Caring. Helping. Mental Illness. I MA 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 C7