . Fantastic . Thank you . All 19:07.119 --> 19:10.969 right . So , um I just wanna say , I 19:10.979 --> 19:13.201 apologize to everybody . I totally went 19:13.201 --> 19:15.368 out of order of the agenda even though 19:15.368 --> 19:17.590 it's right in front of me and I did not 19:17.590 --> 19:19.780 do the introductions . Um So because 19:19.790 --> 19:22.260 our next guest speaker is not on the 19:22.270 --> 19:24.550 call . She had something until she 19:24.560 --> 19:26.869 couldn't get here till 1030 . What I'll 19:26.880 --> 19:29.810 do is I will quickly run 19:29.819 --> 19:33.689 through introductions and what 19:33.699 --> 19:35.930 we'll do . So we're not talking over 19:35.939 --> 19:37.949 each other is we'll pull up the 19:37.959 --> 19:40.181 participation list . And if I call your 19:40.181 --> 19:42.015 first date , if you could unmute 19:42.015 --> 19:44.670 yourself and introduce yourself in your 19:44.680 --> 19:46.989 program . 30 seconds spiel . That would 19:47.000 --> 19:49.709 be fantastic . I'm gonna start with the 19:49.719 --> 19:52.829 those of you around the table with me 19:53.010 --> 19:55.310 and then we'll open up to the floor . 19:58.310 --> 20:01.709 So in the Far corner there . Andre . Hi . 20:01.739 --> 20:04.000 Uh this is Andre Wang . I'm the program 20:04.010 --> 20:06.099 manager for the Mother to Outreach 20:06.109 --> 20:09.790 Program . Good morning , 20:09.800 --> 20:12.430 Miriam Boyle , the Director of Family 20:12.439 --> 20:14.772 Programs for the Vermont National Guard . 20:15.229 --> 20:19.209 Ok . Dan mcinerney remote family 20:19.219 --> 20:21.719 programs , monitoring the Facebook chat . 20:21.729 --> 20:24.369 And uh , yeah , I work here as a family 20:24.380 --> 20:25.547 program specialist . 20:28.619 --> 20:30.699 I'm Jeremiah Pocket . I'm the media 20:30.709 --> 20:32.920 specialist here at family programs and 20:32.930 --> 20:34.986 helping out the whole team keep this 20:34.986 --> 20:37.109 thing running smoothly . Thank you . 20:37.209 --> 20:40.069 Yes , he is . Uh for those who don't 20:40.079 --> 20:42.301 know me . I'm Marcy Caulfield . I'm the 20:42.301 --> 20:44.412 family writings and program manager . 20:44.412 --> 20:47.839 Uh also uh overall with the 20:47.849 --> 20:50.099 MFCN person running it . However , I 20:50.109 --> 20:52.770 can't do this without all my support 20:52.780 --> 20:55.459 everywhere . So , thank you . So let's 20:55.469 --> 20:59.359 run down the list of individuals , 20:59.369 --> 21:01.949 Jeremiah , you can pull that up for me . 21:01.959 --> 21:02.959 That'd be great . 21:05.849 --> 21:09.329 All right , participation . Oh , that's 21:09.339 --> 21:13.180 his chat . We have 27 connections days . 21:13.189 --> 21:15.189 So I'm really excited . It's a good 21:15.189 --> 21:16.911 turn out despite the weather . 21:19.130 --> 21:22.729 All right . Thank you . All 21:22.739 --> 21:26.109 right , Dave Dave Weel . Good 21:26.119 --> 21:29.380 morning . Good morning everybody . Dave 21:29.390 --> 21:31.660 Wheel with Vermont employer support of 21:31.670 --> 21:33.969 the Guard Reserve . Uh We are here to 21:33.979 --> 21:36.339 work with your employers and guard 21:36.349 --> 21:38.571 members and reservists if they have any 21:38.571 --> 21:40.790 issues uh with their employment by 21:40.800 --> 21:42.856 reminding everybody of their , their 21:42.856 --> 21:45.229 employment rights and responsibilities . 21:45.239 --> 21:47.295 Good to see everybody there . Thanks 21:47.295 --> 21:50.430 folks . Thank you , Larry . Good 21:50.439 --> 21:54.310 morning . Good morning . Can you hear 21:54.319 --> 21:56.969 me ? All right . Yes , sir . Excellent . 21:56.979 --> 21:58.868 Uh Larry Forsyth from the Vermont 21:58.868 --> 22:01.035 Department of Labor . I am the job for 22:01.035 --> 22:04.069 veteran state grant manager or program 22:04.079 --> 22:06.301 administrator either or will work and I 22:06.301 --> 22:10.140 just try to help veterans find jobs and 22:10.150 --> 22:12.372 we appreciate all that . You do . Thank 22:12.372 --> 22:16.099 you . All right . I have a phone number 22:16.109 --> 22:19.089 that ends in 6068 . 22:20.579 --> 22:21.920 Glad is that you ? 22:27.349 --> 22:31.329 It is ok . All right . So 22:31.339 --> 22:33.739 that is Glenn Riley who is a Vermont 22:33.750 --> 22:37.359 Veterans Outreach specialist . Vitamin 22:38.439 --> 22:41.180 Franklin in Franklin County . Thank you . 22:41.979 --> 22:44.146 All right . I have a phone number that 22:44.146 --> 22:47.160 ends in 6250 . And 22:48.859 --> 22:51.410 yeah , and you should sit next to me , 22:51.420 --> 22:54.449 Heather Lafa . Good morning . She's 22:54.459 --> 22:56.339 also Vermont Veterans Outreach 22:56.349 --> 22:58.989 specialist in the Newport area . 23:00.369 --> 23:04.180 All right . Phone number ending in 7189 . 23:09.099 --> 23:12.250 Oh , that's , uh , Morgan Morgan 23:12.760 --> 23:14.969 Langlois Vermont Veterans Outreach 23:14.979 --> 23:17.090 specialist for the Morrisville area . 23:17.760 --> 23:20.939 And a phone number ending in 2153 . 23:22.209 --> 23:24.265 That's Montgomery . Oh , no , that's 23:24.265 --> 23:26.239 Musgrave , Ken Musgrave out of the 23:26.250 --> 23:28.839 Jericho area of Vermont Veterans 23:28.849 --> 23:32.239 Outreach specialist and a 6232 . 23:34.829 --> 23:37.520 Lucas Lord of Vermont Veterans Outreach 23:37.530 --> 23:39.920 for the Westminster area . Awesome . 23:40.229 --> 23:42.439 All right , Alice . Good morning . 23:44.739 --> 23:48.089 Good morning . Uh , glad to join . I'm 23:48.099 --> 23:51.709 Alice Abraham , uh , from the 23:51.719 --> 23:54.550 collaborative in Southern Vermont and 23:54.560 --> 23:57.380 we're a prevention coalition , uh , for 23:57.760 --> 24:00.969 preventing substance misuse . Thank you . 24:01.219 --> 24:03.849 Thank you for being with us today . 24:04.459 --> 24:06.729 Good morning , Archie . How are you ? 24:07.670 --> 24:09.579 Uh , good morning everyone . Uh , 24:09.589 --> 24:11.390 Archie Hodgson . I'm a disabled 24:11.400 --> 24:13.567 veterans outreach program specialist . 24:13.567 --> 24:15.622 I work for the Department of Labor , 24:15.622 --> 24:17.678 workforce Development . Uh I work uh 24:17.678 --> 24:19.900 with veterans trying to get them set up 24:19.900 --> 24:22.178 to go to work um with resume help , um , 24:22.178 --> 24:24.400 interview skill sets , all that stuff . 24:24.640 --> 24:27.939 Thank you for inviting . So , 24:27.949 --> 24:30.849 welcome . All right , good morning , 24:30.859 --> 24:34.540 Beth , how are you ? Uh Good morning . 24:34.550 --> 24:38.239 I'm Beth Burgess with Vermont 211 . I'm 24:38.250 --> 24:41.560 a database curator as they call us and 24:41.569 --> 24:45.089 a marketing specialist . Thank you , 24:45.099 --> 24:47.859 Beth Brian . I know that you introduced 24:47.869 --> 24:49.925 yourself earlier . Did you wanna say 24:49.925 --> 24:53.239 hello again ? Hello , 24:53.250 --> 24:56.560 everybody . All right , good 24:56.569 --> 24:58.540 morning , Charlene . 25:04.099 --> 25:06.270 Good morning everyone . I'm Charlene 25:06.280 --> 25:08.280 Kano , the Vermont Vermont Veterans 25:08.280 --> 25:10.510 mental health counselor . And I'm a non 25:10.520 --> 25:12.409 medical counselor that works with 25:12.409 --> 25:14.520 veterans and their families and I can 25:14.520 --> 25:17.119 travel to you and it's at no cost . 25:17.810 --> 25:20.630 Thank you . Thank you . 25:22.310 --> 25:25.459 All right . Um OK , 25:27.150 --> 25:28.589 Herman . Good morning . 25:32.239 --> 25:34.128 Hello . Good morning . My name is 25:34.128 --> 25:36.017 Harmon Moore . I'm a military and 25:36.017 --> 25:38.128 family r specialist with the office , 25:38.128 --> 25:40.739 family programs . Happy to be here . 25:41.000 --> 25:44.250 Thank you . Good morning , 25:44.260 --> 25:45.060 Jamie . 25:49.400 --> 25:52.520 Hi , I'm Jamie Mae Matthews . Um , the 25:52.530 --> 25:54.752 girls in the office know me very well . 25:54.752 --> 25:56.419 I worked for years in suicide 25:56.419 --> 25:58.474 prevention . I still do it . Um So , 25:58.474 --> 26:00.697 but I'm in private sector now , but I'm 26:00.697 --> 26:03.119 still willing to help out . So take out 26:03.130 --> 26:05.297 my contact information , ask Marcy how 26:05.297 --> 26:08.099 to get a hold of me . Um So I do , I 26:08.109 --> 26:10.276 specialize in suicide intervention . I 26:10.280 --> 26:12.280 also specialize in teaching suicide 26:12.280 --> 26:15.859 intervention as well as liaising for 26:16.290 --> 26:18.819 um equal opportunity for the LGBT Q A . 26:21.020 --> 26:24.459 Thank you . Good to see you . Good 26:24.469 --> 26:28.430 morning , Katie . Good 26:28.439 --> 26:30.661 morning . Good morning everybody . Uh , 26:30.661 --> 26:32.717 Katie Van Heist , state Director for 26:32.717 --> 26:34.939 Senator Bernie Sanders . Um I know many 26:34.939 --> 26:36.995 of you from my many years working on 26:36.995 --> 26:39.229 veterans issues for the Senator , um , 26:39.239 --> 26:41.949 which is a portfolio that I have ex 26:41.959 --> 26:44.310 with a lot of excitement taking back on , 26:44.540 --> 26:47.550 um , since Erhard Mana's retirement . 26:47.560 --> 26:50.660 So , um , our office as all of you , I 26:50.670 --> 26:53.469 hope know does a ton of individual 26:53.479 --> 26:57.300 casework for veterans and military 26:57.310 --> 26:59.477 families , members of the military who 26:59.477 --> 27:02.060 need assistance with federal programs , 27:02.069 --> 27:04.650 federal agencies . Um We are happy to 27:04.660 --> 27:07.530 help and obviously you are also welcome 27:07.540 --> 27:10.969 to bring your policy ideas our way . So , 27:10.979 --> 27:13.270 really looking forward to reengaging in 27:13.630 --> 27:15.686 this work , which is really near and 27:15.686 --> 27:17.920 dear to my heart . Thanks . Thank you . 27:17.930 --> 27:19.930 We appreciate you and your team for 27:19.930 --> 27:21.986 everything that you do in support of 27:21.986 --> 27:24.152 the military community . Thank you for 27:24.152 --> 27:25.930 being here . Good morning cam . 27:28.839 --> 27:31.260 Good morning . Uh Kim Buckley Family 27:31.270 --> 27:33.579 program specialist . Um I do a lot of 27:33.589 --> 27:35.459 behind the scenes of budget and 27:35.469 --> 27:37.609 contracting for family programs . 27:39.579 --> 27:41.880 Good morning . Good morning , Mark . 27:45.699 --> 27:47.810 Good morning . Everyone . Mark a here 27:47.810 --> 27:49.866 from the United States Department of 27:49.866 --> 27:51.866 Labor for Veterans , employment and 27:51.866 --> 27:53.921 training Service . Um I help provide 27:53.921 --> 27:55.819 federal oversight on a couple of 27:55.829 --> 27:57.996 different grants here in Vermont . One 27:57.996 --> 28:00.162 is the jobs for veterans state grant , 28:00.162 --> 28:02.273 which is what Archie and Larry are on 28:02.273 --> 28:04.385 as an example . And then a homeless , 28:04.385 --> 28:06.607 uh , reintegration program grant , um , 28:06.607 --> 28:08.718 out of Bradford Vermont with Veterans 28:08.718 --> 28:11.969 INC , I'm also your , um , friendly use , 28:12.069 --> 28:14.236 a federal investigator here in Vermont 28:14.236 --> 28:16.699 in case you have any federal , um , or 28:16.709 --> 28:19.500 use era , uh , federal questions . Um , 28:19.510 --> 28:21.770 you can obviously go to ESGR , but you 28:21.780 --> 28:23.719 can also come to me for direct 28:23.810 --> 28:25.643 technical assistance if you have 28:25.643 --> 28:27.532 anybody approach you about , um , 28:27.532 --> 28:29.866 issues with their employers . Thank you . 28:29.866 --> 28:32.380 Happy to be here . Thank you . Good 28:32.390 --> 28:33.569 morning , Megan . 28:36.400 --> 28:38.699 Good morning . My name is Megan Ser . 28:38.709 --> 28:40.765 I'm the personal financial counselor 28:40.765 --> 28:43.689 for the Vermont National Guard . Um , I 28:43.699 --> 28:46.010 see anybody in the state of Vermont no 28:46.020 --> 28:48.900 matter what branch or service they have 28:48.910 --> 28:51.680 experience with . Um , I do telehealth 28:51.689 --> 28:53.859 and I do in person appointments . 28:55.829 --> 28:58.640 Thank you , Megan , Mike Trafford . 29:08.380 --> 29:11.030 All right . So , uh , Mike Shatford is 29:11.040 --> 29:14.040 our military and family readiness lead 29:14.050 --> 29:16.729 specialist at the family programs 29:16.739 --> 29:20.219 office . All right , Richard Gallo . 29:23.939 --> 29:25.828 Good morning , Richard Gallo from 29:25.828 --> 29:27.995 Vermont Veterans Outreach Program down 29:27.995 --> 29:30.000 in Rutland County . I'm happy to be 29:30.010 --> 29:33.699 joined on via VPN Marcy . It worked to 29:33.709 --> 29:37.170 let you know and Andy in the chat , if 29:37.180 --> 29:39.369 you could put your contact information 29:39.380 --> 29:42.939 or I'm sorry , Mark Otti , I 29:42.949 --> 29:44.893 believe if you could put your chat 29:44.893 --> 29:47.500 information of contact and if you have 29:47.510 --> 29:50.660 a New York representative , that is a 29:50.670 --> 29:53.229 counterpart , would you kindly put that 29:53.239 --> 29:54.906 in there for us ? Thank you . 29:58.410 --> 30:01.520 And that's why we network folks . All 30:01.530 --> 30:04.650 right . Thank you , Richard Scott Bushy . 30:12.310 --> 30:15.310 All right . Scott is a military family 30:15.319 --> 30:17.609 rightness specialist out of the Jericho 30:17.619 --> 30:21.150 area and he works out of the family 30:21.160 --> 30:25.130 programs office . Ok , please . 30:25.329 --> 30:28.750 Full time . Oh , that's it . Ok . Um , 30:28.760 --> 30:32.760 Mike Springer . Good morning , 30:32.770 --> 30:34.826 everybody . Uh , I'm Mike Springer . 30:34.826 --> 30:36.881 I'm with a rau . We're gonna talk to 30:36.881 --> 30:38.770 you all in a little bit about our 30:38.770 --> 30:40.826 relationship checkups and how we are 30:40.826 --> 30:42.714 helping folks with relationship , 30:42.714 --> 30:44.770 health care , both , uh , for active 30:44.770 --> 30:46.937 service members and veterans . Nice to 30:46.937 --> 30:48.937 see you all . Good morning , Mike . 30:48.937 --> 30:51.209 Thank you so much for being here and uh 30:51.219 --> 30:54.380 for breathing also along with you . Uh 30:54.390 --> 30:56.390 Doctor Grey . Good morning , Doctor 30:56.390 --> 30:58.930 Gray . Thank you . Good morning , 30:58.939 --> 31:00.995 everyone . My name is Tatiana Gray . 31:00.995 --> 31:03.500 I'm joining Mike here . Uh Excited to 31:03.510 --> 31:05.621 talk to you about the work that we're 31:05.621 --> 31:07.788 doing . Fantastic . We'll get to learn 31:07.788 --> 31:09.954 a little bit more about them and their 31:09.954 --> 31:12.579 program and a little later , uh and 31:12.589 --> 31:15.469 then what I will do now is I will have 31:15.479 --> 31:18.420 Erin Roy introduce herself and then 31:18.430 --> 31:20.930 have her go right into her presentation 31:21.339 --> 31:23.569 with age . Well , good morning , Erin . 31:23.579 --> 31:26.420 How are you ? Sounds good . Good 31:26.430 --> 31:28.739 morning . Um I'm doing great . How are 31:28.750 --> 31:30.959 you doing ? Fantastic . Thank you so 31:30.969 --> 31:33.599 much for being here with us . Of course . 