Caring. Helping. Mental Illness.
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Caring, Helping, Mental Illness.
MESSAGE FROM GAIL KATZ, KADIMA PRESIDENT
KADIMA
OFFICERS
Gail Katz — President
Sandi Tamaroff — President — Elect
Richard Ludwig — Vice President
Ted Wagner — Vice President
Lita Zemmol — Vice President
Jim Miller — Treasurer
Jim Schmidt, Ph.D — Secretary
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Janet Aronoff*
Jerome Bookstein
Bobbi Gordon
Richard Herman*
Ann Katz, PhD
Brian Kolender, MD
D. Michael Kratchman*
Todd Kroll
Sissi Lapides
Phyllis Levitt
Jennifer Lewis
Ann Mandelbaum-Mann
Joy Nachman
Kenneth A. Nathan*
Jo Elyn Nyman
Rhoda Raderman*
Arlene Redfield
Eli Saulson
Kadima had a
successful ben-
efit fundraiser
in September
with a very
funny perfor-
mance by the
Capitol Steps.
Their jibes at
Democrats and
the Republicans
were equally
timely in this
election year. Kadima had the pleasure
of honoring Mary Must, who enabled
Kadima to buy its 22nd home in memory
of her granddaughter Miya Must. Mary
Must was surrounded by her children and
grandchildren at the Kadima benefit. Her
youngest granddaughter, Sabrina, spoke
about her sister Miya's mental illness, and
how her depression caused her to take
Kadima is happy to announce that we now have 22 residential homes in the
community, with the addition of three new homes. Many thanks to Ina and Murray
Pitt, the Pitt family and Mary Must, our generous donors who have enabled Kadima
to purchase these homes.
The Sarah and Irving Pitt Home
Howard Serlin
Melissa Shulman
The Janette Shallal Home
Richard Zussman*
*Past Presidents
For the Elderly and Medically Fragile
Donated by the children and grandchildren of Sarah and Irving Pitt.
Dedication of the Pitt Home is Sunday, November 2nd.
Donated by Ina and Murray Pitt
in honor of Janette Shallal's
dedication and commitment.
Dedication of the Shallal Home
is Sunday, November 2nd.
Donated by Mary Must in Memory
of her granddaughter. Dedication
of the Must Home to be announced.
Nancy Stein, L.M.S.W. A.C.S.W.
Clinical Director
For information on attending the
dedication of the homes contact
Paula @ 248.559.8235, ext. 122
1. New 17' fiat pond
computer monitors
2. New computers
3. New bedding
4. Vehicles b transport clients
Save the Date
Healthy Body,
Healthy Mind Luncheon
in Memory of Miya Must
Thursday,
April 23, 2009
employer chooses to include behavioral
health in the coverage package. What
does this mean for our State of Michigan?
The passage of this parity law will help
maybe 4 million of the state's 6 million
privately insured. The other 2 million
folks with private insurance will be left out
because their companies have less than
51 employees. The only way Michigan
can change this is for us to continue to
put pressure on our State legislators to
pass a Michigan Parity Law. Michigan
is one of 8 states that do not have parity
at the state level!! We need you to help
us at Kadima advocate for our citizens
who struggle with mental disorders and
to keep the pressure on Lansing for state
parity!!
Gail Katz
Kadima President
PARENT
SUPPORT
GROUP
Kadima continues to offer a monthly
support group for parents of children with
behavioral and emotional issues. The group
meets the fourth Wednesday of every month
and there is no fee for this service.
For information contact:
Lisa Kaufman
248.559.8235, ext. 104
The Miya Jo Must Home
Janette Shallal, L.M.S.W. A.C.S.W.
Executive Director
Wish List
Great news from the Federal Government
regarding insurance for people who suffer
from mental illness! Congress recently
passed a Federal Parity Law. Why do
we need this parity law? Despite the
widespread existence of mental disor-
ders in our nation, significant insurance
discrimination exists against persons
experiencing mental illnesses which are
brain diseases. Many insurance plans
impose limits on mental health care that
they do not place on physical health
care. This discrimination affects available
benefits, requirements for co-pays and
deductibles, and allowable annual and
lifetime dollar expenditures. The Federal
Parity Law just made this illegal if you
work for an employer with more than 50
employees in his/her business and if this
KADIMA IS GROWING
Eugene Schoener, PhD
Merle Schwartz*
Phyllis Schwartz
Dan Serlin
Gail Stewart-Berman*
Julie Zussman
Lois Zussman
her own life. Sabrina's very personal
story touched the hearts of all of us.
The Must Family at the Kadima Annual Benefit
KADIMA NEWS
• Kadima, in partnership with Wayne State University Department of Psychiatry, has been
awarded a grant from the Ethel and James Flinn Family Foundation for research on whether
clients with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders benefit from using
combined motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy in an evidenced based
program. Dr. Eugene Schoener and his colleagues will be working closely with the Kadima
staff to implement the research study.
• Kadima is also embarking on an Outcomes Management Program, with the
first phase involving measuring the outcomes of treatment with our
clients/consumers. We are utilizing a standardized instrument, the Multnomah Community
Ability Scale.
• We are happy to announce that Kadima has been approached by the
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center to offer art classes to some of our clients on a monthly basis.
It is their intent to foster personal growth, tactile experience, and personal expression through
this outreach program.
• A five week playwriting program has just been completed in our Milton and Lois Zussman Activ-
ity Center, facilitated by John Kosik, a local playwright who has had many years of experience
working with people with psychiatric disabilities. We are fortunate that John gave of his own
time and energy to provide this for Kadima.
• Kadima has two new groups, the Young Adult Group and Substance Abuse Group.
KADIMA
WELCOMES
ADMINISTRATIVE
DIRECTOR
Kadima welcomes Judy Shewach,
LMSW, ACSW in a newly created
position of Administrative Director.
Judy will work on accreditation, grants,
quality assurance, professional services
and developing/streamlining agency
systems, policies and procedures. Judy
recently retired as the executive director
of LACASA, a private non-profit domestic
violence, sexual assault and child abuse
agency in Livingston County. She started
her professional career at Jewish Family
Service doing direct service and
administrative work. Judy is "delighted
to be working at Kadima and being part
of an organization that is committed to
provide critical mental health services to
our community".
See all that is happening and make tributes on line at www.kadimacenter.org . You can also contact us at kadimaplus msn.com .
June 23 * 2008
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