|
Prevention Works! Minutes |
|
Clallam County Prevention Works! Community Coalition October 11, 2004 Linkletter Auditorium with Telelinking to Forks The meeting was called to order by Norma Turner. Those attending included Ida Carroll, Margaret Maxwell, Pam Arnott, Shel McGuire, Dan Haufmann, Gwen Cole, Susan Hlilgren, Patty Hannah, Nancy Martin, Florence Bucierka, Nancy Haufmann, Lynn McGuire, Karen Meyer, Cecile Greenway, Jennifer Charles, Ellen Fetchiet, Nita Lynn, Stacey Neff, Rachel Anderson, and Cynthia Martin. Minutes: It was moved and seconded that the minutes were approved of the last meeting. Treasurer’s Report: Rachel gave the treasurer’s report. No change from last month. CD will expire next month and she is looking into possible other sources. Guest Speaker: Cecile Greenway from the Lower Elwha Tribe was here to discuss the adolescent treatment plan they have been working on. They have an 18 month, $250,000 planning grant and they are on target to complete their work. A variety of products will be coming out from the Children and Young Adults Substance Abuse Treatment Strategic Plan. This is the best way to make use of the community resources by having a real plan. She talked about the lack of services and treatment for children. This grant has been a chance to really pull all the eleven jurisdictions in Clallam and Jefferson County including the 8 tribes. This grant will have a broad base that is essential for federal funding. The next step is to develop implementation plan. Anyone is invited to participate. Next meeting will be at Downrigger. Norma Turner asked if there was any information that surprised her. She mentioned the high need in the 6-8 year range. Most services are targeted over 13. Very young children were found to be experimenting with over the counter medication. The time limitation was a plus factor in having many different groups to be a part of the grant. They looked at best practices that fit the gaps they found. Florence Bucierka asked about how they see prevention in the grant. Cecile said the needs in young children especially speak to prevention efforts. The grant explored services up to age 25. Because of the parenting issues of drug abuse in so many of the families she feels they are putting “bandages on arteries.” She feels we need a more holistic approach. The group had discussed having treatment for the entire family. Dan Haufman asked about other places that have successfully treated families using the holistic approach. Cecile talked about how they had looked at multiple programs and mentioned one in particular. The implementation plan is due in December. Then they are hoping that other groups will take the research they have done and apply for subsequent funding. One jurisdiction or one group can’t do the work; it is way too broad. Cecile believes the grant results would be applicable for 2-5 years. She feels there is a strong basis for bringing both Jefferson and Clallam together for subsequent grants. She feels it can’t be just PA even though that is probably the only entity that may have the resources but that leaves way too many people out. She brought out the possibility of doing something more on a mobile basis and deliver services in other communities. She had written a 15 million dollar grant which she didn’t receive but they did comment on her mobile component. They now will be taking this to all the eleven jurisdictions to give them feedback including commissioners, cities, etc. They will be playing up the depth and breadth of this project. The November agenda will November 15th and 16th at 9:30 at Downriggers…all day on Monday and until afternoon on Tuesday. They will pay for room, meals, and childcare for those attending. She talked about the fun of doing this grant; there were ample funds to do what needed to be done. She feels that drug abuse is now being looked at very seriously by the federal government. Nita Lynn talked about ways that some of the information is already being used for women in treatment who need child care. Business Meeting (Continued) Parent Education Summit: Florence Bucierka talked about the Parent Education Summit. She talked about the many positive things that happened. Great speakers and experiential exercise were part of the day. Good connections made with Jefferson and Kitsap County. Overall the evaluation was 4.5 out of 5. Visiting Kiwanis Bicycle Program: Shel McGuire talked about the refurbishing of bicycle by the women from Purdy Prison. They have taken close to 300 bicycles which they have picked up 60 bicycles. They have contacted Safe Kids to get the helmets. So far they have used them mostly with First Teacher and Parenting Matters Foundation. They want organizations to distribute the bikes. The food bank is going to distribute some at Christmas time. Dan Haufman said people could contact him at 582-0022. The Kiwanis address is PO Box 518, Sequim, 98382. Prevention Works could help distribute. They also left flyers on the Shaken Baby Syndrome. More are available. In Port Angeles there was an incident last week of just this kind of thing. Special Education Project: Sequim Middle School special ed students are conducting a project on the pollution in the marinas and the lack of oxygen in the water. A contributor to the pollution is the oil products on the top which prevent oxygen from getting into the water and also gets into the food chain. They have come up with an analysis that says they can catch the gasoline that is overflowing. They are going to try it here, then across the Olympic Peninsula and hopefully then into Seattle. The Kiwanis have taken this on as a project. They are going to print up flyers. They can be provided for about $200 per marina. Every one gallon pollutes 1,000,000 Drug Free Communities Grant: Florence Bucierka announced that they received the Drug Free Communities for $100,000 per year. This is for 5 years. This is a major accomplishment. Support for Grants: Pam Arnott and Nita Lynn are working on a grant with the March of Dimes to do universal home visiting for women in preterm labor. Last time they checked they had worked with 20 women. Now it is time to reapply. They have sent in a letter of intent. This year’s grant would be to continue what the hospital is doing in preterm labor and to hire a person to work as a community health worker who has contacts in the community to bring people into the program. Ida moved that Prevention Works! supports this project. It was accepted. Nita then discussed another grant, the Healthy Start Grant. This year there is more money (69 as opposed to 7). It would provide training funds to train health workers in 4 sites, intensive home visits with Native American clients and teen moms. Infant mortality in the United States is 5 (per thousand), WA is less, CC is teens 12 per thousand, and Native Americans 22 per thousand. Moved, seconded, and passed that PW be the designated coalition for this grant. The third grant Nita discussed is with WCPCAN. They are thinking about doing something like the OLDS model. The county wrote a similar grant and they will make it available to Nita. They will use part of that grant writing. It was moved, seconded and passed that Prevention Works! support the efforts on this grant also. She also discussed the outreach grant with the hospital which was to expand maternity support services: they have served 391 women who were pregnant through 2 month after pregnancy. Of those cases, 30% were opened at the hospital. Otherwise these would have been missed. Their work is moving closer to universal home visiting and is being looked at by others throughout the stat; Clallam County is significantly higher than other places in the state. 501 (c) (3): The 501 C 3 is finished and sent off. Prevention Summit: Next week is the Prevention Summit with a presentation by David Olds. This is the first summit in a long time where Prevention Works! has not presented. Home Buyers: Margaret Maxwell had flyers about first time home buyers, down payment assistance, Literacy Council: Literacy Council is having book reading contest for the November 6. There will be drawings for books. The council has given away over 3000 books the last six months. Some are up at the housing authority. Patty asked people to encourage their clients, families, and kids to participate. “Nothing compares with the simply pleasure of a bicycle ride.” -John F. Kennedy via Patty Hannah. Family Violence Month: Gwen Cole told the group that on Friday at the monument on Lincoln there would be a ceremony about stopping family violence. Home Visiting Summit: Pam Arnott said the home visiting committee will be sending out notices about the next meeting talking about when we can reconvene. Bernie Dorsey is involved in fathers helping and that may be the focus. Cynthia suggested asking George Stuber if that is what they do since he is working with father’s of special needs children. Reaching Parents: Nancy talked about a recent event they had to start off a parenting series. They had over 100 people who came for dinner. Now need to get them to come on a regular basis. Washington Institute Public Policy Report: The Washington Institute Public Policy Report will be discussed at the next meeting. The meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Cynthia Martin Substitute Secretary |
|
|