31:33.609 --> 31:35.609 Yeah . Um Is it all right for me to 31:35.609 --> 31:37.665 share my screen and then I'll launch 31:37.665 --> 31:39.665 into introducing you . Absolutely . 31:39.910 --> 31:42.949 Sure . Oh , it looks like it's um 31:42.959 --> 31:45.989 disabled . Ok . Give us one moment 31:46.000 --> 31:48.989 while my tech quiz here works as magic . 31:57.869 --> 32:00.147 How is that . Erin . There we go . Now , 32:00.147 --> 32:02.170 I've got it . So , here we go . 32:05.790 --> 32:07.734 All right . Can you all see that ? 32:09.819 --> 32:12.290 Great . Ok . Um , so I am Erin Roke , 32:12.689 --> 32:14.911 I'm the director of , uh , the Care and 32:14.911 --> 32:17.133 Service Coordinations Department . Um , 32:17.150 --> 32:19.930 here at age . Well , um , I'm gonna 32:19.939 --> 32:22.319 tell you a lot more about , um , what 32:22.329 --> 32:24.273 we do at age . Well , uh , and the 32:24.273 --> 32:26.440 services that we provide and I'm gonna 32:26.440 --> 32:28.599 do my best to cover this and leave um 32:28.609 --> 32:30.831 plenty of time for , for questions . Uh 32:30.831 --> 32:32.831 If you all have questions about our 32:32.831 --> 32:35.229 services . So , um first , I'm just 32:35.239 --> 32:37.295 gonna tell you a little bit about uh 32:37.295 --> 32:39.406 who , who age well is . So , um we're 32:39.406 --> 32:41.589 one of five area agencies on aging in 32:41.599 --> 32:43.900 the state of Vermont . Um amongst all 32:43.910 --> 32:46.077 five area agencies on aging , we cover 32:46.077 --> 32:48.260 every county in Vermont . Um But age 32:48.270 --> 32:50.381 well , specifically covers Chitin and 32:50.381 --> 32:52.159 Franklin Addison and Grand Isle 32:52.159 --> 32:54.459 counties . Um The vast majority of the 32:54.469 --> 32:56.413 services that I'm gonna talk about 32:56.413 --> 32:58.580 today are available throughout Vermont 32:58.580 --> 33:00.747 at each of those five area agencies on 33:00.747 --> 33:03.020 aging . So , even though um we operate 33:03.030 --> 33:04.919 separately , we work very closely 33:04.919 --> 33:07.086 together , there's a lot of continuity 33:07.086 --> 33:09.141 of services . Um And uh I'm happy to 33:09.141 --> 33:11.363 answer questions . So that's my ability 33:11.363 --> 33:13.308 to , if you have questions about a 33:13.308 --> 33:15.474 specific um region in Vermont . Um But 33:15.474 --> 33:17.363 our uh mission specifically is to 33:17.363 --> 33:19.474 provide the support and guidance that 33:19.474 --> 33:21.363 inspires our community to embrace 33:21.363 --> 33:23.586 staging with confidence . Um We work in 33:23.586 --> 33:25.697 general with individuals who are over 33:25.697 --> 33:28.030 60 . Um But we also uh provide services 33:28.040 --> 33:30.430 to some individuals who are under 60 as 33:30.439 --> 33:32.689 well . And as I talk about um various 33:32.699 --> 33:35.170 programs that we offer , I will um make 33:35.180 --> 33:37.402 sure to mention if they're , if they're 33:37.402 --> 33:39.458 available for uh individuals who are 33:39.458 --> 33:43.109 under 60 . Um So whenever we talk about 33:43.119 --> 33:45.286 services at age , well , I always like 33:45.286 --> 33:47.452 to start by talking about our helpline 33:47.452 --> 33:49.675 because our helpline is really the main 33:49.675 --> 33:51.897 point of access for any of the services 33:51.897 --> 33:54.230 that I'm going to talk about today . So , 33:54.230 --> 33:56.397 um , and including , you know , if you 33:56.397 --> 33:58.508 leave this presentation and you still 33:58.508 --> 34:00.619 have um , questions about services or 34:00.619 --> 34:02.897 you want a little bit more information , 34:02.897 --> 34:04.952 uh , this 1 800 number on the top of 34:04.952 --> 34:04.910 the screen is the number that you can 34:04.920 --> 34:07.479 call and ask that information . Um , 34:07.489 --> 34:09.711 the really nice thing about that number 34:09.711 --> 34:11.822 too is that it's a statewide helpline 34:11.822 --> 34:13.933 number . So , um , if you are calling 34:13.933 --> 34:16.100 uh for an individual or you're calling 34:16.100 --> 34:18.267 for yourself and you're in a different 34:18.267 --> 34:20.100 part of the state , um , it will 34:20.100 --> 34:22.045 redirect you to the area agency on 34:22.045 --> 34:24.156 aging for your area . And if for some 34:24.156 --> 34:26.100 reason , you know , based on where 34:26.100 --> 34:27.989 you're calling from and what um , 34:27.989 --> 34:29.822 services you're looking for , it 34:29.822 --> 34:31.878 happens to go to the wrong uh , area 34:31.878 --> 34:33.989 agency on aging . That's fine . We're 34:33.989 --> 34:36.045 all , as I said , very connected and 34:36.045 --> 34:35.100 we'll make sure that you get over to 34:35.110 --> 34:37.560 the to the right place . So , um our 34:37.570 --> 34:40.969 helpline is staffed by five information 34:40.979 --> 34:43.929 assistance coordinators . Um We often 34:43.939 --> 34:46.199 think of them as our resource gurus for 34:46.209 --> 34:49.290 the agency . Um They really uh track 34:49.300 --> 34:51.411 resources that are available to older 34:51.411 --> 34:54.729 adults in Vermont um for a very wide 34:54.739 --> 34:57.079 range of resources . And so , um I 34:57.089 --> 34:59.200 mentioned that they're the main point 34:59.200 --> 35:01.367 of access for any of the services that 35:01.367 --> 35:03.533 I'll talk about today that ma offers . 35:03.533 --> 35:05.756 And that's um absolutely true . You can 35:05.756 --> 35:07.978 call and they'll make a referral for an 35:07.978 --> 35:10.200 internal service . But I always sort of 35:10.200 --> 35:12.422 give the caveat that um making internal 35:12.422 --> 35:12.339 referrals is actually a pretty small 35:12.349 --> 35:14.127 portion of what our information 35:14.127 --> 35:16.238 assistance coordinators do . Um a lot 35:16.238 --> 35:18.349 of the time they're providing service 35:18.349 --> 35:20.571 directly on the helpline . So it may be 35:20.571 --> 35:22.405 that they're answering someone's 35:22.405 --> 35:24.571 question um and not making an internal 35:24.571 --> 35:26.793 referral at all . Um That , that really 35:26.793 --> 35:29.016 they're able to provide that assistance 35:29.016 --> 35:28.979 right there . Um And often they're 35:28.989 --> 35:31.267 making external referrals as well . So , 35:31.267 --> 35:33.378 um we work with a number of different 35:33.378 --> 35:35.267 partners . If we're not the right 35:35.267 --> 35:37.433 agency to meet someone's um uh needs , 35:37.433 --> 35:39.545 then we will refer out to a different 35:39.545 --> 35:41.600 agency and make sure that um someone 35:41.600 --> 35:44.969 gets connected . Um Oh , 35:44.979 --> 35:48.590 sorry , there you go . So , um another 35:48.600 --> 35:50.544 program that's that you can access 35:50.544 --> 35:52.433 through the helpline is the State 35:52.433 --> 35:54.711 Health Insurance uh counseling program . 35:54.711 --> 35:57.044 Um We refer to this as our ship program . 35:57.044 --> 35:58.879 Um These are really our Medicare 35:58.889 --> 36:00.722 experts . And this is one of the 36:00.722 --> 36:02.611 programs that I mentioned that is 36:02.611 --> 36:04.778 available to individuals um regardless 36:04.778 --> 36:07.820 of age . So someone does not have to be 36:07.830 --> 36:10.260 um over 60 in order to access the shift 36:10.270 --> 36:12.492 program , they actually just need to be 36:12.492 --> 36:15.030 either enrolled in Medicare or um 36:15.040 --> 36:17.262 eligible for Medicare and transitioning 36:17.262 --> 36:19.780 on to Medicare . And so , um our shift 36:19.790 --> 36:22.610 counselors um are uh not insurance 36:22.620 --> 36:24.731 brokers in any way . So they're not , 36:24.731 --> 36:27.090 they're not directly um , uh connected 36:27.100 --> 36:29.322 with any particular insurance program . 36:29.322 --> 36:31.211 Um This is a federal program that 36:31.211 --> 36:33.378 allows us to provide really unbiased . 36:33.378 --> 36:35.267 That's a pretty key point of this 36:35.267 --> 36:37.267 program . Um , information about uh 36:37.267 --> 36:39.770 Medicare insurance options . And so a 36:39.780 --> 36:42.449 big part of um , what the , the ship 36:42.459 --> 36:44.770 counselors do is um help people 36:44.780 --> 36:46.502 navigate different options for 36:46.502 --> 36:48.724 different plans . So , for somebody who 36:48.724 --> 36:50.891 is coming on to Medicare for the first 36:50.891 --> 36:52.669 time or evaluating their , um , 36:52.669 --> 36:54.336 prescription drug plan during 36:54.336 --> 36:56.336 Medicare's open enrollment period , 36:56.336 --> 36:58.447 making sure that they are able to get 36:58.447 --> 37:00.502 onto a plan that , uh will cover all 37:00.502 --> 37:02.724 their medications um , outside of those 37:02.724 --> 37:04.447 enrollment periods . Um , ship 37:04.447 --> 37:06.724 continues to be active and very active . 37:06.724 --> 37:08.947 We get a lot of calls um for people who 37:08.947 --> 37:11.302 are navigating access to care issues . 37:11.312 --> 37:13.943 So , um , it may be that someone did 37:14.055 --> 37:16.516 look at their , um , prescription drug 37:16.525 --> 37:19.595 plan uh in the open enrollment period . 37:19.766 --> 37:21.785 Um , but then , you know , some 37:21.795 --> 37:23.906 throughout the year gets prescribed a 37:23.906 --> 37:26.073 drug that , um , isn't covered by that 37:26.073 --> 37:28.073 plan that they weren't anticipating 37:28.073 --> 37:30.239 taking . And so , um , those are great 37:30.239 --> 37:32.462 calls to our um ship program where they 37:32.462 --> 37:34.462 can help navigate options to remove 37:34.462 --> 37:36.628 those barriers so that people can take 37:36.628 --> 37:38.739 the medications , they need access to 37:38.739 --> 37:41.110 the care that they need . Um And so I'm 37:41.120 --> 37:43.009 gonna talk next about a couple of 37:43.009 --> 37:45.110 services . Um , so both , both the 37:45.120 --> 37:47.176 helpline and ship that I just talked 37:47.176 --> 37:49.169 about are , um , services that are 37:49.179 --> 37:51.179 primarily provided over the phone . 37:51.179 --> 37:54.189 Although our helpline team um does 37:54.199 --> 37:56.255 provide some walk in services at all 37:56.255 --> 37:58.929 three of our uh offices . So I'm 37:58.939 --> 38:01.310 sitting here today in our middle office 38:01.320 --> 38:03.431 um which is open Mondays , Wednesdays 38:03.431 --> 38:05.487 and Fridays night to one for walk in 38:05.487 --> 38:07.709 services . That's the same as our Saint 38:07.709 --> 38:09.820 Albans office . Um And our Colchester 38:09.820 --> 38:12.042 office is open um Monday through Friday 38:12.175 --> 38:15.735 um 830 to 430 . Um And so for ship as 38:15.745 --> 38:17.856 well , um typically provided over the 38:17.864 --> 38:20.031 phone , but we can certainly meet with 38:20.031 --> 38:22.142 someone in the office if um there are 38:22.142 --> 38:24.308 uh you know , communication barriers , 38:24.308 --> 38:26.142 for example , that might make it 38:26.142 --> 38:27.920 difficult to um do uh insurance 38:27.920 --> 38:30.086 counseling over the phone . Um options 38:30.086 --> 38:32.253 counseling and community health work , 38:32.253 --> 38:34.308 which I've got on the next slide are 38:34.308 --> 38:36.475 two services that actually go out into 38:36.475 --> 38:38.420 the community . So , um one of the 38:38.420 --> 38:40.697 goals of uh our services at age , well , 38:40.697 --> 38:42.864 is um to really , to provide the level 38:42.864 --> 38:44.920 of assistance that someone needs and 38:44.920 --> 38:46.975 not more and not less than that . So 38:46.975 --> 38:48.753 many times someone may call our 38:48.753 --> 38:51.310 helpline . And um as I said , their 38:51.320 --> 38:53.320 needs may be met through that phone 38:53.320 --> 38:55.431 call . So we might be able to provide 38:55.431 --> 38:57.598 all of the information um that someone 38:57.598 --> 38:59.653 needs over the phone for someone who 38:59.653 --> 39:01.820 might need a little bit more help . Um 39:01.820 --> 39:03.376 um Maybe hands on help with 39:03.376 --> 39:05.542 applications . Um Options , counseling 39:05.542 --> 39:07.764 and community health worker are the two 39:07.764 --> 39:07.729 short term services that we provide 39:07.739 --> 39:10.017 that can go out into the community and , 39:10.017 --> 39:11.850 and help with those needs . So , 39:11.850 --> 39:14.072 options counseling is really focused on 39:14.072 --> 39:17.350 resource navigation . Um And so um that 39:17.360 --> 39:20.300 can be resource navigation for needs 39:20.310 --> 39:22.709 that someone has right now . Um The 39:22.719 --> 39:25.500 really classic example that I think 39:25.510 --> 39:27.732 fits in with , you know , when we think 39:27.732 --> 39:29.639 about um age well , services or 39:29.649 --> 39:32.165 services that we may need is age . Um 39:32.175 --> 39:34.231 The classic example would be someone 39:34.231 --> 39:36.286 saying I'm starting to need a little 39:36.286 --> 39:38.397 bit more help in the home or I have a 39:38.397 --> 39:38.314 family member who's starting to need a 39:38.324 --> 39:40.546 little bit more help in the home . What 39:40.546 --> 39:42.768 are my options ? What , what might I be 39:42.768 --> 39:44.824 eligible for for services that would 39:44.824 --> 39:47.046 help um me stay at home independently . 39:47.046 --> 39:49.213 Um That's a classic example of options 39:49.213 --> 39:51.102 counseling , but it can look very 39:51.102 --> 39:53.324 different from that as well . It may be 39:53.324 --> 39:55.324 that we get a call from someone who 39:55.324 --> 39:57.324 says I live in a very rural part of 39:57.324 --> 39:59.380 Vermont and I my home um relies on a 39:59.380 --> 40:02.419 well and the pump is broken and I don't 40:02.429 --> 40:05.459 have the resources to um uh pay for 40:05.469 --> 40:07.525 that . I wouldn't even know where to 40:07.525 --> 40:09.691 start uh to look for someone who could 40:09.691 --> 40:11.525 service it . Maybe there's other 40:11.525 --> 40:13.691 barriers to getting that repaired . Um 40:13.691 --> 40:13.199 That could very well end up being an 40:13.209 --> 40:15.431 options counseling , referral as well . 40:15.431 --> 40:17.598 Um If the needs are really for someone 40:17.598 --> 40:19.800 to go out and assess and um help with 40:19.810 --> 40:22.010 an application in person um for a 40:22.020 --> 40:25.280 program . Um The other type of options 40:25.290 --> 40:27.401 counseling , we think of as long term 40:27.401 --> 40:29.840 care , options , counseling . Um We do 40:29.850 --> 40:32.080 a , I would say this makes up a small 40:32.090 --> 40:34.312 portion of our , our options counseling 40:34.312 --> 40:36.479 referrals . And I would always love if 40:36.479 --> 40:38.534 we did so many more of these because 40:38.534 --> 40:40.590 it's a really important thing for us 40:40.590 --> 40:42.701 all to be thinking about um long term 40:42.701 --> 40:44.868 care options counseling is , is really 40:44.868 --> 40:47.034 meant for someone who doesn't have any 40:47.034 --> 40:46.540 resource needs right now or doesn't 40:46.550 --> 40:48.717 have any need for care right now . But 40:48.717 --> 40:50.919 wants to think about 5 , 10 years from 40:50.929 --> 40:54.455 now . Uh as I age , what might I need ? 