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DPC Meeting: Friday October 3, 2008
Time: 8:30AM
Location: UW Extension Room 8 & 9
AGENDA:
1.Welcome/Introductions

2. Approval of September meeting minutes

3. PRESENTATION CONT: Strategic Planning, Gail Roberts, UW Extension (10 minutes)

4. PRESENTATION: 100 Best Communities National Forum, Tom Schleitwiler and Jim Schultz (20 minutes)

5. 100 Best Communities Committee??

6. Committee Check In (20 minutes)
a. Executive
b. Membership
c. 0-5
d. 18-21
e. School Age/Intervention
f. Gang
g. ATODA Partnership

7. DFC Grant Check In

8. Announcements: Next meeting November 7, 2008, Dan Wiltrout from DPI will be talking about the school expulsion process, policies and procedures from DPI’s standpoint.

9. Upcoming Meeting Topics:

a. December 2008: Generational Communication: Gail Roberts, UW Extension
b. January 2009: New year business: executive appointment, needs assessment,
Committee chair selection, etc.

10. Adjourn
MINUTES:
1. Meeting was called to order at 8:34 AM and facilitated by Peter Tempelis.
2. Introductions were made by all attendees.
3. Minutes from September 2008 DPC Meeting were approved with no corrections.
4. Strategic Planning was led by Gail Roberts. The group reviewed the changes that were made to the Strategic Plan in September. The Mission was reviewed and approved. The group discussed whether DPC should be generating more evaluative/outcome based data to demonstrate our success. A decision was made to assess the DPC goals and outcomes at each subcommittee meeting. Tom Schleitwiler reminded everyone that we have plenty of things to measure against and that we don’t need to start from scratch. A few examples of this would be: Big Brother/Big Sister Program – matches made; expulsion rates; delinquency recidivism, etc. Issues to be addressed between 2009-2011 were approved and Gail Roberts will be attending all of the subcommittees to discuss these issues in detail.
5. 100 Best Communities National Forum – Tom Schleitwiler and Jim Schultz attended a forum in Washington D.C. on September 22-23, 2008. They made a presentation for DPC and indicated that the common threads of all the winning communities were partnerships, relationships, community building, and research-based methods. The forum was hosted by the America’s Promise Alliance. The Alliance has a 5-Year Strategic Plan that incorporates numerous programs to give every child a chance to succeed. A huge focus of the forum was on drop-out rates of juveniles and discussing strategies to decrease these numbers. There was also a big drive made to have local forces fighting for federal monies; with the declining economy, children will be the last on the list to be budgeted for. Jim Schultz pointed out that middle school is such an important transition time for kids; by 9th grade a juvenile’s decision to drop-out or to stay in school is usually engrained. This means that we have to touch these kids before or during their middle school years. Watertown is attempting a different approach with suspensions/expulsions; they are trying to keep kids more engaged in the community. Some examples of engaging the kids could include cleaning up graffiti or connecting the juvenile with Teen Court vs. suspending them.

The group had a discussion about whether DPC should establish a committee to exclusively monitor and guide programs to meet the standards of 100 Best Communities to remain in compliance for future applications. Everyone agreed that it was worth staying connected to the Alliance and applying for continued inclusion as it is a source of funding for DPC. Ultimately, it was decided that each subcommittee would read over the strategies and standards and address them regularly as part of their monthly agenda.
6. Committee Check-Ins:
• Executive Committee – While Monica is out on maternity leave, executive committee will be covering for her; call Melinda Moe, Gail Roberts, or Peter Tempelis if you have questions or concerns in her absence.
• Membership Committee - Abigail Hail indicated that the committee created a DPC pamphlet with a “catchy cover” in an attempt to get the involvement of more members from the community. The committee would like to create a float to utilize during city/county parades as an advertisement for DPC. They need volunteers to assist in the building of the float and its storage. The float could also be a potential service to community site for juveniles. One last idea that the Membership Committee shared was that they are looking for a site, such as a side of a building, to complete a mural on, advertising DPC; this also being a potential site for juveniles to complete service hours at.
• 0-5 Committee – The committee applied for a 3-year follow-up grant to their current Obesity Grant; while they are hoping for the best, they have not yet been approved.
• 18-21 Committee – The committee is in the midst of presenting a five-part presentation about Adolescent Brain Development with WCCF (Wisconsin Council on Children and Families). The remaining presentation dates are November 21, 2008 and December 18, 2008. The presentations have been well attended thus far and have been given very positive feedback from participants.
• School Age and Intervention Committee - The committee presented a Suicide Prevention Summit that was a great success. The committee is looking to put on another Internet Predator presentation with the target audience being students. Next month, the committee is facilitating a presentation at DPC about the school expulsion process, policies, and procedures from DPI’s standpoint; this will be presented by Dan Wiltrout from DPI.
• Gang Committee – The committee has facilitated four presentations for parents in Watertown and Lake Mills. George Chavez and Lester Moore from Madison PD communicated with area parents about the prevalence of juvenile gangs, how to effectively recognize them in their communities, and strategies to reach the juveniles involved.
• ATODA – The committee created posters with the juveniles from each school district depicting their views regarding the use of drugs and alcohol. The posters were then distributed throughout each community.

The meeting adjourned at 9:38 AM.