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Port Townsend Empowered Teens Coalition
Minutes
September 27, 2022
3:30-4:30pm
Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 823 4393 5409
Passcode: 619034
Purpose of meeting: Coalition Orientation
Facilitator for this meeting: Lindsay Scalf
In attendance:
Sector Representative
Youth
Parents
Businesses
Media
Law enforcement Josh Ley
Religious or fraternal organizations
Schools Holly McIlvaine
Jessica Garcia
Civic/Volunteer groups LoLo Sherwood
Organizations serving youth Liz Uchitelle
Healthcare Professionals
State, local, or tribal governmental agencies Sydney Perales
Other organizations involved in reducing substance
use
Andrew Fechenbach
Time Activity
3:30 Start meeting
Introductions
3:35 Community updates
Coalition Updates
• CPWI Survey: Thank you for continuing to promote the survey! We are at 113 responses, our
goal is 180.
• Guiding Good Choices: Fall series scheduled for 5-tuesdays 11/8-12/6 at JCPH 615 Sheridan
St Port Townsend WA 98368
• Medication Take Back: October 29 10am-2pm at the Port Ludlow Beach Club and the
Quilcene fire station
• Policy capacity building- collaboration with University of Washington COPHP MPH program.
We would collaborate with grad students to assess community readiness for naloxone
policy implementation in Jefferson county, which is on our action plan for 2022-2023.
• CHIP Program Manager- great job opportunity with the Community Health Improvement
Plan at JCPH! Spread the word, people can apply at the county website:
https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/Jobs.aspx
• Holly shared updates about Vaping Prevention Education- Holly and Lindsay will be
teaching this on Thursday 9/29 with 8th grade science classes at Blue Heron
• COVID cases at Blue Heron are scaling down
• LoLo shared a potential collaboration with the Rotary Interact club at PTHS, who may be
interested in teaching the vaping prevention curriculum at Blue Heron. Lindsay, LoLo, and
Holly will connect about teaching this and getting help from the Interact club to promote
substance free campus, in the spring of 2023.
• Jessica shared that the PTHS Intervention group is getting started, this will help students
who are quitting vaping etc… to connect and support each other.
• Sydney shared that the regional Youth Cannabis and Commercial Tobacco grant will be
hosting their meeting 2pm 9/28/2022, all are welcome. This is now called the Olympic
Prevention Partnership. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckc--
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• Liz shared that the Dove House will be hosting a financial skill building class for women and
girls aged 18-24. This is a 4-session class, and participants will learn about budgeting, and
get to practice budgeting, and receive $200 gift cards! Tuesdays in October 5-6:30pm at the
Recovery Café.
3:55 Coalition Orientation: view slides here:
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Social Development Strategy video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGylDS9nB4M
Risk Factors videos, a few of these feel a little out of date, but the general background of risk
factors research is there:
Family and School Risk Factors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFLooyNCq0A
Community Risk Factors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ouvLFsvZgE
Peer and Individual Risk Factors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Y_3EbGa7A
4:20 Close meeting
Next meeting: October 25 3:30-4:30pm via zoom
Lindsay Scalf
Pronouns: she/her
Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative Coordinator
Jefferson County Public Health