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HomeMy WebLinkAbout200710_SAAB_min_octJefferson County Substance Abuse Advisory Board DATE: October 9, 2007 3:30-5:00 p.m. Jefferson Mental Health Meeting Minutes Board Members Present: John Barth, John Austin, Sherry Kimbrough, Dean Robertson, Kimber Rotchford, Laurie Strong, Ann Winegar Board Members Absent: John Chiles, Connor Daily, Caroleena Einarson, Betty Harmon, Catharine Robinson Staff Present: Ford Kessler, Kelly Matlock, Teresa Wirth, Stacey Souza Staff Absent: Julia Danskin Guests: John Newport and Chris Moore I. CALL TO ORDER/APPROVAL OF AGENDA The Jefferson County Substance Abuse Advisory Board Meeting was called to order at 3:40 pm. Motion to approve the Agenda M-S-A Laurie Strong and Anne Winegar. II. INTRODUCTIONS John Newport Ph.D. was introduced to Stacey. Chris Moore was introduced to the group by Dean Robertson. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING Sherry noted that her name was spelled incorrectly in both the August and September minutes. Motion to accept minutes as amended M-S-A Laurie Strong and Anne Winegar. IV. PUBLIC COMMENTS/FROM THE FLOOR/ANNOUNCEMENTS John Newport announced he had just returned from California where he was the key note speaker for the California Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (CAADAC). John also announced the development of a series of workbooks on recovery in collaboration with Terence T. Gorski. Ford stated John had also done a presentation to Drug Court participants and it was well received. Laurie announced CODIT was not awarded the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant. No reason was provided from the SAMHSA as to why CODIT did not receive the grant. CODIT had an independent evaluation for the first year of operation and it went well. The evaluation was completed by an outside firm specializing in evaluating programs treating Chemical Dependency. Madrona staff attended the CODIT conference in Yakima recently and the theme was “Hopefulness”. Ford announced the development and implementation of the Family Therapeutic Court (FTC). He went on to provide a description of the concept of the FTC and stated the program had its first participating family. Kimber announced Jim Hargrove was honored at the Washington State Medical Association (WSMA) annual event. Kimber also noted that Roger Goodman, head of the King County Drug Task Force, made a presentation at this event. V. OLD BUSINESS SIX-YEAR PLAN / POWERPOINT SUBCOMMITTEE The Six Year Strategic Planning Group will be meeting soon to begin the implementation of the Six Year Plan. Kelly provided a copy of the PowerPoint presentation to date. It still needs quotes from key local community members. It will also need to be edit and polished by someone who is knowledgeable with PowerPoint. Sherry volunteered for this task. LAW AND JUSTICE Ford reported that a lawyer from Kitsap County made a presentation at the Law and Justice meeting about returning offenders to the community. One point stressed during the presentation was a caution of not placing Department of Correction's duties on the community. DATA/QUESTIONNAIRE SUBCOMMITTEE No Report VI. PROVIDER REPORTS PREVENTION/PUBLIC HEALTH Project Alert- Project Alert classes have started at Blue heron Middle School. The classes have been scheduled for the 2007-2008 school year for Chimacum and Quilcene School Districts. This last year the booster classes were added for the Chimacum School District. Booster classes for the Quilcene School District will be added this year. (The booster classes have been presented in Port Townsend for some time.) Kelly is continuing to work with the schools to have Peer-Educators from Peer-In present in the booster classes for Project Alert for this next school year. Parenting Wisely- The Parenting Wisely programs have arrived. There are videos in both English and Spanish. One set will be kept at the Jefferson County Public Library. The other set will be rotated through the three different school districts. Protecting You / Protecting Me – Kelli King with the Jefferson County Sherriff’s Department will be presenting the Protecting You / Protecting Me prevention curriculum in Chimacum this school year to the 5th grade class. Dan with Port Townsend Police will be presenting the curriculum in Port Townsend to the 5th grade class. Hopefully both Kelli and Dan will be attending the annual Washington State Prevention Summit in Vancouver this November. Both Chimacum and Port Townsend opted to not take Kelly up on her offer of doing one other grade if a district staff person would do a third grade level. Both school districts are considering this proposition for the 2008- 2009 school years. Mini RUad Grant – The Jefferson county Sherriff’s Department has received a mini RUad Grant. As a part of this grant Kelly has been working to have 3 school assemblies and one Town Hall meeting in the end of October. Jerry Blackburn from Lakeside Milam will be presenting on the impact alcohol and drugs have on the developing teenage brain. Leadership groups from Port Townsend High School and Chimacum High School will be planning the publicity. The Port Townsend and Chimacum assemblies will be Thursday, November 1st. The Quilcene assembly and Town Hall meeting are tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, November 7th. New Health Department Health Educator – The Health Department has hired Karen Obermeyer to work with Kelly on Substance Abuse Prevention. Karen will start her new job October 15, 2007. Karen will attend a CSAP training Prevention training the week of October 22nd . Karen will also be trained for Project Alert classes. COUNTY ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE COORDINATOR’S REPORT Ford recently spoke to John Taylor concerning the option of having a counselor in the school system again this year. Ford went on to report that Barb Carr had recently reported an increase in juvenile crime. Ford is expecting an answer from the state in several days. Ford has also requested assistance from Jefferson County specifically from the 1/10 of 1% committee. VII. NEW BUSINESS John Barth will be making a presentation to the Board of Health next week about what the Substance Abuse Advisory Board has been working on. John also announced that he is becoming involved in Clallam County and has noticed that prevention is very evident there. He noted that the recovery community is very involved in the schools and parents do not appear to be permissive towards drug and alcohol use. John informed the group that his involvement in Clallam County may affect his availability for the Substance Abuse Advisory Board in the future. ADJOURN M/S/A Laurie Strong and Anne Winegar. The meeting was adjourned at 4:56 pm. NEXT MEETING: November 13, 2007 @ 3:30 Respectfully submitted by: Stacey Souza