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Kentucky Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council
Contact Information
100 Fair Oaks Lane 4E-D
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
Phone: (502) 564-4456
TTY: (502) 564-5777
Fax: (502) 564-9010

Michele Blevins
Ext. 4510

Christie Penn
Ext. 4512

Melissa Runyon
Ext. 4448

Membership List

The Council comprises consumers of mental health services, family members of adults and children with severe mental illness or severe emotional disturbance, and representatives of state agencies and consumer organizations.

In the list below, "SED" refers to Severe Emotional Disturbance and "SMI" refers to Severe Mental Illness.

Consumer of services
Gayla Hayes
Steven Lyons
Betty Jo Moss
Carmilla Ratliff
Mary Singleton
Jason Turner

Family member of a child with SED
Yolonda Clay
Balinda Hudson
Steve Liles, Council Chair
James Reed
Anna Winchell

Family member of an adult with SMI
John Flickinger
Rebecca Garrett, Council Vice Chair
Lynn Haney
Robert Hicks
Mary Sue Klusman, Council Secretary
Matthew Smith

Kentucky Partnership for Families and Children
Joy Varney (for LeAnn Magre)

National Alliance on Mental Illness, Kentucky
Cathy Epperson (for Rob Slocum)

Participation Station
Kelly Gunning (for Theresa Walton)

Protection and Advocacy
Jan Powe

Provider Organization: Kentucky Association of Regional MHMR Programs
Steve Shannon

State Agency, Child Welfare – Dept. for Community Based Services
Steve Hartwig

State Agency, Criminal Justice: Dept. for Juvenile Justice
William Heffron

State Agency, Criminal Justice: Dept. of Corrections
Tanya Young

State Agency, Dept. of Education: Division of Exceptional Children
Artye Dulaney

State Agency, Medicaid: Dept. for Medicaid Services
Marilyn Ferguson

State Agency, Public Health: Dept. for Public Health
Shelley Adams

State Agency, State Housing:  Kentucky Housing Corporation
Jim Sparks

State Agency, Vocational Rehabilitation: Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Carol Estes

State Agency: Dept. for Aging and Independent Living
Donna Collins

State Agency: Dept. for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities – Division of Behavioral Health
Lou Kurtz

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