Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
January 9, 2019 – Agenda December 5, 2018 – Minutes Meeting Notice/Agenda Wednesday, January 9, 2019 – 8:00 a.m. Yuba County OFFICE OF EDUCATION – OAK ROOM 935 14TH STREET, MARYSVILLE, CA
______________________________________________________________________________ The Yuba County Children’s Council is open to the public. Public participation and comment is invited relevant to each agenda item. If a member of the public has a comment on something other than an agenda item they may address the council during the Public Comment Agenda item. Issues/comments requiring longer than five (5) minutes will be placed on the next Council meeting agenda. If you would like to have an item placed on the agenda please contact. Council Secretary at least ONE week prior to the meeting.
1. Call To Order John Floe
2 Roll Call John Floe
3 Public Comment Members of the public are invited to share items of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Any member of the audience may bring a matter before the Council that has not been agendized; however, State law provides that no action may be taken on any item not appearing on the posted Agenda. The Council requests that comments be limited to five (5) minutes per speaker.
4 Approval of December 5, 2018 Minutes Action Item
5 Children’s Trust Fund Consideration Action Item John Floe
6 The Association of Friday School Report Card Information Item With Saturday Incidence Rates of Agency – Verified Physical Child Abuse Tony Kildare
7 Work Group/Subgroup Update Information Item
8 Next Children’s Council Meeting: February 6, 2019
9 Adjourn
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
Yuba County OFFICE OF EDUCATION – OAK ROOM 935 14TH STREET, MARYSVILLE, CA
Meeting Minutes – December 5, 2018 – 8:00 AM
Chairman Vice Chairman Dr. Francisco Reveles YCOE John Floe SYBH
Council Officers Jim Arnold Ericka Summers Karleen Jakowski Berni Fricke George Siler Cathy LeBlanc Caron Job Greg Stone Gary Bradford
1 Call to Order Dr. Francisco Reveles called the meeting to order at 8:01 A.M
2 Roll Call The following Council Officers were present: Dr. Francisco Reveles as Chair, John Floe, Gary Bradford, Jim Arnold, Berni Fricke, Cathy LeBlanc and Greg Stone. Council Secretary: Amy Nore The following members of the public were in attendance: Tony Kildare, Amy Molina Jones, Jason Roper and George Siler.
3 Public Comment There were no comments from the public.
4 Approval of November 7, 2018 Minutes Greg Stone Motion; Jim Arnold 2nd Motion. AIF
5 Children’s Trust Fund Consideration A request from Camptonville Community Partnership to reimburse mileage in the amount of $300.00 to Cathy LeBlanc. Jim Arnold Motions, John Floe 2nd Motion. AIF
6 Election of Vice Chair Tony Kildare Motions to elect Jason Roper as Vice Chair for 2019. Gary Bradford 2nd Motion. AIF
7 Election of Officers Karleen Jakowski, Social Services Jason Roper Motions, Francisco Reveles 2nd Motion. AIF
John Floe, Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse Jason Roper Motions, Jim Arnold 2nd Motion. AIF
Cathy LeBlanc, Community Based Organizations Jason Roper Motions, Gary Bradford 2nd Motion. AIF
Ericka Summers, Education & Early Child Care Jason Roper Motions, Gary Bradford 2nd Motion. AIF
Caron Job, Employment/Training Francisco Reveles Motions, Jim Arnold 2nd Motion. AIF
Jim Arnold, Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Jason Roper Motions, Gary Bradford 2nd Motion. AIF
Greg Stone, Health Jason Roper Motions, Jim Arnold 2nd Motion. AIF
Berni Fricke, Faith Based Community Jason Roper Motions, Jim Arnold 2nd Motion. AIF
George Siler, Community Representation Cathy LeBlanc Motions, John Floe 2nd Motion. AIF
Francisco Reveles will continue to represent Education.
8. Work Group/Subgroup Update Jason Roper shared the Multi-Disciplinary Team met on Monday, December 2, 2018 and spent a lot of time discussing how to measure success.
John Floe reported that Sutter County has a 1% vacancy rate. Each week a county worker visits each hotel to update this report.
Amy Molina Jones gave an update on displaced students from the Camp Fire. Eight students from Paradise have enrolled in Yuba County Schools. Amy will pass along names of families to Jason Roper to connect with resources within our community.
9. Next Children’s Council Meeting: January 9, 2019
10. Adjourn: Jim Arnold Motions to adjourn the meeting, Gary Bradford 2nd Motion. AIF Dr. Francisco Reveles adjourned the meeting at 8:44A.M.
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
February 6, 2019 – Agenda January 9, 2019 – Minutes Meeting Notice/Agenda Wednesday, February 6, 2019 – 8:00 a.m. Yuba County OFFICE OF EDUCATION – OAK ROOM 935 14TH STREET, MARYSVILLE, CA
______________________________________________________________________________ The Yuba County Children’s Council is open to the public. Public participation and comment is invited relevant to each agenda item. If a member of the public has a comment on something other than an agenda item they may address the council during the Public Comment Agenda item. Issues/comments requiring longer than five (5) minutes will be placed on the next Council meeting agenda. If you would like to have an item placed on the agenda please contact. Council Secretary at least ONE week prior to the meeting.
Call To Order
John Floe
2 Roll Call John Floe
3 Public Comment Members of the public are invited to share items of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Any member of the audience may bring a matter before the Council that has not been agendized; however, State law provides that no action may be taken on any item not appearing on the posted Agenda. The Council requests that comments be limited to five (5) minutes per speaker.
4 Approval of January 9, 2019 Minutes Action Item
5 Children’s Trust Fund Consideration Action Item John Floe
6 The Association of Friday School Report Card Information Item With Saturday Incidence Rates of Agency – Verified Physical Child Abuse Tony Kildare
7 Report Out on Sierra-Sacramento Regional Meeting Information Item
8 Child Abuse Prevention Month Activities in April Information Item
9 Next Children’s Council Meeting: March 6, 2019
10 Adjourn
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
Yuba County OFFICE OF EDUCATION – OAK ROOM 935 14TH STREET, MARYSVILLE, CA
Meeting Minutes – January 9, 2018 – 8:00 AM
Chairman Vice Chairman John Floe, SYBH Jason Roper, Yuba County Probation
Council Officers Jim Arnold Ericka Summers Karleen Jakowski Berni Fricke George Siler Cathy LeBlanc Caron Job Greg Stone Gary Bradford
1 Call to Order John Floe called the meeting to order at 8:04 A.M
2 Roll Call The following Council Officers were present: John Floe as Chair, Caron Job, Jim Arnold, Gary Bradford, Dr. Francisco Reveles, Karleen Jakowski, George Siler, Ericka Summers. Council Secretary: Valerie Strawmier
The following members of the public were in attendance: Tony Kildare.
3 Public Comment There were no comments from the public.
4 Approval of December 5, 2018 Minutes Jim Arnold Motion; Gary Bradford 2nd Motion. AIF
5 Children’s Trust Fund Consideration There were no disbursement requests for the Children’s Trust Fund to consider.
6 Update on Sutter County Vacancy Rate John Floe noted that at the previous meeting he had stated that Sutter County had a 1% vacancy rate. However, after further review, it was discovered that Sutter County has a 6% vacancy rate as of the end of December 2018. Yuba County had a 9% vacancy rate at that time as well.
7 Discussion of Article Reporting Study of Report Card Distribution and Correlation to Child Abuse Incidents Tony Kildare presented an article for discussion regarding a study that was done comparing the release day for report cards of Friday compared to verified child abuse incidents that occurred the following Saturday. During extensive discussion, ideas were shared about possibly changing the release date of reports cards, as well as considering stress factors for parents and guardians. This same topic was going to be discussed in a January 9, 2018 Sutter Council meeting, according to Tony Kildare.
8 Displaced Youth Subgroup Update There were no general updates on displaced youth to share.
John Floe reported that funds will be arriving from HEAP and that 5% of them are specifically earmarked for youth activities. These can be used for a wide range of homeless proposals. Amy Molina Jones noted that a meeting was being held by the Education Group on January 9, 2019 to discuss this very topic.
9 Guests at YCCW Meeting Tony Kildare requested information about whether or not Sutter County staff would be welcome guests at the YCCW Council meeting. John Floe responded that yes, they were. Karleen Jakowski noted that it is a public meeting and while guests are not allowed to vote on topics, they are certainly welcome to come and observe.
10 Youth for Change Updates Karleen Jakowski discussed the upcoming child abuse prevention summit in San Diego that Yuba County applied to attend. Their team was one of 22 counties to apply and be approved to attend. The summit runs from 1/31/19-2/1/19 and the attending group will be meeting before they leave. She also noted that DR data will start to be shared in February or March and will include reports on referrals and how services are impacting lives.
Karleen also discussed an application Yuba County is filing for an OCAP grant that will help them focus on prevention issues with substance-abusing mothers, including neglect and abuse incidents. It is their goal to partner with FQHCs and Youth for Change to address the matter of rising birth rates for babies that have been exposed to substances in utero.
11 Next Children’s Council Meeting: February 6, 2019
12 Adjourn: Jim Arnold Motions to adjourn the meeting, Gary Bradford 2nd Motion. AIF John Floe adjourned the meeting at 8:30A.M.
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
March 6, 2019 – Agenda February 6, 2019 – Minutes Meeting Notice/Agenda Wednesday, March 6, 2019 – 8:00 a.m. Yuba County OFFICE OF EDUCATION – OAK ROOM 935 14TH STREET, MARYSVILLE, CA
______________________________________________________________________________ The Yuba County Children’s Council is open to the public. Public participation and comment is invited relevant to each agenda item. If a member of the public has a comment on something other than an agenda item they may address the council during the Public Comment Agenda item. Issues/comments requiring longer than five (5) minutes will be placed on the next Council meeting agenda. If you would like to have an item placed on the agenda please contact. Council Secretary at least ONE week prior to the meeting.
1. Call To Order John Floe
1. Roll Call John Floe
1. Public Comment Members of the public are invited to share items of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Any member of the audience may bring a matter before the Council that has not been agendized; however, State law provides that no action may be taken on any item not appearing on the posted Agenda. The Council requests that comments be limited to five (5) minutes per speaker.
Approval of February 6, 2019 Minutes Action Item
Children’s Trust Fund Consideration Action Item
John Floe—April 2019 CAP Month Promotional Items
Blueshift Project Presentation Action Item
Sarah Ludwick/Michelle
Establishing a Prevention Network Presentation Action Item
Liz Corniel – Video Presentation
The Association of Friday School Report Card Information Item With Saturday Incidence Rates of Agency –
Verified Physical Child Abuse
Tony Kildare
Report Out on Sierra-Sacramento Regional Meeting Information Item
Displaced Youth Multi-Disciplinary Team (DYMDT) Information Item
Child Abuse Prevention Month Activities in April Information Item
Next Children’s Council Meeting: April 3, 2019
Adjourn
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
Yuba County OFFICE OF EDUCATION – OAK ROOM 935 14TH STREET, MARYSVILLE, CA
Meeting Minutes – February 6, 2019 – 8:00 AM
Chairman Vice Chairman John Floe, SYBH Jason Roper, Yuba County Probation
Council Officers Jim Arnold Ericka Summers Karleen Jakowski Berni Fricke George Siler Cathy LeBlanc Caron Job Greg Stone Gary Bradford
Call to Order
John Floe called the meeting to order at 8:02 A.M
Roll CallThe following Council Officers were present: John Floe as Chair, Jason Roper as Vice Chair, Karleen Jakowski, Jim Arnold, Ericka Summers, Dr. Francisco Reveles, Rev. Berni Fricke, Caron Job. Council Secretary: Valerie Strawmier
The following members of the public were in attendance: Tara Moseley, Theresa Dove Weber, Tony Kildare, Margie Renicker, Liz Corniel, Marjorie Whittaker and Amy Molina Jones.
Dr. Frank Reveles introduced Marjorie Whittaker, Trustee.
Public Comment
There were no comments from the public.