40:54.465 --> 40:56.705 Um what resources might be available to 40:56.715 --> 40:58.937 me then ? And what should I do to start 40:58.937 --> 41:01.048 planning for that now ? Because a lot 41:01.048 --> 41:03.344 of um programs that someone may qualify 41:03.354 --> 41:05.705 for , for care programs have , you know , 41:05.715 --> 41:07.715 five year look back periods or they 41:07.715 --> 41:09.937 require um you know , certain levels of 41:09.937 --> 41:12.810 income and resource um uh thresholds 41:12.820 --> 41:15.080 for eligibility and um we might be 41:15.090 --> 41:17.146 recommending someone to , you know , 41:17.146 --> 41:19.312 talk with an estate planner well ahead 41:19.312 --> 41:21.312 of the time when they might need to 41:21.312 --> 41:24.540 access those resources . Um So I'm 41:24.550 --> 41:26.772 gonna switch over here to talking about 41:26.772 --> 41:28.939 community health work um which is very 41:28.939 --> 41:32.320 focused on um uh specifically public 41:32.330 --> 41:34.790 benefits . So , um I mentioned , you 41:34.800 --> 41:36.911 know , helping with applications , we 41:36.911 --> 41:38.967 might have someone call our helpline 41:38.967 --> 41:41.078 who says , um you know , I'm having a 41:41.078 --> 41:43.429 really hard time um affording uh you 41:43.439 --> 41:45.439 know , healthy , healthy meals , um 41:45.439 --> 41:47.889 especially now with the cost of food 41:47.899 --> 41:50.232 rising and I might be on a fixed income . 41:50.232 --> 41:53.300 Um So we might refer someone to um the 41:53.310 --> 41:55.477 three squares Vermont program for some 41:55.477 --> 41:58.125 uh assistance with um food benefits . 41:58.135 --> 42:00.302 Um You know , someone's needs might be 42:00.302 --> 42:02.468 met by us mailing out that application 42:02.468 --> 42:04.635 over um you know , after speaking with 42:04.635 --> 42:06.691 someone from our helpline , um or if 42:06.691 --> 42:08.635 someone's saying , hey , I'm gonna 42:08.635 --> 42:10.857 really need a lot more help with that , 42:10.857 --> 42:09.995 that might go to a community health 42:10.004 --> 42:12.115 work referral , which again is one of 42:12.115 --> 42:14.226 those short term services that can go 42:14.226 --> 42:18.149 out uh in the community . Um So next , 42:18.159 --> 42:20.326 I'm gonna talk about case management . 42:20.326 --> 42:22.381 So , um you might be sort of getting 42:22.381 --> 42:24.437 the gist . I'm sort of talking about 42:24.437 --> 42:26.548 these programs um in order of sort of 42:26.548 --> 42:28.659 the lightest touch being , you know , 42:28.659 --> 42:30.770 the helpline to the most intensive um 42:30.770 --> 42:32.770 which would be case management . So 42:32.770 --> 42:35.010 with case management , we're providing 42:35.020 --> 42:38.709 ongoing um care coordinations um which 42:38.719 --> 42:40.780 typically looks like a monthly home 42:40.790 --> 42:42.909 visit with a case manager and then 42:42.919 --> 42:45.030 phone call co ordination in between . 42:45.040 --> 42:47.389 Um And that tends to be for individuals 42:47.399 --> 42:50.669 who are on a care program um where they 42:50.679 --> 42:52.846 are receiving care and case management 42:52.846 --> 42:54.901 as part of that program or it can be 42:54.901 --> 42:57.219 individuals who are not um eligible for 42:57.229 --> 42:59.396 a care program at all , but might have 42:59.396 --> 43:01.396 some needs for some ongoing care co 43:01.396 --> 43:03.507 ordination . Either in the short when 43:03.507 --> 43:05.451 we think about short term for this 43:05.451 --> 43:07.673 service , I think about like six months 43:07.673 --> 43:09.896 or long term , which could be years and 43:09.896 --> 43:12.062 years and years . Um We also have a um 43:12.062 --> 43:14.173 veteran directed care program that we 43:14.173 --> 43:16.173 provide uh case management for . So 43:16.173 --> 43:18.285 that is a program that is um specific 43:18.285 --> 43:21.262 to um veterans . Um It is a program 43:21.375 --> 43:23.431 that we work very closely with the , 43:23.431 --> 43:26.236 the va to administer . Um And we have a 43:26.246 --> 43:29.956 um small um caseload of uh individuals 43:29.966 --> 43:31.799 receiving those services who are 43:31.799 --> 43:34.022 receiving uh case management through us 43:34.022 --> 43:36.244 um for that program as well . Um But we 43:36.244 --> 43:39.295 also um act as the , the lead agency in 43:39.305 --> 43:41.527 a hub and spoke model amongst the , the 43:41.527 --> 43:43.986 AAA S for that program . Um 43:44.770 --> 43:47.620 So , um and we also have uh two other 43:47.629 --> 43:49.462 specialized programs um that are 43:49.462 --> 43:51.629 offered within case management . So we 43:51.629 --> 43:54.129 do have a um a team of specialized case 43:54.139 --> 43:56.560 managers who um can provide some more 43:56.570 --> 43:59.719 intensive um case management assistance . 43:59.729 --> 44:01.896 And that often is for somebody who has 44:01.896 --> 44:04.199 really complex needs that might be um 44:04.209 --> 44:06.600 related to really complex , you know , 44:06.610 --> 44:09.669 health diagnoses , it can be um for 44:09.679 --> 44:11.957 somebody who is very socially isolated , 44:11.957 --> 44:14.012 doesn't have a lot of family friends 44:14.012 --> 44:15.957 supports around . Um it can be for 44:15.957 --> 44:17.957 someone who has , you know , really 44:17.957 --> 44:20.070 complex family dynamics or um some 44:20.080 --> 44:22.300 additional um you know , complex needs 44:22.310 --> 44:24.550 related to mental health needs . Um And 44:24.560 --> 44:26.560 then we have a new American uh case 44:26.560 --> 44:28.870 management team that um typically 44:28.879 --> 44:31.046 focuses on our new American population 44:31.050 --> 44:32.959 in Chitin in County . Um And so 44:32.969 --> 44:35.030 individuals who are um needing those 44:35.040 --> 44:37.151 ongoing care , co ordination services 44:37.151 --> 44:39.000 or um part of one of those care 44:39.010 --> 44:42.110 programs um I in uh Chiten County , who 44:42.120 --> 44:44.009 are , who are of the new American 44:44.009 --> 44:46.120 community would receive services from 44:46.120 --> 44:48.379 that team . Um And then we have a uh 44:48.389 --> 44:51.699 sort of a relatively new um arm of our 44:51.709 --> 44:53.709 services . Um We have some clinical 44:53.709 --> 44:56.649 services that we offer . So um some of 44:56.659 --> 44:59.050 those things include uh transition 44:59.060 --> 45:01.260 services . So we do have a couple of 45:01.409 --> 45:04.370 RNS who work with us who can help um 45:04.379 --> 45:05.990 provide some assistance with 45:05.990 --> 45:08.229 transitions from the hospital to home 45:08.239 --> 45:10.406 for individuals where there might be a 45:10.406 --> 45:12.628 high risk of going back to the hospital 45:12.628 --> 45:14.795 hospital . Maybe there aren't a lot of 45:14.795 --> 45:16.850 supports in place at home . Um Maybe 45:16.850 --> 45:16.715 someone's needs have changed 45:16.725 --> 45:18.614 dramatically . Um Maybe there are 45:18.614 --> 45:20.544 chronic health issues that are um 45:20.554 --> 45:22.443 causing someone to present to the 45:22.443 --> 45:24.554 hospital frequently , um , the nurses 45:24.554 --> 45:26.665 can provide a little bit more support 45:26.665 --> 45:28.776 with that , um , transition . Um , we 45:28.776 --> 45:30.887 do some in-home assessments like home 45:30.887 --> 45:33.054 meds , um , which can help reduce um , 45:33.054 --> 45:35.110 the risk of medication errors , um , 45:35.110 --> 45:37.443 from multiple medications that can help , 45:37.443 --> 45:39.780 um , navigate some side effects that 45:39.790 --> 45:41.623 individuals might be having from 45:41.623 --> 45:43.790 medications . So , um , you know , one 45:43.790 --> 45:45.901 thing that we see sometimes is , um , 45:45.901 --> 45:48.012 you know , someone reporting frequent 45:48.012 --> 45:50.234 falls or dizziness . Um and in the home 45:50.234 --> 45:52.457 meds assessment , we would capture that 45:52.457 --> 45:54.457 information , take note of the meds 45:54.457 --> 45:56.346 that someone's taking that's then 45:56.346 --> 45:58.457 reviewed by a licensed pharmacist who 45:58.457 --> 46:00.568 may come back with a recommendation . 46:00.568 --> 46:00.379 Like , hey , I see you're taking this 46:00.389 --> 46:03.149 medication . Um , you know , first 46:03.159 --> 46:05.326 thing in the morning , this medication 46:05.326 --> 46:07.381 actually can cause these dizziness , 46:07.381 --> 46:09.159 maybe talk to your primary care 46:09.159 --> 46:11.381 provider about taking it in the evening 46:11.381 --> 46:10.949 instead . And so those are some of the 46:10.959 --> 46:13.126 recommendations that uh might come out 46:13.126 --> 46:15.237 of that program . Um And then we have 46:15.237 --> 46:17.403 some uh programs that are really spoke 46:17.403 --> 46:19.570 focused on um fall prevention . One of 46:19.570 --> 46:21.810 the newest programs that we have is uh 46:21.820 --> 46:24.260 capable , which is an evidence based 46:24.270 --> 46:26.214 program uh that comes out of Johns 46:26.214 --> 46:28.870 Hopkins University that pairs um 46:28.879 --> 46:32.790 support from a RN uh so a nurse , um 46:32.800 --> 46:34.856 an occupational therapist and then a 46:34.856 --> 46:37.419 handy worker . And so , um it's sort of 46:37.429 --> 46:39.750 a three tiered approach that um can 46:39.760 --> 46:42.669 provide some education through the OOT 46:42.679 --> 46:46.159 and the RN um about uh how to function 46:46.169 --> 46:48.159 safely uh and improve safety and 46:48.169 --> 46:50.280 functioning in the home . And then um 46:50.280 --> 46:52.336 some services from a handy worker as 46:52.336 --> 46:54.391 well who can actually go in and make 46:54.391 --> 46:56.391 some home modifications that um can 46:56.391 --> 46:58.500 help uh increase independence and um 46:58.510 --> 47:00.669 improve safety and reduce the risk of 47:00.679 --> 47:04.530 falls . Um And so 47:04.540 --> 47:06.762 um self neglect , I always want to make 47:06.762 --> 47:08.909 a point of um just mentioning this uh 47:08.919 --> 47:11.086 anytime we're talking to the community 47:11.086 --> 47:13.308 about the services that we provide . So 47:13.308 --> 47:15.530 um Vermont is actually unique um in the 47:15.530 --> 47:18.510 US in that um we are the only uh state 47:18.520 --> 47:21.610 where referrals for um individuals who 47:21.620 --> 47:24.020 may be self neglecting . Um actually go 47:24.030 --> 47:26.580 to the area agencies on aging instead 47:26.590 --> 47:28.757 of to adult protective services . So , 47:28.757 --> 47:31.090 in other parts of the country , country , 47:31.090 --> 47:32.979 um those uh referrals go to adult 47:32.979 --> 47:35.419 protective services for us , they come 47:35.429 --> 47:37.820 here . And um the way that Vermont 47:37.830 --> 47:40.659 defines self neglect is um really a two 47:40.669 --> 47:43.070 part definition . So it's someone who's 47:43.080 --> 47:45.969 unable to um meet their basic needs and , 47:45.979 --> 47:47.757 and , and there's some examples 47:47.757 --> 47:49.979 provided in the definition . Um And the 47:49.979 --> 47:52.201 second part is that it the inability to 47:52.201 --> 47:54.146 meet the needs needs to be not the 47:54.146 --> 47:56.035 result of a personal or lifestyle 47:56.035 --> 47:59.260 choice . And um rather uh the influence 47:59.270 --> 48:02.500 of um um uh either a cognitive 48:02.510 --> 48:06.110 impairment um or a um medical um 48:06.120 --> 48:07.953 need that is impacting someone's 48:07.953 --> 48:10.287 judgment or ability to meet those needs . 48:10.287 --> 48:13.489 Um And so it's very um the definition 48:13.500 --> 48:15.444 in Vermont is very clear that um , 48:15.444 --> 48:18.590 individuals um are not , uh 48:18.600 --> 48:21.260 necessarily um self neglecting if they 48:21.270 --> 48:23.381 are making a lifestyle choice to live 48:23.381 --> 48:25.326 their way their life in a way that 48:25.326 --> 48:27.492 might not look the same as how someone 48:27.492 --> 48:29.659 else might choose to live their life . 48:29.659 --> 48:31.826 Um But when we talk about self neglect 48:31.826 --> 48:34.048 services , what we do at the , the area 48:34.048 --> 48:36.103 agencies on aging is when someone is 48:36.103 --> 48:38.214 unable to meet their basic needs . Um 48:38.214 --> 48:40.790 And it's because of a , um you know , 48:40.800 --> 48:43.389 cognitive uh you know , physical mental 48:43.399 --> 48:46.239 health impairment , um We're providing 48:46.250 --> 48:48.583 services that are still person centered . 48:48.583 --> 48:50.806 We're really working to understand what 48:50.806 --> 48:52.917 those person , what that individual's 48:52.917 --> 48:54.917 goals are . And then our goal um is 48:54.917 --> 48:57.139 really to help someone meet those goals 48:57.139 --> 48:59.250 and improve safety of the situation . 