I hope you all enjoyed your Valentine's/President's Day weekend! Here are the notes from Thursday's meeting. Please take a second to read through them- I will keep them brief, but there are a few areas where we need your feedback/response.
Updated Calendar 2009
2/17 Lunch & Learn: Asset Building with the United Way: Point Of Contact- Alicia/Julie
3/31 Mental Health Part 1 and 2: POC Alicia
4/23 (notice date change) Resource Fair: POC Matt & Alicia
Early May- Cultural Competency: POC Virginia Longoria?
June- Motivational Interviewing: POC Matt
June- Lunch & Learn: Child Health Plus: Ileana Perez
July 14- Domestic Violence (101 course): POC Terese
July- Lunch & Learn: Alzheimers- POC Balbina/Victoria Miller
Aug- Bridges Out Of Poverty Overview: POC Alicia & Annie
Aug- Lunch & Learn: Education presented by Colorado Youth For A Change: POC Alicia & Katie Neal
Sep- Day Conference Secondary Trauma: POC Matt
Oct 16: Lunch & Learn- Sexual Harrassment Policies POC Ann Maier
Oct- Child Abuse/Neglect & Mandatory Reporting: POC Carl (would like a Co-POC)
Nov: Lunch & Learn- Importance of Early Childhood Education: POC Julie
Nov: Lunch & Learn- Aging: POC Alicia
STILL NEEDED REGARDING THE 2009 CALENDAR:
1. Finalized dates for all that do not have one (this needs to be ASAP so that we can get calendars printed for marketing purposes and I can begin to secure locations. Even for dates in the fall, locations are already being booked, so we don't want to wait too long)
2. Would anyone be interested in helping Carl do some background research to find out what kinds of training are already available regarding child abuse/neglect so that we are not repeating what's already being done? This would help us narrow the scope of this training.
Other things that we reviewed are the responsibilities of the Point of Contact:
1. Determine the scope of class/refine topic
2. Provide Rachael with a quick written summary of topic for marketing purposes
3. Select/book Educator; work with Training Team to determine fee to be paid, if any
4. Liaison between Educator and Rachael for resources/materials needed
Other Items Discussed
1. We would like to also provide respite/burn out prevention times throughout the year. For discussion is how to pay for these because the providers we would probably ask to lead these times will likely charge us for their services. We also have an extremely full calendar this year, so I don't know personally if this is something we should try to squeeze in there or put it on the goals for 2010. However, I do believe it is extremely important and vital for workers to stay balanced, healthy and have appropriate ways of dealing with all they are dealing with.
2. Reviewed a timeline provided by Alicia for the responsibilities of a POC. If you need this, please request a copy from Alicia.
3. Resource Fair- there will be an evite going out soon that will allow you to register either your organization to participate in the fair, or for yourself as an attendee of the fair.
Please let me know if you have any questions on what was covered. If you are interested in assisting on a topic, please let us know. We especially need some help refining the child abuse topic, and anyone familiar with benefits/resources for the aging. I think we're in good shape on most of the other topics, though each POC may appreciate having someone else interested in that topic to help shape the scope of the training.
Thanks everyone-
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Rachael McClair
Human Services Network
Events Coordinator
303.859.9249