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St.' Croix Valley YMCA
P.O. Bo.r 246
2211 Pixie Street
Hudson, 1111I54016
715-386-1616
612-436-2883
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ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF BOARD MEETING
TO: Robed. Roche, Chariman
St, Croix County Board
FROM: Tom Holland, President
COMMITTEE TITLE: Human Resource Network of St. Croix County
DATE: January 8, 1996
TIME: J_:30-3:30 P.M.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: March 5, 1997
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Housing Resolution
NEW BUSINESS:
W-2 update: Marilyn Fruit
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT
SUBM:I:TTED BY: Tom Holland
DATE: 12/16/96
COPIES TO: COtJNTY BOARD OFFICE
COUNTY CLERK
NEWS MEDIA/NOTICE BOARD
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Human Resource Network of St. Croix County
January 8, 1997
Present: Tom Holland, YMCA; Barb Blaisdell, Dept. on Aging, Paula
Welch, Turningpoint; Avalene Swanson, WITC; Cindy Griffin, Dept.
of Health and Human Services
Also Present: Marilyn Fruit and Jan Place, Economic Support unit
of Health and Human Services
The meeting was called to order at 1:35 p.m. by chair Tom
Holland. Griffin/Blaisdell moved to adopt the agenda. Approved
unanimously.
Motion by Blaisdell/Griffin to approve minutes of the November
6th meeting. Approved unanimously.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Chair Holland noted that no action could be
taken on the Housing Resolution because a quorum was not present
(only Holland, Blaisdell and Griffin present at beginning of
meeting). Holland indicated he would call members before the next
meeting to remind them of the date and time.
NEW BUSINESS: Marilyn Fruit and Jan Place from St. Croix County
Health and Human Services' Economic Support Unit presented an
overview of the W-2 program.
W-2 is Wisconsin's "TANF" (Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families) plan and has been approved by the Federal government.
States are required to develop "TANF" plans under a new Federal
Act, PRWORA (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996) which eliminates the AFDC, JOBS, and
Emergency Assistance programs nationwide.
Assistance under W-2 is limited to 60 months in a lifetime,
with provisions for infrequent exceptions on a case -by -case basis.
W-2 is scheduled to be fully implemented in Wisconsin by September
of 1997.
The attached table was distributed which summarizes the
various work options under W-2. Individuals can apply for W-2 at
either the local Job Center or through the Economic Suppot Unit.
Both sites will offer applicants computer access to the JobNet.
W-2 will offer various ancillary services to individuals
seeking employment such as job access loans, case management, child
,are and medical coverage. There will be three child care options.
Licensed, certified and certified provisional day care. Applicants
will have a co -pay for this service. The Federal government has
been adamant that medical coverage comparable to that offered by
the Medical Assistance program remain an entitlement.
A Community Steering Committee of 12 to 15 members is required
for W-2• consumer involvement will be at a sub -committee level.
The Pay for Performance Program which began in March of 1996
was the bridge to W-2. In St. Croix County, the AFDC caseload has
declined from 197 cases in January of 1996 to 85 cases in November
of 1996. The overall caseload for Medical Assistance, day care and
food stamps remains high. Under W-2, case management and
eligibility determination will be done by the same staff person,
who will have an average caseload of 20-30 clients plus a caseload
of MA and Food Stamp cases.
After Marilyn and Jan's presentation, Avalene inquired how this
information would be disseminated to the community. Marilyn
responded that the Steering Committee would be the key.
NETWORK SHARING:
Health and Human Services: Cindy reported that Public Health
gave 1800 flu shots; none of their vaccine was affected by the
recall. Referrals to the WIC program are welcome. Also,
interested individuals are encouraged to consider joining one of
Public Health's Community Coalitions.
Tobacco
Violence
Lifestyle choices
Perinatal
Health and Human Services is doing an informal phone survey
regarding whether community organizations are seeing an increase in
homelessness this winter. Results are inconclusive at this time.
Office on Aging: Barb distributed a hand-out on the functions of
the Office on Aging and asked that members share this information
with other staff.
WITC: Avalene Swanson noted that WITC is experimenting with
distributing their course catalogs through the "shopper" papers
instead of direct mail, and expressed concern that people may not
read the shoppers and would then also miss the catalogs.
Turningpoint: Paula noted that Turningpoint still has office
hours on the first and third Wednesdays at WITC. They will have a
Packer fundraiser on January 24th at the Grand Cafe in River Falls
with raffle prizes and a chili feed from 4-8 p.m.
Turningpoint has had new brochures printed with a grant and will
be visiting the Spring Valley and Prescott schools with their
"Protective Behaviors" curriculum.
Barb praised Turningpoint staff for their presentation to Office
on Aging drivers.
On April 25th, Turningpoint will sponsor a "Take Back the Night"
rally in River Falls on campus. Booth space will be available, and
all local communities are invited to participate.
YWMCA: Tom noted that the Y is doing a staff restructuring and
that he will be directing the Woodbury as well as the Hudson Y's.
The arrangement may be temporary or permanent; if permanent, two
operations managers would be hired.
The Y's school age child care program is licensed for 36 and is
already at 31. The strategic plan continues to be expanding YMCA
programming into the outlying areas.
It was noted that donated baked goods from MORE 4 are available
Mondays and Fridays in the Economic Support offices in New Richmond
and on Wednesday at the Office on Aging.
FUTURE MEETINGS: Topics suggested for future meetings include:
Nutrition issues across program areas
Homelessness
Update on W-2
University Extension/Rural Development Institute on
planning, youth mentoring
Members agreed that the March meeting would focus on housing
planning issues. Chair Holland will invite Ellen Denier from St.
Croix County's planning department. Specific issues of interest
include the need to create affordable housing in areas where
employers need workers, and how planning and development relates to
need and availability of services.
Motion to adjourn at 3:20 p.m. by Blaisdell/Welch. Approved
unanimously.
NEXT MEETING: March 5th at 1:30 p.m. in the Government Center,
Hudson.
Respectfully submitted by:
Cindy Griffin, Acting Recorder