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JEFFERSON COUNTY SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADVISORY BOARD
Tuesday January 11, 2011
3:30 – 5:00 PM
Mt. View Facility
1925 Blaine Street, Port Townsend
Room 6
Meeting Minutes:
Board Members Present: Fran Joswick, Arnie Danberg, Conner Daily, Catharine Robinson, Ray Hunter,
Betty Harmon, Tony Hernandez, Anne Dean, Coleman Riddle, John Austin
Board Members Absent: Chase Glenn, Hargopal Boyd, Sam Markow, Mike Phimister
Staff Present: Ford Kessler, Teresa Wirth, Kelly Matlock, Julia Danskin
Staff Absent:
Guests: David Sullivan and Pete Gilles
I. Introductions – Fran introduced Commissioner David Sullivan to the group and then
members introduced themselves. Commissioner Sullivan is taking Commissioner John
Austin’s place on the SAAB.
Community member Pete Gilles was introduced and informed the SAAB members he was
interested in finding out what the SAAB does.
II. Approval of Agenda – M/S/A Ray Hunter / David Sullivan / All
III. Approval of the December, 2010 SAAB meeting minutes – M/S/A Betty Harmon / Ray
Hunter / All
IV. Public Comments/From the Floor/Announcements
Tony Hernandez announced The Drug Take Back Program would be starting this coming
week. Members from local newspapers were present and Tony provided details on the
conception, the development, and the implementation of the program. Additionally, Tony
had a community member who had lost a family member to a drug overdose speak on
the effects to him and his family. Press releases are anticipated to be in both the Port
Townsend Leader and the Peninsula Daily News.
V. Provider Reports
Prevention – Kelly
DBHR Prevention Redesign – Cohort 1
The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is underway with the Prevention
Redesign. Jefferson County Public Health and OESD 114 were chosen as one of twelve
counties to participate in the first wave of the redesign plan, which is called Cohort 1.
The Cohort 1 Team (Julia Danskin, Kelly Matlock, Karen Obermeyer, and Anne Burns
from OESD 114) have been meeting and developing the new plan that will be in effect as
of July 1, 2011.
Project Alert
Karen Obermeyer has completed the 11 sessions for the 6th grade Project Alert classes
at Blue Heron Middle School and Chimacum Middle School. She is facilitating the 3
booster sessions for the 7th grade classes at Blue Heron and Chimacum Middle Schools,
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and is in the process of scheduling the 6th and 7th grade classes for Quilcene School
District.
Let’s Draw the Line
The Port Townsend High School Student Task Force is facilitating the “Let’s Draw the
Line” social awareness campaign sponsored by the Division of Behavioral Health and
Recovery. The campaign is asking for individuals and the community to “draw a line”
between youth and alcohol. JCPH staff has facilitated the application process for this
campaign and are giving technical assistance to Barbara Hanson, the Student Assistance
Professional and the Advisor for the PTHS Student Task Force. SAAB will be informed
as more develops.
Protecting You / Protecting Me
Due to the holidays it has not been possible to get the exact schedule for the Protecting
You/Protecting Me classes in the schools in both Port Townsend and in the county. The
schedule will be provided in the next SAAB report.
Drug Free Community Grant
Jefferson County Public Health and Jefferson County Community Network are partnering
on the writing of a Drug Free Community Federal Grant. The grant is due in late March.
Public Health- Julia
The next Board of Health meeting is scheduled for January 20, 2011.
County Drug and Alcohol Coordinator - Ford
Washington State has received approval of its request for a Medicaid waiver that will let
the state and federal government share the cost of the Basic Health plan and the Medical
Care Services program for Disability Lifeline and the Alcohol Drug Addiction Treatment
Support Act (ADATSA). While this news appears promising the state will need to provide
a match to these federal funds and it remains to be seen if the Governor will include
funds for this match in the budget.
VI. Old Business
Relapse Prevention Jail Program Fran
Fran stated the RPG at the jail continues with the census remaining about the same.
Steve Richmond continues to work on getting the details for orientating new volunteers
worked out.
Status on Drug Take Back program Tony/Conner
See announcements above.
Status on the BJA Grant Sam/Ford
Ford reported he had met with Sam to work on the application. Ford mentioned that one
of the components of this grant would be to provide training to law enforcement officers
on dealing with individuals with mental health and substance abuse issues. Work on the
grant application will continue in order to meet the deadline. Fran requested SAAB
members to seek out letters of support from the community.
Goals from the communication sub-committee Chase
No report as Chase was excused from this meeting.
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VII. New Business
Officer elections were held with the following outcome:
Chair: Fran Joswick M/S/A Anne Dean/Tony Hernandez/All
Vice Chair: Conner Daily M/S/A Betty Harmon/Tony Hernandez/All
Secretary: Anne Dean M/S/A Catharine Robinson/Tony Hernandez/All
Other
Fran informed members that at next month’s meeting the business portion would be short
to enable sub-committees to work on their goals.
Fran asked Julia to schedule a time to do the new member orientation. Julia requested
Teresa send out an email to her and the new members and she would reply to all with a
tentative time and place.
Adjourn— M/S/A Betty Harmon/Conner Daily/All - Meeting adjourned at 4:41 pm.
Next Meeting: February 8, 2011
Respectfully submitted by: Anne Dean