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Home My WebLink About03-09-2012 Coordinated Family Services AgendaMinutes of the St. Croix County Coordinated Family Services Coordinating Committee March 9th, 2012 at 1:00pm Members Present: Toni Chambers, Mary Paulson, Dawn Campbell, Julie Johnson, Kathy Dunlap, Kelly Kamholz, Jennifer Olson, Patti Phillipps Members Excused: Darren Kern, Lori Jensen, Luke Owens, Deb Ramacher, Tim Markgraf, Peter Madsen, Kim Wojick Chair Paulson called the meeting to order at 1:25pm NEXT MEETING: The next St. Croix County Coordinated Family Services Coordinating Committee meeting is scheduled for May 11th, 2012 @ 1:00pm at the St. Croix County Department of Health and Human Services. WELCOME NEW MEMBERS/INTRODUCTIONS: AGENDA: Motion: A motion was introduced by Chambers seconded by Dunlap, and unanimously adopted that today’s agenda be adopted and approved with the following changes to the postpone discussion on agenda item #1-Review of Bylaws due to pending changes at the County level with how committee bylaws will be determined; postpone agenda item #2- Election of Officers, due to low turnout of committee members at today’s meeting. MINUTES: Motion: A motion was introduced by Johnson, seconded by Dunlap, and unanimously adopted: That the minutes of the January 13, 2012 St. Croix County Coordinated Family Services Coordinating Committee meeting be approved as circulated with the correction in spelling to Kelli Kamholz name. OLD AND NEW BUSINESS: 1. Review of Bylaws Postponed until next meeting 2. Election of Officers (Vice Chair and Secretary) Postponed until next meeting 3. CFS Enrollment Status Report (see attached to minutes) 4. Individual Sub Committee Work/Break outs Individual subcommittees broke out in their groups and reported back to full committee (see below) 5. Report from Individual Subcommittees 2 Quality Assurance Subcommittee (Dawn Campbell, Kathy Dunlap, Toni Chambers, Patti Phillipps and Mary Paulson) Quality Assurance Subcommittee had an offering and accepted the offering for Mary Paulson, and 1-2 other doctoral students from St. Thomas who are willing to conduct a research survey/project for no cost to the CFS project or the committee. Initial discussion took place within the subcommittee about this with discussion on parameters of a survey, what we want the survey/research to tell us, etc. Most of the work will be completed during the summer and some preliminary discussions will take place with Paulson and the other students involved possibly at the next scheduled committee meeting. In preparation for this, the subcommittee will develop a list of current and potential partners, develop list of partners that have had training, information or presentations provided to them regarding CFS, data on referrals formally made and timeline for when referrals were made until families were served. The subcommittee will also review copies of surveys that currently exist. These steps will help the subcommittee further define and determine how to measure success within the CFS project. Grand Resource Development Subcommittee (Julie Johnson, Kelli Kamholz, Jennifer Olson) Goal: Strengthen communities’ investment in the CFS project by increasing supportive resources and donations available to CFS teams. Objective #1: To raise $1,000 in donations annually Task: Participate in Give to the Max event Task: Participate in River Bucks Program Task: Explore other options and grant opportunities Objective #2: To gather donations of goods and services Task: Annually mail informational letter of request and follow up with thank yous to donors. Task: Solicit CFS members for additional donations Task: Update database of resource contacts each year ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE: 3/13- Parent Seminar at Hudson High School (flyers distributed at meeting and will be distributed via email to all Committee Members) 3/27- Upcoming WWAACC Shops. Nancy Lawton Shirley will speak on a topic related to Sensory. April WWAACC Shop will be Stacy Dinner Levine who will do a Q & A and viewing of DVD which includes a performance by individuals on the spectrum. April is Autism Awareness Month. May WWAACC Shop will be Katie Gleason from WEAP. WWAACC is trying to do less with paper and encourages other to get on the email distribution list to assure receiving notifications of upcoming WWAACC events. 3 Dunlap updated that 2 new MST (Multi Systemic Therapy) Therapists have been hired and will be starting in April. Kamholz shared new Positive Alternatives newsletters and brochures which will also be circulated to committee members. Keys to Success Conference is scheduled for Saturday, March 24th in Unity, WI. . POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: Election of Officers, review committee bylaws, Review visual flowchart of YCSS services TREATS: Paulson 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 Dunlap, and seconded by Phillipps, and unanimously adopted: that the meeting is adjourned. ADJOURNED: 2:40pm Chair: __________________________________ Attest: _________________________________ (Secretary)