4. Approval of January 6, 2019 Minutes Jim Arnold Motion; Karleen Jakowski 2nd Motion. AIF
5. Children’s Trust Fund Consideration: Request for $300 to cover gaps in Funding from Cathy LeBlanc. Jim 1st Motion, Karleen 2nd Motion, AIF
6. Revisit of Discussion of Report Card Release Day Study Related to Child Abuse Incidents: Karleen recapped previous month’s discussion regarding the release day of report cards and the correlation between that day and higher numbers of verified child abuse occurring over the weekend. She reminded members of team that parents have access to grades with the online app, but perhaps some parents are not aware of how to use it. Dr. Reveles noted that this information will be shared at an upcoming board retreat, noting that is the perfect time to do so, since a gathering like this has not occurred in many years. Rev. Fricke requested information on whether teachers are making contact with parents if grades are lower than expected. Dr. Reveles responded that it depends on the district and the level of established communication routes. As a reminder, Karleen noted that report cards released earlier in the week do not cause a spike in verified abuse reports. Discussion followed about the procedure to change release day and how to follow-up with parents who may not want to engage with difficult parents.
7. Focus Program Introduction: Jason Hopper informed the team they are researching the Focus Program that responds to kids under stress who may have experienced trauma. First responders go to a call where a minor is involved and then enter in the minor’s name, birthday and school, effectively sending this information to the school liaison. This allows the school and mental health officials to be proactive and help them with feelings of stress. Karleen noted that she believed this program started in another state and worked well. This program softens the approach to the child in terms of seeing the child as being defiant versus having a reaction to a stressful situation. This approach improves the relationship between students and faculty members. Jason Hopper noted they are optimistic about the data they’ve gathered so far.
8. Report on Sierra-Sacramento Regional Meeting: Focus was on discussing pamphlets and brochures on how opioids can affect pregnant women. Team members are looking at getting this information professionally printed through one of Jason Roper’s contacts. There will also be a website for easy access to a toolkit to get data and information on how to address that as a whole county. Karleen noted that opioids are a significant issue in Yuba County. At the meeting, an Americorp representative came and spoke about the services they can offer to the community, including help with disaster relief and shelters, home visiting programs and more. John forwarded an application for a grant from Americorp to Liz and she is still looking into that. He noted there is a lot of opportunity that Americorp can offer to the region, including a regional team that works on specific issues, such as homeless, emergency responses, etc. There is also an open program at the state level that is ready to be used with Friday Night Live and Americorp. Job development is one of the best focuses of Americorp and John is researching this aspect more, including a stipend program that could be used to pay an individual $6,500 for 1700 hours of work. Rev. Fricke requested information on whether parenting classes are included for substance-abusing parents who may be participating in the stipend program. There are evening classes and childcare is provided for those times. This is a program everyone can access in the Yuba-Sutter area. An email will be sent out with the flyer for these classes.
9. Be the One Campaign Introduction: Liz Corniel introduced information on the Be the One campaign, including a flyer. Staff wants to promote this within the community to support child abuse prevention. This flyer was borrowed with permission from Yolo County and there is a PowerPoint Liz is going to request from them as well. Campaign promotes kindness, and this has also been embraced by the Sierra-Sacramento Regional committee. John noted the benefits of this program, saying that social isolation is one of the hardest obstacles in the homeless community. It was also noted that we needed to create a flyer that is more specific to our county, and Liz was given approval to be the liaison between Sierra-Sacramento Regional and Yolo County to get the message for this flyer together. Karleen also noted there could be a helpful website in the future that would help distribute this information throughout the community.
10. Child Abuse Prevention Month: Liz discussed the Kids Day held last year at the Capitol in Sacramento, where information is provided to both kids and parents. Staff would like to support this in a more regional way, sharing information about our local county services, etc. An art contest was suggested where kids can submit their artwork to be displayed at the event, as long as their parents/guardians sign a release. This event at the Capitol is open to all California counties and a flyer about this fun event will be sent out to everyone. Dr. Reveles suggested contacting David Reed so that every child’s artwork could be showcased here locally for participation, rather than just the winners at the event. Liz will follow-up with David Reed to get more assistance. Each county that participates in Kids Day is expected to have a booth with activities for the appropriate age group, and due to the short time period, it might be better to plan for next year. Liz will send out email regarding Kids Day at the Capitol to everyone on the committee. Karleen noted that once everyone was able to read the email and flyer, they could respond with their availability and activity ideas. Jason Roper notified the team that they had four to five buckets of cobblestones that could be painted a solid color and prepared for kids to draw on with Sharpie markers or paints. Ericka requested information on any groups that First 5 could support to attend this event. Amy Molina Jones plans to check in with ILP.
11. Community Information Sharing for Child Abuse Prevention: Liz noted that last year, magnets and positive parenting glancers were shared. She would like to use a different glancer this year that focuses on defusing tantrums, but no magnets this time. There is a Period of Purple flyer program that can be downloaded onto a cell phone, as well as a matching booklet. This program discusses how babies have different types of cries, what they mean and how they sound. Staff would like to launch this in the local community but may not have enough time before April due to the time and process it takes to get the program. The program requires that anyone handing out information on it attend a free 45-minute training and sign a fidelity document agreeing to only hand out the program to individuals who have had someone review the information with them. A minimum purchase of 100 programs must be made to participate, which comes out to approximately $200. Discussion was shared about partnering with local hospital, First 5, Peach Tree Clinic, Child Welfare and Harmony Health. Tony noted it might also be a good idea to share this with OB/GYN professionals to start education before the child is born. These professionals could help identify the most likely candidates for these programs. Discussion was shared about possible addiction issues for parents, concerns with both substance-abusing mothers and fathers who are unaware of this information. Rev. Fricke noted that a cliff notes version for babysitters might also be helpful. Tony asked if there was a 24-hour hotline for parents/caregivers to call, and John replied that WellSpace does this and they are located in Sacramento. Ericka said there is a similar program in one of the WIC classes. Karleen mentioned mental health material and the Road to Resilience program where they work with substance-addicted parents, as ideas to help get this information out to the community.
12. Pinwheel Purchase-Upcoming Action Item: Liz said they are able to get the pinwheel pins at a lower price and will plan on the purchase request as an action item for March.
13. Update on Child Abuse Prevention Summit-Action Item: Karleen recapped that they applied to send a team to this summit and were approved, along with 21 other counties. They had well-rounded representation with most of the attendees being at the YCCW meeting. A couple exceptions were not present. They held a pre-summit meeting where they completed a self-evaluation of Yuba County and discovered that while there are many programs, most of them are quire siloed. In order to reduce gaps and avoid duplication of efforts, they are going to begin laying the groundwork for a prevention network based on the public health model. It will focus on resilience, impact of childhood trauma, economic stressors, food security, etc. An email will be sent out to the team with the link to the state dashboard. On the dashboard link, anyone can access both state and local county information. Some areas to think about were noted as child poverty rate, food insecurity rate, average income, higher rates of unemployment, childcare, double the number of felony arrests per 1,000, domestic violence and drug-related ER visits. A positive statistic is that Yuba County has a high rate of reaching local citizens with the CalFresh program, formerly known as food stamps. Yuba County’s reach index is 91%, which is 20% higher than the state average. Child abuse could potentially be prevented as well, if the needle can be moved on these other topics. Dashboard link is tinyurl.com/county/dashboards. Karleen will send out email containing all the local numbers and data.
Action Item—Request to establish workgroup/subgroup to establish structure of this network. It will need approval as a subcommittee, similar to the displaced youth project. A one-year plan will apply and will allow the group to gather information and strategies from the state to help develop the plan further.
14. Sierra Health Foundation Webinar Announcement: A webinar was set for 10am for those who were able to attend and learn more about the Sierra Health responsive grant process. Rural areas are set to received 30% of these funds and this could assist with the prevention network. It was requested that other people in the community participate in this discussion. There are some novel ideas being used by real estate professionals in Sacramento where they assist people to purchase homes in the community and develop community sports complex access. Child abuse prevention is more than prevention; it’s about supporting the whole community and reducing stressors for parents and caregivers, and this program assists with that goal. It is important to understand assets we already have that may not be classified as preventative measures. John Floe requested information on feedback and statistics as they become available.
Action Item—Propose to develop the subgroup next month.
15. Upcoming Ribbon Cutting: An educational support enter is opening and flyer was passed around to team members with an invitation to attend. This will be a professional hub for resources for everyone to use.
16. PES Hours Change Announcement: For those team members who need this information, the PES Department at 1965 Live Oak Blvd, Yuba City, is not going to be open 24/7 as 2/11/19, Monday. Clients will need to go to ER for psychiatric emergencies once new hours begin.
17. Next Children’s Council Meeting: March 6, 2019
18. Adjourn: John Floe proposed to adjourn at 9:23 am. Dr. Reveles 1st Motion, Cathy LeBlanc 2nd Motion, AIF. Meeting adjourned.
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
April 3, 2019 – Agenda March 6, 2019 – Minutes Meeting Notice/Agenda Wednesday, April 3, 2019 – 8:00 a.m. Yuba County OFFICE OF EDUCATION – OAK ROOM 935 14TH STREET, MARYSVILLE, CA
______________________________________________________________________________ The Yuba County Children’s Council is open to the public. Public participation and comment is invited relevant to each agenda item. If a member of the public has a comment on something other than an agenda item they may address the council during the Public Comment Agenda item. Issues/comments requiring longer than five (5) minutes will be placed on the next Council meeting agenda. If you would like to have an item placed on the agenda please contact. Council Secretary at least ONE week prior to the meeting.
1. Call To Order John Floe
2. Roll Call John Floe
Public Comment Members of the public are invited to share items of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Any member of the audience may bring a matter before the Council that has not been agendized; however, State law provides that no action may be taken on any item not appearing on the posted Agenda. The Council requests that comments be limited to five (5) minutes per speaker.
Approval of March 6, 2019 Minutes Action Item
Children’s Trust Fund Consideration Action Item John Floe—April 2019 CAP Month Promotional Items
Blueshift Project Presentation Information Item Tony Kildare
MOU Signed with Children’s Council & Victim Services Jason Roper Action Item
Report Out on Sierra-Sacramento Regional Meeting Information Item
Displaced Youth Multi-Disciplinary Team (DYMDT) Information Item
Child Abuse Prevention Month Activities in April Information Item
Next Children’s Council Meeting: May 1, 2019
Adjourn
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
Yuba County OFFICE OF EDUCATION – OAK ROOM 935 14TH STREET, MARYSVILLE, CA
Meeting Minutes – March 6, 2019 – 8:00 AM
Chairman Vice Chairman
John Floe, SYBH Jason Roper, Yuba County Probation
Council Officers
Jim Arnold Ericka Summers Karleen Jakowski Berni Fricke George Siler Cathy LeBlanc Caron Job Greg Stone Gary Bradford
Call to Order John Floe called the meeting to order at 8:06 A.M
Roll Call The following Council Officers were present: John Floe as Chair, Jason Roper as Vice Chair, Karleen Jakowski, Ericka Summers, Gary Bradford, Dr. Francisco Reveles, Greg Stone, and Cathy LeBlanc. Council Secretary: Valerie Strawmier
The following members of the public were in attendance: Tara Moseley, Tony Kildare, Margie Renicker, Homer Rice, Michael Williams, LaFatima Jones, Jason Hofhenko, and Sarah Ludwick
Public Comment There were no comments from the public.
Approval of February 6, 2019 Minutes Jason Roper Motion; John Floe 2nd Motion. AIF
Children’s Trust Fund Consideration: No requests for funding.
Report of Displaced Youth and Multi-Disciplinary Teams (DYMDT): Jason Roper, with the assistance of Ericka Summers, relayed information on DYMDT which meets twice a year. They have worked with 18 families intensively. During this process, they’ve discovered it’s a very time intense process, depending on the complexity of the issues families are dealing with. The average time of working with a family is six to nine months. Gaps in the process were discovered during this time. During the first part of January, a grant application was submitted that proposed four things to address the service gaps that were discovered. The grant, which was applied for and approved, will allow them to create a housing flex account to work with the homeless consortium. As this grant is meant to work for children, these have discovered that helping affect the change with parents positively impacts the children. The independent living program is one such example. They will be able to leverage funds with partners and offer counseling, having a staff member man this position ten hours a week and be assigned to the corresponding population. The grant also allows the Homeless Youth and Coordination to increase outreach by working with Amanda Book, allowing her to increase her time by an hour per day with Marysville Joint Unified School District, First 5, Homeless for Yuba County, and local faith-based groups. . The administrators of this grant will work together from Faith Tabernacle to allow for quicker turnaround time when checks need to be written for grant fund recipients. There is an existing MOU for DYMDT with no terms, but Graysource needs to be removed from it. John requested that a handout with this information be emailed to him.
