Agenda & Minutes August 19, 2004 View: Agenda Minutes

Agenda

Minutes

August 19, 2004

Attendance

• Sarajane Annin (Parent and Professional), Josette Baumann (Graduate student), Carol Carlton (Healthy Child Care Illinois), Bette Chapman (DSC), Mark Driscoll (CCMHB), Katie Good (Spectrum E.C.) Terry Goode (Parent), Brandi Granse (Head Start), Kelly Hartford (Family Preservation Program), Judy Hartley (Child Care Resource Service), Mary-alayne Hughes (U of I), Jeanne Murray (Carle Therapy Services), Angela Reinhart (U of I Extension), Amy Santos (U of I), Jennifer Ernst, Deanna Williams (Healthy Families), Kathleen Williams-Hyort (Christie Clinic), Mary Anne Wilson (Success By 6), Christina Ploeckelman (Crisis Nursery), Amy Kuka (Swann School), Becci Cline (CFC#16), Jim Dentino (Crosspoint)

Agency Announcements

• Mary Anne Wilson announced that the Regional Office of Education's administrative directory has been updated for this year. It lists all the schools' administrators and contact information in Champaign County. It can be sent to anyone who is interested in obtaining one.
• Judy Hartley invited everyone to participate in a grant through United Way. It is targeting child care centers and the centers' staff as well as all community members for training for social emotional events in children's lives. It is FREE and will be held Friday, October 8 th at 6:30pm and Saturday, October 9 th all day as well as Friday, January 21 st at 6:30pm and Saturday, January 22 nd all day. For those who attend all training sessions, which is the intent, will be qualified as a trainee trainer person and would be able to go the next year and do training at centers. Any questions concerning this training can be directed to Judy Hartley at 244-7356 or can be reached at her email found on the contact list.
• Carol Carlton announced that she went to training on car seats for children with special needs called Crusin for Kids in Peoria put on by St. Francis Medical Center. She is a car seat technician and is wiling to help out anyone who has questions about it and can be contacted at 333-9108. She will bring more pamphlets to the next meeting and the pamphlet hopefully will be placed on the Birth-5 web site.

Old Business

• Council review minutes. Bette Chapman motioned to approve minutes and Brandi Granse seconded. Minutes were approved unanimously.
• The MOU was passed out, signed by those in attendance, and was handed back to the co-chairs. It was announced an agency can have more than one MOU.
• The new copies of the Bylaws were handed out. Mark Driscoll briefly discussed them and talked about how they were reviewed at the June meeting and added points in the Vision Statement and made some technical changes. Mark Driscoll motioned to approve the Bylaws and Terry Goode seconded. Bylaws were approved unanimously.
• Becci Cline and Jim Dentino discussed current issues of CFC. Becci explained how the CFC grant was taken over July 1st and is housed at Crosspoint. She passed out handouts that contain the 10 service coordinators' numbers and addresses as well as flyers for CFC. Any questions can be addressed through the CFC toll free number 1-800-877-1152.
• Jim Dentino discussed the need for the LIC coordinator. This person would work 7.5 hours a week and acts as an administrative arm to the LIC taking minutes, handling the budget, working at health fairs and basically a liaison between LIC and CFC. The qualifications are completion of high school and an interest in the field. Bette Chapman suggested the council does inner recruiting and the executive committee do the interviewing and then send recommendations on to Crosspoint to hire. The executive committee, which consists of Amy Santos and Sarajane Annin as well as Terry Goode and Mary Anne Wilson who volunteered to help, will also make a job description that will be approved by Crosspoint. The LIC coordinator is to be hired by the next council meeting.
• Becci Cline handed out fax sheets that can be used in referral process. There will be a copy posted on the Birth-5 Council web site that can be down loaded and printed off.

New Business

• The day, time, and location of the year's meetings were discussed. Bette Chapman motioned to have the meetings every third Thursday of every month at 1-2:15pm and Mary Anne Wilson seconds. After further discussion Bette Chapman amends then motion to have the meetings every third Thursday of every month (September 16th, October 21st, November 18th , December 16th , January 20th, February 17th, March 17th, April 21st, May 19th, and June 16th) at 8:30-9:45am Jeanne Murray seconds. Dates and times of the meetings were unanimously approved.
• Terry Goode passed out binders and dividers to all members to keep all information obtained in the meetings in one place.
• Diane from ECAP discussed the progress of the web site. Photos taken at a high resolution of children are still welcome and can be added to the site which is updated every two weeks. Changes were asked to be made concerning minor details. Important things to know about the site:
• If there is something that is seen as incorrect whether it be content information or links email the co-chairs the concern and they will in turn contact ECAP.
• However, to add events onto the calendar page simply contact the web master which can be found at the bottom of the website.
• Members will receive and agenda and a reminder to look at/print the minutes from the previous meeting via the website instead of sending out the minutes to each member.
• Amy Santos proposed to table training plan and finding chairs for the committees.

Next Meeting

The next meeting is scheduled for September 16th, 2004 from 8:30-9:45am at Crisis Nursery (1309 W. Hill St. behind Provena Covenant Emergency Room).

Adjournment

Bette Chapman motioned to adjourn the meeting. Mary Anne Wilson seconded. Motion carried to adjourn meeting.

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