| About |
 The National Assocation of PASRR Professionals (NAPP) formed during a September 2006 Crossroads to Healthcare Conference hosted by DDM/Ascend Management Innovations, and Foundations Associates. The Crossroads to Healthcare Conference focused on improving practices and identifying solutions in PASRR and LTC. The conference was highly successful and comprised the largest group of stakeholders convened in the history of the program specifically to discuss PASRR. Attendees asked for an opportunity to conduct an ad hoc discussion with other PASRR professionals about conference topics and issues. Over 100 attendees chose to participate. From that discussion, NAPP was formed.
The goal of NAPP is to provide leadership, education, resources and empowerment to and for all members, so that each member is offered support in planning, implementing, advocating for, and improving the quality of PASRR functions and services within their own states to ultimately benefit residents with mental illness, developmental disabilities and related conditions who reside in nursing facilities and alternative settings.
Mission Statement:
Working in partnership with federal and state agencies, private agencies, nursing facilities, social and human service groups, and other interested persons, the National Association of PASRR Professionals (also referred to as "NAPP") serves as an educational organization to promote the expansion and improved quality of services for persons diagnosed with mental illness, mental retardation and/or related conditions applying for admission or continued residence in nursing facilities or alternative settings, for the purpose of improving or maximizing each individual's degree of achievable independence, functioning and satisfaction.
NAPP is headquarted in Nashville, Tennessee. Contact NAPP. National Assocation of PASRR Professionals, 227 French Landing Drive, Suite 250, Nashville, TN 37228, C/O Jennifer Burns 615-620-3447
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| Meet Napp's Leadership |
Willard Mays, Interim President, Steering Committee Co-chair
Assistant Deputy Director for Public Policy, Indiana Office of Policy and Planning
Dennis Temple, Interim Treasurer, Steering Committee Co-chair
Director of PASRR, Tennessee Dept. of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities
Dave Caloiaro, Conference Chair, Steering Committee Co-chair
Quality Assurance Specialist III, Nevada Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services
Steering Committee
Sam Fante, CARES Coordinator, Florida Dept. of Elder Affairs
Jennifer Glick, Nurse Consultant, Connecticut Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Services
Nancy Shanley, Director of Advocacy & Special Populations, DDM Ascend
Deborah Sumruld, Director of Operations, DDM Ascend
Dan Timmel, Medicaid Policy Analyst, CMS
Dorothy Ukegbu, Arkansas Office of Long Term Care
Brenda Vittatoe, PASRR Coordinator, Arizona Dept. of Economic Security/DDD
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