Blueshift Project Presentation: Tony Kildare reported that this project began as a trailer bill onto another meeting. Sarah Ludwick prepared a presentation as a Public Health Nurse, regarding the studies that have been done on PostPartum Depression Prevalence and the rates of PostPartum Depression in the population. Her study reflects how it disproportionately affects mothers experiencing poverty, and who are unable to access resources locally due to lack of awareness. Her study shows that it would be helpful for medical providers who are aware of depression to be aware of resources to share with their patients. Currently, there is really nothing set up to address mild-moderate or moderate-severe cases. The Blueshift project is meant to create awareness of this issue by providing information on how it affects not just the mother, but also the family and young children. The goal is to develop some partnerships to create these necessary resources. Postpartum depression is the #1 complication of childbirth, and it affects one in 7 moms on the average. This rate increases to 4 in 10 moms in the poverty population. This condition can occur up to a year, but also longer. Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death in moms dealing with this condition. Presentation slides were shared regarding the rates of P-MED mood disorders in the local county compared to the state and nation. Presentation also affected how other family members are affected and the cost to the health system overall due to lack of productivity on the part of mom’s suffering from P-MED. The main controversy comes in when screenings should be completed for this condition. Blueshift plans to help determine if women are getting treated, if they’re being referred for treatment, and if they’re actually connecting. If these resources exist, can the support be made available for these women? Coordination with Adult Outpatient, Youth Services, Probation, Sutter and Yuba Children’s Commission, and Dr. Sigler, as well as the New Day Counseling Center will be necessary to make this project successful. Team purchased the viewing rights to The Dark Side of the Full Moon and plans to use it as a viewing tool for doctors and medical health professionals to learn more about P-MED, but not as a public screening tool because it’s not really appropriate. As a side note, the ACOG updated their screening recommendations after this documentary was released. The gold standard would be to have screenings completed at every trimester, postpartum and a screen at the well child examination by the pediatrician or their nurse. Tony Kildare requested support getting input from potential support agencies to make this project more successful. Dr. Sigler expressed interest in being involved. Sutter County WIC is involved and the WIC director is aware as well. Tony Kildare also proposed reaching out to the professional community to ensure they’re thinking about this and are able to respond. Discussion took place regarding barriers that need to be overcome for both communities. John Floe noted that referral and prevention are two important components that need to be considered to keep women from feeling alone when they are suffering from this condition. Discussion continued on how to bring this to surrounding communities and make it accessible for everyone. John Floe suggested making this a standing topic on the agenda to allow further discussion and come up with a strategic plan/collaborative effort. 1st Motion, 2nd Motion—AIF.
Jason Hopper informed the team they are researching the Focus Program that responds to kids under stress who may have experienced trauma. First responders go to a call where a minor is involved and then enter in the minor’s name, birthday and school, effectively sending this information to the school liaison. This allows the school and mental health officials to be proactive and help them with feelings of stress. Karleen noted that she believed this program started in another state and worked well. This program softens the approach to the child in terms of seeing the child as being defiant versus having a reaction to a stressful situation. This approach improves the relationship between students and faculty members. Jason Hopper noted they are optimistic about the data they’ve gathered so far.
Establish a Prevention Network Presentation: PowerPoint and YouTube video was shared by team who attended summit on establishing the prevention network. They received a variety of tools at the summit. The purpose of the network would be to deepen relationships and share strategies. The team is working on a sustainable structure for the network to ensure that it continues on even without the current team in place. Discussion took place regarding the history of the prevention network and the results it produced. The integrative public health model is thought to be the best model for the current county needs. Today’s goal is to obtain approval for establishing the prevention network, building on what they’ve seen work with the council structure as oversight. Also, to have a workgroup created that would report back and establish a framework for proposed strategies. Potential resources and opportunities with MHSA funds were discussed and shown on the PowerPoint presentation. The committee needs to look at available resources. Lindsay is the best contact and there is a strategies representative available to talk about training, learning and consulting communities. This information will likely come from the workgroup. Motion to establish prevention network and subcommittee as a workgroup. Ericka Summers-1st Motion, Cathy LeBlanc-2nd Motion, AIF.
Child Abuse Prevention Month: Nothing new to share on Child Prevention month in topic, but Liz is still working on promotional items they want to purchase. Tony Kildare mentioned possibly hosting a booth at the capitol event, and Karleen responded that Liz has reached out and is working on gathering information on that as well.
Announcements: It was noted that members of the committee might want to plan to be here until 9:30 am to allow speakers plenty of time to address their topics.
April is also Month of the Child and there are community-wide partnerships that are happening. Ericka Summers will bring more information to the next meeting.
Next Children’s Council Meeting: April 3, 2019
Adjourn: John Floe proposed to adjourn at 9:18 am. 1st Motion, 2nd Motion, AIF. Meeting adjourned.
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
May 1, 2019 – Agenda April 3, 2019 – Minutes Meeting Notice/Agenda Wednesday, May 1, 2019 – 8:00 a.m. Yuba County OFFICE OF EDUCATION – OAK ROOM 935 14TH STREET, MARYSVILLE, CA
______________________________________________________________________________ The Yuba County Children’s Council is open to the public. Public participation and comment is invited relevant to each agenda item. If a member of the public has a comment on something other than an agenda item they may address the council during the Public Comment Agenda item. Issues/comments requiring longer than five (5) minutes will be placed on the next Council meeting agenda. If you would like to have an item placed on the agenda please contact. Council Secretary at least ONE week prior to the meeting.
Call To Order John Floe
Roll Call John Floe
Public Comment Members of the public are invited to share items of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Any member of the audience may bring a matter before the Council that has not been agendized; however, State law provides that no action may be taken on any item not appearing on the posted Agenda. The Council requests that comments be limited to five (5) minutes per speaker.
Approval of April 3, 2019 Minutes Action Item Children’s Trust Fund Consideration Action Item John Floe
The Economics of Child Abuse Discussion Item Karleen Jakowski
Displaced Youth Multi-Disciplinary Team (DYMDT) Information Item
Reschedule July Meeting due to July 4th Action Item
Next Children’s Council Meeting: June 5, 2019
Adjourn
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
Yuba County OFFICE OF EDUCATION – OAK ROOM 935 14TH STREET, MARYSVILLE, CA
Meeting Minutes – April 3, 2019 – 8:00 AM
Call to Order John Floe called the meeting to order at 8:01 A.M
Roll Call The following Council Officers were present: John Floe as Chair, Jason Roper as Vice Chair, Karleen Jakowski, Jim Arnold, Ericka Summers, Gary Bradford, Dr. Francisco Reveles, Caron Job, Greg Stone, and Cathy LeBlanc. Council Secretary: Valerie Strawmier
The following members of the public were in attendance: George Siler, Jason Hofhenke, Theresa Dove Weber, Tony Kildare, Homer Rice, Peggy Smith and Karen Woods.
Public Comment Jason Roper notified everyone that on 4/7/19, Sunday, there would be a Candlelight Vigil at 6:30 pm at the government center. Several other events were also set to occur throughout the week as a collaboration between Victim Services and Sutter County.
Furthermore, as Public Health Week, Yuba County would be holding events at Veterans Circle in Sutter County.
Approval of March 6, 2019 Minutes Greg Siler, Motion; Karleen 2nd Motion. AIF
Children’s Trust Fund Consideration: No requests for funding.
Report on Blueshift Project: Ericka summers did a brief update on the Blueshift project. May is Blue Dot Month / Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Month.
MOU Update by Jason Roper: Jason Roper that the MOU declares that Victim Services staff will be available to the Children’s Council for research and other services that might be available or appropriate for their clients. They will screen for appropriateness of the group. Jason has an MOU that he would like to have John and the Council sign. No responsibilities fall to the Council. The only responsibilities listed fall to Victim Services to be available to the Council for assistance. 1st Motion to Sign; Karleen-2nd. AIF.
Prevention Resource Guide by Karleen Jakowski: Karleen noted the pdf file of the Prevention Resource Guide is available online for free download. If an agency would like a free hard copy, they would need to request their own through the website. Although she ordered ten for distribution to the Council, they only sent her one. Karleen proceeded to give an updated on the prevention network workgroup that was formed after attending the seminar last month. There was also an OCAP follow/up to the prevention summit last month. This meeting included discussion on what is prevention, secondary prevention and tertiary prevention, along with the creation of infographic of what that looks like. She will send this out electronically for Council distribution. The workgroup scheduled their first prevention network meeting. The discussion points included convening smaller groups at first to focus on structure and ensure continuation of network, even if/when original staff members leave the employ of the county. They set a time frame of three months and will attempt to meet every other week to build a structure that will likely look like an MOU. Then, the information will be presented to the Council. The agenda from that first meeting was passed around along with the minutes and a plan that was produced. Karleen read through the items on their agenda, goals, and the guiding principles and responsibilities. They are currently working on scheduling a second meeting. The plan is to start digging into data and asset mapping from here, now that a strong foundation has been established for the workgroup. Jones notes that it’s important to establish the same common language for this workgroup so everyone understands what is taking place. Cathy notes it’s important to bring community in to help establish a lasting framework. Dr. Reveles asked for next meeting date to be sent to Amy, so he can attend. He thinks there are likely a couple groups working on parallel strategies, so it would be good to have everyone on the same page.
Child Death Review Meeting Update by Jason Roper: Jason reported that they attended a Child Death Review meeting in Sacramento County to see what the committee does. The committee there offers a tiered approach to verify whether the child’s death was preventable, or if there was a gap in services, etc. He and others would like to set that up here. The child review team discussed topics to determine how cases might be handled differently after incidents have occurred. The team works with Public Health and other departments to see if other factors can be helpful, depending on the type of death that occurred (crosswalks, environmental safety, etc). The question was raised about how long it might take to get records to review. Jason said Sacramento County has them broken down into three categories: New Cases ; Bring Back for Review and Re-Review. He said they also break them down into categories for those children that died in-county, those that died in-county but lived out-of-county; and in-county children that died out of county. He did say that some counties are more efficient at sharing this information than others, so record transfers could vary. There is an MOU already in place in Sacramento County. Jason and Yuba County are going to look at it and will come back with a presentation to see if it’s something beneficial to take on. It was noted that more children died since 2016 in Yuba County than in the previous three years.
Child Abuse Prevention Month Material Updates by Liz: Liz noted that an order was placed for 2400 glancers sharing information about preventing or reducing temper tantrums and cell phone safety. They are going to wear blue on Fridays to raise awareness. They have a few pinwheels left and Cathy had already requested some from the prior years. Liz is happy to distribute them to anyone who requests thaem. Glancers order also used funds from the Innovative Partnership fund in the amount of $1,000 to supplement the financial help they received from the Children’s Council. She will distribute them to everyone when they arrive between the 6th and 12th to everyone’s offices.
Also, noted later in the meeting was that flyers were going out into the community regarding community events and the resource fair in May. May is Mental Health Awareness month, and April is Month of the Child. Both First 5s are putting on a lot of events all month long. It was requested that everyone please share flyers as they come out in emails, on Facebook, etc.
Report on Sierra-Sacramento Regional Meeting by Liz: Yolo County also went down to observe how Sacramento County is operating their robust system. There has been a death increase due to SIDS according to Sacramento County, so they put a PowerPoint presentation together on safe baby sleep. Liz completed both the viewing of the PowerPoint and the following test to see how much information the observer retained. She will send this out for electronic distribution to everyone. As it’s CAP month, there was a reference to the documentary made by Robert Redford’s son, Paper Tigers. Discussion was initiated by John Floe about how much it would cost to implement the ACES. Tony informed everyone that it’s free and only costs time. Karleen says it’s a screening method and the only cost is the time to learn it. Ericka notes that the early childhood educators will be listening to a speaker on this topic. John notes this is a good topic to possibly use for next year and some costs might be covered by PEI. It was commented that WellSpace uses a successful program called ADAS where youth work with other youth who have experienced trauma. Using poetry, music and similar methods, youth are taught how to express what they experienced in their traumatic histories. Karlee noted that if we’re going to screen for it, we need to have people and resources to refer people to. John asked to be included in the conversation with Karleen about the upcoming meeting this week. Questions included what kind of resources can be brought in for trauma. The screening is only ten questions and is not copyrighted. It can be put into any format. The cost is nothing, but the response is where the training will be required. There is an orientation that must be attended by individuals who will be doing the screening. The screening can be done by anyone who has received the training.