48:59.250 --> 49:01.528 And so , um we're not in a position of , 49:01.528 --> 49:03.750 you know , going in and removing people 49:03.750 --> 49:05.861 from their home . Um We uh are really 49:05.861 --> 49:08.125 working to um you know , provide a link 49:08.135 --> 49:10.357 to services that might help someone and 49:10.357 --> 49:12.579 often someone's goals may be to stay in 49:12.579 --> 49:14.746 their home even um if the home is in , 49:14.746 --> 49:16.857 you know , significant disrepair . Um 49:16.857 --> 49:18.913 and we're still gonna work with them 49:18.913 --> 49:21.024 and , and try to um figure out a safe 49:21.024 --> 49:23.260 way that they can meet those goals . Um 49:23.270 --> 49:25.580 Another piece of our services are um 49:25.590 --> 49:28.290 caregiver support . So , um the , this 49:28.300 --> 49:30.244 is another one that I just want to 49:30.244 --> 49:32.300 mention is available for individuals 49:32.300 --> 49:34.189 who are under 60 So we um provide 49:34.189 --> 49:36.580 support to caregivers of older adults , 49:36.590 --> 49:38.989 um and older adult caregivers of minor 49:39.000 --> 49:41.000 Children . So sort of two different 49:41.000 --> 49:44.045 categories there . Um So anyone who a 49:44.055 --> 49:45.944 caregiver of an older adult could 49:45.944 --> 49:48.111 qualify for caregiver support services 49:48.111 --> 49:50.222 and those could look like um any type 49:50.222 --> 49:52.388 of resource navigation around what the 49:52.388 --> 49:54.535 caregiver may need to keep themselves 49:54.545 --> 49:56.895 well . Um We provide a couple of 49:56.906 --> 49:59.736 evidence-based workshops um that uh 49:59.746 --> 50:02.416 help build skills around caregiving and 50:02.426 --> 50:04.593 help , um you know , provide some peer 50:04.593 --> 50:06.537 support around care giving as well 50:06.537 --> 50:08.451 because caregivers um take on an 50:08.461 --> 50:11.302 enormous um task . Uh and often , you 50:11.312 --> 50:13.652 know , sacrifice a lot of um you know , 50:13.662 --> 50:16.291 their own well being and their finances 50:16.302 --> 50:18.302 and their own personal health um in 50:18.302 --> 50:20.413 order to provide care for their loved 50:20.413 --> 50:22.469 ones . And so this is um one program 50:22.469 --> 50:24.524 that allows us to provide uh support 50:24.524 --> 50:26.812 and care to those caregivers . Um And 50:26.822 --> 50:28.822 uh we also have some grant programs 50:28.822 --> 50:30.822 available that help pay for respite 50:30.822 --> 50:32.822 services um to help relieve some of 50:32.822 --> 50:35.459 those um those demands for caregiving 50:35.469 --> 50:39.159 as well . Um And then , uh I'm gonna 50:39.169 --> 50:41.002 talk about uh just our nutrition 50:41.002 --> 50:43.520 programs briefly . So , um many of you 50:43.530 --> 50:46.060 I imagine are probably familiar with um 50:46.070 --> 50:49.169 the Meals On Wheels program . Um that 50:49.179 --> 50:51.012 is a program that is certainly a 50:51.012 --> 50:53.145 national program in Vermont . Um age 50:53.155 --> 50:55.266 well , uh provides meals On Wheels to 50:55.266 --> 50:57.322 everyone who receives them in uh our 50:57.322 --> 50:59.488 four county service area . So , Chitin 50:59.488 --> 51:01.711 and Franklin Epson and Grand Isle . But 51:01.711 --> 51:03.877 amongst all five triple A's , the area 51:03.877 --> 51:05.766 agencies on Aging and Vermont are 51:05.766 --> 51:07.822 providing those throughout um all of 51:07.822 --> 51:10.810 Vermont . Um And uh it's quite , quite 51:10.820 --> 51:12.876 an operation . Um So I mentioned I'm 51:12.876 --> 51:15.098 gonna talk about our volunteer services 51:15.098 --> 51:17.610 as well . We have a um huge volunteer 51:17.620 --> 51:19.842 team , although at the same time , huge 51:19.842 --> 51:21.898 volunteer need and always uh looking 51:21.898 --> 51:23.898 for additional volunteers , many of 51:23.898 --> 51:26.510 those volunteers um deliver meals um as 51:26.520 --> 51:28.742 part of our meals On Wheels program and 51:28.742 --> 51:30.853 others um provide other services that 51:30.853 --> 51:33.020 I'll talk about in a minute . Um But I 51:33.020 --> 51:35.242 think important takeaways for our meals 51:35.242 --> 51:37.540 on meals program is that we have um the 51:37.550 --> 51:40.739 ability to offer a number of um 51:40.750 --> 51:42.972 different meal options . So there's a , 51:42.972 --> 51:44.972 you can see a list at the bottom of 51:44.972 --> 51:47.139 this page . Um There's a regular heart 51:47.139 --> 51:49.139 healthy diet , we can do a diabetic 51:49.139 --> 51:51.028 friendly diet . Um Renal friendly 51:51.028 --> 51:52.806 lactose , free gluten-free , um 51:52.806 --> 51:55.028 vegetarian lacto over and two different 51:55.028 --> 51:57.028 texture modified meals . So , um if 51:57.028 --> 51:59.250 someone has any , you know , difficulty 51:59.250 --> 52:01.417 swallowing , we can provide a modified 52:01.417 --> 52:03.639 texture meal that can be either um soft 52:03.639 --> 52:05.806 texture or pureed . So three different 52:05.806 --> 52:08.199 levels there . Um And so , and we're 52:08.209 --> 52:10.376 able to really accommodate a lot of um 52:10.376 --> 52:12.598 dietary restrictions and allergies that 52:12.598 --> 52:14.709 um you know , in many years past , we 52:14.709 --> 52:16.810 weren't able to . So , um if you or 52:16.820 --> 52:18.876 someone , you know , would benefit , 52:18.876 --> 52:22.270 but maybe was hesitant to um uh try to 52:22.280 --> 52:24.336 try meals on wheels for one of those 52:24.336 --> 52:26.391 reasons . Um We do have more options 52:26.391 --> 52:28.447 and I will say I've tasted the meals 52:28.447 --> 52:30.830 myself and they are delicious . So um I , 52:30.840 --> 52:33.007 I always encourage someone to try them 52:33.007 --> 52:35.062 if um if it would be help meet their 52:35.062 --> 52:37.229 need . Um And then we have a couple of 52:37.229 --> 52:39.689 community meal programs as well . Um 52:39.699 --> 52:43.649 Both focused on um both uh you know , 52:43.659 --> 52:45.909 great nutrition options . So meeting 52:45.919 --> 52:48.340 the , the , um USDA requirements for a 52:48.350 --> 52:50.500 balanced meal . But then also , um , 52:50.580 --> 52:52.858 focusing on connecting people socially . 52:52.858 --> 52:54.969 So , um , community meal programs and 52:54.969 --> 52:56.969 events are a great way for folks to 52:56.969 --> 52:59.302 connect out in the community with peers , 52:59.302 --> 53:01.358 um , and to get a meal . Um , and we 53:01.358 --> 53:03.469 also have a restaurant ticket program 53:03.469 --> 53:05.850 that , um , is a rate program for a $5 53:05.959 --> 53:08.800 donation . Um , someone can pick up a , 53:08.810 --> 53:11.149 uh , meal ticket at any of our offices 53:11.159 --> 53:13.159 and we've got several participating 53:13.159 --> 53:15.326 restaurants , um , where they can then 53:15.326 --> 53:17.381 bring that $5 meal ticket which will 53:17.381 --> 53:19.715 pay for a whole meal at that restaurant . 53:19.715 --> 53:22.048 Um , and , uh , folks often come in and , 53:22.048 --> 53:24.159 you know , bring friends , bring , um 53:24.159 --> 53:26.381 loved ones and , and have a meal out as 53:26.381 --> 53:28.492 part of that , um , restaurant ticket 53:28.492 --> 53:30.437 program . Um , we have a number of 53:30.437 --> 53:32.770 wellness programs that we offer as well . 53:32.770 --> 53:34.937 So , um , a few of these are focused , 53:34.937 --> 53:37.103 uh , you know , again , on balance and 53:37.103 --> 53:39.270 wellness reducing falls . Um , we have 53:39.270 --> 53:41.492 a matter of balance and tai chi classes 53:41.492 --> 53:43.437 um that are offered throughout our 53:43.437 --> 53:45.659 service area . Striders is a relatively 53:45.659 --> 53:47.826 new program that we've been offering , 53:47.826 --> 53:50.159 uh , in partnership with MVP healthcare . 53:50.159 --> 53:52.270 Um , that's a walking program . Um We 53:52.270 --> 53:54.215 offer it at a few different places 53:54.215 --> 53:56.548 throughout our service area . It's , um , 53:56.548 --> 53:58.492 become very popular . I know in uh 53:58.492 --> 54:00.603 Chitham County it happens at the U MA 54:00.603 --> 54:02.715 and there's a group that meets up and 54:02.715 --> 54:04.770 does , um , guided walking exercises 54:04.770 --> 54:06.937 throughout the U MA . Um which is , as 54:06.937 --> 54:06.659 I said , very popular . People really 54:06.669 --> 54:09.110 enjoy that program . And then we have a 54:09.120 --> 54:11.120 um weight management uh and healthy 54:11.129 --> 54:13.185 eating program called Eat Smart Move 54:13.185 --> 54:15.073 More Way Less . Um It's an online 54:15.080 --> 54:17.479 program that's offered . Um And there 54:17.489 --> 54:19.780 are also um educational programs that 54:19.790 --> 54:22.979 are offered um through the V four A um 54:22.989 --> 54:26.300 for individuals who are over 60 called 54:26.310 --> 54:28.939 Get Set Up and those are free classes 54:28.949 --> 54:31.209 um that people can take as continuing 54:31.219 --> 54:33.719 education classes which also um are 54:33.729 --> 54:35.810 very popular . Um And then the very 54:35.820 --> 54:37.987 last thing and I'll just take a couple 54:37.987 --> 54:39.987 of minutes for questions . Um But I 54:39.987 --> 54:42.209 talked a little bit about our volunteer 54:42.209 --> 54:44.264 program . Um Our volunteers can do a 54:44.264 --> 54:46.209 number of things outside of um the 54:46.209 --> 54:48.320 delivery of meals on wheels . We have 54:48.320 --> 54:50.487 volunteers that um provide uh friendly 54:50.487 --> 54:52.320 visiting uh to older adults , um 54:52.320 --> 54:54.500 companionship , um respite caregiver 54:54.510 --> 54:56.343 support . Again , another way to 54:56.343 --> 54:58.879 provide support for caregivers and um 54:58.889 --> 55:00.340 some grocery shopping and 55:00.350 --> 55:03.810 transportation assistance as Well , so 55:03.820 --> 55:05.931 I always feel like I run through that 55:05.931 --> 55:09.290 very quickly , but , um , I am happy to , 55:09.300 --> 55:11.300 uh , pause there and , and take any 55:11.300 --> 55:13.189 questions that folks might have . 55:18.580 --> 55:21.250 Thank you , Aaron . That was a lot of 55:21.260 --> 55:23.482 really great information . And I didn't 55:23.482 --> 55:25.699 even realize that , that the program 55:25.709 --> 55:27.800 that you're a part of had so many 55:27.810 --> 55:31.060 avenues for our older generation . So I 55:31.070 --> 55:33.909 know that as we start working more and 55:33.919 --> 55:35.975 more with our military community and 55:35.975 --> 55:37.752 especially with our , our aging 55:37.752 --> 55:41.239 diversity of uh loved ones that this is 55:41.250 --> 55:43.600 definitely gonna be really helpful . 55:45.219 --> 55:48.179 Yeah , it certainly and I , I um always 55:48.189 --> 55:50.133 forget to mention this , but it is 55:50.133 --> 55:52.300 really important . All of the programs 55:52.300 --> 55:54.411 that I've talked about are offered at 55:54.411 --> 55:56.633 no cost to participants . And so , um I 55:56.633 --> 55:58.856 always get through and I feel like I've 55:58.856 --> 55:58.610 tried to sell something , but I'm not 55:58.620 --> 56:01.320 really selling anything . Um I would 56:01.330 --> 56:03.386 really encourage anyone to just call 56:03.386 --> 56:05.552 our helpline if you have any questions 56:05.552 --> 56:07.663 about services or you're wondering um 56:07.663 --> 56:09.830 where , you know , a nonprofit we have 56:09.830 --> 56:12.080 um uh funding through state and federal 56:12.090 --> 56:14.201 grants as well as um you know , a lot 56:14.201 --> 56:15.923 of generous donations from the 56:15.923 --> 56:18.034 community . Um But these are programs 56:18.034 --> 56:19.979 that are offered um free of charge 56:19.979 --> 56:22.312 throughout our service area . Fantastic . 56:22.312 --> 56:24.534 We like free . Don't leave that free is 56:24.534 --> 56:28.010 great . We definitely do . 56:29.149 --> 56:31.620 All right . Does anyone have any 56:31.629 --> 56:33.489 questions for MS Erin ? 56:39.090 --> 56:41.610 I have a question , Erin Brian Staub . 56:41.620 --> 56:43.676 Now with military , one source , any 56:43.676 --> 56:46.340 chance , you know , the percentage of , 56:46.350 --> 56:49.620 uh , veterans that you all serve ? Oh , 56:49.629 --> 56:53.270 gosh , I , I , somewhere I have that , 56:53.280 --> 56:55.502 uh , information but not off the top of 56:55.502 --> 56:57.870 my head . Um , I could certainly get 56:57.879 --> 57:00.101 back to you with that but I know that , 57:00.101 --> 57:02.580 um , we serve , I , it , it , it is 57:02.590 --> 57:04.701 certainly not a small percentage . We 57:04.701 --> 57:07.034 serve a number of veterans through , um , 57:07.034 --> 57:09.146 all of the programs that I just spoke 57:09.146 --> 57:11.201 about . Um , the one program that we 57:11.201 --> 57:13.368 have that is very specific to veterans 57:13.368 --> 57:15.423 is the veteran directed care program 57:15.423 --> 57:17.312 and that is um , a very small but 57:17.312 --> 57:19.669 mighty program in Vermont . Um , we 57:19.679 --> 57:22.449 serve about , uh , I think 60 to 80 57:22.459 --> 57:24.681 veterans right now throughout the state 57:24.681 --> 57:26.848 of Vermont on that program . Um but it 57:26.848 --> 57:29.070 will be increasing capacity in the next 57:29.070 --> 57:31.292 year . So we actually expect that to be 57:31.292 --> 57:33.969 more widely available . Um , but we 57:33.979 --> 57:36.201 serve a number of , um , veterans and , 57:36.209 --> 57:38.719 and spouses of veterans um through all 57:38.729 --> 57:40.896 of the programs that , that we serve . 57:41.659 --> 57:43.870 Great . Thanks . Maybe you could get 57:43.879 --> 57:46.659 that info to the Marcy for us and I'd 57:46.669 --> 57:48.725 be happy to share it out with MFCM . 57:49.120 --> 57:51.231 Yeah , it's something that we track , 57:51.231 --> 57:53.120 um , always and , and report um , 57:53.120 --> 57:55.231 federally annually . So it's , it's a 57:55.231 --> 57:57.453 number that's available and just not in 57:57.453 --> 57:59.676 my head right now . Great . Thank you , 57:59.676 --> 58:01.787 Aaron . Appreciate your time . Yeah . 58:01.787 --> 58:03.898 Thank you . Yeah , thank you , Erin . 58:03.898 --> 58:05.842 And is it possible to also get the 58:05.842 --> 58:08.009 slide deck to share with the network . 58:08.009 --> 58:10.120 Absolutely . Yeah , I should . I just 58:10.120 --> 58:12.342 send that right to you . Yes , please . 58:12.342 --> 58:14.509 And I'll include it . Ok . Thank you . 58:14.570 --> 58:16.737 Great question . And Andre just wanted 58:16.737 --> 58:18.959 to say that , uh , the Vermont Veterans 58:18.959 --> 58:22.219 Outreach team works closely with age . 58:22.229 --> 58:24.790 Well , he was saying , uh , with , with 58:24.800 --> 58:26.800 the clients to go hand in hand with 58:26.800 --> 58:29.022 what you are saying with that network . 58:29.022 --> 58:33.020 So very cool . Fantastic . Uh If 58:33.030 --> 58:35.086 there are other questions , go ahead 58:35.086 --> 58:37.086 and throw them in the chat box . Uh 58:37.086 --> 58:39.308 Erin , you're more than welcome to stay 58:39.308 --> 58:41.419 on or if any questions pop up and you 58:41.419 --> 58:43.641 have to go totally understandable , but 58:43.641 --> 58:45.641 I can email them questions to you . 58:45.641 --> 58:47.697 Perfect . Yeah , that sounds great . 58:47.697 --> 58:49.808 Thank you so much . Everyone for your 58:49.808 --> 58:52.179 time , take care . All right . And now 58:52.189 --> 58:55.260 uh we'll transition over to uh Mike 58:55.270 --> 58:57.540 Springer and Doctor Gray . Good morning 58:57.550 --> 58:59.979 again . Thank you . Uh So for being 58:59.989 --> 59:02.820 here . Good morning again , everyone . 59:02.830 --> 59:04.663 Uh Thanks , thanks for having us 59:04.663 --> 59:06.886 excited to , to be getting to listen to 59:06.886 --> 59:09.219 these different presentations today too . 59:09.219 --> 59:11.386 Um Just as an intro again , my name is 59:11.386 --> 59:13.719 Mike Springer . I'm with the Aroma Team . 59:13.719 --> 59:15.830 I'm a local person here . I'm in , in 59:15.830 --> 59:17.941 Williston up in Chin , in county . So 59:17.941 --> 59:17.770 I'll be a contact for you all if if 59:17.780 --> 59:19.860 anyone needs anything . Um e 59:19.870 --> 59:22.129 essentially we train and support 59:22.139 --> 59:23.889 behavioral health providers in 59:23.899 --> 59:26.370 delivering our evidence based practice 59:26.379 --> 59:28.601 for relationship checkups and in just a 59:28.601 --> 59:30.712 moment , uh Doctor Gray is gonna walk 59:30.712 --> 59:33.510 you through how , uh , why relationship 59:33.520 --> 59:36.000 health care is important . Um , how 59:36.010 --> 59:38.177 annual checkups can help folks . We'll 59:38.177 --> 59:40.659 talk a little bit about our work with 59:40.669 --> 59:43.219 the Department of Defense and the VA um , 59:43.229 --> 59:45.285 and then provide some information in 59:45.285 --> 59:47.507 case you're , uh , you're interested in 59:47.507 --> 59:49.396 learning some more about uh , the 59:49.396 --> 59:51.340 checkups and , and how you can get 59:51.340 --> 59:53.451 involved . Uh , Doctor Gray just so , 59:53.451 --> 59:55.396 you know , is a co-founder for our 59:55.396 --> 59:57.340 organization rau co-creator of the 59:57.340 --> 59:59.507 checkups . Uh She has her own practice 59:59.507 --> 01:00:01.562 and delivers checkups regularly . So 01:00:01.562 --> 01:00:03.896 she's a great person to have here today . 