Carbondale Reporter

Jackson County 708 Board met March 19.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

Call to Order (5:32 pm)

Members Present: Clark, Flowers, Hunter, St. Julian and Thomas

Members Absent: Williamson and Willis

Also Present: Sarah Patrick, Betti Mucha, Kara Gilbert, Kathryn Sime, Ginny Donney, Carla Childs, Maggie McKenzie Treasurer Flowers led the meeting.

Approval of Minutes

I. 18-3214 January 22, 2018 Minutes

A motion was made by Thomas, seconded by Clark, to approve the January 22, 2018 minutes as presented. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

Recognition of Visitors:

Patrick gave a brief summary of the services provided by the Health Department. Then she spoke about the five year assessment, the public health accreditation, the community health assessment and the community health implementation plan. As an epidemiologist Patrick went into data numbers for Jackson County. She concluded with discussing the community health rankings for the county.

Agency Reports:

Women's Center-Childs reported that she has created several new brochures on the services offered at the Erma Hayes Center. These brochures are geared toward women of color and gives some definitions and explanation of issues that are not generally talked about. Girls Night Out is the new name for the rape crisis services that are funded through the 708 Board. Childs is also working to create new partnerships throughout the community. There will be an open house on April 24th from 530pm to 730pm. The committee complemented Childs on the brochures and all her hard work.

Shawnee Health- Donney reported that they have received a grant to assist with the cost of sending people to training. There are currently two providers trained in providing savaxon treatment. Finally, they are planning an event with Terrier Care at CCHS.

Archway-Gilbert reported that they held a winter reading event and a Valentines gathering for families and both were well received and had good attendance.

Centerstone-Sime reported that of the approximately 13,000 clients they helped in the last year about 1000 of them received care with the funds from the 708 Board. She went on to discuss the upcoming speaker and movie. On April 10th at 7pm Kevin Hines will be speaking at the SIU Student Center Ballroom. He is one of the only people to survive a suicide attempt off the Brooklyn Bridge. The program is appropriate for high school age kids and above. The film is free but there is a reception starting at 530pm that is $25 per person. She recommended that anyone who is planning to attend RSVP just so they can get a count for the seating.

Perry-Jackson Advocacy-Mucha reported that the Murphysboro satellite office is up and running and is busy. She then went on to state what events are planned for April. April 1-free concert event at the Carbondale Mall; April 6-Wear Blue Day, John A. Logan event; April 7-Family Fun Day in Pickneyville; April 25 & 26-Downstate Conference on Child Abuse (CLE approved).

Old Business

II. 18-3215 Discuss potential agency adoption

The board briefly discussed this topic and decided they would like to review the handout and

discussit at the May meeting.

III. 18-3216 1 year plan update

The board reviewed the updated achievements in the one year plan.

New Business

IV. 18-3217 Review of 1st Quarter Reports

The board members reviewed the submitted first quarter reports from the agencies.

A motion was made by St. Julian, seconded by Board Liaison Hunter, to authorize the first quarter payments to the funded agencies. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

V. 18-3218 Discussion of FY19 Funding Application

The board discussed whether any changes need to be made to the funding application. They also decided to set the application deadline for July 3, 2018.

A motion was made by Board Liaison Hunter, seconded by Clark, to approve the FY19 funding application, the deadline and request it be posted in April to the website. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

VI. 18-3219 Review of draft Scoring Rubric

The board reviewed the funding rubric that was created based on the application questions. They thanked McKenzie for all of her hard work on completing the rubric.

A motion was made by St. Julian, seconded by Thomas, to approve the funding rubric as presented. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

Adjourn:

Hunter moved and Thomas seconded to adjourn, motion carried.

Thomas will be unable to attend the May 21, 2018 meeting.

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