DYMDT: Jason reported they had looked at the MOU with Eric and discussed that they are at a point where more community partners are needed. They are going to have some faith-based groups come in after they sign a confidentiality statement. Faith Tabernacle will be added more specifically to the MOU as well. Group who want to be added on a more regular basis can also be added. John notes that because homeless people have isolation issues, this a good socialization piece for them and very important to have. Jason says that’s why the MOU was written so generally, to allow all types of faith-based groups to come in without having to revamp the MOU every time. John notes that churches help when they can with food, groups, etc. Jason notes they are working on a presentation to the Board, which they will first bring to the Council for approval. Jason can report next meeting as to how far along in the presentation process they are, since it’s a 21-day process that cannot be shortened. It will also be submitted to both the Yuba and Sutter Counties at the same time.
Workgroup/Committee Question: Tony requested information on whether or not there was a tracking system in place to see how far along each workgroup or committee was on their projects. Tony mentioned that he would like to bring the robust system that the Children’s Council currently uses over to the Sutter County group that has been around for a while, but is not as productive currently. John notes that we might want to revisit the idea of helping other people understand what we do, to allow for more collaboration and coherence when groups and activities are planned. John asked Dr. Reveles to help the Council market and get the word out to other districuts, so the superintendents know what’s available to them.
Next Children’s Council Meeting: May 1, 2019
Adjourn: John Floe proposed to adjourn at 9:00 am. 1st Motion, 2nd Motion, AIF. Meeting adjourned.
ly Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
June 5, 2019 – Agenda May 1, 2019 – Minutes Meeting Notice/Agenda Wednesday, June 5, 2019 – 8:00 a.m. Yuba County OFFICE OF EDUCATION – OAK ROOM 935 14TH STREET, MARYSVILLE, CA
_____________________________________________________________________________ The Yuba County Children’s Council is open to the public. Public participation and comment is invited relevant to each agenda item. If a member of the public has a comment on something other than an agenda item they may address the council during the Public Comment Agenda item. Issues/comments requiring longer than five (5) minutes will be placed on the next Council meeting agenda. If you would like to have an item placed on the agenda please contact. Council Secretary at least ONE week prior to the meeting.
Call To Order John Floe
Roll Call John Floe
Public Comment Members of the public are invited to share items of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Any member of the audience may bring a matter before the Council that has not been agendized; however, State law provides that no action may be taken on any item not appearing on the posted Agenda. The Council requests that comments be limited to five (5) minutes per speaker.
Approval of May 1, 2019 Minutes Action Item
Children’s Trust Fund Consideration Action Item John Floe
Location Ideas for YCCW Meeting Discussion Item John Floe
Below you will find a list of dates the room is available on the first Wednesday of the month 8:00 AM-9:00 AM over the next eleven months, with the exception of August. *August 7th the room is not available Wednesday, August 7th, but it is available the following Wednesday, August 14th. The room is tentatively reserved the room from July, 2019 through May, 2020 until a decision is made on June 5th.
Date: July 10, 2019 August 14, 2019* September 4, 2019 October 2, 2019 November 6, 2019 December 4, 2019 January 8, 2020 February, 5 2020 March 4, 2020 April 1, 2020 May 6, 2020
Sierra-Sac Meeting Report on Behalf of CAPC Information Item Liz Corniel
Prevention Network Workgroup Discussion Item Displaced Youth Multi-Disciplinary Team (DYMDT) Information Item Reschedule August 14th Meeting Action Item Vote for new Social Services Representative Action Item Next Children’s Council Meeting: July 5, 2019 Adjourn.
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
Yuba County OFFICE OF EDUCATION – OAK ROOM 935 14TH STREET, MARYSVILLE, CA
Meeting Minutes – May 1, 2019 – 8:00 AM
Chairman Vice Chairman John Floe, SYBH Jason Roper, Yuba County Probation
Council Officers
Jim Arnold Ericka Summers Karleen Jakowski Berni Fricke George Siler Cathy LeBlanc Caron Job Greg Stone Gary Bradford
Call to Order John Floe called the meeting to order at 8:01 A.M
Roll Call The following Council Officers were present: John Floe as Chair, Jason Roper as Vice Chair, Karleen Jakowski, Jim Arnold, Ericka Summers, Dr. Francisco Reveles, Caron Job, George Siler, Rev. Bernie Fricke, Greg Stone, and Cathy LeBlanc. Council Secretary: Valerie Strawmier
The following members of the public were in attendance: Amy Molina-Jones, Theresa Dove Weber, Tony Kildare, Margie Renicker, Liz Corniel and Peggy Smith.
Public Comment Ericka shared information on the Blue Shift project. May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness month. They are promoting the Blue Dot campaign to educate everyone on these issues in our community, state and nation. A flyer was shared with the council. They invited council members to take pictures with the blue dot that is here at the meeting today.
Liz shared that there are promotional items for everyone to take back to their office as well.
There is a job fair on May 11th at Yuba County One Stop from 10am-1:30pm. She will send out a flyer to everyone.
John reminded everyone that anyone can add an agenda item simply by sending it to Valerie. He added that they might want to have a conversation about adding an agenda item to next month’s meeting regarding a different meeting space since the council and attendee list is growing. Karleen mentioned people might keep the 8am time in mind when they suggest meeting places. Liz noted that she would check on the One Stop building. This will become an agenda item for next month.
Furthermore, as Public Health Week, Yuba County would be holding events at Veterans Circle in Sutter County.
Approval of April 3, 2019 Minutes 1st Motion; 2nd Motion. AIF
Children’s Trust Fund Consideration: No requests for funding.
There was a discussion as to whether each request had a limit and whether May was the last month in which funds could be applied for. John and Karleen agreed that this was the case, but there was no dollar limit on each request in terms of what could be requested, only what the budget allowed for and that it was a specific request to benefit children. They also noted that any requests should be submitted prior to the June meeting in order to make it approvable before the 6/30/19 deadline. John is going to email a reminder and financial account information to everyone.
Economics of Child Abuse Presentation: Partnered with Safe & Sound to talk about financial impact of child abuse. Made offer to do similar report for any interested county. This data was presented at BOS meeting. They use substantiated reports of child abuse and calculate financial impact of abuse over a lifetime, including lifetime health care costs, criminal justice costs, child welfare costs, education costs, and lifetime productivity. $51.6 million lifetime costs just for victims of 2017 is the estimated number-result of this report. Shows value of investing in early intervention and prevention efforts. Good community resource to share with community partners. Karleen will give Tony specific contact, so he can obtain a similar report for Sutter County. Dr. Reveles asked what the sources were for the cost, Karleen wasn’t sure. She will find out and share the information. Cathy LeBlanc feels this is a great tool to bring to supervisors and decision makers. Gary Bradford agreed. After-school programs are helpful for identifying potential child abuse and this data helps support the investment into those programs, since child abuse is known to be underreported. John mentioned that dashboards with this data accessible to the community are helpful and important, so the community can see the needs and challenges. Yuba County is looking at their website analytics to see what dashboard reports they can and should be sharing, considering which pages people are visiting, what they’re interested in, etc. Dr. Reveles wants to get a simplified presentation together at some point to share with elected officials, including the role that education plays with these statistics. Possibility brought up about sending home an information flyer with all students regarding what legal abuse is, so claim can’t be made that parents or guardians were unaware. Tony brought up that standards of child abuse varies between counties and communities but agrees with suggestion of public outreach campaign. Community-shared information often becomes what people know and come to accept regarding abuse standards. He agrees that it’d be good to share professional standards with public but wants to highlight varying community accepted standards. Dr. Reveles believes schools do send out information about abuse but isn’t sure about specific materials at the moment. Karlee noted that online trainings are available for mandated reporters and their staff is willing to come out and train personnel based on specific standards for their county. Jason suggested inviting someone from the SARB board to come speak to the council regarding programs that help with mandated reporting/school attendance/underlying family issues that need to be addressed. High schools are educating students on what abuse is, trafficking issues. Michelle Blake asked if there was a breakdown on particular age groups available to the community, and Karleen & Tony noted this data was all available.
Prevention Network Update by Karleen: Met for 2nd meeting last week. Made small additions to planning document, including adding workgroup members. Made decisions on how to come to consensus and what timeline looks like. There are 3 phases: information gathering, develop framework, and create and submit proposal to YCCW Council (planned for July meeting). Talked a little about structure of MOU to include key stakeholders. Talked about clearly outlining the MOU to show what their guiding framework is, including specific points. Plan is to have prevention network members present at Yuba Sutter Task Force at some point with whom Amy Molina-Jones is working. Next meeting is May 9th at 9:30am at Health & Human Services. ACES training will be hosted for community—Rachel. She will send out information to Valerie so info can be shared with council. Adverse Childhood Experiences-ACES
DYMDT: MOU is currently being updated. Certain agencies are signers are on there, but it was written for other groups to be included without specifically signing the document. More groups are realizing how they can be a part of this, once they see what the goals are. Hope is to have a document here for the council at the June meeting. After approval, it will be presented to the BOS. Document will follow in July (hopefully) showing what goals and plans are for the group. John asked Jason to review homeless prevention and strategies mentioned in homeless report matches up with outreach and engagement plan. Jason said one measure is to work on housing for affected families and children, using grant funds, to help with immediate housing. Jason will bring specific strategies back to next June meeting to show what actions can be taken. Trying to educate families that are precariously housed or are on the verge of losing placement.
Reschedule July Meeting: Reschedule July meeting to 7/10/19 at current location, unless location changes at June meeting.
Next Children’s Council Meeting: June 5, 2019
Adjourn: John Floe proposed to adjourn at 9:52 am. 1st Motion, 2nd Motion, AIF. Meeting adjourned.
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
July 10, 2019 – Agenda June 5, 2019 – Minutes Meeting Notice/Agenda Wednesday, July 10, 2019 – 8:00 a.m. YOUTH FOR CHANGE--UPSTAIRS 1128 YUBA STREET, MARYSVILLE, CA
_____________________________________________________________________________ The Yuba County Children’s Council is open to the public. Public participation and comment is invited relevant to each agenda item. If a member of the public has a comment on something other than an agenda item they may address the council during the Public Comment Agenda item. Issues/comments requiring longer than five (5) minutes will be placed on the next Council meeting agenda. If you would like to have an item placed on the agenda please contact. Council Secretary at least ONE week prior to the meeting.
Call To Order John Floe
Roll Call John Floe
Public Comment Members of the public are invited to share items of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Any member of the audience may bring a matter before the Council that has not been agendized; however, State law provides that no action may be taken on any item not appearing on the posted Agenda. The Council requests that comments be limited to five (5) minutes per speaker.
Approval of June 5, 2019 Minutes Action Item
Children’s Trust Fund Consideration Action Item John Floe
ByLaws Review Committee Discussion Item John Floe
Sierra-Sac Meeting Report on Behalf of CAPC Information Item Liz Corniel
Review of Prevention Network of Yuba County Agreements and Guidelines Action Item Cathy LeBlanc
Review ILP Program Discussion Item
Displaced Youth Multi-Disciplinary Team (DYMDT) Information Item
Blueshift Project Information Item
Vote for Peach Tree Representative Action Item
Change Location of October Meeting Action Item
Next Children’s Council Meeting: August 7, 2019
Adjourn.
