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Meeting Archives:   9/3/2010   8/6/2010   6/4/2010   5/7/2010   4/9/2010   3/5/2010   2/5/2010   1/8/2010   12/4/2009   8/7/2009   7/1/2009   6/5/2009   5/2/2009   4/3/2009   2/6/2009   1/9/2009   12/5/2008   11/7/2008   10/3/2008   9/5/2008   8/1/2008   7/4/2008   DPC Meeting: Friday March 6, 2009 Time: 8:30am Location: UW Extension, Jefferson, WI AGENDA: 1. Welcome/Introductions 2. Approval of February meeting minutes 3. Finalize New Year Business a. Needs Assessment b. Bylaw Revision c. Stakeholder Outreach 4. Annual Report 5. Other Reports 6. Committee Check In (If Time Allows) a. Executive b. Membership c. 0-5 d. 18-21 e. School Age/Intervention f. Gang g. ATODA Partnership 7. DFC Grant Check In( If Time Allows) 8. Other Organization Check In’s 9. Adjourn REMINDER: April meeting, Guest Speaker, Michael Quirk, Program Evaluation Coordinator with the Department of Health Services, Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, to talk about the “Fishbone Diagram” approach to ATODA Prevention/Intervention. MEMBERS PRESENT: Jim Schultz Watertown Schools Kristin McDonald WIA Youth Case Mgr. Monica Wagner Youth Services Manager John Peterson Fort Atkinson Schools Jessica Breezer Restorative Justice Spec. Kris Feggestad Opportunities Inc. Bev Marten Delinquency Supervisor Abigail Hail Opportunities Inc. Don Battenberg Johnson Creek School Board Don Nolan Jefferson High School Gail Roberts UW-Extension Mark Moore Watertown Church Sally Diestelmann UWW Field Placement Stdnt. Mark Meddaugh Watertown P.D. Jeanette Marshall Lake Mills Schools Maria Dable Human Services Mary Geraghty Whitewater School District John Rhiel Public Defenders Office Rick Bronecki Bethel Counseling Tom Schleitwiler Human Services Besty Bright Big Brothers/Big Sisters MINUTES: I. Started at 8:40a.m.-Welcome and Introductions! II. Finalize Year End Business- A. Needs Assessment a. DPC work was deemed sufficient, including presenters, location, and dates of meetings. b. Common themes that DPC members would like more information on: i. More awareness of the need for foster care providers/group homes for adolescents (delinquent and mental heath) ii. Maybe have one DPC member briefly share (5 minutes) about his/her organization and what they do for youth iii. Best Practice/Successful programs iv. Education for law enforcement (i.e. mental health issues and engaging on WRAP Around Teams) c. Topics of interest for 2009 i. Juvenile Drug Treatment Court ii. School Based Teen Court iii. Domestic Abuse- CCRT (Community Coordinated Response Team) iv. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs v. Youth Employment Training/ Issues d. Attendance i. Discussion about represented stakeholders attending/missing meetings e. DPC members would like to see more involvement from the following stakeholders: i. Business community ii. YOUTH iii. Parents f. Discussion regarding youth involvement i. Possibly inviting alternative school students or mainstream students chosen by guidance counselors ii. Members brought up concerns about consistency if a different youth was brought to each meeting iii. In the past, students have attend the meetings but stop coming due to feeling unconnected iv. An idea was presented for a youth to serve on the exec board and run some of the meetings g. Stakeholder outreach i. Please continue efforts to bring the needed stakeholders around the table B. Bylaw Revisions a. Has been sent out for final review b. School Age and Intervention Committees will remain separate groups, but will work together on projects c. Possibility of adding a youth to the exec committee d. Bylaw revisions were approved C. Annual Report a. Report was completed and sent out b. Restorative Justice Program i. Teen Court: 19 successful closures, new Watertown site ii. Service to Community: 110 referrals, completed 959.5 hours at 15 regularly scheduled sites iii. Restitution: Collected $13,905.11 in 2008 iv. Victim Offender Conferencing: 3 conferences held v. Educational Programs: 1. First Offender Program: 19 referrals 2. ATODA: 18 referrals 3. Anger Management: 16 referrals 4. Employability Skills Training: 14 referrals vi. Fort Atkinson Probation Program: 6 referrals, 75% success rate c. Youth Development Activities i. Mentoring Program: Waiting list has been established ii. DFC: 4th year funding 1. Seminars/Presentations a. Town Hall Meeting b. Parent/Provider Internet Predator Presentation c. Adolescent Brian Development Series d. Provider Gang Summit e. Parent Gang Presentation f. Provider Suicide Prevention Summit g. Youth Tobacco Education Presentations 2. Sponsored Projects a. County-wide Parent Focus Groups b. A social norms poster campaign for Red Ribbon Week c. School based teen court program d. The Social Norms Campaign in Lake Mills and Palmyra High Schools iii. Childhood Obesity Prevention 1. Grant obtained, 349 students participated, results indicated that the program was successful in decreasing the BMI in over 1/4th of the children iv. Children’s Care and Share Fair 1. 7th annual held, over 175 children attended v. Red Ribbon Week 1. Social Norms Poster Campaign held in 3 schools vi. Town Hall Meeting vii. Panther Court (School based teen court) 1. Pilot being run at Riverside Middle School in Watertown 2. Alternative discipline option that links students, teachers, and parents d. New For 2009 i. Drug Free Communities Support Program ii. Parents Who Host, Lose the Most Campaign iii. Second Annual Town Hall Meeting on Underage Drinking iv. PRIME for Life v. Student Internet Safety Presentations vi. Victor DeNoble Presentations D. Other Reports a. Parent Focus Groups Final Report was distributed i. Discussion topics included 1. Perception of adolescent alcohol problem 2. Adolescent access to alcohol 3. Reasons for adolescent alcohol use 4. Adolescent alcohol policy and prevention b. Compare/Contrast of Jefferson County School Alcohol Programs c. Recommendations for best practices and/or evidence based curriculum/programs III. Committee Check-Ins A. Exec a. Excited for new members B. Membership a. Looking to order a banner for participation in local parades b. Holding off on building the float until more resources are secured C. 0-5 a. Working on the Children’s Care and Share Fair b. Prizes this year are unbelievable c. To be held April 4, 2009 from 9-12 at Fort high School D. 18-21 a. Working on the needs assessments E. School Age/Intervention a. Working on Internet Predator presentations and Victor DeNoble presentations for schools F. Gang a. Gang presentations scheduled in Palmyra (April 7, 3:30-5:30) and Fort Atkinson (April 29, 6:00-8:00). b. Working with other school districts to schedule presentations G. ATODA a. Parents Who Host, Lose the Most Campaign IV. Additional Check-Ins A. TV Show with CESA 7 and Green Bay Correctional facility that focused on an inmates day to day activities B. DPC received a Thank You letter back from Secretary, Reggie Biccha.   Marvel Kelliher-Olstad 200 East Cramer Street, Fort Atkinson, WI 53549 • (920) 563-2437 • Fax: (920) 674-7520 • molstad@oppinc.com About Us | History of DPC | Jefferson County | Programs | Partners | Committees | Agenda/Minutes | Mentoring | Teen Court | Newsletter | Home