01:00:03.896 --> 01:00:03.399 Uh And with that , I'll turn it over to 01:00:03.409 --> 01:00:05.465 you , Doctor Gray . Thanks so much , 01:00:05.465 --> 01:00:07.929 Mike . Um Hi , everyone . Uh so happy 01:00:07.939 --> 01:00:10.949 to be here . Um It looks like I don't 01:00:10.959 --> 01:00:13.729 have screen sharing permissions yet , 01:00:16.320 --> 01:00:18.620 so I'll pull up the slides in a moment 01:00:22.739 --> 01:00:24.850 one second , we'll just get that over 01:00:24.850 --> 01:00:26.850 to you , take your time , take your 01:00:26.850 --> 01:00:29.090 time . And one of the things that is 01:00:29.100 --> 01:00:31.820 sort of , you know , uh reflecting on 01:00:31.830 --> 01:00:34.169 is the other presenters . What is um 01:00:34.179 --> 01:00:36.179 both Brian and Aaron sort of really 01:00:36.179 --> 01:00:38.500 shared like such a , such a wealth of 01:00:38.510 --> 01:00:41.729 like various resources um across like 01:00:41.739 --> 01:00:44.429 such a huge span of services for folks , 01:00:44.439 --> 01:00:46.875 which is really credible . Um And , and 01:00:46.885 --> 01:00:48.885 what I'm gonna talk about is like a 01:00:48.885 --> 01:00:50.829 little bit different because we're 01:00:50.829 --> 01:00:53.052 really digging into this one particular 01:00:53.052 --> 01:00:55.274 service . So , um it'll be a little bit 01:00:55.274 --> 01:00:57.385 more in depth and a little bit less , 01:00:57.385 --> 01:00:59.329 um , sort of like widely available 01:00:59.329 --> 01:01:01.052 options for folks . But , um , 01:01:01.052 --> 01:01:03.052 something that we're really excited 01:01:03.052 --> 01:01:04.829 about . There we go . Awesome . 01:01:06.909 --> 01:01:08.010 Give me a sec , 01:01:10.949 --> 01:01:11.949 everything . 01:01:15.899 --> 01:01:17.510 No , don't , don't do that . 01:01:21.370 --> 01:01:22.870 Um , here we go . 01:01:27.719 --> 01:01:29.830 Here it is . Uh , so we'll be talking 01:01:29.830 --> 01:01:31.997 about the relationship checkup today . 01:01:31.997 --> 01:01:33.830 Um , the relationship checkup is 01:01:33.830 --> 01:01:35.830 preventative health care . Um , and 01:01:35.830 --> 01:01:37.941 particularly today really focusing on 01:01:37.941 --> 01:01:39.997 the work that we've done with active 01:01:39.997 --> 01:01:42.108 service folks and veterans . So those 01:01:42.108 --> 01:01:45.580 who have served , so starting a little 01:01:45.590 --> 01:01:48.290 bit broadly , um in an area that I'm 01:01:48.300 --> 01:01:50.040 sure most of you are like very 01:01:50.050 --> 01:01:52.760 intimately familiar with um essentially 01:01:52.770 --> 01:01:54.881 that relationship health , the health 01:01:54.881 --> 01:01:57.048 of our relationships with our partners 01:01:57.048 --> 01:01:59.159 um with our families , with our loved 01:01:59.159 --> 01:02:01.326 ones impacts literally everything else 01:02:01.326 --> 01:02:03.548 that we do in our lives . Um So , so we 01:02:03.548 --> 01:02:05.770 often say relationship health is public 01:02:05.770 --> 01:02:07.919 health . Um And so to dig into those 01:02:07.929 --> 01:02:10.896 particulars a little bit here , um Some 01:02:10.906 --> 01:02:13.616 of the things uh that , that we like to 01:02:13.626 --> 01:02:16.037 highlight um that , that not everybody 01:02:16.047 --> 01:02:18.846 is fully aware of , uh is that 30% of 01:02:18.856 --> 01:02:21.376 all us relationships are significantly 01:02:21.386 --> 01:02:23.997 distressed . Um And , and that , that 01:02:24.007 --> 01:02:26.156 like to get to that significantly 01:02:26.166 --> 01:02:29.177 distressed threshold is pretty , pretty 01:02:29.187 --> 01:02:31.354 significant , right ? So it's not just 01:02:31.354 --> 01:02:33.520 like , oh , we , we argue sometimes or 01:02:33.520 --> 01:02:35.465 it could be better . It's like I'm 01:02:35.465 --> 01:02:37.576 really , really , really unhappy . Um 01:02:37.576 --> 01:02:39.631 And so a third of our couples that , 01:02:39.631 --> 01:02:41.687 that um that are partnered in the US 01:02:41.687 --> 01:02:44.654 feel that way . Um and we know that 01:02:44.664 --> 01:02:46.775 that level of relationship distress , 01:02:46.775 --> 01:02:48.720 in particular , that high level of 01:02:48.720 --> 01:02:51.343 distress um is linked to a whole host 01:02:51.354 --> 01:02:54.313 of negative outcomes , um particularly 01:02:54.323 --> 01:02:57.003 relevant to the veteran community um 01:02:57.013 --> 01:02:59.384 suicide and I PV , which I'll go into a 01:02:59.394 --> 01:03:01.616 little , little bit in the next slide . 01:03:01.616 --> 01:03:03.783 Um but also higher rates of all mental 01:03:03.783 --> 01:03:05.894 health concerns um compromised immune 01:03:05.894 --> 01:03:07.950 functioning . So a harder time being 01:03:07.950 --> 01:03:10.291 like physically um fit and able to 01:03:10.301 --> 01:03:13.311 fight off viruses and illnesses . Um 01:03:13.321 --> 01:03:15.631 not surprisingly negative child 01:03:15.641 --> 01:03:17.919 outcomes . So anyone who's in the home , 01:03:17.919 --> 01:03:21.010 in the dis in the sort of um presence 01:03:21.020 --> 01:03:22.798 of a distressed relationship is 01:03:22.798 --> 01:03:25.260 impacted by that relationship . Um 01:03:25.270 --> 01:03:27.851 billions of dollars in cost to society . 01:03:28.110 --> 01:03:30.850 Uh So overall , what we know is that 01:03:30.860 --> 01:03:32.916 preventing relationship distress can 01:03:32.916 --> 01:03:35.193 prevent a range of all of these things , 01:03:35.193 --> 01:03:37.527 psychological behavioral child outcomes , 01:03:37.527 --> 01:03:41.459 physical disorders , the looking 01:03:41.469 --> 01:03:43.820 specifically at suicide because it is 01:03:43.830 --> 01:03:47.310 such a um prevalent concern for all 01:03:47.320 --> 01:03:49.439 people , but especially for veterans 01:03:49.449 --> 01:03:51.729 and active duty folks . Um One of the 01:03:51.739 --> 01:03:53.572 things that we have found in the 01:03:53.572 --> 01:03:56.689 research is that 8 80% of people um who 01:03:56.699 --> 01:03:58.588 have left a note and not everyone 01:03:58.588 --> 01:04:00.699 leaves a note , but 80% of people who 01:04:00.699 --> 01:04:02.588 do leave a note after a completed 01:04:02.588 --> 01:04:04.570 suicide . Um cite that a failed 01:04:04.580 --> 01:04:06.524 relationship is one of the primary 01:04:06.524 --> 01:04:08.580 reasons why they chose to take their 01:04:08.580 --> 01:04:11.929 life . So we know that the risk factors 01:04:11.939 --> 01:04:14.161 for suicide are highest among those who 01:04:14.161 --> 01:04:16.489 have that high level of relationship 01:04:16.500 --> 01:04:18.500 distress or the really low level of 01:04:18.500 --> 01:04:20.667 relationship satisfaction . So , it is 01:04:20.667 --> 01:04:23.149 a very um sort of intimately linked uh 01:04:23.159 --> 01:04:25.830 contributing factor to the way that 01:04:25.840 --> 01:04:29.810 people severe mental illness can um can 01:04:29.820 --> 01:04:32.610 really create a high risk factor for uh 01:04:32.620 --> 01:04:33.530 suicide . 01:04:37.989 --> 01:04:40.156 Just one more quick note on this one , 01:04:40.156 --> 01:04:42.378 this is the , so , so the the work that 01:04:42.378 --> 01:04:44.545 we do to strengthen relationships , um 01:04:44.545 --> 01:04:46.600 And I'll go into some of the studies 01:04:46.600 --> 01:04:48.711 later really , really is able to help 01:04:48.711 --> 01:04:50.459 reduce this risk , um which is 01:04:50.469 --> 01:04:52.870 something that in particular , the 01:04:52.939 --> 01:04:55.169 Department of Defense . Um and the 01:04:55.179 --> 01:04:57.770 Veterans administration is , is very 01:04:57.780 --> 01:05:00.929 interested in finding ways to help 01:05:00.939 --> 01:05:04.840 people lower this risk . The um 01:05:04.850 --> 01:05:07.017 right side of things , right ? If like 01:05:07.017 --> 01:05:09.128 distressed relationships cause all of 01:05:09.128 --> 01:05:11.294 these negative outcomes . What we know 01:05:11.294 --> 01:05:13.628 is that healthy relationships have this , 01:05:13.628 --> 01:05:15.850 this similar effect , but in a positive 01:05:15.850 --> 01:05:17.350 realm , right ? So healthy 01:05:17.350 --> 01:05:19.350 relationships contribute to so many 01:05:19.350 --> 01:05:21.294 better healthier , stronger , more 01:05:21.294 --> 01:05:23.620 vibrant um positive outcomes in folks 01:05:23.629 --> 01:05:25.907 lives . Um So better subjective . Well , 01:05:25.907 --> 01:05:28.530 being one of my favorite studies in 01:05:28.540 --> 01:05:30.649 that spot is that of , of all of the 01:05:30.659 --> 01:05:33.169 factors of our lives that contribute to 01:05:33.179 --> 01:05:35.401 our sense of happiness , including like 01:05:35.401 --> 01:05:37.512 our health , um our relationship with 01:05:37.512 --> 01:05:39.735 our kids , how happy we are in our jobs 01:05:39.735 --> 01:05:42.250 that like your relationship with your 01:05:42.260 --> 01:05:44.371 partner or your romantic relationship 01:05:44.371 --> 01:05:46.538 takes up the greatest variance of that 01:05:46.538 --> 01:05:48.427 pie chart . So it is actually the 01:05:48.427 --> 01:05:50.538 biggest predictor of how happy we are 01:05:50.538 --> 01:05:52.760 in our lives . Um healthy relationships 01:05:52.760 --> 01:05:54.871 also related to higher income , fewer 01:05:54.871 --> 01:05:56.649 risk taking behaviors . This is 01:05:56.649 --> 01:05:58.649 particularly true for men . This is 01:05:58.649 --> 01:06:00.649 particularly true for veterans . Um 01:06:00.649 --> 01:06:02.871 more positive outcomes for Children and 01:06:02.871 --> 01:06:05.149 just a greater overall physical health . 01:06:05.959 --> 01:06:07.848 So that's sort of the context why 01:06:07.848 --> 01:06:09.792 relationship health matters . It's 01:06:09.792 --> 01:06:11.570 affected . Um It affects and is 01:06:11.570 --> 01:06:13.681 affected by all of those other health 01:06:13.681 --> 01:06:15.737 systems . So we really conceptualize 01:06:15.737 --> 01:06:18.015 relationship health as a health system . 01:06:19.959 --> 01:06:22.459 And what we find is that the way that 01:06:22.469 --> 01:06:25.110 the system is really set up right now , 01:06:25.129 --> 01:06:27.360 um is we don't have a lot of options 01:06:27.370 --> 01:06:29.092 for taking regular care of our 01:06:29.092 --> 01:06:31.340 relationships . What we tend to have is 01:06:31.350 --> 01:06:33.628 this kind of like emergency room model , 01:06:33.628 --> 01:06:35.794 right ? Where it's like if you've been 01:06:35.794 --> 01:06:38.340 uncomfortable in pain , distressed in 01:06:38.350 --> 01:06:40.350 your relationship for a long enough 01:06:40.350 --> 01:06:42.406 amount of time , then you can go see 01:06:42.406 --> 01:06:44.350 somebody . So this is our tertiary 01:06:44.350 --> 01:06:46.239 intervention , right ? Things are 01:06:46.239 --> 01:06:48.406 already quite painful and they've been 01:06:48.406 --> 01:06:50.517 quite painful for a long time . Uh We 01:06:50.517 --> 01:06:52.739 know that most people wait on average 6 01:06:52.739 --> 01:06:54.850 to 7 years before seeking any kind of 01:06:54.850 --> 01:06:57.017 professional relationship care , which 01:06:57.017 --> 01:06:59.165 is a long time um to be significantly 01:06:59.175 --> 01:07:02.679 distressed . So it is all the this type 01:07:02.689 --> 01:07:05.820 of intervention is sought only after 01:07:06.820 --> 01:07:09.280 a long time , waiting a long time in 01:07:09.290 --> 01:07:11.179 that amount of time , significant 01:07:11.179 --> 01:07:13.659 deterioration has occurred . Um So , so 01:07:13.669 --> 01:07:16.239 there's a delay to accessing care . Uh 01:07:16.250 --> 01:07:18.361 Most tertiary interventions , this is 01:07:18.361 --> 01:07:20.639 like long term couples therapy , right ? 01:07:20.639 --> 01:07:23.060 Most of them , um , are very expensive . 01:07:23.070 --> 01:07:25.360 They're relatively long term and the 01:07:25.370 --> 01:07:27.639 sort of acute crisis right now is that 01:07:27.649 --> 01:07:29.649 everybody who is trained is already 01:07:29.649 --> 01:07:31.871 full . Um , so the waitlist , even once 01:07:31.871 --> 01:07:33.982 you get over all those other barriers 01:07:33.982 --> 01:07:36.093 to get into care , the wait list is , 01:07:36.165 --> 01:07:39.205 is too long . Um , and there's a social 01:07:39.215 --> 01:07:40.937 stigma to it . Right . Um , so 01:07:40.937 --> 01:07:43.405 essentially a lot of people have that 01:07:43.415 --> 01:07:45.471 sense still . Like , I don't want to 01:07:45.471 --> 01:07:47.693 air my laundry in front of somebody . I 01:07:47.693 --> 01:07:49.859 should be able to pull myself up by my 01:07:49.859 --> 01:07:52.082 own bootstraps , like we should be able 01:07:52.082 --> 01:07:54.193 to deal with this privately . Um So a 01:07:54.193 --> 01:07:56.359 lot of conceptions about what it means 01:07:56.359 --> 01:07:58.582 to be in long term couples therapy that 01:07:58.582 --> 01:08:00.748 prevent people from going . And one of 01:08:00.748 --> 01:08:00.330 the things that we always say is like , 01:08:00.340 --> 01:08:02.451 if you're trying to get yourself into 01:08:02.451 --> 01:08:04.507 mental health care , like individual 01:08:04.507 --> 01:08:06.618 therapy , the only person you have to 01:08:06.618 --> 01:08:06.550 convince is yourself , if you're trying 01:08:06.560 --> 01:08:08.727 to get into couples therapy , you also 01:08:08.727 --> 01:08:10.838 have to convince your partner , which 01:08:10.838 --> 01:08:14.620 makes it a lot more challenging . On 01:08:14.629 --> 01:08:16.890 the far end of the , the , the earlier 01:08:16.899 --> 01:08:18.899 end of the continuum , we have this 01:08:18.899 --> 01:08:21.121 sort of universal prevention model . Um 01:08:21.121 --> 01:08:23.232 So these are things like relationship 01:08:23.232 --> 01:08:25.459 education programs . Um It's usually 01:08:25.470 --> 01:08:27.939 offered to newlyweds only , um 01:08:27.950 --> 01:08:30.172 sometimes within the church , sometimes 01:08:30.172 --> 01:08:32.172 sort of in a classroom setting like 01:08:32.172 --> 01:08:34.254 prep . Um It's very like , it's , it 01:08:34.265 --> 01:08:36.543 sort of targets the general population , 01:08:36.543 --> 01:08:38.821 it tends to target early relationships . 