HomeMy WebLinkAbout200909_SAAB_Min_SepJEFFERSON COUNTY SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADVISORY BOARD
Tuesday September 8, 2009
3:30 – 5:00 PM
Jefferson Mental Health Services Building
Meeting Minutes:
Board Members Present: Mike Blair, Anne Dean, Betty Harmon, Ray Hunter, Fran Joswick,
Catharine Robinson
Board Members Absent: Molly Force, Bob Archibald, Doug Daniels, John Austin, Conner
Daily, Laura Blake
Staff Present: Julia Danskin, Ford Kessler
Staff Absent: Kelly Matlock, Teresa Wirth
Guests: Juelie Dalzell
I. Approval of Agenda—M/S/A Ray Hunter/Mike Blair/All
II. Introductions
III. Approval of the August, 2009 SAAB meeting minutes-- M/S/A Catharine
Robinson/Betty Harmon/All
**Note to Secretary, please ensure that “track changes” and edits are all “accepted” prior
to e-mailing minutes to board**
IV. Public Comments/From the Floor/Announcements
• Conner Daily has accepted his second three year term as a member of the SAAB
• Bob Archibald submitted a letter of resignation to the Board. He is relocating
outside of Jefferson County. The Board accepts the resignation with regret.
• Another Jefferson County resident is interested in a board position and Ford will
ask him to write a Letter of Intent to the Jefferson County Board of Health
• Mike Blair commented on the success of the school-based health clinics (SBHC)
at both Chimacum and Port Townsend High School over the past year.
Discussed the evaluation questions being utilized to measure outputs and
outcomes.
• Julia Danskin announced that Kelly Schwab will attend the SAAB meeting on
October 13, 2009 to discuss the 211 Program
V. Old Business
1. Status report on jail relapse prevention program:
• Fran Joswick shared information from Pat Wiggins (Jail RN). There are
currently two groups—one of four men, one of five women
• Pat still continues to deliver positive feedback about the program
2. Hand in revised sub-committee selections:
• Fran Joswick handed out sign-up sheets and would like to receive responses
from Doug, Molly and Tony
• Data and Assessment Committee Members: Catharine, Mike, Anne and Fran
• PR Committee Members: Betty, Conner, Laura and John
• Community Issues Committee Members: Ray and Fran
3. SAAB members participating in Protecting You/Protecting Me curriculum:
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• Kelly Matlock reported that she is currently working with Steve Finch, from
Grant Street Elementary, to define parameters for the program. Principal
Finch would prefer that retired teachers/educators/persons with teaching
background teach the classes. He feels that they will be more successful in
understanding classroom dynamics/classroom management.
• Kelly is still seeking additional volunteers to teach this program
4. Sub-committee report on the Meth Action Team (MAT):
• Anne Dean reported that the Community Data and Assessment group will be
working with MAT. Members of the Data and Assessment group include:
Catharine, Mike, Anne and Fran
• 7 representatives from Jefferson County will be attending the National Drug-
Endangered Children’s (DEC) Conference in Spokane, WA later in
September. Attendees will be learning new, updated information about DEC
Protocols/Guidelines and looking at how these changes may be applied in
Jefferson County.
• The next MAT meeting is Tuesday, October 6th—please contact Anne with
any questions
5. Update on new jail intake assessment: No report
6. Funding sources for relapse prevention program:
• Fran Joswick mailed a letter to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Foundation
requesting $10k funding for the jail’s Relapse Prevention Program. This
would cover a five month period.
• Ray Hunter discussed approaching other organizations and committees, e.g.
the Jefferson County Democrats Executive Committee, to ask for funding.
This is not a political request, but will others step-up if they see other
community groups contributing? It would be great to have continual media
exposure to create a “domino-effect”.
• Ford Kessler and Julia Danskin will be meeting to see if some of the Meth
Award funding (from Office of Financial Management—associated with the
1/10th of 1% Substance Abuse/Mental Health Tax) can be utilized for this
program.
VI. Provider Reports –
1. Prevention – Kelly
• Please see submitted report
• Also noted that going forward the Department of Alcohol and Substance
Abuse (DASA) most likely will not be sending prevention funding to
counties directly, but to specific communities/coalitions going forward.
Changes are still uncertain, but possible.
• Continuing to work on an assembly and panel presentation on suicide
prevention at Port Townsend High School
2. Public Health – No report Julia
3. County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ford
Coordinator’s Report –
• Possibly will face another level of funding cuts
• Clallam County’s inpatient facility may close within 30 days
• Safe Harbor does have waitlists for assessments currently
• A former employee of Safe Harbor has opened South County Addiction
Treatment Services—little is known at this point about the program
VII. New Business
1. Subcommittee Reports:
• Community Data and Assessment Group: Anne discussed the project
the group will be looking at, temporarily named, “The TRUE Cost of
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Substance Abuse: Understanding the Financial Impact of Substance
Abuse & Addiction in Jefferson County”. In an effort to measure the
impact (collateral costs), the group will try to capture the multiple costs
by looking at both direct and indirect costs of substance abuse and
addiction. This will be modeled after Shoveling Up II: The Impact of
Substance Abuse on Federal, State and Local Budgets from the National
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
2. Substance Abuse Recovery Month proclamation: Fran attended the
proclamation reading with the Jefferson County Commissioners and Conner
Daily attended the reading with the Port Townsend City Council.
3. Meeting with Allison Arthur from the Leader:
• Fran will be meeting with Allison this week to discuss the Relapse
Prevention Program
4. Prescription medication disposal:
• Fran is seeking ways of disposing of unused prescription drugs. There is
not a pharmacy that will accept in Jefferson County right now. Clallam
had an innovative program that was shut down by the DEA recently.
Fran will discuss this further with Tony Hernandez. This issue is
receiving attention from lawmakers in Olympia as well.
Other
Presentation by Juelie Dalzell, Jefferson County Prosecutor:
• Juelie spoke about the financial challenges being faced by her office. This
included recently losing one deputy prosecutor. She is facing significant cuts for
at least the next two years.
• Discussed the implications of Supreme Court Ruling (US v. Gant) which
disallows law enforcement from searching vehicles if a driver has a suspended
license (DWLS), unless another crime is committed. Previously, officers could
conduct a vehicle search with only a DWLS crime. This is reducing the number of
drug court participants.
• Drug Court currently has 23 participants. 7 are about to graduate.
• Juelie emphasized that she still believes prevention is critical to prevent higher
collateral costs further down the road.
Adjourn—M/S/A Mike Blair/Catharine Robinson/All
Next Meeting: October 13, 2009