CIT earns positive review from health dept.
NORWICH – The Valley Ridge Center for Intensive Treatment was found to be in compliance with all regulations last month after a four-day surprise visit from the New York State Department of Health.
Interim Director Chuck Kearley told members of the Board of Visitors this morning that despite a few modifications to paperwork, the CIT’s programs were on target. “They were very happy with what they saw,” he said.
Kearley was appointed to the position June 1 after the previous director’s retirement. Formerly a treatment team leader and then deputy director, the Norwich native has been employed at the facility since its inception in 2002. There is no indication for a time period for the director appointment.
Expansion plans continue. Architects, working in close concert with the Office of Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities, expect to finalize 60 percent of the mechanicals this week. The two-story, 14,000 square foot addition is within a secure perimeter. Groundbreaking could possibly be as early as Spring 2007.
Currently, Valley Ridge is fully-staffed and at full capacity with 60 consumers. Kearley said he expected some consumers to advance into Local Intensive Treatment facilities next year. “We expect some folks to get themselves under control and will be ready to move on this year. We are having some success in that area,” he said.
Two LIT’s, one in Binghamton and one in Rochester, are due to complete their own building expansion projects in six months. Kearley said consumers will go wherever they can be closest to family members.
Board member Alan Pole asked how many consumers had advanced out of the Town of Norwich facility over the last four years. Kearley said he didn’t have exact figures, but estimated about 25. “We’ve moved 46 people through the facility, some were court released, some went back to prison, some were not ready for Valley Ridge.” A few consumers have been at Valley Ridge from the beginning.
Board of Visitors Chairman Irad Ingraham requested exact figures at next month’s meeting. “We should be able to say when people ask what we are doing at the CIT,” he said.
Broome Developmental Ombudsman Judy Pease pointed out that the number moving on is significant. “This is a population that has not responded well to prior treatment in other settings,” she said.
Ingraham told the board he would be stepping down from chairman and quite possibly the board after the first of the year. The board is already down three members. Ingraham said he hoped the state’s newly-elected governor would make the appointments soon, as he has heard nothing from Sen. Libous’ office about two suggested replacement candidates.
“It would be nice to have a quorum,” he said.
Interim Director Chuck Kearley told members of the Board of Visitors this morning that despite a few modifications to paperwork, the CIT’s programs were on target. “They were very happy with what they saw,” he said.
Kearley was appointed to the position June 1 after the previous director’s retirement. Formerly a treatment team leader and then deputy director, the Norwich native has been employed at the facility since its inception in 2002. There is no indication for a time period for the director appointment.
Expansion plans continue. Architects, working in close concert with the Office of Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities, expect to finalize 60 percent of the mechanicals this week. The two-story, 14,000 square foot addition is within a secure perimeter. Groundbreaking could possibly be as early as Spring 2007.
Currently, Valley Ridge is fully-staffed and at full capacity with 60 consumers. Kearley said he expected some consumers to advance into Local Intensive Treatment facilities next year. “We expect some folks to get themselves under control and will be ready to move on this year. We are having some success in that area,” he said.
Two LIT’s, one in Binghamton and one in Rochester, are due to complete their own building expansion projects in six months. Kearley said consumers will go wherever they can be closest to family members.
Board member Alan Pole asked how many consumers had advanced out of the Town of Norwich facility over the last four years. Kearley said he didn’t have exact figures, but estimated about 25. “We’ve moved 46 people through the facility, some were court released, some went back to prison, some were not ready for Valley Ridge.” A few consumers have been at Valley Ridge from the beginning.
Board of Visitors Chairman Irad Ingraham requested exact figures at next month’s meeting. “We should be able to say when people ask what we are doing at the CIT,” he said.
Broome Developmental Ombudsman Judy Pease pointed out that the number moving on is significant. “This is a population that has not responded well to prior treatment in other settings,” she said.
Ingraham told the board he would be stepping down from chairman and quite possibly the board after the first of the year. The board is already down three members. Ingraham said he hoped the state’s newly-elected governor would make the appointments soon, as he has heard nothing from Sen. Libous’ office about two suggested replacement candidates.
“It would be nice to have a quorum,” he said.
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