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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-23-2018 Coordinated Family Services Minutes Minutes of the St. Croix County Coordinated Family Services Coordinating Committee rd Friday, March 232018 Members Present:Dawn Campbell (Children’s Services Social Worker),Bob Scofield (Juvenile Justice Social Worker),Toni Chambers (parent, WI FamilyTies Parent Peer Specialist),Leah Johnson-Freer (Baldwin School District),Jodi Jones (parent) Guests: Laura Danielson (SCC staff), Dawn Johnson (prospective committee member) Members Excused:Michelle Lloyd Clay(Children’s Services Social Worker), Kate Rorabeck (Somerset School District),Jacqueline Brenizer (Substance Abuse Counselor),, Teresa Hansen(parent),Julie Johnson (Hudson School District), Elizabeth Plummer(Turning Point), Luke Owens (Marriage and FamilyHealth Services),Amy Elmer (Northwest Journey),Jeremy Hernandez (Positive Alternatives), ChairInthe absence of the Chair and Vice Chair, Campbellcalled the meeting to order at 1:10pm NEXT MEETING: The next St. Croix CountyCoordinated FamilyServices th Coordinating Committee meeting is scheduled forFriday,May 11, 2018atthe St. Croix CountyDepartment of Health and Human Services WELCOME NEW MEMBERS/INTRODUCTIONS:Dawn Johnson (parent) attended the meeting and is interested in becoming a formal committee member. Due to the absence of the Chair, this appointment will need to take place at the next scheduled meeting. AGENDA:Motion:A motion was introduced byJohnson-Freerseconded by Chambersand unanimouslyadopted that today’sagenda be adopted and approved. MINUTES:Motion:A motion was introduced byChambers,seconded byScofield, and unanimouslyadopted. OLD AND NEW BUSINESS: 1.Officer Elections Seeing as Hernandez will move into the Chair position, the Vice Chair and Secretary positions needed to be filled. Claywas nominated to resume in the Secretary position and Campbell accepted on her behalf as she is out on maternityleave. Johnson-Freer agreed to fill the Vice Chair position. 2.Review of Bylaws Committee Members reviewed the current bylaws. Some language in the bylaws pertaining to sub committees was modified and changed to ‘workgroup’ instead of subcommittee. These changes were approved of unanimously by the committee. 3.Enrollment Status Report Campbell shared the most recent Enrollment Status Report. The report now includes the additional youth currently receiving services through Comprehensive CommunityServices (CCS) that are now dually enrolled in CST as of the first of the year.Total enrollmentis 60. Campbell noted that 57 ofthe 60 youth are living at home, which was important to note as the population of youth being served are those at a higher risk for placement outside of the home and at a risk level in which theyneed a more intensivelevel of service. A copy of the enrollment report will be distributed with the minutes. 4.Updateon Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) and Coordinated Family Services (CFS) interface and dual enrollment Campbell reminded the committee of the recommendations from the State for dually enrolling youth receiving services in Comprehensive CommunityServices (CCS) into CST. This would allow St. Croix Countyto use the CST model/philosophyfor deliveryof the team process, while using the financial support of the CCS services to help meet the needs of the youth being served. CCS has a requirement that any individual receiving services through CCS will establish a recoveryteam for that individual. Campbell shared some of the benefits to the dual enrollment and stated that there is ongoing work with training and mentoring all 12 staff within the YCSS department as theywork on developing their facilitation skills and also work on the coordination and development of the teams. It was suggested that an agenda item for the next Committee Mtg. include information on the similarities and differences between CST and CCS. 5.Discuss Potential Change in Meeting Frequency/Schedule Campbellbrought a suggestion to the Committee for consideration relating to the meeting frequency. Statute requires that the Committee meet at last one time quarterly. Currentlythe committee meeting structure is such thatthe committee st meets5 times a year, having two meetings during the 1quarter (Januaryand March) There at times is not enough on the agenda to support two meetings in a quarter and the March meeting is historicallynot as well attended due to different conflicts with spring break schedules, etc. Campbell was proposing that starting in 2019, that the committee meetin Februaryrather than in both Januaryand March. This would still keep the committee in line with Statute requirements. There was consensus of committee members with this change recognizing that additional meetings could be scheduled if needed. Based on this change, the committee meetings would be scheduled for February, May, September and November starting in 2019. 2 6.Overview/Reportfrom Individual Work Groups Campbell shared the new CFS tri panel poster boards and banner that were recently designed by the Marketing/Outreach work group and purchased recently. These boards were already used at school conferences at 4 different school districts. Due to the lownumber of committee members present, there were not any formal reports from the other work group members. The Committee did spend some time explaining the three work group s and their primary focus to prospective member Johnson. 7.Individual work group break outs and work This did not occur due to lack of attendance from committee members. Announcements: Campbell shared some changes at DHHS and some additional staff positions that were approved for Children Services due to consistent growth and demand for services as well as the surge of out of home placements within Child Protective Services due to the increased substance use in the area. Chambers shared information on the upcoming Children Come First Conference in November, 2018 at Wisconsin Dells. . POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: Overview of Comprehensive CommunityServices (CCS) and Coordinated Service Teams (CST) similarities and differences. MotionA motion was introduced byScofield, and seconded byChambers, and unanimouslyadoptedthat the meeting is adjourned. ADJOURNED:2:25pm Chair: __________________________________ Attest: _________________________________ (Secretary) 3