Ingham Great Start Collaborative, Birth to Five Vision Statement:
Every Ingham County child ready to succeed in school and life"

AGENDA August 13, 2008 1-3:30pm

Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 549 E. Mt. Hope in Lansing

1:00pm - Opening (Chairperson: Fran Jozefowicz, Timekeeper: Stephanie Peters)
- Introductions - All
- Approval of GSC Previous Meeting Minutes (7/9/08)

 1:15pm - GSC Business   
-         GSC Coordinator Report & ECIC updates (Michelle)
-       Review 2009 Work Plan and 2009 Budget (8/15 deadline)
-       Update on Letters of Commitment
-         League of Women Voters: Children’s Health & Voter Registration (Ken & Michelle)
-         Federal Grant Application - Home Visitation (Lisa)
-         Updates on CAUW/CRCF Request for Proposal (Ken & Michelle)

1:45pm - Advisory Groups: Early On (Stephanie), Jump Start (Lisa), and
Great Parents Great Start (Michelle)

1:55 pm - Action Agenda
          For each Goal Area review & chart progress Year To Date
1)     Goal I - Physical Health 
2)     Goal II - Social-Emotional Health
3)     Goal III - Early Care & Ed
4)     Goal IV - Basic Needs
5)     Goal V - Family Support
6)     Goal VI - Infrastructure

3:00pm - Part III – Action Agenda, Building Links – featured Agency/Programs
          Keri Keck, Teen Parent Network

3:30pm - Reminder next GSC Meeting August 13, 2008.   Meeting officially ends.

The next Ingham GSC Meeting will be on 9/10/08 from 1pm-3:30pm at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church,  549 E. Mt. Hope in Lansing (1 block East of Cedar). Child Care will be available by Reservation Only - Call 371-1347.

Ingham Great Start Collaborative, Birth to Five Vision Statement:
Every Ingham County child ready to succeed in school and life"

MINUTES August 13, 2008 1-3:30pm

Present:  Lisa Chambers - ICHD/Jump Start/MIOP, Jen Cousineau - Gateway Community Services, Shera Emmons - Parent, Fran Jozefowicz - CEI CMH, Barry Kaufman - CEI CMH, Gail Kleine - CAPS, Teresa Kmetz - CAUW, Jan Kimble - Willow Teen Parents, Keri Keck - ICHD Teen Parenting, Jennifer Lamphere - Cristo Rey Community Center, Lucy McClintic - CACS Head Start, Michelle Nicholson - Ingham ISD, Stephanie Peters - Ingham ISD Early On & ECSE, Yvonne Phillips - Mayor’s Office of Community and Faith-Based Initiatives, MC Rothhorn - Parent Coordinator, Ken Sperber - Ingham GSC, Debby Starnes - ICHD PHN, and Jamie Yeomans - Parent (GPGS)

Opening and Approval of 7/9/08 Minutes

Operations Committee members continue to chair the GSC meetings.  Fran Jozefowicz chaired the meeting, and Stephanie Peters acted as the timekeeper.  Due to technical difficulties the meeting started late and Michelle requested that the GSC approve a change in the order of the Agenda to put the items requiring the data projector later in the meeting. The GSC approved the change in order of the Agenda and members each introduced themselves to the group. The Minutes from the previous Ingham GSC meeting on 7/9/08 were approved without correction.  The meeting Minutes will be posted at the Ingham GSC website www.cacvoices.org/birthtofive .

GSC Business    

Federal Grant Application - Home Visitation
In our previous GSC meeting Lisa reported that the home visitor programs in our area decided to step aside and allow the State agencies (MDCH, ECIC, MDHS, MDE, and Children’s Trust Fund) to apply for the Federal grant without a competing application from local agencies in our region. Lisa reported that the State agencies did submit a grant application for Michigan that would pilot and evaluate home visitor services in three areas using a variety of models.  To the disappointment of many home visitor programs in our area Parents as Teachers was not listed as one of the primary curriculums to be implemented.  The application did include language that allowed the possibility that other curricula (such as PAT) might be considered if and when the funding came to Michigan.

CAUW/CRCF Request for Proposal Updates
Sharon Granger (Capital Area United Way), and Brad Patterson (Capital Region Community Foundation) have clarified that there is commitment from each of their agencies to fund the Birth to Five Youth Initiative for $100,000 per year for three years, and a commitment from REO Olds Foundation for $25,000.  Michelle will be meeting with Kolt Communications to plan a press event to announce this total of $625,000 of funds for the three year Birth to Five Youth Initiative. {The first grant announcement press event will be on 9/10/08 at 11am in the East Lansing Public Library} If all goes well the funds will be available to be spent on the project activities beginning in September 2008.