01:08:38.821 --> 01:08:40.654 It tends to target folks who are 01:08:40.654 --> 01:08:42.265 already quite happy in their 01:08:42.265 --> 01:08:44.432 relationship . And the idea is that it 01:08:44.432 --> 01:08:44.334 sort of teaches people relationship 01:08:44.345 --> 01:08:46.567 skills how to have good communication , 01:08:46.567 --> 01:08:48.799 how to solve conflict . The research is 01:08:48.810 --> 01:08:50.977 a little bit mixed in this spot . It's 01:08:50.977 --> 01:08:52.977 like helpful for some couples . The 01:08:52.977 --> 01:08:55.088 couples that it's helpful for are the 01:08:55.088 --> 01:08:57.199 couples who are probably the least in 01:08:57.199 --> 01:08:59.199 need . Um And it just , most people 01:08:59.199 --> 01:09:01.143 don't have access to it . A lot of 01:09:01.143 --> 01:09:03.088 people who do have access to it um 01:09:03.088 --> 01:09:05.088 didn't like going to school so they 01:09:05.088 --> 01:09:07.310 don't want to go spend their weekend in 01:09:07.310 --> 01:09:07.200 a classroom , learning things . Um So 01:09:07.209 --> 01:09:10.009 it's not the most attractive for a lot 01:09:10.020 --> 01:09:13.000 of folks . So we've got this a 01:09:13.009 --> 01:09:15.870 huge gap right where we've got primary 01:09:15.879 --> 01:09:18.250 education , which is sort of akin to 01:09:18.259 --> 01:09:20.859 just like learning . Um We often use a 01:09:20.870 --> 01:09:22.926 dental metaphor , right ? So this is 01:09:22.926 --> 01:09:24.592 sort of like learning in like 01:09:24.592 --> 01:09:26.537 elementary school how to brush and 01:09:26.537 --> 01:09:28.759 floss your teeth . They're like , these 01:09:28.759 --> 01:09:27.779 are the skills that you're gonna need 01:09:27.790 --> 01:09:29.970 in your life . Good luck . Uh We hope 01:09:29.979 --> 01:09:32.090 that you are able to take really good 01:09:32.090 --> 01:09:34.312 care of your teeth . And then we've got 01:09:34.312 --> 01:09:36.646 tertiary intervention that's like , man , 01:09:36.646 --> 01:09:38.812 this tooth has been hurting for 6 to 7 01:09:38.812 --> 01:09:40.868 years . I'm probably gonna go need a 01:09:40.868 --> 01:09:42.923 root canal . You can like go to your 01:09:42.923 --> 01:09:45.146 dentist and have some like major dental 01:09:45.146 --> 01:09:44.909 intervention . We've got these far end 01:09:44.918 --> 01:09:47.085 of the continuum , right ? But what we 01:09:47.085 --> 01:09:49.309 are trying to do in the work uh with 01:09:49.318 --> 01:09:51.628 the Ramu is to bridge that gap to offer 01:09:51.639 --> 01:09:53.740 something for couples that regular 01:09:53.750 --> 01:09:56.350 proactive and preventative so that 01:09:56.359 --> 01:09:58.959 everyone um no matter what's happening 01:09:58.970 --> 01:10:01.137 in their relationship , no matter what 01:10:01.137 --> 01:10:03.359 the sort of shape of their relationship 01:10:03.359 --> 01:10:05.959 is , has access um to regular evidence 01:10:05.979 --> 01:10:09.279 based really um really powerful care um 01:10:09.290 --> 01:10:11.068 to keep them strong and healthy 01:10:11.068 --> 01:10:13.290 throughout their entire relationships . 01:10:14.149 --> 01:10:16.260 So we often say like what we wanna do 01:10:16.260 --> 01:10:18.879 here uh for relationships is like the 01:10:18.890 --> 01:10:20.890 equivalent of what we wanna do with 01:10:20.890 --> 01:10:22.946 like annual dental checkups , annual 01:10:22.946 --> 01:10:25.168 physical checkups . Um So to be able to 01:10:25.168 --> 01:10:27.379 have that regular touch point , um 01:10:27.390 --> 01:10:29.557 where you're going to a professional , 01:10:29.557 --> 01:10:31.668 who's able to take a sort of holistic 01:10:31.668 --> 01:10:33.668 look at your relationship , um your 01:10:33.668 --> 01:10:35.446 history , your strengths , your 01:10:35.446 --> 01:10:37.850 concerns uh tend to what is doing what 01:10:37.859 --> 01:10:40.081 you're doing really well and offer some 01:10:40.081 --> 01:10:42.026 support in the areas that you need 01:10:42.026 --> 01:10:44.137 support . And then the idea is like , 01:10:44.137 --> 01:10:46.192 come back , come back next year . So 01:10:46.192 --> 01:10:48.415 just like you schedule your physical um 01:10:48.415 --> 01:10:50.748 right when you're leaving your physical , 01:10:50.748 --> 01:10:50.129 you schedule the one for next year . 01:10:50.140 --> 01:10:52.029 That's sort of the , the blue sky 01:10:52.029 --> 01:10:54.084 vision that we have for relationship 01:10:54.084 --> 01:10:56.251 checkups . So the idea here is that we 01:10:56.251 --> 01:10:57.918 have these twin goals of both 01:10:57.918 --> 01:10:59.973 prevention um for couples who aren't 01:10:59.973 --> 01:11:01.870 super distressed yet . And early 01:11:01.879 --> 01:11:04.101 intervention for folks who are starting 01:11:04.101 --> 01:11:06.479 to feel um maybe some disconnection , 01:11:06.490 --> 01:11:08.490 maybe some sort of distance between 01:11:08.490 --> 01:11:10.810 them . Um And also intervention , 01:11:10.819 --> 01:11:12.652 intervention for couples who are 01:11:12.652 --> 01:11:14.819 actually significantly distressed . We 01:11:14.819 --> 01:11:16.708 found in our research trials that 01:11:16.708 --> 01:11:18.763 that's able to um sort of kick start 01:11:18.763 --> 01:11:20.763 the intimacy process again and turn 01:11:20.763 --> 01:11:22.930 those folks back towards each other in 01:11:22.930 --> 01:11:26.549 a meaningful way . So the uh 01:11:27.509 --> 01:11:30.520 beautiful thing about the checkup um is 01:11:30.529 --> 01:11:32.751 that it lowers barriers to care , which 01:11:32.751 --> 01:11:34.918 is like the whole point of why we made 01:11:34.918 --> 01:11:36.918 the checkup , the checkups , why we 01:11:36.918 --> 01:11:39.140 named it a checkup ? Um Because calling 01:11:39.140 --> 01:11:41.140 something a checkup is so much less 01:11:41.140 --> 01:11:40.910 threatening than calling something 01:11:40.919 --> 01:11:43.330 therapy , right ? So a lot of people um 01:11:43.339 --> 01:11:45.506 in our early research trials would say 01:11:45.506 --> 01:11:47.450 why , what made you decide to do a 01:11:47.450 --> 01:11:49.672 relationship checkup at this time ? And 01:11:49.672 --> 01:11:51.728 so many people , especially a lot of 01:11:51.728 --> 01:11:53.561 the guys were like , well , well 01:11:53.561 --> 01:11:55.672 therapy , I'll do this because it was 01:11:55.672 --> 01:11:57.672 something but it wasn't the scary , 01:11:57.672 --> 01:11:59.895 scary thing but like I've been avoiding 01:11:59.895 --> 01:12:02.117 for my full relationship . Um It , it's 01:12:02.117 --> 01:12:04.395 quick , it's brief , it's two sessions . 01:12:04.395 --> 01:12:06.506 Um We also have a three session model 01:12:06.506 --> 01:12:08.561 that we use in integrated care , but 01:12:08.561 --> 01:12:10.728 it's just a few sessions . Um it's not 01:12:10.728 --> 01:12:12.839 threatening , right ? Just because of 01:12:12.839 --> 01:12:15.061 like the name itself . The structure of 01:12:15.061 --> 01:12:17.283 it is also really um strength based and 01:12:17.283 --> 01:12:19.395 fun . Uh And what we found is that it 01:12:19.395 --> 01:12:21.395 really increases motivation to seek 01:12:21.395 --> 01:12:23.450 additional care . So we get a lot of 01:12:23.450 --> 01:12:25.395 couples into the checkup who would 01:12:25.395 --> 01:12:27.506 never otherwise seek care . Uh And we 01:12:27.506 --> 01:12:29.617 know that because they've pulled us , 01:12:29.617 --> 01:12:31.172 like we asked that question 01:12:31.172 --> 01:12:31.000 specifically . Like , would you have 01:12:31.009 --> 01:12:33.231 gone to couple therapy ? Would you have 01:12:33.231 --> 01:12:36.055 gone to , um , someone in your church ? 01:12:36.064 --> 01:12:38.175 Would you have gone to ? And , like , 01:12:38.175 --> 01:12:38.154 they're like , no , I wouldn't have 01:12:38.165 --> 01:12:40.387 done any of that stuff , but I would do 01:12:40.387 --> 01:12:42.554 this and then once they do this , once 01:12:42.554 --> 01:12:44.832 they have access to this level of care , 01:12:44.832 --> 01:12:46.943 they're so much more willing to go on 01:12:46.943 --> 01:12:48.943 to a higher level of care if that's 01:12:48.943 --> 01:12:50.998 something um that they need and that 01:12:50.998 --> 01:12:54.870 would serve their relationship . Uh So 01:12:54.879 --> 01:12:57.101 this is one of our models , we , like I 01:12:57.101 --> 01:12:59.268 said , the , the checkup is relatively 01:12:59.268 --> 01:13:01.490 flexible . Um So we can do it in either 01:13:01.490 --> 01:13:03.601 two sessions . Um Really even there's 01:13:03.601 --> 01:13:05.657 also a one session model . Um So the 01:13:05.657 --> 01:13:07.657 one session model is 60 minutes and 01:13:07.657 --> 01:13:09.768 then they just receive their report , 01:13:09.768 --> 01:13:09.759 they don't have that second session . 01:13:09.939 --> 01:13:12.050 There's a two session model where you 01:13:12.050 --> 01:13:14.050 have a session with your provider , 01:13:14.050 --> 01:13:16.272 then you receive your report , then you 01:13:16.272 --> 01:13:18.495 have a session to sort of go over those 01:13:18.495 --> 01:13:18.270 options and motivational interviewing 01:13:18.365 --> 01:13:20.421 kind of way . And then the session , 01:13:20.421 --> 01:13:22.725 the model that I have up on this slide 01:13:22.734 --> 01:13:24.901 is what we use in integrated care . So 01:13:24.901 --> 01:13:26.790 this is sort of in a primary care 01:13:26.790 --> 01:13:29.012 setting where we've broken it into 3 30 01:13:29.012 --> 01:13:31.178 minute sessions . Um So the first part 01:13:31.178 --> 01:13:33.345 of this is just relationship history . 01:13:33.345 --> 01:13:35.567 Tell me your love story . What drew you 01:13:35.567 --> 01:13:35.075 together , what do you love about each 01:13:35.084 --> 01:13:37.084 other . Um Why did you choose to be 01:13:37.084 --> 01:13:38.973 with this one person ? Um This is 01:13:38.973 --> 01:13:41.140 usually a very sweet heartwarming part 01:13:41.140 --> 01:13:43.660 of the checkup . Then we talk about 01:13:43.669 --> 01:13:45.391 their primary strengths and we 01:13:45.391 --> 01:13:47.447 celebrate what they're already doing 01:13:47.447 --> 01:13:49.669 quite well . Um The transition there is 01:13:49.669 --> 01:13:51.836 to each partner's primary concern . So 01:13:51.836 --> 01:13:54.058 even though it's short , we get like so 01:13:54.058 --> 01:13:56.060 quickly to the heart of what uh is 01:13:56.069 --> 01:13:58.279 happening for the couples . Um So 01:13:58.290 --> 01:14:00.179 really powerful intervention in a 01:14:00.179 --> 01:14:02.799 really short amount of time . Um Every 01:14:02.890 --> 01:14:05.109 couple receives in what we call a pair 01:14:05.120 --> 01:14:07.231 report , personalized or rau intimacy 01:14:07.231 --> 01:14:10.169 report . Um Basically summarizing all 01:14:10.180 --> 01:14:12.291 of that stuff and providing a menu of 01:14:12.291 --> 01:14:14.549 research based options for the concerns 01:14:14.560 --> 01:14:16.950 that they present as just ways to um 01:14:16.959 --> 01:14:19.015 continue to sort of strengthen their 01:14:19.015 --> 01:14:21.181 relationship and maybe address some of 01:14:21.181 --> 01:14:23.181 those concerns um that they haven't 01:14:23.181 --> 01:14:25.237 thought about yet . And then there's 01:14:25.237 --> 01:14:27.237 this follow up session uh where you 01:14:27.237 --> 01:14:29.459 work with the provider again to sort of 01:14:29.459 --> 01:14:29.370 go over those things , identify 01:14:29.379 --> 01:14:31.546 barriers , come up with an action plan 01:14:31.546 --> 01:14:33.546 for how you're going to continue to 01:14:33.546 --> 01:14:35.323 take care of the health of your 01:14:35.323 --> 01:14:37.490 relationship . So that's what it looks 01:14:37.490 --> 01:14:39.212 like broadly . One of the main 01:14:39.212 --> 01:14:41.379 questions that we get a lot is is this 01:14:41.379 --> 01:14:43.720 just for like happy couples ? Is this 01:14:43.729 --> 01:14:45.951 only for people who have no problems at 01:14:45.951 --> 01:14:47.951 all ? Um And what we say is that it 01:14:47.951 --> 01:14:50.100 really works for the entire continuum 01:14:50.109 --> 01:14:52.680 of couples . So for healthy couples we 01:14:52.689 --> 01:14:54.911 think about the checkup as prevention . 01:14:54.911 --> 01:14:56.856 Um but for distressed couples , we 01:14:56.856 --> 01:14:59.580 think about it as early intervention in 01:14:59.589 --> 01:15:01.700 all of our research trials . When you 01:15:01.700 --> 01:15:03.700 look at distress , as a moderator , 01:15:03.700 --> 01:15:06.524 distress had the greatest gains , right ? 01:15:06.535 --> 01:15:08.868 And so that tells us like , well , yeah , 01:15:08.868 --> 01:15:10.924 they had more room to grow , right ? 01:15:10.924 --> 01:15:12.757 Because they were reporting more 01:15:12.757 --> 01:15:15.035 relationship distress on the front end , 01:15:15.035 --> 01:15:17.146 but also that they did , right , that 01:15:17.146 --> 01:15:16.734 they did improve , that their 01:15:16.745 --> 01:15:20.024 satisfaction um went went up , that 01:15:20.035 --> 01:15:22.146 their distress went down , that their 01:15:22.146 --> 01:15:24.368 depressive symptoms decreased , right ? 01:15:24.368 --> 01:15:26.313 So the the very short intervention 01:15:26.313 --> 01:15:29.185 still quite effective for um very 01:15:29.194 --> 01:15:32.379 distressed couples . So I'll go through 01:15:32.390 --> 01:15:35.870 these kind of fast . Um This was uh 01:15:35.879 --> 01:15:39.240 this graph here is on our pilot study 01:15:39.250 --> 01:15:41.361 in the Air forces , active duty , air 01:15:41.361 --> 01:15:43.680 Force couples . Um I believe we had 01:15:43.689 --> 01:15:47.350 2022 couples in this study . So small 01:15:47.359 --> 01:15:49.620 pilot study . Um The M si is a 01:15:49.629 --> 01:15:51.685 satisfaction measure . The QM I is a 01:15:51.685 --> 01:15:53.859 relationship satisfaction and the ISQ 01:15:53.870 --> 01:15:56.520 is intimate safety and you see baseline 01:15:56.529 --> 01:15:58.473 is before they had a checkup . Two 01:15:58.473 --> 01:16:00.307 weeks , is two weeks after their 01:16:00.307 --> 01:16:02.085 checkup . We see pretty huge uh 01:16:02.085 --> 01:16:04.029 improvements in all three of those 01:16:04.029 --> 01:16:06.251 relationship measures , a little bit of 01:16:06.251 --> 01:16:08.473 a decline but still very significant um 01:16:08.473 --> 01:16:11.560 from baseline at two months . And this 01:16:11.569 --> 01:16:14.000 graph is so much less uh exciting to 01:16:14.009 --> 01:16:16.319 look at . But this is from uh taking 01:16:16.330 --> 01:16:18.219 that pilot study , we did a whole 01:16:18.219 --> 01:16:20.386 randomized control trial funded by the 01:16:20.386 --> 01:16:22.663 Department of Defense in the Air Force . 01:16:22.663 --> 01:16:24.830 So this is again active duty couples , 01:16:24.830 --> 01:16:26.886 but 200 couples . Um and what we see 01:16:26.886 --> 01:16:29.163 that top line is our treatment couples . 01:16:29.163 --> 01:16:31.386 So we see that there's that improvement 01:16:31.386 --> 01:16:33.552 in relationship satisfaction one month 01:16:33.552 --> 01:16:35.719 after their checkup . And then there's 01:16:35.719 --> 01:16:35.379 still a little bit of a decline but 01:16:35.390 --> 01:16:37.520 still significantly improved from 01:16:37.529 --> 01:16:40.040 baseline . Interesting thing here is if 01:16:40.049 --> 01:16:42.216 you look at our control couples and so 01:16:42.216 --> 01:16:44.216 these are folks who enrolled in the 01:16:44.216 --> 01:16:43.890 study and just didn't have an 01:16:43.899 --> 01:16:46.010 intervention until after six months . 