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
Yuba County OFFICE OF EDUCATION – OAK ROOM 935 14TH STREET, MARYSVILLE, CA
Meeting Minutes – June 5, 2019 – 8:00 AM
Chairman Vice Chairman John Floe, SYBH Jason Roper, Yuba County Probation
Council Officers Jim Arnold Ericka Summers Karleen Jakowski Berni Fricke George Siler Cathy LeBlanc Caron Job Greg Stone Gary Bradford
1. Call to OrderJohn Floe called the meeting to order at 8:02 A.M
2. Roll Call The following Council Officers were present: John Floe as Chair, Jim Arnold, Gary Bradford, Ericka Summers, Dr. Francisco Reveles, Rev. Bernie Fricke, Meredith Evans, and Cathy LeBlanc. Council Secretary: Valerie Strawmier
The following members of the public were in attendance: Amy Molina-Jones, Karen Woods, Amanda Book, Tony Gordon, Elva Cortez, Liz Corniel, Theresa Dove Weber, Tony Kildare, Peggy Smith, Matt Rigardy, and Rachel Farrell.
3. Public Comment Pathways is hosting a My First Job fair for 16 and older in the community. The agency helps individuals gain skills to get and keep a job. There was a flyer passed around to the council members. Some companies will be hiring on the spot. It’s a great opportunity for youth in the area and will happen on June 22, 2019 from 10am-2pm.
Elva announced some public entertainment events and she will email the information to Valerie, who will share the information with the entire committee.
4. Approval of May 1, 2019 Minutes 1st Motion; 2nd Motion. AIF
5. Children’s Trust Fund Consideration: Request sent in and approved. There was a request to vote on this item as an action item: Summer Project-Reading camp for youth, held in Camptonville foothill area, requested $500. Kids will receive t-shirts, and pay for magazine that kids will be creating, to print it. Costs to cover people running camp, second grade and up. They are also getting funding/donations from other sources. An email vote went around and it was approved, but this needed to be voted on in person for legal necessity It’s believed there is about $1,700 left in the fund. Trying to get reimbursed for glancers from Sierra-Sac committee. There is still $500 to approve Kathy’s request. Ideas was floated to council to make motion to approve $500 and then second motion to approve $200 if it’s available.
Motion to approve $500 for camp 1st motion, 2nd motion—AIF
A second motion was made to approve an additional $200 for camp if it’s available. 1st motion, 2nd motion—AIF
6. Change of Meeting Space: Possible space right next to Yuba County One Stop that’s available on the 1st Wed of month at 8am. Idea was floated for a motion to move to Y4C location to upstairs meeting room for the next year of meetings, 1128 Yuba Street, Marysville, CA 95901. Room already reserved as preparation. 1st motion, 2nd Motion, AIF Information will be posted for public communication—talk to John about most effective way to do this.
7. Sierra-Sac Meeting Reports for CAPS by Liz: For the past six months, they have been working on an opioid resource tool kit for counties. It’s mostly compiled and uploaded onto website. Site is: TheCAPCenter.org Liz will send out request to council requesting at least three agencies to volunteer to take thorough look at resources and give feedback on tools, whether they’re useful, how to make it useful, etc. They want it to be robust information for clients, business, etc. Liz will send out invitation to everyone for this process.
8. Prevention Network Update by Liz: Formal MOU has been found to not be necessary, but rather guidelines and agreements would be more appropriate. They’ve received some great tips from Nevada County. Hoping to have document ready by July 10th meeting to present to Children’s Council. Tony notes they are working on distilling what a prevention network looks like. An MOU feels like more formal authority, with less likelihood project would disband. On the other hand, it’s a cumbersome process, and trying to start template by using Nevada County’s layout gives us parameters and flexibility where MOU can be used in the future if we want to do that. The guidelines and agreements let the committee form organically and process is about halfway done. They are meeting tomorrow to get everything ready for this new document. Will plan to have something to deliver to this council to approve or reject by July meeting. Currently, they are on track to meet that deadline. Will likely be some trial and error with the organic process, but will be on track to meet goals that were set in January. Tony notes they are optimistic of utility of what we’re working on.
Cathy will be speaking at Strategies in Sac on behalf of what Yuba County prevention network ideas are as part of a panel.
Ericka asked if bylaws mentioned subgroups and if that gave the specific committees more teeth when projects were in process. Bylaws call out for working groups versus subgroups to allow individual groups to work towards specific goals that are set by committee. Previous format of functional groups were not as effective. Questions arose as to whether MOU would include/exclude specific groups and whether this would create unnecessary delays by setting up a cumbersome process. Jim Arnold suggested putting a group together that wants to review bylaws and then evaluate Ericka Summer’s recommendation and see how helpful that might be. John Floe will talk to Jason when he gets back and set up something on the agenda to vote on it and see what everyone wants to do. We will send out the current bylaws to everyone on committee for review. This will be added onto the next agenda to discuss this more. We will also possibly put historical documents on a Children’s Council website for future committees to review. John Floe noted this is a project for down the road that might be helpful.
9. DYMDT: This is the first full year working with the families and displaced youth multi-disciplinary team. They worked with 19, three of those current and 16 closed out. Our of the 19, 4 are permanently housed, 4 moved out of area permanently housed, 3 families have kids in foster care, and the rest have children in care while parents still homeless. DYMDT meets twice a month in the MJUSD building. Several different agencies are requesting to be part of DYMDT, and the MOU is being adjusted to allow them access. DYMDT received a portion of the HEAP grant for youth but are still waiting for funds. The contract is signed and turned in. They expect to receive the funds in the next few weeks. DYMDT partnered with a church who will hold funds as they are a 501c3, and this allows DYMDT to do more than a public entity could do. Of the $139,000 - $30k allocated to high school age independent living course, similar to foster care independent living course. The goal is to teach them life skills, hopefully end cycle of homelessness, do prevention. Flex account is for majority of funds—families in housing but short on rent, PG&E getting turned off, etc—this account can be used to help them. Another example would be paying for smog and registration to keep car from getting towed that a mother and son are living in. Flex account gives access to therapy thru Victim Witness. Set up on MHIS and money set aside for fiscal agent and costs they incur to be holders of our money. There was a question about who do we reach out to for liaison? Rachel will reach out to Amanda Book or Amy Molinas-Jones. There was a question about confidentiality for specific requests to services, where therapists might be in touch reaching out to possible clients. Or using this program to learn life skills, would there be a confidentiality issue? Kids form bonds when they go thru these programs together and feel less disenfranchised, and it would enhance program especially if program has funding. Tony notes that it’s worth taking back to the City Council to request them to take another look at the ILP program. 15-1/2 to 20 age group is what program applies to.
TAY Program Manager expressed interest in opening up services to other individuals where services would be helpful—16-25 is current age group that this program works with. John notes that it’s always good to look at how current programs can be used for other individuals with similar needs. There was a question about identifying issues and bringing issues to attention to school counselors: are there specific connections to follow and use for this process? There are connections between MJUSD homeless advocate and teachers and counselors at both Marysville High and Lindhurst High, they depend on teachers and counselors to help them identify students who may need assistance. Tri County Diversity is a great group for students to get connected to as well. Schools have a foster care/homeless liaison for students to get connected to. Put on agenda to look at ILP group for next meeting. John invited Amanda Book to attend future meetings and give more helpful reports.
10. Vote for New Social Services Representative: Vote for Tony Gordon, who will be taking Karleen Jakowski’s spot on the council. 1st Motion, 2nd Motion—AIF
On another note, the council will formally vote at the next meeting to endorse Meredith Evans as the Peach Tree representative and for her to take Greg Stone’s spot on the council.
11. Change Location of October Meeting: Add item to next month’s agenda to hold October meeting in the evening in the foothills. This has been done in the past and they would like to return to this idea.
12. Next Children’s Council Meeting: July 10, 2019
13. Adjourn: John Floe proposed to adjourn. 1st Motion, 2nd Motion, AIF. Meeting adjourned.
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
August 7, 2019 – Agenda July 10, 2019 – Minutes Meeting Notice/Agenda Wednesday, August 7, 2019 – 8:00 a.m. Youth for Change--Upstairs 1128 Yuba Street, MARYSVILLE, CA
_____________________________________________________________________________ The Yuba County Children’s Council is open to the public. Public participation and comment is invited relevant to each agenda item. If a member of the public has a comment on something other than an agenda item they may address the council during the Public Comment Agenda item. Issues/comments requiring longer than five (5) minutes will be placed on the next Council meeting agenda. If you would like to have an item placed on the agenda, please contact. Council Secretary at least ONE week prior to the meeting.
Call To Order John Floe
Roll Call John Floe
Public Comment. Members of the public are invited to share items of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Any member of the audience may bring a matter before the Council that has not been agendized; however, State law provides that no action may be taken on any item not appearing on the posted Agenda. The Council requests that comments be limited to five (5) minutes per speaker.
Approval of July 10, 2019 Minutes Action Item Children’s Trust Fund Consideration Action Item John Floe
ByLaws Review Committee Action Item John Floe
Sierra-Sac Meeting Report on Behalf of CAPC Information Item Liz Corniel
Prevention Network Update Information Item Cathy LeBlanc
Review ILP Program Discussion Item Displaced Youth Multi-Disciplinary Team (DYMDT) Information Item Blueshift Project Information Item Change Location of October Meeting Action Item Next Children’s Council Meeting: September 4, 2019 Adjourn.
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
Youth For Change -- Upstairs 1128 Yuba Street, MARYSVILLE, CA Meeting Minutes – July 10, 2019 – 8:00 AM
Chairman Vice Chairman John Floe, SYBH Jason Roper, Yuba County Probation
Council Officers Jim Arnold Ericka Summers Karleen Jakowski Berni Fricke George Siler Cathy LeBlanc Caron Job Greg Stone Gary Bradford
1. Call to Order John Floe called the meeting to order at 8:03 A.M
2. Roll Call The following Council Officers were present: John Floe as Chair, Gary Bradford, Ericka Summers, George Siler, Rev. Bernie Fricke, Caron Job, Meredith Evans, and Cathy LeBlanc. Council Secretary: Valerie Strawmier
The following members of the public were in attendance: Tara Moseley, Theresa Dove Weber, Margie Renicker, Karen Woods, Liz Corniel, Tony Gordon and Rachel Farrell.
Introduction of Meredith Evans as the Peach Tree Health representative. Introduction of Tony Gordon as taking Karleen Jakowski’s place. It was noted to change this on the letterhead and agenda as well.
3. Public Comment None.
4. Approval of June 5, 2019 Minutes Gary Bradford 1st Motion; George Siler 2nd Motion. AIF
5. Review of Council Bylaws Work was done in 2017, but never formally voted on. Everything looks as it should from work that was done and led by Jason Roper in 2014/2015. Needs to be taken out of Draft form and re-voted on. Changed our name, combined council names in title. Reviewed bylaws content in summary for each point. Approached Ericka’s question about subgroups/working groups from last meeting and how this is discussed in the council bylaws. Ericka suggested adding a requirement that at least a couple voting council members be a part of each workgroup to help with accountability and act as a liaison between the workgroup and the council. Council members agree that this is a good suggestion. Preferred change seems to be for language that reads for two voting council members or their designees. Ericka suggests need to add language that reads “annually reviewed” to bylaws for workgroup details. No functional groups meet outside of the council anymore. There are only the existing workgroups mentioned in the meeting minutes. Council would like to focus on projects that meet community needs where it can come together and accomplish objectives. In previous bylaws, there was no mention of annually reviewing committees on a timetable. The addition of the month of December seems to be something new that was added. Plan is to ask for report from each of the committees at the end of the year to plan ahead for next calendar year based on results and planned objectives. CAPC funds are not mentioned in the bylaws, need to add information on Children’s Trust Fund dollars into details. Tony was requested to add information into the bylaws draft for consideration. He will send this Article 11 information to Valerie for inclusion into bylaws draft. Cathy LeBlanc also asked for an expenditure report from each committee, and Tony Gordon requested that Valerie remind him by sending him a reminder about doing an expenditure presentation at the end of a project/the year, so the council knows where the dollars are being spent and what is being accomplished. Everyone will review their copy of the bylaws and send suggested changes/revisions to Valerie so they can be included in the next meeting.
