January 13, 2010

PC^{2 ~} Key Talking Points

Platte County Prevention Council Date: January13, 2010

Present: Lewana West, Steve Keigley, Kathy Troupe, JoAnne Keys, George Kopf, Steve Loyd, June Eggert, Grady Winders, Nancy Robinson, Krista West, Steve Mincer, DFS

• Own It! –    
  
  • 6^th Cohort Grand for Department of Education – Application is in
    
  • Destination Imagination – Parent meeting tonight at 5 at WMS
    
  • January 21 – Own It! moves to the new building. Hopefully we will have the 502c3 status in. We need to form an independent 501c3 governing board. We need to possibly align with another 501c3 (i.e. UW Cooperative Extension Service) or county organization, or school. Maybe we need a workshop to go through the funding, by laws, and setting up the board to be a governing board and not an advisory board, and put in a fiscal plan before the next board meeting. We need a workable plan. Workshop scheduled January 20, 2010.
    
    • We need to answer these questions;
      
    • How much goes to Administration overhead?
      
    • How much goes to advocacy?
      
      • Organizational structure
        
      • Board governance ( Mission and Vision)
        
      • Financial (fundraising)
        
      • Sustainability
        
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  • Thoughts on transition for 502c3 financial operations.
    
  • Feb 8-9 – Gov. Council and bringing youth
    
  • Monday the 18^th, Leg meeting with region youth to talk about DUI Bill and supporting one. Youth and Key Stakeholders invited. 2-10 at Little America.
    
  • 21 CCLC – Amber has put us on high risk status because the reports have to be finished. The reports have to be in by Jan 19. Krista said that the reports are done but Amber does not like the numbers and Krista has to find out exactly what amber wants. George said that we will have to sit down with Amber and go through the report line by line. Amber also wants to revisit the middle school for an on site visit.
    

  
   

• Schools
  
  • Friday is the Main Event and the middle school 6:30-10
    
  • Balance of Power presentation – "Life Isn't Fair" – March 5 1 and 2 pm
    
  • Team Building March 21
    
  • The Guernsey School District has added 13 new students
    
  • Rachel's Challenge – at the High School – February 1
    

    
     

  • Tobacco Prevention
    
    • Gruen will be here February 11 – 9 am at the High School. Nancy is planning preliminary and followup activities. Do we open to the public?
      
    • The All Stars will help Nancy put the Thru with Chew kits together on January 25.
      
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  • DFS
    
    • DFS new address is 1556 Progress Court
      
    • Annie Herb is the new CPS worker
      
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  • Law Enforcement
    
    • They will be doing the Alive at 25 during Prom weeks. It's a 4.5 hour defensive driving program, possibly add in the fatal vision driving and the sydni?
      
    • DARE starts in February
      
    • The Challenge Program starts in Jan or Feb.
      
    • They are looking at doing the staged accident in the spring
      
    • Responsible Serving Permits – the city council requires this training thru the Police Dept.
      
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  • Peak Wellness Center
    
    • No new program right now
      
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  • Challenge Program
    
    • Starts a new class this weekend
      
    • Averaging 33 graduates
      

 

The Community Center meeting was attended by 125 people. It is starting to move forward. The big question is the pool?

 

Goals: To increase positive academic/community engagement thereby addressing the behaviors of young people leading to substance use and inappropriate behaviors. In addition, the goal is to increase communication and bonding between parents and children. Encouraging families to communicate and be more involved in each other's lives would foster higher self-esteem in youth and aide in their ability to have better refusal skills and more success in schools.