League of Women Voters: Children’s Health & Voter Registration
Ken reported on the planning meetings with the League of Women Voters, and the Health Department to set up four voter education events in September.  The voter registration deadline is October 6^th so the events are planned for September 3,9,16 and 18.  The theme at each event is "Your Child's Future, Your Child's Health".  These nonpartisan community events will promote voter registration and provide important information to families about children's health insurance and other health issues.  In addition to the on-site opportunity to register to vote and/or enroll in MIChild and Healthy Kids there will be free food, free gifts, and door prizes.  Color posters and flyers for the events were distributed, and GSC members were asked to help publicize these events to families.  Ken offered to also email the GSC membership a copy of the flyer in PDF format, suitable for printing or forwarding to other email groups. The flyer is also available to download on-line at the Birth to Five GSC website at:
http://www.cacvoices.org/birthtofive/minutes/LWV

2009 Work Plan
Copies of the 2009 Work Plan were emailed to the GSC prior to the meeting.  Michelle reviewed the proposed Work Plan at the GSC meeting. The 2009 Work Plan includes GSC activities in Year 2 of the ECIC Implementation Grant cycle (10/1/08 - 9/30/09). The GSC voted to approve the 2009 Work Plan, copies are posted on the Birth to Five GSC website at:
http://www.cacvoices.org/birthtofive/minutes/Wkplan09

2009 Budget
Michelle shared a proposed GSC budget for 2009 using ECIC funds totaling $165,000.  This budget includes a slight increase ($5,000) compared to the 2008 budget.  The ECIC requires at least a $10,000 line-item be included in the budget for Parent Support (this budget includes over $15,000 for Parent Support).  The proposed budget included salaries for parts of IISD staff (Michelle, clerical and Finance Services staff) in the amount of $42,762 (plus $14,967 for fringe benefits).  The proposed budget includes $80,000 for contract services (including performance contracts for faith and business outreach, GSC support, and MSU Finance Project assistance).  In the budget the Ingham ISD is providing a cash and in-kind match of 28%.  The Operations Committee reviewed the details of GSC 2009 proposed budget at their 8/1/08 meeting and recommended that the GSC approve the budget for submission to the ECIC.  The GSC voted to approve the 2009 Budget, copies of the Budget Summary are posted on the Birth to Five GSC website at:
http://www.cacvoices.org/birthtofive/minutes/budget09

Advisory Groups

Early On
Stephanie reported that Early On received notification from the State in July to cut $14,000 more out of next year’s budget.  Last year the State allocated $431k to be budgeted, but then reduced the number by $9k after the budget was submitted.  This year the State gave a smaller allocation of $416k, and has now cut that back funding $14k to $402,000.  While the State Early On funding is decreasing, the number of families needing and receiving services is increasing.  Fortunately, Ingham ISD Special Education funding is making up the difference, so that Ingham Early On services can continue being provided to families in need.

Jump Start
Lisa reported that the Children’s Trust Fund has denied Jump Start’s request for an appeal on their funding cut.  This means that $130,000 in funding will be lost beginning 10/1/08.  This funding supported 3 Jump Start staff, and 2 home-visitors for Early Head Start.  Lisa and the Health Department are searching for ways to make up for these funding cuts.

Great Parents Great Start
No news or updates to report at this time.  Discussions are on-going in the Parent Education workgroup about possible alternate sites for play and learn groups.

Action Agenda

Children’s Action Agenda Progress
Instead of the usual reports from workgroups the GSC reviewed the year to date progress made on Children’s Action Agenda.  For the meeting a chart was prepared extracting all the Year One targeted strategies and objectives for the six goal areas.  The GSC reviewed the chart, and members offered examples of items “in progress” or “completed”, and shared performance measure accomplishments.  These items are all included in the attached Children’s Action Agenda Progress August 2008 chart.  A copy of the updated progress chart is also posted on the Birth to Five GSC website at:  http://www.cacvoices.org/birthtofive/minutes/CAC808

Building Links – Agency/Program Spotlight
Keri Keck and Jan Kimble from the Ingham County Health Department Willow Teen Parent Network presented information about their program goals and services.  Keri also shared the PAT Curriculum “Issues In Working with Teen Parents” from the training she recently attended.  Using a slide presentation Keri and Jan outlined issues working with teen moms, and dads and other relatives. There was a lot of discussion  about some of the special challenges that teenage parents face.  Kerri and Jan led the GSC through an activity to help members recognize stereotypes related to the terms “father” and “baby’s daddy”.  They stayed and answered questions until the end of the GSC meeting and beyond.  The Teen Parent Network slide presentation is posted on the Birth to Five GSC website at:  http://www.cacvoices.org/organizations/birthtofive/minutes/TPN08

Next GSC Meeting 

The GSC meeting officially ended at 3:40pm, with a reminder that the next Ingham GSC Meeting will be on 9/10/08 from 1pm - 3:30pm at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 549 E. Mt. Hope in Lansing (1 block East of Cedar).  Child Care will be available by Reservation Only - Call 371-1347.