Louisiana Integrated Treatment Services (LITS)

Florida Parishes Integrated Treatment System Performance Improvement Committee

Members:

	Stephen Phillippi .................	Group Facilitator
	Bob Kerne .........................	ADS
	Kathy Hayward ...................	Community Advisor
	Maureen Clark Bradshaw ....	ADS / LITS Specialist
	Judy Hooks ........................	MHS
	Kathleen Paul .....................	MHS
	Roger Smith .......................	ADS
	Rita Breath ........................	MHS
	Kim Parker ........................	MHS / LITS Specialist

Description:

Serves as the key decision-making body providing infrastructure for planning, development, and problem solving and assures appropriate administrative and operational oversite at the local level for all implementation activities.

Parishes Served:

	Livingston
	St. Helena
	St. Tammany
	Tangipahoa
	Washington

Goals:

To create a shared vision built around processes and adaptations necessary to implement Louisiana Integrated Treatment Services.
Identify service, administrative and policy gaps and either address regionally, or if needed, referred up the system to be resolved by the Behavioral Healthcare Taskforce.
To address such issues as training needs, modifications of all clinical/counselor staff job descriptions to incorporate responsibility for providing integrated treatment, interagency support and training of supervisory staff, ongoing mechanisms for quality assurance, for resolving clinical issues, and utilization of all staff resources needed to provide integrated treatment.

Hammond / Slidell / Region 9 Contact Information:

	Stephen Phillippi - Group Facilitator
	● Office: (504) 218-2402
	● Email: sphill2@lsuhsc.edu
	● LSUHSC School of Public Health
	Maureen Clark Bradshaw - ADS / LITS Specialist
	● Office: (985) 624-4121
	● Email: mbradsha@dhh.la.gov
	● FPHSA / ADS/ADU
	Kim Parker - MHS / LITS Specialist
	● Office: (985) 732-6610
	● Email: KParker@dhh.la.gov
	● FPHSA / Bogalusa Mental Health Clinic