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HomeMy WebLinkAbout201611_DDAB MinutesAlways working for a safer and healthier community 615 Sheridan Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 www.JeffersonCountyPublicHealth.org Community Health Environmental Health Developmental Disabilities Water Quality 360-385-9400 360-385-9444 360-385-9401 (f) (f) 360-379-4487 Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board (DDAB) M I N U T E S November 15, 2016 Final Board Attendees: Carl Hanson (Co-Chair), David Sullivan (Jefferson County Commissioner), Kim Rafferty (Parent), Patrick Kane (Port Townsend School District) Pamela Adams (PT City Council) Absent: Claudia Edmondson, (Community Representative) Guests: Patty Jackson, Tyler Reeves, Melissa Lund, Janie Nelson-Achodor, Kelly Matlock, Jake Baker Staff: Anna McEnery, Vicki Kirkpatrick & Lori Fleming CALL TO ORDER Co-Chair Hanson called the meeting to order at 3:15pm. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Member Adams moved to approve the agenda as written. The motion was seconded by Co- Chair Rafferty. The motion passed unanimously. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM September 27, 2016 Member Sullivan moved to approve the minutes with two corrections, the date should be September 27th, 2016, and Vicki Kirkpatrick is shown as a Board Member rather than as staff.. The motion was seconded by member Adams. The motion passed unanimously. PUBLIC COMMENTS/None. NEW BUSINESS AND PRESENTATIONS 1. Presentation from Self Advocates/Students First/Patty Jackson & Tyler Reeves Patty Taylor facilitates the Student/People First Club at the Sequim High School that meets once a week. Student/People First is for high school aged kids with disabilities. Students are assisted through membership in the club on the development their own voice through their membership in the People/Student First Club. The Club’s focus is on team building, leadership, club officer training, learning Roberts’ Rules of order, self- advocacy, communicating their own disability history, transition into adulthood, and self- determination. Patty also is the para-educator teaching a life skills class for the same students that involves taking them out a few times a week to engage in a range of activities that educate and entertain. These include things like working at a food bank, listening to speakers that are invited in to present on relevant topics, learning how to participate in a job interview, and doing various types of tasks such as those involved in hotel cleaning. Always working for a safer and healthier community Developmental Disability Advisory Board - Minutes 11/15/2016 Page 2 of 3 Community Health Environmental Health Developmental Disabilities Water Quality 360-385-9400 360-385-9444 360-385-9401 (f) (f) 360-379-4487 Jake Baker, Concerned Citizens outlined how his organization partners with the Sequim School as an employment provider. Concerned Citizens go into the school with People First to take the students one-on-one out in the community for vocational assessments and employment. The Sequim school district does a lot at an earlier stage with these students, and then linking them up with an adult Employment Provider by the age of 21. The county pays half the contract and the school District pays the other half of the contract so Concerned Citizens helps these kids get part time jobs. The agency’s vision to provide all students with disabilities an equal opportunity to get a job. 2. Person Centered Planning Grant/Anna Mc Enery We have received a Person Centered grant in the amount of $8k from DDA to increase our capacity of person-centered transition planning facilitators in Jefferson County. The goal is for trained facilitators will to work with individuals with developmental disabilities, to collaborate with parents, schools, and the community to bridge the gap between school and the adult world. Deb Mclean, a teacher and mentor of ideal person- centered practices, will be invited to Jefferson County to facilitate conversation in the community as well as provide training and mentoring for new facilitators. Ideally we want to include a Life Skill or Special Ed teacher who learn about person centered planning in connection with transition so they can incorporate a broader vision as they facilitate IEPs. This effort will commence in the late winter of 2017. 3. 2016 DD Budget/(Handout)/Anna Mc Enery Veronica Shaw will be at the January DDAB meeting to go through the new budget, represented in the handout delivered at this meeting. 