6. Children’s Trust Fund Considerations: None noted.
John noted that council needs to consider how much money they have for the fiscal year and do a better job of planning for projects to avoid having money left on the table. It was suggested that an open amount be left available for unexpected expenditures and project ideas. Tony Gordon suggested following the First 5 model where proposals are submitted and considered for a specific time of the year. It was noted that rainy day funds should be part of this planning. John feels that a budget for proposals would be helpful to track expenses and money left over to spend. Tony will be scheduled to do an action item on the background and synopsis of criteria for the First 5 proposal model. It was decided that the Article 11 bylaws language will be left open until after this presentation next month.
7. Sierra Sacramento Meeting Report: Liz said they are holding their meeting next week when they are going to drill down on opioid information, and she will have some great material to present at the August meeting.
8. Review of Prevention Network Agreement and Guidelines: Met for 8 meetings, motto is “GSD”-get stuff done, action-oriented group. Their vision is included in document. Sustainable is the key word in the focus of the group. Cathy LeBlanc talked about the goals of the prevention network according to workgroup, which are lofty goals, since they want to make a difference in the community. She summarized the service plan and discussed possible funding ideas, such as Yuba Water Agency. Cathy mentioned they are proving to be a great health partner in the community. She talked about prevention efforts in terms of healthy community and healthy families. Cathy LeBlanc will email colored sheet about vision of prevention network to council members. She also outlined the expectation for stakeholders each month as they work to keep the progress moving forward. A Prevention Network Coordinator will be put in place with a list of duties to perform, but they are still working on how this position will be worked out. Once group is official with passing vote today, then it will become a workgroup and Cathy LeBlanc will send out information to allow other people to be a part of it. Ericka suggested adding language about recruitment into prevention network guidelines for how to go about this. Cathy LeBlanc, 1st, Ericka Summers, 2nd, AIF
9. Review of ILP Program: The concept is good but it should be noted that they are looking at two types of individuals. Foster care children and homeless children are in different circumstances. The opportunities we want to provide them are the same but there are issues with putting the two groups in the same treatment plan/function. It’s not felt this is a good idea due to the different types of needs each group has. Tony didn’t receive anything back from Tehama County in regards to their plan. No one was sure if the group of former foster youth are included in this or how that would work. John notes that we’re missing a rep for foster youth, and mentioned we need to reach out to Diana Adams. John will reach out to her to see if either she can come or have someone come over to share this information on foster youth. John asked that Tony Gordon CC him when he reaches out to Amanda in terms of needed funding for ILP program. The program teaches life skills for kids to help them get established. The focus needs to be trauma-informed care when using approach for both these groups and specific funding streams are established for different groups. Possible focus for next meeting might be to find funding for homeless groups specifically to either piggyback or create a similar program for them?
10. DYMDT: No one is here to present.
11. Blue Shift Project: The project was successful in promoting awareness and created huge momentum around the topic. The group has continued to meet with partners on both sides of the river. Peach Tree is now specifically looking at patient navigation in their own clinic, while waiting for state information. This will help patients get the right services based on their insurance needs. The project has created a lot of momentum around this issue and continues to grow in the community.
12. Vote on Peach Tree Representative: Vote for Meredith Evans as the Peach Tree Health representative. Tony Gordon 1st, Rev. Bernie Fricke 2nd, AIF
The project was successful in promoting awareness and created huge momentum around the topic. The group has continued to meet with partners on both sides of the river. Peach Tree is now specifically looking at patient navigation in their own clinic, while waiting for state information. This will help patients get the right services based on their insurance needs. The project has created a lot of momentum around this issue and continues to grow in the community.
13. Change Location of October Meeting: Cathy LeBlanc would like to meet at the Camptonville Community Center and would like to discuss date/time details later on, but it would be an evening meeting. It was noted to leave this item on the agenda as an action item and table it until next meeting. Valerie will send out notice to everyone to let them know we’re thinking of this and ask what the best time on the first Wednesday would be. Will discuss at next meeting after receiving responses.
14. Next Meeting: Next meeting will be August 7, 2019.
On another note, the council will formally vote at the next meeting to endorse Meredith Evans as the Peach Tree representative and for her to take Greg Stone’s spot on the council.
15. Announcements: Presentations from Youth would be great at these meetings.
Ericka Summers mentioned they have free tickets for Gold Sox baseball at their office for youth and families.
16. Adjourn: John Floe adjourned the meeting at 9:11 am.
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 – Agenda AUGUST 7, 2019 – Minutes Meeting Notice/Agenda Wednesday, September 4, 2019 – 8:00 a.m. Youth for Change--Upstairs 1128 Yuba Street, MARYSVILLE, CA _____________________________________________________________________________ The Yuba County Children’s Council is open to the public. Public participation and comment is invited relevant to each agenda item. If a member of the public has a comment on something other than an agenda item they may address the council during the Public Comment Agenda item. Issues/comments requiring longer than five (5) minutes will be placed on the next Council meeting agenda. If you would like to have an item placed on the agenda, please contact. Council Secretary at least ONE week prior to the meeting.
Call To Order John Floe
Roll Call John Floe
Public Comment Members of the public are invited to share items of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Any member of the audience may bring a matter before the Council that has not been agendized; however, State law provides that no action may be taken on any item not appearing on the posted Agenda. The Council requests that comments be limited to five (5) minutes per speaker.
Approval of August 7, 2019 Minutes Action Item Children’s Trust Fund Consideration Action Item John Floe ByLaws Review Committee Action Item John Floe First 5 Grant Application Process Discussion Item Tony Gordon Prevention Network Update Information Item Cathy LeBlanc Review ILP Program Discussion Item Displaced Youth Multi-Disciplinary Team (DYMDT) Information Item Blueshift Project Information Item Change Location of October Meeting Action Item Next Children’s Council Meeting: October 2, 2019 Adjourn.
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
Youth For Change -- Upstairs 1128 Yuba Street, MARYSVILLE, CA
Meeting Minutes – August 7, 2019 – 8:00 AM
Chairman Vice Chairman John Floe, SYBH Jason Roper, Yuba County Probation
Council Officers Jim Arnold Ericka Summers Tony Gordon Berni Fricke George Siler Cathy LeBlanc Caron Job Meredith Evans Gary Bradford Francisco Reveles
Call to Order John Floe called the meeting to order at 8:02 A.M.
Roll Call The following Council Officers were present: John Floe as Chair, Gary Bradford, Ericka Summers, George Siler, Tony Gordon, Meredith Evans, and Cathy LeBlanc. Council Secretary: Valerie Strawmier
The following members of the public were in attendance: Tara Moseley, Theresa Dove Weber, Margie Renicker, Liz Corniel, Rachel Farrell and Peggy Smith.
Public Comment None.
Approval of July 3, 2019 Minutes 1st Motion, 2nd Motion. AIF
Children’s Trust Fund Considerations Tony Gordon--CAPC is fact that we have funds available every fiscal year ($2,000). Expenditure approval process is noted with instructions on what these funds can be earmarked for. The goal is to get the biggest bang for our buck and we need to establish how we vote for these items. A ranking scale could be established so a certain amount of numbers are reached with votes. This would allow groups to come up ideas but keep people from feeling pressured on having to vote one way or another. Many of these projects are earmarked toward prevention of child abuse. We need to make sure documents are distributed so that all future audit requirements are met with project votes. Liz is involved with Sierra Sac and they have a system for reporting back on projects with receipts, showing how the money was spent on different project portions as more audit support. One of the conditions could be set as: if someone doesn’t provide receipts, this could be cause for them to be considered “not in good standing” and used in reference for future project approval/disapproval. John suggested having an invoice signed in lieu of receipts for agencies who may not have the capability to provide individual receipts. Cathy asked if this was criteria was formed by this group and Tony Gordon said he found it in their files and believes that it was. Cathy suggested it might be a good idea to go over these procedures and make sure they’re up to date and working best for the council’s needs. Tony suggested that something like a “trip to Yosemite” would need to show how it prevents child abuse, in order to fall under audit requirements. Application deadlines need to be decided by group and could be spearheaded by Ericka Summers. Tony discussed setting up process for submitting applications, bringing it to group, submitting receipts and then going over results of project. John agrees that a plan and procedure would be best to set up for this application process, to make sure money is spent appropriately. Ericka confirmed that funds don’t roll over and said she’d be willing to chair/ad-hoc these discussions. Valerie will send out email about this. Meredith Evans and Tony Gordon said they would be happy to be a part of this. Tony notes they have a specific form for submitting requests. Rachel Farrell noted these requests are no longer brought up in a separate meeting, but rather the same council meeting. Tony mentioned bringing it up every meeting but having a specific quarterly report to show how funds were spent. John noted importance of plan to spend money ahead of time to make sure funds aren’t lost. Cathy noted that perhaps the committee could look at how to let community know these funds are available, since it’s not widely known. Gary Bradford said it works really well at First 5 having a committee that scores applications, and then having them appear on the agenda to allow the full council to vote on individual projects, as an idea to consider. Tony will send an example to Valerie to share and send out with the group.
Bylaws Review: John asks if we’re ready to approve. Cathy was unaware that she was lead on bylaws review and says she is not best to lead this group, as it’s not her strength. Tony remembered that we were waiting for this presentation before bylaws were completed for voting, to make sure nothing else was going to be added. Cathy notes that Jason led the process thoroughly about ten years ago, but nothing has been done since.
Sierra Sacramento Committee Update: A training program is being developed for counties, much more than just car seat safety. They are going to be applying for kids plate grant to purchase cribs. Counties that have ability to do training on safe baby sleep will be able to get these and distribute them to the community. An opioid toolkit website is in final editing stage and Liz will send out link maybe this week or next week. John asked for more info on website. Liz replied that it’s been in development with resources being contributed. The link was sent to different agencies to see if posted resources are helpful for them. A final list of resources has been posted and Liz will send link to Valerie to share and distribute with the entire council. They have received multiple requests for more information on opiate resources from council members and Liz said it will be shared to everyone. Liz will have more updates on the crib program as it becomes available. John asked if there was a video shown on this program at the San Diego conference, Liz believes so.
Prevention Network Update: The first meeting is tomorrow in the Peach Tree conference room. Cathy believes we need to look at dates to make sure there is no conflict with the homeless consortium meeting. Tony noted that many state meetings are tomorrow and around the beginning of the month. Cathy encouraged council to share the news with community to give community members a chance to be a part of it. Liz suggested possibly doing a SurveyMonkey to find out which day is best for people to attend without other meeting conflicts. Liz also noted that Strategies 2.0 is going to be there, as well as the child abuse state liaison will be in attendance. Ericka was invited to be part of a child wellness initiative last month where representation from the surgeon general, child abuse prevention and other agencies were present, and our prevention network update was mentioned at that meeting. Cathy noted that Dr. Rice will be in attendance at these meetings. Rachel Farrell noted that Strategies 2.0 will do free trainings in you have enough people in attendance and these could be set up in the community. Rachel will email this information to John so he knows how to set up community trainings for ACES and others.
Review of ILP Program: Amanda still had no documents to collaborate these two groups, according to Tony, so it’s still at a standstill. Tony will continue to keep looking for examples to share with group.
Displaced Youth Update: Tony Gordon noted that Erich Runge was working on MOU and Tony will send this to Valerie for distribution to group. The question will be how do we identify chair and what process will this be? Also, which address should be used? Meredith asked if we could use this building, but it was also suggested to use the county. Tony notes we can use the county address. John notes that he talked to the Sutter County Superintendent of Schools and they are very interested. Virginia Burns is doing prevention efforts there now.
Blue Shift Project: No current updates.
Change of Location in October Update: First Wednesday is October 2nd, John notes he saw checkmarks for the 4:30pm option. The goal is to let more community members get there. Camptonville Community Center is a place this can happen, but it’s 20 minutes further than Alcouffe. Meeting is set for 10/2/19, Wednesday, at 4:30 pm. and Cathy will put together a flyer for this. She will make it available to everyone. She will send out to Valerie to share and distribute to council.
Next Meeting: Next meeting will be September 4, 2019.
Adjourn: John Floe adjourned the meeting at 8:39 am.