01:16:46.010 --> 01:16:48.100 Um There is a steady decline in 01:16:48.109 --> 01:16:51.660 intimacy . Um And in relationship 01:16:51.669 --> 01:16:53.336 satisfaction . So left to our 01:16:53.336 --> 01:16:55.447 completely owned devices . One of our 01:16:55.447 --> 01:16:57.613 hypotheses is that relationship health 01:16:57.613 --> 01:16:59.780 sort of just deteriorates on its own . 01:16:59.780 --> 01:17:01.836 And this is why having a checkup can 01:17:01.836 --> 01:17:03.836 help boost that process can sort of 01:17:03.836 --> 01:17:05.947 arrest the deterioration or the decay 01:17:05.947 --> 01:17:09.430 that just happens naturally . We also 01:17:09.439 --> 01:17:12.600 looked at um the checkup specifically 01:17:12.609 --> 01:17:14.540 for folks who were high risk for 01:17:14.549 --> 01:17:17.100 suicide uh in the Department of 01:17:17.109 --> 01:17:20.750 Veterans Affairs um in a va in New York . 01:17:20.759 --> 01:17:23.037 So this was a single armed pilot study , 01:17:23.037 --> 01:17:25.315 uh positive for a mental health screen . 01:17:25.315 --> 01:17:27.203 So they were meeting criteria for 01:17:27.203 --> 01:17:29.939 depression PTS , um and suicidality . 01:17:30.069 --> 01:17:32.069 And we were , we found that we were 01:17:32.069 --> 01:17:34.236 able to recruit a really elevated risk 01:17:34.236 --> 01:17:36.580 sample with a 90% completion rate . So 01:17:36.589 --> 01:17:38.811 those who started the checkup , this is 01:17:38.811 --> 01:17:41.330 a 3 30 minute model finished it , which 01:17:41.339 --> 01:17:44.120 is unheard of Um So people really 01:17:44.129 --> 01:17:46.709 appreciate it once they get going . Um , 01:17:46.720 --> 01:17:49.029 lot of satisfaction with the checkup 01:17:49.040 --> 01:17:51.262 and improvement in all the domains that 01:17:51.262 --> 01:17:53.484 we would want there to be improvement . 01:17:53.484 --> 01:17:55.540 So all relationship , health domains 01:17:55.540 --> 01:17:57.762 and P improvements in PTSD , depression 01:17:57.762 --> 01:17:59.990 and then these sort of very particular 01:18:00.000 --> 01:18:02.580 ways that people might feel um in their 01:18:02.589 --> 01:18:04.756 relationship , like I'm a burden to my 01:18:04.756 --> 01:18:06.756 partner that one down . Um , I feel 01:18:06.756 --> 01:18:08.685 like my attempts at belonging are 01:18:08.694 --> 01:18:10.805 thwarted that went down . So we found 01:18:10.805 --> 01:18:12.916 some really cool stuff there that has 01:18:12.916 --> 01:18:16.785 turned into a um RCT . So we're taking 01:18:16.794 --> 01:18:19.785 this pilot study and , and trying to uh 01:18:19.794 --> 01:18:22.095 see if we can find out even more , see 01:18:22.104 --> 01:18:24.160 if we can replicate those findings . 01:18:24.470 --> 01:18:26.692 And then finally , this is a case study 01:18:26.692 --> 01:18:28.748 uh of the work that we're doing with 01:18:28.748 --> 01:18:30.914 the rau in the Department of Defense . 01:18:30.914 --> 01:18:32.803 Um And so this is in the military 01:18:32.803 --> 01:18:35.330 Family Life counselor program . Um And 01:18:35.339 --> 01:18:37.620 essentially what we have done is since 01:18:37.629 --> 01:18:41.069 2000 , since 2020 we have um 01:18:41.080 --> 01:18:44.100 trained all of the adult military 01:18:44.109 --> 01:18:45.776 family life counselors in the 01:18:45.776 --> 01:18:47.720 relationship checkup . Um So we've 01:18:47.720 --> 01:18:49.759 trained over 1000 providers . Those 01:18:49.770 --> 01:18:52.000 providers have offered more than 5000 01:18:52.009 --> 01:18:54.120 checkups to service members and their 01:18:54.120 --> 01:18:55.953 families , um which we're really 01:18:55.953 --> 01:18:58.120 excited about . We are able to collect 01:18:58.120 --> 01:19:00.287 as much data on them because it is not 01:19:00.287 --> 01:19:02.342 research , it is dissemination . But 01:19:02.342 --> 01:19:04.287 the little bit that we are able to 01:19:04.287 --> 01:19:06.342 collect is just a prepo satisfaction 01:19:06.342 --> 01:19:08.176 measure . Tracks with all of our 01:19:08.176 --> 01:19:10.398 research . So we find the same gains um 01:19:10.398 --> 01:19:12.565 in satisfaction with this roll out and 01:19:12.565 --> 01:19:14.787 dissemination effort that we have found 01:19:14.787 --> 01:19:16.176 in all of our research . 01:19:18.720 --> 01:19:21.439 So we , we have uh partnerships with so 01:19:21.450 --> 01:19:23.709 many different um folks , uh 01:19:23.720 --> 01:19:26.020 particularly veterans and for those who 01:19:26.029 --> 01:19:27.862 have served , um , department of 01:19:27.862 --> 01:19:30.085 Defense va integrated behavioral health 01:19:30.085 --> 01:19:32.029 programs , behavioral health group 01:19:32.029 --> 01:19:35.259 practices . Um And we're really pushing 01:19:35.270 --> 01:19:37.381 this out more even just to individual 01:19:37.381 --> 01:19:40.870 uh mental health providers . Uh 01:19:40.879 --> 01:19:44.149 So wrapping it up relationship health 01:19:44.160 --> 01:19:46.327 is our mental and physical health like 01:19:46.327 --> 01:19:49.009 they're so intimately linked . Um And 01:19:49.020 --> 01:19:51.131 what what affects one will affect the 01:19:51.131 --> 01:19:53.870 other . Um We have lots of research to 01:19:53.879 --> 01:19:55.657 show that the checkup is proven 01:19:55.657 --> 01:19:57.601 effective for military and veteran 01:19:57.601 --> 01:19:59.657 couples . Um We have a really strong 01:19:59.657 --> 01:20:01.768 track record with the military family 01:20:01.768 --> 01:20:04.399 Life counselor program . It's effective 01:20:04.410 --> 01:20:06.529 for a whole range of couples from 01:20:06.540 --> 01:20:08.549 really happy to significantly 01:20:08.560 --> 01:20:11.129 distressed . Um And we have been able 01:20:11.140 --> 01:20:13.430 to sort of seamlessly integrate into 01:20:13.439 --> 01:20:15.328 the various health care systems . 01:20:17.470 --> 01:20:19.748 Uh So if you want any more information , 01:20:19.748 --> 01:20:21.859 you can go to our website arrau.com . 01:20:21.859 --> 01:20:23.914 Um We do have a training coming up . 01:20:23.914 --> 01:20:26.137 We're training providers on the checkup 01:20:26.137 --> 01:20:28.359 model . It's a 12 hour training with uh 01:20:28.359 --> 01:20:30.359 Doctor Cordova , the creator of the 01:20:30.359 --> 01:20:32.526 checkup and myself . Um And so this uh 01:20:32.526 --> 01:20:34.692 QR code will take you there if you are 01:20:34.692 --> 01:20:36.748 interested in that . And if you have 01:20:36.748 --> 01:20:38.859 any other questions about bringing it 01:20:38.859 --> 01:20:41.081 to a practice or how it might integrate 01:20:41.081 --> 01:20:41.029 into your own setting . You can reach 01:20:41.040 --> 01:20:43.439 out to Mike at Mike at ao.com . 01:20:45.629 --> 01:20:46.740 Thank you so much . 01:20:49.720 --> 01:20:51.776 Thank you , Doctor Gray . That was a 01:20:51.776 --> 01:20:54.859 lot of great information and uh for the 01:20:54.870 --> 01:20:57.290 network's awareness . Uh Currently 01:20:57.299 --> 01:21:00.850 Vermont has one department of Defense 01:21:00.859 --> 01:21:03.279 Military Family Life Counselor , which 01:21:03.290 --> 01:21:05.930 is located , uh her name is Kim Payton 01:21:06.290 --> 01:21:09.115 and she is located at the one a fighter 01:21:09.125 --> 01:21:12.814 wing base . And Kim has said that 01:21:13.095 --> 01:21:16.354 um as long as couples are interested 01:21:16.765 --> 01:21:19.305 and are able to come to her at the wing 01:21:19.314 --> 01:21:21.625 that it did not matter what a military 01:21:21.634 --> 01:21:23.745 affiliation that they were , that she 01:21:23.745 --> 01:21:25.745 would do the relationship , couples 01:21:25.745 --> 01:21:29.450 counseling with them . Um So we'd like 01:21:29.459 --> 01:21:32.310 to see over time how we can boost that 01:21:32.560 --> 01:21:35.350 uh resource for the military community . 01:21:35.479 --> 01:21:38.339 But until then , Kim can at least track 01:21:38.350 --> 01:21:41.549 to say how effective it's uh and the 01:21:41.560 --> 01:21:43.782 number of couples that she's seen to do 01:21:43.782 --> 01:21:45.939 the relationship checkup . Are there 01:21:45.950 --> 01:21:48.172 any questions for Doctor Grey or Mike ? 01:22:00.540 --> 01:22:03.680 All right . Thank you so much . Uh 01:22:04.129 --> 01:22:06.129 Doctor Gray . The question that was 01:22:06.129 --> 01:22:08.240 brought up was , is it possible to uh 01:22:08.250 --> 01:22:10.359 be provided the slide deck of the 01:22:10.370 --> 01:22:12.680 information that you were gave today ? 01:22:13.680 --> 01:22:15.847 I will send that . Um I will send that 01:22:15.847 --> 01:22:17.910 your way . Thank you so much . 01:22:18.120 --> 01:22:21.370 Absolutely . All right . You are both 01:22:21.379 --> 01:22:23.379 welcome to stay on the call for our 01:22:23.390 --> 01:22:25.750 final presentation if you'd like . 01:22:25.879 --> 01:22:27.990 You're more than welcome to join us . 01:22:27.990 --> 01:22:30.212 In fact , Mike , you can even be on the 01:22:30.212 --> 01:22:33.000 network moving forward . So , uh , or 01:22:33.009 --> 01:22:35.009 if we have additional questions and 01:22:35.009 --> 01:22:37.231 you're not on , we can , I can go ahead 01:22:37.231 --> 01:22:39.379 and email them to you ? Awesome . 01:22:39.390 --> 01:22:42.379 Thanks so much . All right . Thank you . 01:22:42.490 --> 01:22:45.169 Uh Next up , I have a very special 01:22:45.180 --> 01:22:47.709 guest and team member who sits right 01:22:47.720 --> 01:22:49.942 next to me so we can spend lots of time 01:22:49.942 --> 01:22:52.164 together . Andre Wayne , who's going to 01:22:52.164 --> 01:22:53.942 talk about the Vermont Veterans 01:22:53.942 --> 01:22:56.109 Outreach Dental Program , the new 01:22:56.120 --> 01:22:58.399 dental program . Take it away , Andre . 01:22:59.129 --> 01:23:03.029 So , so good morning . Uh I just wanna 01:23:03.040 --> 01:23:05.151 get a little bit of history about our 01:23:05.151 --> 01:23:07.373 program , the uh Vermont Veterans Irish 01:23:07.373 --> 01:23:09.596 program . We've been in existence since 01:23:09.596 --> 01:23:13.020 uh 2007 . Uh As you can see on your 01:23:13.029 --> 01:23:14.862 slide there , that's our mission 01:23:14.862 --> 01:23:17.520 statement . Um You know , we've been at 01:23:17.529 --> 01:23:19.890 it for at least 16 years on the first 01:23:19.899 --> 01:23:22.609 of April . Uh We're doing all kinds of 01:23:22.620 --> 01:23:25.209 wonderful things . Uh We carry a 01:23:25.220 --> 01:23:28.169 caseload of about 400 01:23:28.720 --> 01:23:31.509 uh open cases that we have uh combat 01:23:31.520 --> 01:23:33.353 veterans , not combat veterans , 01:23:33.353 --> 01:23:36.330 families or whatnot . Uh We're , we 01:23:36.740 --> 01:23:39.040 collaborate very closely with the va 01:23:39.049 --> 01:23:42.080 the community based operation clinics , 01:23:42.089 --> 01:23:45.149 uh community partners as , as age . 01:23:45.160 --> 01:23:47.216 Well , uh as we got the presentation 01:23:47.216 --> 01:23:49.438 this morning , uh we've collaborated on 01:23:49.689 --> 01:23:52.479 several veterans with them as well . So , 01:23:52.490 --> 01:23:55.029 uh but we're very excited to , looks 01:23:55.040 --> 01:23:58.060 like to um to 01:23:59.410 --> 01:24:01.430 have this new program , the dental 01:24:01.439 --> 01:24:04.540 program um as you may or may not be 01:24:04.549 --> 01:24:06.716 aware , uh or have , I'm sure you're , 01:24:06.716 --> 01:24:08.827 you're aware , but all health is very 01:24:08.827 --> 01:24:11.049 important to , uh , the over well being 01:24:11.049 --> 01:24:14.290 for , uh , for anyone . Um , and then 01:24:14.299 --> 01:24:16.355 when you separate from the service , 01:24:16.355 --> 01:24:19.910 usually you get a dental exam and 01:24:19.919 --> 01:24:22.030 whatnot and then you're on your own . 01:24:22.030 --> 01:24:25.529 So , and the va will not , will 01:24:25.540 --> 01:24:29.299 not uh , provide any medical or dental 01:24:29.310 --> 01:24:32.089 services once you're out of the service . 01:24:32.100 --> 01:24:35.759 So , um , Maine received a 01:24:35.770 --> 01:24:39.290 grant of $35,000 back in 01:24:39.600 --> 01:24:43.299 2021 to start a , a program for 01:24:43.310 --> 01:24:45.569 dental care for their veterans . And 01:24:45.580 --> 01:24:48.180 it's run administered by the uh main 01:24:48.189 --> 01:24:50.549 Bureau of Veterans Affairs . So our 01:24:50.560 --> 01:24:54.220 program here started in um November of 01:24:54.229 --> 01:24:58.169 2023 very , very new . Uh we 01:24:58.180 --> 01:25:01.459 had , um and I was able to hire two 01:25:01.470 --> 01:25:03.692 additional people as you can see on the 01:25:03.692 --> 01:25:06.430 map . Uh That's our team map . We got 01:25:06.439 --> 01:25:10.419 all four corners of Vermont , uh uh 01:25:10.430 --> 01:25:12.569 you know , covered , so to speak . Uh 01:25:12.589 --> 01:25:15.910 on our dental folks . The two folks are , 01:25:15.959 --> 01:25:18.220 they work remotely , but they usually 01:25:18.229 --> 01:25:20.229 are , they're usually based here at 01:25:20.229 --> 01:25:23.100 Camp Johnson out of Colchester . Um You 01:25:23.140 --> 01:25:26.839 can do spot . Uh So the , you know , 01:25:26.850 --> 01:25:29.370 uh we wanna assist in connecting 01:25:29.379 --> 01:25:32.759 veterans uh of dental care to access 01:25:32.770 --> 01:25:35.049 clinics in their areas . And the grant 01:25:35.060 --> 01:25:37.116 was provided by Northern New England 01:25:37.116 --> 01:25:40.990 Delta , uh dental . So , um and we can 01:25:41.000 --> 01:25:44.149 see there uh the program . So the 01:25:44.160 --> 01:25:47.540 intent was for November and December 01:25:47.549 --> 01:25:49.716 was to kind of do a soft roll out . So 01:25:49.716 --> 01:25:51.882 we reached out to all of the federally 01:25:51.882 --> 01:25:54.620 qualified health centers that we have 01:25:54.629 --> 01:25:56.629 in Vermont . There's about eight of 01:25:56.629 --> 01:25:59.220 them that provide dental services . Um , 01:25:59.229 --> 01:26:03.069 and then we , at the end of November , 01:26:03.169 --> 01:26:05.500 I thought we hit the jackpot that you 01:26:05.509 --> 01:26:08.720 were really , really on a roll and we 01:26:08.729 --> 01:26:11.040 were able to get the Franklin County or 01:26:11.049 --> 01:26:13.839 the Knox , uh , fairly qualified health 01:26:13.850 --> 01:26:16.529 center on board and we were able to 01:26:16.540 --> 01:26:19.250 provide them to Northern New Delta 01:26:19.319 --> 01:26:23.200 Dental with a $10,000 grant to , 01:26:23.209 --> 01:26:25.819 um , help veterans with their , uh , 01:26:25.830 --> 01:26:29.259 oral care . We kind of hit a snag . Uh , 01:26:29.270 --> 01:26:32.180 we're still trying to find other that 01:26:32.189 --> 01:26:35.089 we qualified health centers where , uh , 01:26:35.100 --> 01:26:37.640 my folks are on the road , uh , meeting 01:26:37.649 --> 01:26:40.540 with the , uh , the those organizations . 