4. 2016 DD Advisory Board Calendar / (Handout) / Anna Mc Enery The 2017 DDAB meeting calendar was handed out. Meetings are scheduled at the JCPH Pacific Room on the 4th Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September, and November of 2017. OLD BUSINESS & UPDATES/INFORMATIONAL ITEMS & FUTURE MEETINGS 1. Updates Informational Items a. Update on Community Inclusion for Everyone MTGs/Kim Rafferty/Anna Mc Enery This evening is a game night to create opportunities for people with and without disabilities. Member Mc Enery is also organizing a Christmas caroling night at Seaport Landing, then Discovery View apartments. All voices are welcomed. b. Update on the Accessibility Community Act Project/Carl Hanson/Kim Rafferty The Accessible Community Advisory Committee (ACAC) got a~$25k grant this past year, and more funding could be pursued from the Governor’s Committee for 2017. Ms. McEnery is organizing a lunchtime disability planning meeting on December 5th from 12 noon to 1:30pm at QUUF. The meeting will be facilitated by Bob Wheeler, to be attended by People with Disabilities, Agencies who serve people with disabilities, City and County officials, Special Ed Directors, Providers, Case Managers, community members – all who are interested in the topic of disability. The purpose is to give the ACAC information about disability needs and wants in Jefferson County, while discussing ways to partner with people with disabilities, agencies and/or government in order to request grant funding for another round of projects in 2017 that make a difference. Always working for a safer and healthier community Developmental Disability Advisory Board - Minutes 11/15/2016 Page 3 of 3 Community Health Environmental Health Developmental Disabilities Water Quality 360-385-9400 360-385-9444 360-385-9401 (f) (f) 360-379-4487 c. Sub-Committee on Unified Special Olympics in Grant Street School Co-Chair Kim Rafferty spoke with Morgan Larshay, from School-Based Unified program. Ms. Larshay said she will contact Member Rafferty to discuss Grant Street Soccer Team, potential coaches, etc. d. Member Kane said that Port Townsend/Quilcene applied for a DVR grant for Transition and received it. The first meeting involved an introduction from the Center for Change in Transition Service, (CCTS). There’s been three meetings – the last one reviewing IEPs into the CCTS website. This is a great deal of work for staff, but worth it. On 12/2 Patrick will be trained with others on developing solid IEPs. Hopefully there will be more workshops for teachers, etc. e. Parent to Parent’s Update- Melissa Lund, the Parent to Parent Coordinator from the Arc said that we still have Caregiver support group once a month. Topics included Sheriff/Police interactions with a person with a developmental disability and their Caregiver, as well as guardian. This month’s meeting will focus on dealing with the holidays. There will also be an Annual Resource Fair at the Arc on February 4th sponsored by the Kitsap County DD Program. This is an opportunity for vendors, especially vendors with tech devices for DD. f. Melissa said she is still advocating signup for the DDA Individual and Family Services Waiver by February. g. George Adams used to facilitate the Self Advocates of WA. Anna Mc Enery brought three self-advocates from Jefferson County to the Self-Advocacy meeting held at the Arc. George has moved on, but is still willing to facilitate a self- advocate meeting if the participants come to Kitsap. Anna shared that it worked to have the meeting right before a “social” meeting. Possibly could do it after the holidays. Future Meetings 1. Accessibility Community Act Committee (ACAC)Disability Planning MTG-Save the Date- December 5th at Quimper Unitarian Church in the Fellowship Hall from 12 to 1:30pm- Please RSVP 2. Accessibility Community Act Committee-(ACAC) Regular MTG (Grant from Governor’s Committee on Disability) to be held on December 19th 2016-1pm to 3:00pm @ Public Health/ Main Conference Room 3. Jefferson County Transition Network MTG to be held on January 10th 2017 3:45 to 5pm @ Public Health/Main Conference Room 4. Community Inclusion for Everyone, (CIE) MTG-Future Meetings to be announced 5. CIE Game Night @ PT Rec Center on November 15th from 6-8pm 6. CIE Christmas Caroling @ Seaport Landing on Sat. December 19th from 6-7:30pm Public Comment-None. Adjournment Co-Chair Hanson adjourned the meeting at 5:00pm. Next Meeting: Tuesday, January 24, 2017