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Port Townsend Empowered Teens Coalition
Meeting Minutes
April 26, 2022
3:30-4:30pm
Zoom Meeting
Purpose of meeting: Program updates, Partner updates, Healthy Youth Survey data review
Facilitator for this meeting: Lindsay Scalf
In attendance:
Sector Representative
Youth
Parents
Businesses
Media
Law enforcement Josh Ley
Religious or fraternal organizations Albert Scalf
Schools Holly McIlvaine
Jessica Garcia
Civic/Volunteer groups LoLo Sherwood
Organizations serving youth Emily Abell
Cheryl Weinstein
Ciela Meyer
Healthcare Professionals Susan O’Brien
State, local, or tribal governmental agencies Kate Dean
Other organizations involved in reducing substance use Holly Gumm
Denise Banker
Andrew Fechenbach
Time Activity
3:30 Called meeting to order, approved minutes and agenda by conversational consensus
Introductions: everyone said their name, their role in the community, and the type of
weather they enjoy most! We all enthusiastically welcomed the new Student Assistance
Professional at PTHS- Jessica Garcia!
3:45 Program Updates
1. SAP Updates from Holly M at Blue Heron Middle School, and Jessica at PTHS
2. Vaping Prevention Education- 87 eight graders were taught about vaping prevention
3. Drug Take Back- April 30, 10am-2pm in PT, Port Hadlock, and Quilcene. Medication
lock boxes and bags will be available! Pre-survey required.
4. Guiding Good Choices- 11 participants total for the two series that are running
concurrently. One virtual series on Wednesday evenings, one in-person series on
Tuesday evenings.
3:55 Watched video: Prevention Paradox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg-Qk4agpyk
Presentation from Holly Gumm on the Continuum of Care and Strategic Prevention
Framework. Discussed Universal, Selective, and Indicated Prevention services.
on data from Healthy Youth Survey workgroup
Discuss next steps
4:10 Discussed key takeaways from the Healthy Youth Survey data review. Teens aren’t spending
as much in-person time with peers, this results in lower substance use rates, but
unfortunately results in mental health issue (though prevalence of mental health rates are
similar to pre-pandemic, rates of emergency room visits for mental health issues are
higher). Youth report that they are very bonded with parents/community.
Discussed next steps:
• Access and compare PTSD level data
• Research racial disparities and gender/sexuality minority disparities
• Access/review data from Jefferson Healthcare: Emergency room visits by children
and adolescents for anxiety, mood disorders, and self-harm
• Review survey of adult perceptions of adolescent substance use
• Lindsay will follow up with workgroup to schedule a time to do the PT HYS review,
before May meeting. Al, Holly M, Laura, Ciela, and Jessica.
4:28 Closed meeting
Next meeting: May 24, 2022 3:30-4:30pm via Zoom
Lindsay Scalf
Pronouns: she/her
Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative Coordinator
Jefferson County Public Health