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HomeMy WebLinkAbout201103_SAAB_Min_Mar1 APPROVED April 12, 2011 JEFFERSON COUNTY SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADVISORY BOARD Tuesday March 8th, 2011 3:30 – 5:00 PM Mt. View Facility 1925 Blaine Street, Port Townsend Room 6 Meeting Minutes Board Members Present: Fran Joswick, Conner Daily, Catharine Robinson, Ray Hunter, David Sullivan, Sam Markow, Mike Phimister Board Members Absent: Anne Dean, Arnie Danberg, Tony Hernandez, Coleman Riddle, Chase Glenn, Hargopal Boyd, Staff Present: Ford Kessler, Teresa Wirth, Kelly Matlock, Julia Danskin Staff Absent: Guests: I. Introductions – None II. Approval of Agenda – M/S/A Conner Daily/ Sam Markow/ All III. Approval of the February, 2011 SAAB meeting minutes – Approval of February minutes held over until the April, 2011 meeting. IV. Public Comments/From the Floor/Announcements Fran Joswick has received notice that Arnie Danberg has resigned from the board due to medical reasons. His resignation is effective immediately. V. Provider Reports Prevention – Kelly Tobacco 15 PTHS student were trained on February 16th in the TATU program (Teens Against Tobacco Use). They will be facilitating the TATU classes with 4th graders on March 23rd at Blue Heron and Swan School. Karen Obermeyer and PTHS students conducted 20 tobacco retailer compliance checks, and there were no sales to minors. The group is “Drawing the Line” between kids and tobacco. This activity is funded by the limited remaining tobacco funds. 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 to be one of 12 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. Thursday, March 10th, the next Cohort 1 meeting will be in Olympia. 2 APPROVED April 12, 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 has completed the 3 booster sessions for the 7th grade classes at Blue Heron, Chimacum and Quilcene Middle Schools. Due to academic concerns for the 6th grade class in Quilcene, the Project Alert 6th grade classes in Quilcene will not happen this year, but are being planned for next year. 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. The “Let’s Draw the Line” media event is tentatively planned for some time during the month of April. Protecting You / Protecting Me The Protecting You/Protecting Me classes in Port Townsend, Chimacum, Quilcene and Brinnon are being scheduled now. They will be facilitated between now and the end of the school year by school district staff, the Sheriff’s Department. In a spirit of cooperation, Kellie Greenspane, the Sheriff’s Department will be facilitating the classes at Blue Heron. Drug Free Community Grant Jefferson County Community Network decided to not apply for the Drug Free Community Grant this year. This next year the emphasis will be in developing the coalition. Community Teen Read Jefferson County Public Health has partnered with the Port Townsend Public Library for a Teen Community Read this March and April. The book that will be used is 13 Reasons Why. Numerous activities in the community and the PTHS have been planned to help teens and community members process the book. The Teen Read will be a part of the April “Our Kids: Our Business” social awareness campaign. Our Kids: Our Business Jefferson County Public Health and Jefferson County Community Network are again partnering to sponsor the “Our Kids: Our Business” social awareness campaign that involves many other community partners. The SAAB will be given more information as more develops. Public Health- Julia Julia announced the Tobacco Prevention funding ended on 12/31/10 and that Kelly was working on redesigning Drug and Alcohol funding with the State. County Drug and Alcohol Coordinator - Ford Ford reported Safe Harbor is focused on keeping its head above water. Fiscal concerns have resulted in the Administrator, Kathy Shipman retiring earlier that she planned and a senior counselor has been laid off. Ford is now providing clinical supervision and Teresa 3 APPROVED April 12, 2011 Wirth will be the Administrator starting April 1st, 2011. The agency will not be able to replace her existing position of Office Manager. Fran brought up the option of possibly using volunteers to enable existing staff to continue to do their jobs. The State continues to work on moving ADATSA and Disability Lifeline funding to Title XIX funding. VI. Old Business Relapse Prevention Jail Program Fran Fran stated the RPG at the jail is going well. Pat Wiggins reported there was a wait list for male inmates for part of the month. It was also reported that the greatest source of substance abuse issues for this month has been related to alcohol. Status on the BJA Grant Sam/Ford No Report Status on Drug Take Back program Conner/Fran Conner provided a draft of a press release announcing another unwanted prescription drug take back event. It is scheduled for April 30th, 2011 at the Port Townsend Police Department from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Fran reported she had not heard any news on SB 5234. David Sullivan stated it appeared the bill had died on the floor. SB 5234 would have meant pharmaceutical companies would have had to pay for Drug Take Back boxes across the nation. Catharine Robinson suggested approaching community service clubs (Elks, Rotary, etc.) about funding new Take Back boxes. Conner will provide the costs of these boxes at the next meeting. VII. New Business Fran raised the idea of changing the sub committees to address the goals of the SAAB. She proposed the following: Coordinated School/Health Grant Michael Phimister Anne Dean David Sullivan Julia Danskin Sam Markow Ford Kessler Communication Drug Take Back Fran Joswick Tony Hernandez Chase Glenn Conner Daily Coleman Riddle Tony Hernandez Ray Hunter Catharine Robinson Adjourn— M/S/A /Conner Daily/Michael Phimister/All - Meeting adjourned at 4:55 pm. Next Meeting: April 12, 2011 Respectfully submitted by: Anne Dean