Thursday December 17, 2009
9:00-11:00 a.m.

Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Glickman-Miller Hall, Atrium

Read Steve Squeri's letter to the editor about county reform and the 12/17 Levin Forum in the Plain Dealer blog.

Presented in partnership with The Center for Community Solutions, this forum will explore the challenges and opportunities facing the health and social services delivery system in the light of Cuyahoga County government reform. On November 3, voters approved the restructuring of Cuyahoga County government, replacing the three elected commissioners with a single elected executive and an 11-member council.*

Now it is time for the community to work together to ensure that the coming reform has a true, positive impact on the delivery of health and social services for Cuyahoga County residents.

The Center for Community Solutions has a long history of working with county government on improving health and social conditions in Cuyahoga County from welfare reform to juvenile justice improvement to the passage of human services levies that fund vital services. The Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University has done extensive work on county government reform for over a decade. The two organizations are partners in presenting this forum and look forward to helping the community move forward.

• William Denihan, CEO, Cuyahoga County Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services (ADAMHS)
• Debra Lewis Curlee, Executive Director, Mount Pleasant Community Zone
• Rose Rodriguez-Bardwell, Executive Director, Spanish American Committee
• Sharon Sobol Jordan, President & CEO, Center for Families and Children
• Moderator: John Begala, Executive Director, The Center for Community Solutions and Senior Fellow, the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, CSU

* All other county officials who are currently elected will be appointed by the executive with approval by the council, except the prosecutor, who will continue to be elected.

Forum programs are free and open to the public, but please register.