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Prevention Works! Minutes |
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Clallam County Prevention Works! Community
Coalition Jane Shefler, Shaine Schramling (Parenting Matters Foundation), Angie Graff (OMC), Fiona Hert (Northwest Services Council), John Vincent (Healthy Families), Jim Borte (Clallam County Sheriff’s Dept.), Norma Turner, Sara McPhee, Cynthia Martin (Parenting Matters Foundation), Rachel Anderson (CCHHS), Susan Hillgren (Family Planning), Sue Renes (OESD), Nancy Martin (Parent Line), Jennifer Charles (CCHHS), Nita Quan (First Step Family Support Center), Kathleen Dionne (KEYS), Pam Arnott (OMC), Ida Carroll (West End Outreach), Dan Maguire (YMCA), Donna Hansen (Clallam County Emergency Management), Ann Bell (Head Start) Jane called the meeting to order. We are changing order of things and will first do our celebration. Nancy Martin & Norma Turner – celebration of goals. 2004 Annual meeting we’ll set new goals. Nancy – Balloon activity to have word or phrase with accomplishment/positives that Prevention Works has done over the last year. Latino Conference One of the things to look at in the next year – is how to keep this going. Committee Reports Financial Report: Jane handed out financial report – Profit & Loss 2003, 2002 Web Site: Shaine is open to feedback – she updates once or twice a week. Prevention Works Forum – Prevention Works! You’re a Part of It – May 17, 2003 at PAHS John Medina, Talaris Research Institute & Bob McCardle, OSPI – trying to find local people to cover risk and protective factors – who’s doing what that is making a difference or that we need – Next meeting Tuesday, March 25 8:00 a.m. at OMC. Goal is to get about 500 people. Hoping that when people leave conference, they can do something to make community better. $20 register by May 1. $25 day of tickets. Scholarships available. Parent Education – Fiona H. Reconvened and will plan review of parent ed. What are we doing right? What can we do to combine tips and tricks. Home Visiting – Held home visiting summit on February 14. Martha Erickson from University of Minnesota – primary funded through OMC, with money from Drug Free Communities, First Step – state grant, Prevention Works! Funds through WCPCAN. Very high level training for home visitors. Nita has evaluation results – scale 1-5, averages 4.73. Will continue building on that. KEYS – Kathleen Dionne. Changed focused from literacy to parent involvement in their child’s education. 4th Monday of the month – 3/24 at 4:00 p.m. OMC. Family Friendly Business – 5 Businesses were honored as family friendly. Membership – Susan Kirsch no longer around - we are looking for new chair of this committee. Publicity – Trying to put talking points, fact sheets. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month – using children to voice – Jim is looking for people to volunteer. Approaching each paper – talk about importance of children’s issues in our community and to promote Forum – 2nd week in April. Rock-N-Roll – Fiona Hert discussed RNR. Jody Jacobsen, Barb Ward – met week and a half ago. Had been working on youth directory. Have reconvened to get it off the ground. Hoping to get some youth involved – to put product together. Modeled after Jefferson County’s youth yellow pages. Had info on various education issues related to youth. West End – Ida attended conference with another Home Visitor who is already initiated video based home visiting. 20-25 families being seen each month. Very wonderful way to make connections to those who feel disconnected. Cynthia announced Parenting Matters Foundation dinner next Tuesday, March 18 at Sunland at 5:30 p.m. - The Business of Raising Children. Business Meeting Last summer – discussion at Juvenile Services – there was talk about the mission, what Prevention Works is, whether to apply for 501c3 status. After that meeting, the Strategic Planning started meeting to put bylaws, policies and procedures into a format that if we pursue 501c3 status, we’d have things in order. q Discussion and confusion over mission – it was too long, said too much. q Simplifying mission statement New mission statement: The mission of Clallam County Prevention Works! Community Coalition is to prevent child abuse and neglect, substance abuse and violence in Clallam County. Policy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are all policies we’ve already had. Much of the language came from what came out of bylaws. Motion and second to accept proposed bylaws to be proposed to membership next meeting. Discussion around D6c – external audit – have external review to be done annually. Policy 6 – Motion and second to accept policy 6. So moved. Articles of Incorporation – Jane has basic articles for non-profit organization. Incorporating as non-profit. Currently are 501c6. Federal ID then you become 501c3 in state of Washington. Discussion of liability. 2 pronged-process:
It was moved and seconded that Prevention Works seek non-profit corporation status. Nominating Committee – Kathleen Dionne, Norma Turner,
Shaine Schramling, Pam Arnott
Shaine Schramling |
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