01:26:40.549 --> 01:26:42.605 As a matter of fact , uh , Joe is on 01:26:42.605 --> 01:26:44.716 his way down to Arlington , Vermont , 01:26:45.100 --> 01:26:47.770 uh , for Bad Hill , uh , as we speak , 01:26:47.779 --> 01:26:50.759 uh , to , uh , touch base with them and 01:26:50.819 --> 01:26:53.330 explain the program , uh , you know , 01:26:53.419 --> 01:26:57.319 more thoroughly . Um , so I guess so , 01:26:57.330 --> 01:26:59.680 as you can see there , uh , our intent 01:26:59.689 --> 01:27:01.800 is to utilize the federally qualified 01:27:01.800 --> 01:27:04.819 health centers . Um , and we do have a 01:27:04.830 --> 01:27:07.919 set of criteria , uh , you know , one , 01:27:07.930 --> 01:27:10.529 as you can see is a Vermont resident 01:27:10.799 --> 01:27:12.966 for at least one year . And in Vermont 01:27:12.966 --> 01:27:15.560 being as primary resident , uh , must 01:27:15.569 --> 01:27:18.500 have a BD form 214 . That's a , uh , 01:27:18.509 --> 01:27:20.770 record of your service and your 01:27:20.779 --> 01:27:22.790 separation record and it has to be 01:27:23.029 --> 01:27:25.620 honorable or under honorable discharge . 01:27:26.000 --> 01:27:29.770 Um , the uh , you know , 01:27:29.779 --> 01:27:32.350 the , if you're service connected for 01:27:32.359 --> 01:27:35.169 dental through the va service 01:27:35.180 --> 01:27:37.770 connection means that you are suffer an 01:27:37.779 --> 01:27:41.049 injury while you were uh in the service . 01:27:41.450 --> 01:27:43.799 Um , just for , you know , maybe your 01:27:43.810 --> 01:27:46.700 jaw or , you know , you , you something 01:27:46.709 --> 01:27:49.339 wrong with your teeth or whatever , uh 01:27:50.250 --> 01:27:52.250 you will not be accepted on this to 01:27:52.250 --> 01:27:54.472 this program . However , if you're 100% 01:27:54.472 --> 01:27:57.259 sure connected for anything ptsd 01:27:57.270 --> 01:28:00.910 shoulder or whatever , um , the VA does 01:28:00.919 --> 01:28:03.589 provide 100% coverage for that for 01:28:03.600 --> 01:28:05.589 dental care , but she will not be 01:28:05.600 --> 01:28:08.870 accepted into this program . Um 01:28:09.270 --> 01:28:13.189 So , uh , the , how are you gonna 01:28:13.200 --> 01:28:15.790 access these services ? Um , you know , 01:28:15.799 --> 01:28:19.549 we have a 24 7 call center 01:28:19.810 --> 01:28:23.549 that is uh man 24 7 . Um , 01:28:23.770 --> 01:28:26.049 you can access , you contact that 01:28:26.060 --> 01:28:28.649 number , you know , you're requesting , 01:28:28.660 --> 01:28:31.080 um , you know , dental services , you 01:28:31.089 --> 01:28:33.311 know , we get what county you're in and 01:28:33.311 --> 01:28:35.256 all this information . And at that 01:28:35.256 --> 01:28:37.540 point , the , the , um , 01:28:39.359 --> 01:28:41.470 the document will be generated to our 01:28:41.470 --> 01:28:44.169 dental care specialist and they will 01:28:44.250 --> 01:28:46.939 contact the veterans and , you know , 01:28:46.950 --> 01:28:49.117 to make sure that they cannot afford , 01:28:49.270 --> 01:28:53.049 um , that are health insurance . 01:28:53.520 --> 01:28:55.870 Uh , they don't have health insurance . 01:28:56.250 --> 01:28:59.290 Uh , they're , um , you know , we're 01:28:59.299 --> 01:29:01.680 not , uh , and then , uh , at that 01:29:01.689 --> 01:29:05.060 point , uh , they will be accepted in 01:29:05.069 --> 01:29:07.069 the program . So the intent is to , 01:29:07.299 --> 01:29:09.299 we'll generate a letter saying that 01:29:09.299 --> 01:29:11.577 they've been accepted into the program . 01:29:11.577 --> 01:29:13.688 We'll send a letter to the veteran as 01:29:13.688 --> 01:29:16.910 well as the clinic that's going to uh 01:29:16.930 --> 01:29:19.759 provide your services so that they're 01:29:19.770 --> 01:29:21.659 um , you know , that they're both 01:29:21.659 --> 01:29:24.080 talking to each other . Uh We won't 01:29:24.089 --> 01:29:26.256 talk , we will not tolerate no calls , 01:29:26.256 --> 01:29:28.660 no shows . So if you , if you set up 01:29:28.669 --> 01:29:32.629 the appointment and you either blow it 01:29:32.640 --> 01:29:35.450 up or forget to call or whatever , uh 01:29:35.459 --> 01:29:37.626 you're , you know , you're , you'll uh 01:29:37.626 --> 01:29:40.109 you'll have to wait till next year in 01:29:40.120 --> 01:29:42.231 order for you to , uh , you know , to 01:29:42.231 --> 01:29:44.750 access those services . Um 01:29:45.979 --> 01:29:48.240 We're very excited . I think it uh adds 01:29:48.250 --> 01:29:51.839 another layer to our um to the 01:29:51.850 --> 01:29:53.906 program that we have . We , we , you 01:29:53.906 --> 01:29:55.794 know , we're pretty good at doing 01:29:55.794 --> 01:29:57.906 wraparound services , all kinds of uh 01:29:57.906 --> 01:29:59.850 uh stuff that veterans need . Uh I 01:29:59.850 --> 01:30:01.961 think just kind of adds another layer 01:30:01.961 --> 01:30:04.072 to our , uh , you know , it's another 01:30:04.072 --> 01:30:06.609 tool of our po box , I guess . Um And 01:30:06.620 --> 01:30:10.189 then we've uh distributed flyers on our 01:30:10.200 --> 01:30:12.540 social media page . We're in the 01:30:12.549 --> 01:30:15.830 process of printing out bolds . Uh I 01:30:15.839 --> 01:30:19.169 sent uh a lot of uh flyers to uh 01:30:19.879 --> 01:30:22.600 community partners that we have . Uh uh 01:30:22.850 --> 01:30:24.961 and uh , we're , we're very excited . 01:30:24.961 --> 01:30:27.140 So , uh that's pretty much it in a 01:30:27.149 --> 01:30:30.910 nutshell . Oh And then , uh uh 01:30:31.299 --> 01:30:34.089 we'll show you the flyer and the uh , 01:30:35.259 --> 01:30:38.740 and a bold and a bifold . So you 01:30:38.750 --> 01:30:41.083 kinda take a look at what it looks like . 01:30:43.040 --> 01:30:45.899 So this is the , this is the bold , uh 01:30:45.910 --> 01:30:48.140 you can see on the left there is the , 01:30:48.700 --> 01:30:50.589 uh the federally qualified health 01:30:50.589 --> 01:30:52.756 center , uh , clinics that we're gonna 01:30:52.756 --> 01:30:54.978 be utilizing as at this point , frankly 01:30:54.978 --> 01:30:57.200 county , which has , uh , it's called a 01:30:57.200 --> 01:30:59.799 notch . Uh I have an office of and in 01:30:59.810 --> 01:31:03.770 uh Slaton at this time . So , um , 01:31:04.609 --> 01:31:06.720 you know , like I mentioned earlier , 01:31:06.720 --> 01:31:08.830 we're , we're , uh , we are uh 01:31:10.319 --> 01:31:12.375 contacting them and uh trying to get 01:31:12.375 --> 01:31:14.541 them on board . Um , to be honest with 01:31:14.541 --> 01:31:16.875 you , I'm a little disappointed in , uh , 01:31:16.875 --> 01:31:20.060 especially after the uh the success we 01:31:20.069 --> 01:31:22.347 had with uh Frank mcgarry . I was like , 01:31:22.347 --> 01:31:25.169 boy , this is gonna be easy but uh Joe 01:31:25.180 --> 01:31:27.270 and Mika are uh are , are working it 01:31:27.279 --> 01:31:30.109 very , very hard . So , uh and then , 01:31:30.120 --> 01:31:33.839 um and this is our , uh this is the 01:31:33.850 --> 01:31:35.739 second page of the , that was the 01:31:35.739 --> 01:31:39.399 second page . Yeah . But uh uh 01:31:41.810 --> 01:31:45.540 yeah , so this is the uh that's the 01:31:45.549 --> 01:31:47.819 second page . So , so we have a QR code 01:31:47.830 --> 01:31:50.220 that you can see . Uh that's also on 01:31:50.229 --> 01:31:52.285 our flyer basically , you know , the 01:31:52.285 --> 01:31:54.173 younger veterans that know how to 01:31:54.173 --> 01:31:56.310 utilize the QR code thing , whatever 01:31:56.319 --> 01:31:59.600 scan we uh and we've already received a 01:31:59.609 --> 01:32:01.831 uh we printed out last week through our 01:32:01.831 --> 01:32:03.942 social media page and , and community 01:32:03.942 --> 01:32:05.665 partners , but we uh basically 01:32:05.665 --> 01:32:09.299 generates uh uh an inquiry 01:32:09.370 --> 01:32:11.537 on a Gmail system that we have here at 01:32:11.537 --> 01:32:14.459 family programs . Uh And then we're uh 01:32:14.490 --> 01:32:16.740 with some in information and then we're 01:32:16.750 --> 01:32:18.917 gonna contact that veteran to get more 01:32:18.917 --> 01:32:21.139 information to make sure they qualify , 01:32:21.139 --> 01:32:23.250 uh they're eligible for the program . 01:32:23.250 --> 01:32:26.229 So , uh , um , the grant , uh , 01:32:26.970 --> 01:32:28.803 is , uh , that we got from North 01:32:28.803 --> 01:32:31.620 Northern New Delta Dental is $100,000 . 01:32:32.069 --> 01:32:35.350 Um , so , uh , you know , we're hoping 01:32:35.359 --> 01:32:37.359 to spread that out to these eight , 01:32:37.830 --> 01:32:40.052 federal qualified health centers here , 01:32:40.052 --> 01:32:43.509 uh , calendar year 24 . And , uh , uh , 01:32:43.620 --> 01:32:45.842 Northern New England del DTA Dental has 01:32:45.842 --> 01:32:47.842 been very , very supportive of this 01:32:47.842 --> 01:32:49.898 program . They , MAINE has been very 01:32:49.898 --> 01:32:51.676 successful . Uh , they're up to 01:32:51.676 --> 01:32:54.279 $300,000 now in grants to support their 01:32:54.290 --> 01:32:56.401 veterans there . So we're hoping to , 01:32:56.560 --> 01:32:59.129 to , to match that , uh you know , in 01:32:59.140 --> 01:33:02.729 the very near future . Andre , what I 01:33:02.740 --> 01:33:05.259 really like about this brochure is that 01:33:05.270 --> 01:33:08.839 it does say what it may include to give 01:33:08.850 --> 01:33:11.620 people an idea as well as outlining how 01:33:11.629 --> 01:33:13.919 to qualify and then what it doesn't 01:33:13.930 --> 01:33:16.779 cover . And so , uh with the minutes , 01:33:16.790 --> 01:33:18.846 we'll make sure that this uh flyer , 01:33:18.846 --> 01:33:21.209 the digital copy of the flyer are and 01:33:21.290 --> 01:33:23.457 the brochure gets out to our community 01:33:23.457 --> 01:33:26.000 partners . So that way you have that 01:33:26.009 --> 01:33:28.220 information at the ready . Plus , you 01:33:28.229 --> 01:33:30.396 can always call the +888 number if you 01:33:30.396 --> 01:33:33.299 have more questions . Thank you . Mercy . 01:33:33.310 --> 01:33:36.080 Yeah . Is there any questions for Andre 01:33:36.089 --> 01:33:37.645 in the new dental program ? 01:33:45.379 --> 01:33:46.959 It's a quiet group today . 01:33:52.040 --> 01:33:54.096 Yeah . No , this is for you that you 01:33:54.096 --> 01:33:57.240 all . Uh And so 01:33:57.890 --> 01:34:00.629 at this time , I'm gonna open the floor 01:34:00.640 --> 01:34:02.950 to any community partners that would 01:34:02.959 --> 01:34:05.819 like to make an announcement , tell us 01:34:05.830 --> 01:34:09.250 about upcoming events . Um 01:34:10.129 --> 01:34:11.962 anything that you would like the 01:34:11.962 --> 01:34:15.959 network to , to know about , if 01:34:15.970 --> 01:34:18.479 you are on the phone , it's star six to 01:34:18.490 --> 01:34:21.040 unmute or you can add it to the chat 01:34:21.049 --> 01:34:21.750 box 01:34:35.649 --> 01:34:39.520 11 . I have a quick follow 01:34:39.529 --> 01:34:41.569 up to , uh , to Tiana and Mike's 01:34:41.580 --> 01:34:43.939 presentation from or AU . Um Sounds 01:34:43.950 --> 01:34:46.006 like great work folks . Thank you so 01:34:46.006 --> 01:34:48.000 much for doing it . Um There is 01:34:48.009 --> 01:34:49.953 military , one source has a tool , 01:34:49.953 --> 01:34:52.009 imagine that has a tool and resource 01:34:52.009 --> 01:34:54.176 that can help support military service 01:34:54.176 --> 01:34:55.787 members and their spouses or 01:34:55.787 --> 01:34:58.009 significant others as well . Um We have 01:34:58.009 --> 01:35:00.009 a tool that uh that we can function 01:35:00.009 --> 01:35:02.120 that , that that is called love every 01:35:02.120 --> 01:35:04.419 day . Um And it's a 21 day tool , 01:35:04.430 --> 01:35:07.720 online tool that uh the service members 01:35:07.729 --> 01:35:09.951 and their significant others can access 01:35:09.951 --> 01:35:12.118 for free through military one source . 01:35:12.118 --> 01:35:14.229 So um I'm gonna put a link to that in 01:35:14.229 --> 01:35:16.340 the in the chat box . But yeah , it's 01:35:16.340 --> 01:35:18.396 another great tool that looks like I 01:35:18.396 --> 01:35:20.618 saw you both affirmatively shaking your 01:35:20.618 --> 01:35:22.840 heads nodding . So you've heard of it ? 01:35:22.840 --> 01:35:24.896 Uh So another resource for the bag . 01:35:24.896 --> 01:35:28.359 Thank you so much . Thank you Brian . 01:35:28.709 --> 01:35:30.930 And yes , love every day actually is a 01:35:30.939 --> 01:35:33.050 really cool tool for those couples to 01:35:33.050 --> 01:35:35.161 get asked a bunch of questions over a 01:35:35.161 --> 01:35:37.217 period of time . It's a good texting 01:35:37.217 --> 01:35:39.272 module and it , it's actually really 01:35:39.272 --> 01:35:41.217 helpful for those couples that are 01:35:41.217 --> 01:35:43.328 currently deployed and trying to stay 01:35:43.328 --> 01:35:43.290 connected when there's not a lot of 01:35:43.299 --> 01:35:46.040 time in a day . So Thank you . 01:35:48.790 --> 01:35:51.100 And I Mar Yes . Hi Shar . 01:35:52.160 --> 01:35:55.120 Hello . I just like to mention my , um , 01:35:55.209 --> 01:35:58.540 um , spouse's support group that meets 01:35:58.549 --> 01:36:01.209 every third Monday at two o'clock over 01:36:01.220 --> 01:36:05.040 at Josh's house and I'm assuming 01:36:05.049 --> 01:36:07.470 there's room that you're mentioning it . 01:36:07.930 --> 01:36:10.660 Yes . Awesome . Thank you , Charlie . 01:36:11.169 --> 01:36:11.970 Thank you 01:36:16.669 --> 01:36:19.609 for those of you who may not have heard 01:36:19.620 --> 01:36:21.453 about Josh's house or where it's 01:36:21.453 --> 01:36:24.120 located . Um , we'll make sure to put 01:36:24.129 --> 01:36:26.700 in the minutes , uh , the address . So 01:36:26.709 --> 01:36:28.709 that way , uh , there's at least a 01:36:28.720 --> 01:36:31.290 location for you and we can also 01:36:31.299 --> 01:36:33.790 include the website address for that 01:36:33.799 --> 01:36:36.299 for some more research . They al they 01:36:36.310 --> 01:36:39.299 also have a woman who Thursday evening . 01:36:39.359 --> 01:36:41.879 Oh , Thursday evenings . That awesome . 01:36:42.100 --> 01:36:43.700 Great . Thank you , Andre . 01:36:47.990 --> 01:36:50.089 Are there any other announcements ? 01:36:56.109 --> 01:36:58.839 All right . Well , that concludes our 01:36:58.850 --> 01:37:01.649 quarterly MFCM meeting . Thank you , 01:37:01.660 --> 01:37:03.700 everybody for your participation . 01:37:04.009 --> 01:37:06.490 Thank you to our presenters . A lot of 01:37:06.500 --> 01:37:09.790 great information and our next meeting 01:37:09.799 --> 01:37:13.549 is on April 10th and the 01:37:13.560 --> 01:37:15.671 topic is gonna be connecting with our 01:37:15.671 --> 01:37:17.893 military youth in honor of month of the 01:37:17.893 --> 01:37:21.310 military child . So , if you have a 01:37:21.319 --> 01:37:24.709 resource or your program , has you 01:37:24.720 --> 01:37:26.720 specific information that you would 01:37:26.720 --> 01:37:29.450 like to educate the network on . Please 01:37:29.459 --> 01:37:31.626 let me know and I hope everybody has a 01:37:31.626 --> 01:37:33.359 wonderful day . Take care .