/F Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
OCTOBER 2, 2019 – Agenda SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 – Minutes Meeting Notice/Agenda Wednesday, October 2, 2019 – 4:30 p.m. Alcouffe Community Center 9185 Marysville Road, Oregon House, CA 95962
_____________________________________________________________________________ The Yuba County Children’s Council is open to the public. Public participation and comment is invited relevant to each agenda item. If a member of the public has a comment on something other than an agenda item they may address the council during the Public Comment Agenda item. Issues/comments requiring longer than five (5) minutes will be placed on the next Council meeting agenda. If you would like to have an item placed on the agenda, please contact. Council Secretary at least ONE week prior to the meeting.
Call To Order John Floe
Roll Call John Floe
Public Comment/Foothill Community Presentations Members of the public are invited to share items of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Any member of the audience may bring a matter before the Council that has not been agendized; however, State law provides that no action may be taken on any item not appearing on the posted Agenda. The Council requests that comments be limited to five (5) minutes per speaker.
Children's Trust Fund Application/Consideration Action Item John Floe
Approval of September 4, 2019 Minutes Action Item
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
Youth For Change -- Upstairs 1128 Yuba Street, MARYSVILLE, CA
Meeting Minutes – September 4, 2019 – 8:00 AM
Chairman Vice Chairman John Floe, SYBH Jason Roper, Yuba County Probation
Council Officers Jim Arnold Ericka Summers Tony Gordon Berni Fricke George Siler Cathy LeBlanc Caron Job Meredith Evans Gary Bradford Francisco Reveles
Call to Order John Floe called the meeting to order at 8:00 A.M
Roll Call The following Council Officers were present: John Floe as Chair, Jason Roper, Tony Gordon, Jim Arnold, Gary Bradford, Ericka Summers, Rev. Bernie Fricke, Meredith Evans and Cathy LeBlanc. Council Secretary: Valerie Strawmier
The following members of the public were in attendance: Amy Molina-Jones, Peggy Smith, Tara Moseley, Karen Woods, Matt Ricardy, Elva Cortez, and Homer Rice.
Public Comment The Better Way homeless shelter is tentatively scheduled for a soft opening on 9/19/19 with a full opening the following Monday. It will be located right behind Behavioral Health at 1965 Live Oak Blvd., Yuba City, with 20 units consisting of 40 beds. Sutter County Health and Human Services will be running the shelter and providing case management as well.
Approval of August 7, 2019 Minutes 1st Motion, 2nd Motion. AIF
Bylaws Review: The committee hasn’t started yet. Question was raised as to who would like to be on the committee. Ericka is going to lead it and set up a time for everyone to meet. The main purpose will be to review what’s there, mainly only a couple concerns involving the going between the workgroups and the special projects that the council is working on, versus the committee structure that was previously in place. Ericka mentioned that another piece that might be beneficial to consider is to work backwards by looking at the trust fund application process and then write that into the bylaws, if necessary. Tony Gordon will also be assisting with this.
Ad-Hoc Committee: A simple fillable application is suggested for trust fund projects. It might be possible to also use Survey Monkey, and then use a simple process of obtaining votes regarding the feasibility of the project. There are the people who would respond on Survey Monkey. Then, the project could be brought to the committee using data about who responded and what their votes were. Cathy feels like this is a cumbersome process for small fund requests. Tony feels having an application process is important, especially one that can be tracked, in case there is an audit. It’s also felt that perhaps a slightly more complicated process might help people take it more seriously, versus having a simple process where several projects often don’t get completed or reported on. Tony notes that Ericka has helped previous fund winners prepare presentations in the past to show how the project was completed and to verify that it’s within the presentation guidelines. Meredith notes it’s a more uniform process as well. John agrees that it’s important to have a plan for the year, as well as a formal process to implement that plan, and then having these details in the bylaws will be helpful.
Prevention Network Update: The network committee met on Aug. 8th last and they will meet again in September 26th. Did some training on asset mapping, it was an interesting meeting. There were a lot of components, with good community attendance, and they are going to look at structure a little bit more. Questions arose as to how goals were going to be achieved. There will be a peer learning conference next week that several individuals will attend. Ericka notes that it’s pretty cool that Yuba County is leading these efforts and is looked at as being a model at the state level. Rachel gave John a UC Davis connection that will come in and train, and he is interested in bringing these trainings to the local counties, including learning more about cost and logistics. Trauma informed care and being able to identify the need for it—this is something that ACES provides. Economic Development Council did a map for the whole state. The social vulnerability index for Yuba County was .86. This indicated there were multiple ways for individuals to respond to trauma and this was shown in the social vulnerability rating the county received. Cathy feels this is an opportunity to work with several stakeholders and find ways to reduce that vulnerability by creating a strong network. Amy noted that Karen and Rachel have brought in the ACES connection and thinks it would be a great idea to bring them to this council to see what resources they could offer. Bernie requested to know if many organizations are having shooting trainings? Pereri (sic) (two guys starting a new company here) partnered up in Plumas Lake to help organizations plan and drill in case of mass shootings. Tony offered to give Bernie information on agency that can come out and do evaluation of the church property overall and safety planning. Bernie discussed article that showed financial difficulty of living here. John noted that many agencies are putting together dashboards that show outcomes and feels this is a really important aspect of showing what we do. They are currently working on this for their bi-county homeless team, including what the situation is, what the resources are and where the project is.
Review of ILP Program: Amy said the homeless ILP program was started and is running separately from the original program. It’s going to actually start this Thursday, and the MOU has been signed. They will be providing insurance information, and they have retained Diana Adams to instruct the class. It’s going to be on the first and third Thurs. of every month –16 total, youth that attends five or more will receive incentive gift card up to $100. It will have the same focus as ILP—housing, financial literacy, cooking—basic life skills. Ages can go past 18 if they’re in high school and age up. Jason noted that the grant was written for 16 and up, and then a request was made to bring it more in line with the foster youth. For example, a 19 year old who had not participated in ILP couldn’t be accepted, but if they had participated before, they would be allowed to. Currently, it’s being run out of Marysville High School. Homeless youth need to go through the DYMDT referral process. Following that model allows the family to be put into the data management system, allowing services to be provided to the whole family. Mixing foster care and homeless youth was nixed because it was not possible to get more info from Tehama County about how they might have been doing this (unable to confirm whether they were actually able to mix the two groups at all). Tony will work on getting more info and have someone come and give more information to the council, in terms of transportation and limited resources and how this can be covered with insurance as long as certain benchmarks are met with the requests. Tony will send to Valerie and she will distribute it to council. Tony says integration could be great for foster youth especially because they don’t really have access to the kitchen at Yuba College, whereas in this group, homeless youth will have access to the kitchen at Marysville High. Amy believes it would be a great resource to provide everyone under one umbrella. Jason asks that if anyone has an individual in mind that might benefit from these services, that they send in a DYMDT referral.
Tony said First 5 has a grant project that is specifically looking for children that are homeschooled or 18 and below that they are teaching life skills, independent woodworking skills, Habitat for Humanity, etc. – educational classes, this might be a good partnership to look into.
Displaced Youth Update: Jason noted they’re meeting again next Monday to talk about the MOU. There are issues with the MOU according to county council—not sure what the specific issues are, but this will be discussed Monday. Tony received packet about issues and believes it came down to teams, and how MOU was written modeling who can be on which teams. Meeting is at 11:00 am at Marysville Joint. Tony notes that Sutter County is interested in developing a team like this, but they’re not 100% sure what it’s supposed to look like. They would like to come get information from Jason’s team on whether they could attend and observe, and also if someone from the DYMDT could come to the next FIT meeting to provide breakdown for stakeholders on how it works and give an overview of the process they’ve gone through. Tony explained that Yuba County was doing this before there was a grant in place at the FIT meeting yesterday. Tony mentioned perhaps using the MOU as a template for Sutter County. Amy believes they would need to either come before or after since the meeting is where they actually discuss cases. Jason feels they could come at 11:00 am on Monday. John thinks this is really important because we’re trying to mirror services between the two counties is going to be helpful, especially with the population flowing back and forth between the two counties for a variety of reasons. It will help reach all the goals everyone has, especially with keeping youth in school, etc.
Blue Shift Project: No updates on this at this time. The project hasn’t met but there is a conference on 10/5/19 for early educators (0-5), Fall at River Valley, Spring at Yuba College—going to be one around maternal health as well. Ericka will send information to Valerie and she will share it with the council. Tony notes a conference in Sutter County is going to focus on maternal health as well, to coordinate with Blueshift, and this will be a bi-county event also.
Change of Location in October Update: Cathy has sent out the flyer and sent out information asking for presentations. Historically, we would not follow regular agenda but instead open it up for public comment and see what they have to share. Cathy noted that presentations would ideally be 5-10 minutes and is hoping for good attendance at that meeting at the Alcouffe Center. Flyer went out to all the schools, and widely in the foothills area. So far, only two presentation requests have come in but she is going to work on this through the month of September. Bernie offered to have dinner provided with funding but Cathy feels this might be logistically difficult. Cathy also notes there is a photo calendar contest going on and shared a flyer for this.
Next Meeting: Next meeting will be October 2, 2019.
Adjourn: John Floe adjourned the meeting at 8:48 am.
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
NOVEMBER 6, 2019 – Agenda OCTOBER 2, 2019 – Minutes Meeting Notice/Agenda Wednesday, November 6, 2019 – 8:00 a.m. Youth for Change--Upstairs 1128 Yuba Street, MARYSVILLE, CA
_____________________________________________________________________________ The Yuba County Children’s Council is open to the public. Public participation and comment is invited relevant to each agenda item. If a member of the public has a comment on something other than an agenda item they may address the council during the Public Comment Agenda item. Issues/comments requiring longer than five (5) minutes will be placed on the next Council meeting agenda. If you would like to have an item placed on the agenda, please contact. Council Secretary at least ONE week prior to the meeting.
Call To Order John Floe
Roll Call John Floe
Public Comment Members of the public are invited to share items of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Any member of the audience may bring a matter before the Council that has not been agendized; however, State law provides that no action may be taken on any item not appearing on the posted Agenda. The Council requests that comments be limited to five (5) minutes per speaker.
Approval of October 2, 2019 Minutes Action Item Children’s Trust Fund Consideration Action Item John Floe Children’s Trust Fund Application Review Process Action Item All ACEs Connection Information Item Gayle Kennedy ByLaws Review Committee Action Item John Floe Prevention Network Update Information Item Cathy LeBlanc Review ILP Program Discussion Item Displaced Youth Multi-Disciplinary Team (DYMDT) Information Item Blueshift Project Information Item Next Children’s Council Meeting: December 4, 2019 Adjourn.
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
Alcouffe Community Center 9185 Marysville Road, Oregon House, CA 95962
Meeting Minutes – October 2, 2019 – 4:30 PM
Chairman Vice Chairman John Floe, SYBH Jason Roper, Yuba County Probation
Council Officers Jim Arnold Ericka Summers Tony Gordon Berni Fricke George Siler Cathy LeBlanc Caron Job Meredith Evans Gary Bradford Francisco Reveles
Call to Order Jason Roper called the meeting to order at 4:34 PM.
Roll CallThe following Council Officers were present: Jason Roper, Tony Gordon, Jim Arnold, Gary Bradford, Ericka Summers, George Siler, Caron Job, Meredith Evans, and Cathy LeBlanc. Council Secretary: Valerie Strawmier
The following members of the public were in attendance: Peggy Smith, Louise Miller, Yakshi Vadeboncoeur, Christina Dondono, Cara Olson, and Mandalni Rogers.
Public Comment None.
Camptonville Community Partnerships Program Summary by Cathy LeBlanc Various programs were summarized using a PowerPoint presentation including the Community Resource Center, Early Child Enrichment (123 Grow), Youth Enrichment and Skill Building Programs, Rural Health Advocacy, Volunteer Newspaper Camptonville Courier, and the Grant and Fiscal Manager for the YWP and FSC.
123 Grow – Presentation by Yakshi Vadeboncoeur Yakshi is the head teacher who is retiring at the end of the year. She gave a summary of the program, along with some background history. Further summary was explained on the measures of success that are used for the Camptonville program, including goals for the program. They shared how they combine parent experiences with parenting solutions for healthier families. Currently, 16 families are being served, with 20 children in the school, most of whom are in the younger age group this year. It’s funded through First 5 in Yuba County and focuses on topics such as gardening, library trips and nutrition. Parent participation includes helping on site during classroom hours, even if not in the classroom itself. It’s held at Camptonville Elementary School. The school requires documents to be filled out once a year and verifications to be made every three months through First 5. They encourage fathers to participate as well, and in fact, have their first substitute teacher this year who is also a father.
