SCOTT FAMILY NET STEERING COMMITTEE MINUTES

February 14, 2005

8:15-9:30 am

Scott County Government Center

Present:

Frankie Poplau*, New Prague Schools

Jan Busch Koehnen, Human Services

Jeff Theis*, CSEC

Jennifer Deschaine*, Human Services

Jerry Hennen, Commissioner

Jon McBroom*, Shakopee Schools

Judi Brumfield*, Human Services

Judi Moonen*, CAP Agency

Kelly Smith*, Belle Plaine Schools

Ken Jaus, Scott County Resource Council

Larry Kauzlarich*, Jordan Schools

Nancy Dickinson, Human Services

Sharon Diedrich, CAC, Advisor

Terry Raddatz, Mental Health Center

Therese McCoy*, Court Services

Tim Walsh*, Human Services

Tom Lisec*, Burns/Sav/Eagan Schools

Tom Westerhaus*, Prior Lake/Savage Schls

Wanda Houska, SFN Executive Assistant

Absent:

Bill Jaffa*, Scott County HRA

Jim Hinck, CSEC

Lezlie Prettyman Olson*, MRVSEC

* denotes voting member

Approval of Meeting Minutes

Motion by Jeff, seconded by Tom L., to approve the January 2005 Steering Committee meeting minutes* as distributed. Motion carried.

Advisor Update

Terry shared the projected budget reduction at the February Advisor meeting. Programming priorities that were determined include:

• Liaisons – cultural communication, interpretation and translation
• Centralized wraparound facilitator – time constraints of current partner staff, benefits countywide
• Prevention – chemical and alcohol use/abuse
• Chemical health and truancy specialists – currently successful in most districts

Darrin Chance from Community Action Council presented on their Ways to Work interest free loan program. They would like to expand further in Scott County; Advisors have contact information.

A forum on Russian cultures will lead the upcoming resource coordinator meeting. Three panel members have been secured but a date has not yet been set.

Annual Reports

Wanda went through information needed to complete the 2004 Annual Collaborative Report. The section on programs outcomes will be emailed to partners for them to have completed and returned by the end of the month.

Budget Reconciliation

In the process of closing their books for 2004, Scott County Human Services found that there are some SFN expenses that were not included in the October-December Budget Resolution that was approved by the Steering Committee last month. Motion by Judi M., seconded by Frankie, to have Wanda process any accrued expenditures with Tom’s approval. Motion carried.

Planning for Future of SFN

Tom W. restated the projected reduction in LCTS revenue that was discussed at the January Steering meeting. The formula is based on the number of school age children on Medical Assistance. Jennifer shared that the number of MA children is indeed going up in Scott County, but the per capita percentage continues to decrease. The four counties that are anticipated to lose the greatest percentage are, in order, Carver, Scott, Dakota and Anoka.

Frankie led a discussion to generate desired outcomes of the collaborative as a whole. Representatives were asked to respond to the inquiry: If Scott Family Net channels its resources correctly, what will we want to see as a result?

The following is a list of desired outcomes or funding criteria generated from this discussion.

• Actual number of students/children/families reached (1)
• Early intervention i.e. children’s mental health (13) *
• Reduction of student chemical/alcohol abuse (7)
• Reduction of bullying/violence in schools (2)
• Integration of formal/informal resources (4)
• Creating safe/healthy communities (8) *
• Meet cultural and educational needs of ELL students/families; assimilation (6)
• Parenting strategies (4)
• Interagency collaboration and/or reduction in redundancy (11) *
• Cross agency communication (6)
• Have a system that is flexible to varying levels of need (-)
• Increase in children’s assets (Search Institute) and /or reduction in risk factors (11) *
• Basic needs – a system that responds to food, clothing, shelter, safety (3)
• Quantitative indicators of need across multiple partners; system wide (9) *

Representatives were asked to use 5 ‘dots’ to indicate their highest priority outcomes. Vote totals are indicated in ( ). The top 5 outcomes are indicated with a *.

As a result of this voting, the following 4 desired outcomes of the collaborative were determined:

1. Early Intervention for Children at Risk (i.e. mental/physical health, basic needs, academic success)
2. Safe & Healthy Communities for children as measured by Search Institute assets and/or reduction in risk factors
3. Interagency Collaboration and/or reduction in service redundancy
4. Quantitative Indicators of Need Across Multiple Partners (immigrant youth/families, chemical use/abuse)

These are the elements against all 2005-2006 funding proposals will be evaluated. Wanda will send a draft proposal form to Steering Representatives to review prior to the next meeting.

Closing

In March the committee with discuss the evaluation process to be used for funding proposals. Wanda will develop a mock proposal to use as an example. We will also be discussing funding allocation strategies for administrative support to the collaborative. Partners are to come prepared to share their ideas and suggestions. Wanda will not be present for this portion of the meeting.

Motion by Nancy, seconded by Therese, to adjourn. Motion carried.

*Contact Wanda to receive a copy of these documents