HomeMy WebLinkAboutCoordinated Family Services 02-10-06 ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING AND AGENDA
TO: Chair Clarence Malick
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Dawn Campbell, Project Coordinator
COMMITTEE TITLE: St. Croix County Coordinated Family Services
DATE: 2/10/2006
TIME: 1:30pm
LOCATION: St. Croix County Department of Health and Human Services
1445 N. 4 th St. New Richmond, WI 54017
ROLL CALL - Welcome New Members /Introductions
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: 3/10/2006
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Review of Coordinating Committee Member Handbook
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Enrollment Status Report
2. Update on membership status from Mental Health Representatives on Coordinating
Committee and Screening Committee
3. Report from Quality Assurance Sub - Committee on 2006 Work Plan and Status
report submitted to State
4. Define objectives and work tasks for Membership and Quality Assurance
subcommittees
5. Revision of CFS Primary Handbook (adhoc group needed ?)
6. Discussion on Sustainability
7. Service Coordinator training opportunities
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT
(Agenda not necessarily presented in this order.)
SUBMITTED BY: Dawn Campbell, CSW
COPIES TO: County Board Office News Media/Notice Board
County Clerk Committee Members
*Additions /Changes /Corrections
2/6/2006
MINUTES
COORDINATED FAMILY SERVICES
FEBRUARY
Members Present: Nancy Espersen
Robyn Spencer -Beck
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Kathy Huston
Dawn Campbell
Kathy Dunlap
Tim Markgraf
Fred Johnson
Peg Bavin
Kate Rorabeck
Cary Bittinger
Ron Kiesler
Post - Priller
Brenda Bergquist
Members Excused: Pat Haeny
Chair Espersen called the meeting to order at 1:40 PM.
NEXT MEETING The next St. Croix County Coordinated Family Services
Coordinating Committee meeting is scheduled for Friday, March loth, 2oo6 at
1:30 PM at the St. Croix County Department of Health and Human Services.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERSANTRODUCTIONS None.
MINUTES Motion A motion was introduced by Spencer -Beck, seconded by
Dunlap, and unanimously adopted: That the minutes of the January 13th, 2oo6 St.
Croix County Coordinated Family Services Coordinating Committee meeting be
approved as amended. The amendment includes clarification that Johnson will not
serve on the Coordinating Committee as a voting member. He will however serve on
the CFS membership committee.
AGENDA: Motion: A motion was introduced by Dunlap, seconded by Spencer -
Beck, and unanimously adopted: That today's agenda be adopted a nd approved as
circulated.
COORDINATING COMMITTEE HANDBOOK: The committee reviewed the newly
developed Coordinating Committee Handbook and discussed how to update the
Coordinating Committee membership list.
CORRESPONDENCE: Johnson will update the St. Croix County Health and Human
Services committee /board and request that they appoint the St. Croix County
Coordinated Family Services Coordinating Committee as stated in the manual (per
statute) to run Coordinated Family Services. Johnson will also ask for a Health and
Human Services board member to also serve on the Coordinating Committee.
Johnson further updates the committee that in consultation with the St. Croix
County Corporation Counsel, this committee is subject to the open meeting laws and
recommends that we continue to follow them.
SUB - COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Quality Assurance: Campbell reviewed the WI Collaborative Systems of
Care Annual System Update and the 8 Key Components of Integrated Service Plan
Program Development Plan for 2006. The QA subcommittee prepared a document
that was submitted to the State addressing the ISP Development Plan for 2006.
- Campbell reviewed membership, QA and screening sub - committee purpose and
objectives statements DRAFTS developed which included the meeting frequencies.
Amendments will be made to the membership and QA statements; Campbell will
edit, revise and present updates at the next meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Kiesler updated the committee on the re- organization taking place within the
St. Croix County Community Support Program and how the changes will
affect participation on the St. Croix County CFS Coordinating Committee and
sub - committees. Social Worker Kristin Newton (supervised by Kiesler) will
provide SED case management services, and in addition to this, she will also
provide CFS services to children with Campbell and Markgraf. Huston
recently accepted the position of CSP Coordinator and will serve on the
screening sub - committee in place of Albers who will retire as of 2/28/06.
Due to new responsibilities of her position, Huston will need to be relieved of
CFS secretarial responsibilities as soon as possible. Kiesler will serve as the
Mental Health representative on the Coordinating Committee and have
voting rights.
2. Campbell reported that there will be a Service Coordination Training offered
some time late March — first part of April in Eau Claire. The Committee
discussed collaboration with other counties locally (i.e. Pierce, Polk, Eau
Claire) for sharing training costs.
3. Johnson reported that Norma Guenther will present "Why Child Welfare
Doesn't Work" on 4/19/o6. This is tentatively scheduled to take place at
UWRF. The target audience is community members, not child protection
workers. More information to follow as available.
4. The Committee discussed how to better utilize UWRF students that are
interested in participating and want to be on teams. Some students are
already involved in tea pr ocesses.
APPOINTMENTS None.
OLD BUSINESS None
NEW BUSINESS: Campbell reviewed Enrollment Status Report of 2/1/o6.
Committee members were provided with a copy of the report and asked to add it to
the Appendix (section 5) of the Coordinating Committee Handbook.
ACTION ITEMS:
1. Ad -hoc committee was comprised of: Campbell, Markgraf and Newton and
developed to begin work on revising and updating the CFS Handbook.
2. Campbell and Huston to update and revise the CFS Coordinating Committee
membership list looking to highlight current Coordinating Committee
membership information, and separately list sub - committee and community
partners (those that have signed inter - agency agreements) membership to
make it more user friendly.
AGENDA ITEMS:
1. Discussion of sustainability.
2. Reports from the schools regarding: how is CFS working from the schools
perspective; are the schools getting the support that they need, are they
seeing a difference, and is it helping?
3. Updates from the sub - committees.
TREATS: Spencer -Beck and Post - Priller will bring treats to the March loth meeting.
Espersen asked if there were any other issues to bring before the Committee; having
no further issues brought to the chairperson,
Motion A motion was introduced by Bavin, and seconded by Spencer -Beck, and
unanimously adopted: that the meeting is adjourned.
ADJOURNED: 3:12 pm