Summary of Rally Point Rally Point is funded through IEP program and is used to engage the age group of 10-15 years old. Yes Charter is going to get more involved with this, including dances. School activities were discussed in the presentation also, including the invitation of guest speakers and the effort to connect students with policy markers via a State Capitol trip. There is a Forest Biomass to Energy Project in progress. They are working with the Yuba Watershed Protection and Fire Safe Council. These two programs are funded through grants including USDA Home Repair and Residential Defensible Space for special needs individuals.
Environmental School Readiness Program Presentation The principal/superintendent of the public charter school presented information on the Environmental School Readiness program. They used a mini grant from First 5 to buy programs to start it. They have a dozen families who participate regularly with children ages 3-4 years old daily, M-F. It’s an outdoor classroom and call it Nature Explorer. It’s a K-8 school with the goal of expanding to become a high school as well. They have a special ed program and a full-time special ed instructor. Their focus is o environmental science in all their classes. They are attending an environmental science fair on 11/8/19. Their goal is to connect with the community as much as possible. They use the Nurtured Heart Approach program twice a year, work with Sutter Yuba Behavioral Health, and are active in the watershed and fire safe council. They were selected to be in the pilot program to get youth involved in fire prevention and residential space. They’re also looking to create more partnerships to benefit upcoming youth with a community-based focus. They want to connect with Camptonville to allow youth from both programs to work together.
Also, information was presented on two different heat expenditures that will come from the biomass project (85 degrees and 185 degrees) and how this will create a co-location business opportunity when it’s complete in a couple years.
Introduction of Program Representatives An opportunity was given to each program representative to introduce themselves and summarize the services they offer.
Approval of October 2, 2019 Minutes 1st Motion, 2nd Motion. AIF
Adjourn: Jason Roper adjourned the meeting at 5:23 pm.
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
DECEMBER 4, 2019 – Agenda NOVEMBER 6, 2019 – Minutes Meeting Notice/Agenda Wednesday, December 4, 2019 – 8:00 a.m. Youth for Change--Upstairs 1128 Yuba Street, MARYSVILLE, CA
_____________________________________________________________________________ The Yuba County Children’s Council is open to the public. Public participation and comment are invited relevant to each agenda item. If a member of the public has a comment on something other than an agenda item they may address the council during the Public Comment Agenda item. Issues/comments requiring longer than five (5) minutes will be placed on the next Council meeting agenda. If you would like to have an item placed on the agenda, please contact. Council Secretary at least ONE week prior to the meeting.
Call to Order John Floe
Roll Call John Floe
Public Comment Members of the public are invited to share items of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Any member of the audience may bring a matter before the Council that has not been agendized; however, State law provides that no action may be taken on any item not appearing on the posted Agenda. The Council requests that comments be limited to five (5) minutes per speaker.
Approval of November 6, 2019 Minutes Action Item
Children’s Trust Fund Consideration Action Item John Floe
Children’s Trust Fund Application Review Process Action Item All
ACEs Connection Information Item Gayle Kennedy
Replacement of George Siler on YCCW Council Action Item Recommended Replacement: Sarah Feingold
Replacement of John Floe as Council Chair Action Item Recommended Replacement: Jason Roper
Replacement of Jason Roper as Vice Chair Action Item Recommended Replacement: To be determined
Replacement of Valerie Strawmier as Secretary Action Item Recommended Replacement: To be determined
Bylaws Review Committee Action Item John Floe
Prevention Network Update Information Item Cathy LeBlanc
Review ILP Program Discussion Item
Displaced Youth Multi-Disciplinary Team (DYMDT) Information Item
Blueshift Project Information Item
Next Children’s Council Meeting: January 8, 2019
Adjourn.
Yuba County Children’s Wellness & Child Abuse Prevention Council “Improving the well-being of children in Yuba County”
Youth for Change--Upstairs 1128 Yuba Street, MARYSVILLE, CA
Meeting Minutes – November 6, 2019 – 8:00 AM
Chairman Vice Chairman John Floe, SYBH Jason Roper, Yuba County Probation
Council Officers Jim Arnold Ericka Summers Tony Gordon Berni Fricke George Siler Cathy LeBlanc Caron Job Meredith Evans Gary Bradford Francisco Reveles
Call to Order John Floe called the meeting to order at 8:04 AM.
Roll Call The following Council Officers were present: John Floe, Jason Roper, Gary Bradford, Ericka Summers, George Siler, Caron Job, and Meredith Evans. Council Secretary: Valerie Strawmier
The following members of the public were in attendance: Peggy Smith, Theresa Dove Weber, Tony Kildare, Karen Woods, and Margie Renicker.
Public Comment Imagination Library Program started recently, partnered with Youth for Change and the Dolly Parton Foundation. It launched three weeks ago, and they have 509 kids signed up for it so far. Kids will receive a book on their birthday. The council passed out a registration flyer to share with the members and parents can also sign up on their own online. There is also a Sutter County program for this.
Jason announced the Tales to Tails program and how they’ve partnered with the Yuba County Library. The dogs will be at the library from 3pm-5pm after school and a flyer will be sent out. Jason will be reading to the kids with Jax and the kids will read to two other dogs. This will occur next week on Thursday and Jason will send out the dates for December. Studies show that kids enjoy reading to dogs because they don’t get corrected and they tend to self-correct. Jason will send Valerie the flyer for council distribution.
Next month, elections will be held for Jason’s position. If there are openings coming up due to any retirements, it would be good to have those solidified before the December meeting, so they be added to the agenda.
Jason gave a quick report on the October YCCW meeting and how well it went, and how the youth were proud of what they’ve achieved so far.
Approval of October 2, 2019 Minutes Jason Roper - 1st Motion, Meredith Evans - 2nd Motion. AIF
Children’s Trust Fund Considerations There are no applications for the trust fund.
Children’s Trust Fund Application Review Process Ericka reported that she was looking at something that might work for this. She met with Meredith and Tony and it was suggested that we use something similar to First 5, which is a little more comprehensive. This council process doesn’t need to be that comprehensive at all, but the templates are a good place to start. They are considering how that process might look different in the future. There is a fillable form app summary and how it works presentation by Ericka. Once the app is submitted, it would go to the council for review via email. A survey monkey link would be created with approximately four questions. The questions would be answered by council members after they reviewed the application. Is this a direction of how we want to go? John notes that this would be a good documentation process and it would keep the council from underspending. The apps would put projects on the radar to avoid losing use-or-lose funds. John feels more people would apply and understand the process of how projects get approved. They are looking at putting the app and information online as well, according to Tony. The Child Provision Fund is about $2,000 and is the source of funds. Yuba County is the holder of the funds, but the council approves projects. Ericka notes that sometimes outlying members of the community will request for travel funds and engagement materials that can be shared by all agencies. She also notes that from a devil’s advocate perspective, she doesn’t want to create any barriers for people to apply in the future. If this process is adopted, we need to think how we can reach agencies that have lower capacities or no Internet access, so they can still get materials and propose possible projects for funding. John proposed putting together a flyer that explains the funding and what it’s available for and then share it to the community. Tony also notes that this could be shared when working directly with the community and he would be happy to create a flyer for this. Ericka asked if the council would accept paper applications as well, as this was agreed to for convenience sake. Motion to approve? Tony Gordon-1st Motion, Meredith Evans – 2nd Motion. AIF.
7. ACESs Connection Presentation by Gail Kennedy Starting an ACES community for Yuba County or Yuba-Sutter. John notes that Sutter County is very interested in having someone come speak and John would like to have some ongoing trainings. They are trying to mirror services between counties as much as possible, since many council members serve both counties. PowerPoint Presentation made by ACES representative—Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) science explained by rep. It’s free to sign up to become a part of ACES connection. They have an active social site and help support communities to create source of resources and tools, including organizational resilience and community tools. ACES is organized by communities. There was an explanation of tools and resources on website, as well as a presentation on why you should start an ACES community. A summary of data is available on site. There is also information on trainings that are available through ACES site and sharing of information on state initiatives that affect ACES through site.
Questions?
Ericka notes she uses site currently and gets tools and resources and training webinars that she uses and shares w/ partners and integrates into work they currently do. She notices everyone is still at learning stage in terms of using this and integrating this into systems. Families don’t quite get it, so it’s necessary to become educated and integrate it into how staff works with the community. She asked, “Is there an administrative piece?” Gail says she wants someone she can work with who will manage the community site (post things, edit details, etc.). Jason suggested the Prevention Network might be a great place to start for developing the site and looking for a manager to work with ACES resources. Tony suggested perhaps an Extra Help position might be opened to work with the Prevention Network site and the local community ACES site. Tony notes that bi-county projects seem to involve borrowing material from other counties so they can copy and paste material, and then personalize it as necessary. It is agreed that this should be a Yuba-Sutter project. John requests whether there is any cost and Gail responds that it’s all free. She did note there are additional tools that can be purchased for $5,000 but the program and community itself are free to access, engage with and use. John thinks this is important in seeing that our communities are seeing an increase in trauma. He believes council needs to do better job at communicating with leadership about importance of trauma-informed care to find best suited services for individuals and families. He believes providing this through our prevention network is a great site. Gail was requested by Tony to come present at a 12/3/19 meeting in Sutter County and she agreed. Gail also notes there is a website that explains the stories of ACES in communities (ACES Too High (sp?)), and this information is available on the ACES connection site as well. Gail will email the slides to the council. Homer asked question about whether having a joint health officer will ease any of this bi-county project and working together with both counties.
Bylaw Review Cathy is not here to discuss, will be tabled to next month.
Prevention Network Update Cathy is not here but Ericka notes that backend meeting has been meeting with someone from Strategies. Planning and looking at plans across agencies, looking at what community has and what needs to be filled out. Prevention network meeting is tomorrow at 9:30 and agenda will be sent out for community room at the library. The goal is to identify gaps based on what they’ve discovered and map out what strategy and focus is going to be to fill gaps in. Ericka encourages council members to send someone from their agencies to the meeting tomorrow morning. Jason and John will both send someone since they are unable to attend due to other meeting obligations. John is looking forward to seeing results of what they do and moving forward, thanks Ericka for leading that.
Reviewing ILP Program Jason notes that it’s going well, averaging 3 or 4 kids very consistently, one is sibling unit. They really enjoy it. It’s going well, and they are serving homeless kids as well. It’s at Marysville High twice a month, and they’re able to use a room with a stove and washer and dryer. Other services have been built into this ILP program. They can do laundry and other items. They go to school, shower two to three times per week, come to school clean, which is huge in their world. They are very connected with people they’re working with, and building positive, healthy relationships. They are being very successful, small numbers but growing with DYMDT. They are going to go back to homeless consortium and ask if they can add Sutter County youth as well. John notes that Virginia Burns is doing this work and John is looking forward to seeing how we can help. There’s a lot of focus on adults and families, but this focus on youth is beneficial.
DYMDT Virginia’s team put together a proposal and this will be presented next week, according to Tony. They are talking about mirroring with Yuba County’s project and direction.
Blueshift Project It’s in a bit of a holding pattern, trying to see what we can do to have this project become part of next MHSA funding cycle, so this may or may not be funded. What they’re looking at right now is a minimum proposal to have someone working through either Behavioral Health or Public Health to work as navigator towards local doctors and professionals, so individuals could receive referrals from navigator on what to do. The navigator would help individuals get their own insurance or get their own Medi-Cal coverage. Ideally, this would be a team of a public health nurse and an intervention counselor, or even a mental health therapist to help provide some direct services. They’re trying to get all materials together so when it’s submitted, it will be considered for funding. Homer notes that both counties have a home visiting nurse program that could be integrated into this. Tony discussed need for this program in terms of being able to refer mothers and doctors who are concerned about specific patients to local professional help. The strategy is to try to get MHSA dollars to fund the program, but it’s not guaranteed. Tony will update the council as progress is made. It’s not known what the timeline is going to be since it depends on so many other factors.
Next Meeting: Next meeting will be December 4, 2019.