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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20191022_PT ETC Meeting MinutesPort Townsend Empowered Teens Coalition Meeting Minutes October 22nd 2019 3:30-4:30pm Blue Heron Middle School room 409 Purpose of meeting: Updates from Coalition members, Coalition Assessment Tool, Discussing sector representation Facilitator for this meeting: Lindsay Scalf In attendance: Tasha Newcomb, Denise Banker, Al Scalf, Lo Lo Sherwood, Julie Russell, Dana Marklund Time Activity 3:30 Called meeting to order 3:35 Updates on activities Location change  Student Assistance Professional position at PTHS is going to be left unfilled, so due to Tasha’s Student Assistance Professional presence at BHM we will host meetings at Blue Heron in the future. Guiding Good Choices  Merged with Chimacum due to low enrollment (one parent from PT), every Tuesday in October.  Will address recruitment strategies to boost enrollment for April program. Science and Sips lecture series October 24 4:30-6:30pm at Port Townsend Vineyards  Washington State Teachers Association sponsored event  Presentation on prevention science and the coalitions in Jefferson County Drug Take Back- October 26 10am-2pm at Safeway in Port Townsend  Lindsay and Troy tabling at Safeway Prevention Summit- November 3-6  Denise and Lindsay in Yakima for annual Prevention Summit Survey collection  Tabling at the food bank tomorrow Wednesday 10/23, and at Jefferson County library and Tri Area Food Bank in November  55 surveys collected so far in Port Townsend (via link and also hand entered copies from tabling events), need to get to 180 total by December 15 Nurse Family Partnership  Passed out flyer, discussed program the Coalition funds.  NFP is a Prenatal and infancy home visitation program aimed at improving the health, wellbeing, and self-sufficiency of low-income first time parents and their children.  Addresses Goal 5 of Action plan: Reduce community disorganization, increase attitudes of family management practices including monitoring, discipline, setting limits, control  https://co.jefferson.wa.us/488/Nurse-Family-Partnership Community Health Assessment meeting-  November 20, 2019 at the Cotton Building 1-2:30pm Updates from Coalition Vaping Education/discussion  Coordinating times at Blue Heron to repeat health fair style education about vaping prevention with adaptations for students in grades who have already gone through the program. Lindsay and Julie and Tasha to follow up on ways to integrate into classrooms more, and how to proceed with designing and scheduling the program. 3:55 Coalition Assessment Tool- survey for Coalition members Distributed survey 4:20 Discussed sector representation 12 sectors- religious/fraternal, youth, parent, media, state/local/tribal government, healthcare professional, youth serving organizations, other organizations involved in reducing substance abuse, civic/volunteer organization, school, business, law enforcement Discussion: Ideally each meeting would have 9 of the 12 sectors represented. How to recruit representatives from faith based organizations, business, 4-H, Girl Scouts? How to recruit youth presence on coalition, now that meetings are less convenient for PTHS students? 4:33 Closed meeting- Next meeting: November 26, 2019 3:30-4:30pm at Blue Heron Middle School room 409