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Board Members in attendance:
Jere Newton, RCI, Vice President
Cherrie Shackelford, Secretary, Family Partner
Jeffrey Tunnell, Treasurer, CFO Central Plains Center
Carrie Barden, Chief, Lamb Co. Juvenile Probation
Beth Hoffman, Jr. Youth RCI
Kathy Givens, Ralls ISD
Brenda Cox, Workforce Sol.
Sheryl Russell, CPS
Reba Moore, JPO Floydada
Larry Keltz, PISD
Stakeholders attending:
Ruby Walters, Consumer
Kim Peralez, RCI
David Allison, RCI
Polly Earhart, RCI
Nivra Kelley-Mackey
Michael Cox, RCI
David Mclung, RCI
Lisa Aufdenkamp, Family Partner
Irma Ellis, LRC/CPC
Claudia Perez, Our Place
Michelle Jundo, CPC – Prevention
Herminia Hernandez, Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Julie Childs, Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Kay Brotherton, RCI
Victor madrigal, Regence Health Network
Welcome and Introductions
Vice President, Jerrry Newton called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m.
Members and visitors introduced themselves. No corrections to the minutes. Sheryl made a motion to accept the minutes from April and Carrie second it.
Financial report
Jeff – The remaining balance from our THI funds is $15,620 (unallocated). We have offered Swisher Co. $5,000 for a mental health Transporter. In the meantime A.J. Bonner has been interested in finding an officer to do this too. Larry Keltz mentioned the Reserve Force as another resource possible for this.
Other News
Members of the grant/business team for LEAF met at 9:00 am before the board meeting to discuss the following items:
Reba Moore requested funds to get the Floydada School Counselor, Nicki Smith, to attend an Anger Management Certification. This training is through Anger Buster’s of Dallas. The cost of certification is $1500 and would allow her to teach this class at PAC and through the schools. PAC is a non-secure resident ional facility in Floydada where 80% of the clients have been sexual abused contributing to anger issues. They offer substance abuse intervention while having activities offered in auto mechanics, construction, and social skills training. The also have cognitive skills training that is offered to the schools. There are not detention officers but more of a one on one mentoring. Also offered is an Equestrian program. The clients volunteer in community services too.
Kathy Givens has worked with CIS and now will be a counselor in Lorenzo and would like to also have the Anger Management certification. Lorenzo has the EPIC program that she could use this certification in along with the schools. The training is a full week.
Jere announced this group addressed the broad range of people that would have access to these classes on Anger Management if we fund them to go through the certification. Larry will ask PISD if they also are interested in someone becoming certified. There is a known need for young children with anger management issues. We think this covers all ages. The program training is CART certified, Certified Anger Resolution Therapist.
Jeff made the motion to use $5,000 for Anger Management training, while Sheryl second it.
Jose Serrano of RCI would like to ask for our help to pay the cost of training curriculums in the CSMCS training he will be hosting. This would be an opportunity for investing in the multi-cultural spectrum. We can buy 4 for half price of $5,000 where they are usually $2,499 per set. Kay B. added that RCI is funding the $18,000 cost of the actual training. Eight people are signed up to take advantage of this training. For every two trained they need access to one curriculum to train others. The materials purchased would belong to LEAF for our agencies to have access to also. Once people are trained they can come back and train us. Carrie made a motion to pay for 4 sets for a total of $5,000, while Cherrie second it.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Herminia is our new Hale Co. coordinator. Julie Childs came to share who BB/BS is. They serve and have volunteers in 28 counties surrounding Lubbock. The program changes how children grow up by providing an adult friend to the children that need it. Traditionally single parent families are their majority-needing help for children ages 5 – 15. Volunteers can be 16 at the school based part or 18 to be an adult who can pick up their Little. There is no age limit up and really encourage older adults to volunteer. The child and adult are matched. This program is about just spending time with the child. A counselor or parent refers a lot of the children, but anyone can refer a child. The only criteria are to make sure the child wants to be involved. The volunteers have a heavy interview and screening process to make sure the children are safe. Cargil has donated to the program to make a Hale county chapter available. Anyone can help by donation, one time help, or ongoing volunteering or speaking. Our local office will have their ribbon cutting ceremony at 705 W. 6th in May. They ask their volunteers to commit to one hour a week for one year. College students can have a pen pal in the summer. The visits need to be predominantly one on one but can include family members once in a while.
RCI update
Kay has submitted a response for IRB approval to start the interviews. The IRB is the Internal Review Board, which CPC has committed to acquiring.
Michael - had the youth advocacy training April 28th – May 1st where their youth’s goals were narrowed down to 3.
In CLC Dr. Mora will come the 9 – 12 of June in Plainview for the CBMCS training.
Michael and Kay will represent LEAF in a conference in Denver. Another upcoming SOC conference will be in Georgetown, July 14 –18 and will be taking 17 people with them. These people will include CIS, CPC, RCI, CLC committee and two youth, Rico and David.
June 1 – 18 you can vote for our Look Of Hope poster that we submitted to the ECHO Awards contest. The top 3 will go to Georgetown for the SOC community to vote on. Kay will send this opportunity to vote out in an email. Our local top 2 winners will receive a flat screen TV, while the first place winner will also be put on the cover of the RCI Calendar and on a local billboard screen.
Belia is our new community liaison/intake coordinator. She has previously been a family partner and attended the Federation of Families conference in Washington D.C.
We have a part-time position or contract for the RCI social marketer.
David passed out applications for his High Fidelity Wraparound training. This will be the second training and will be June 3 & 4 and June 17 & 18 from 9:30 to 4:30. There are also follow-up trainings. Anyone in the community can become wraparound certified and in fact is better for someone without a fulltime professional job. If you cannot attend all dates you may make-up in later trainings. You will receive a total of 24 CEU’s. This is posted on the RCI and LEAF websites.
Kay- RCI budget is ok and she is working to spend the money in a good steward manner.
Beth - this year Show out will be Sept. 11th at First United Methodist Activity Center. There will be a basketball game, Agency fair with booths to engage and a talent show.
Polly – May is MH Awareness month and is working to get schools involved in the poster contest by setting up meetings with school counselors. Brad Thompson will be doing a parent training again. Neighbor-to-Neighbor the RCI sponsored parent support group meetings are up and running. Now we need to get the word out and are printing brochures about the group. They hope to have a booth at the Cowboys Days in Sept.
LEAF DVD’s
The DVD’s are ready to give to people interested in our work. Please take one if you are willing to show it.
Meeting was adjourned at 11:20 a.m. with the RCI steward group meeting to follow. The next LEAF meeting will be June 15th starting at 9:30 a.m. at the Tommy Lewis Building.
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