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Curry County Suicide Awareness and Prevention Council May 6, 2020 Meeting Minutes x Beth
Barker-Hidalgo x Connie
Hunter Glenda
Groff x Gordon
Clay Issabella
Vermaak Katrina
Upton x Katlyn
Temple x Kelly
Schellong x Maia
Mello Michelle
Hanna Nancy
Torney x Pat
Piper Teresa
Costa x Tim Wilson Court Boice City Government Faith Based Britt Ivy Boice Dr. Frank von Bannisseht Randy Ullom Samantha Birk Tara Modugno William Wasson Call to Order Via
GoToMeetings Pledge of
Allegiance Welcome- Gordon asked that
all members unblock cameras as it brings a more
personal touch to online meetings. 2 a "How are you?" Stop, breath, get in touch with
how you are feeling. Present one feeling word with
roll call. Introductions: Roll Call -
Quorum not established Approval of Agenda -
On
hold Approval of Minutes -
On
hold Citizens Input: No
visitors Old Business Let's Talk- June is PTSD
Awareness Month - Need article before 15th for the
magazine. Lived experience preferred. Maia Mello voluntered for
June. Overall PTSD article, Letter to the Editor,
PSA, https://bit.ly/2KU7Vgf Speaker to give 3 minute
lived experience with overall PTSD or other lived
mental health experience at BOCs 3rd Wednesday of
each month - Next meeting May 20th, 9:00 am, Board
of Commissioner's Chambers, Gold Beach. Maia Mello
voluntered June - PTSD - Maia Mello Rank and establish
Council
Goal Priorities
https://bit.ly/2UWvl9o
On hold
It was
asked if anyone had suggested changes. Kelly
suggests full meeting to discuss this. Beth
suggests time frame. Connie suggests "Aspirational
Goal" for "Achieve Zero Suicide Attempts"
Long Term (2021+) Rank
importance On
hold Short Term (2020)
On
hold Low-Hanging
Fruit
https://bit.ly/2XcW5Fo
What the Council can do NOW to address the suicidal
reactions of at-risk Curry County citizens to the
loss of jobs, closed schools, social distancing,
the economy and potential infection from COVID-19
On
hold
Sponsors suggested, no space available for socially
distanced meeting. Perhaps Brookings Library when
open. Legal council regarding grants? Training
teachers and community members. May work with AH or
Non-Profit. Rank and Establish Each
Stakeholder's
Goal Priorities
https://bit.ly/39RqCLA
(As determined by the individual Stakeholder Task
Groups) Report when ready. On
hold Stakeholders to determine
what goals they have in common with other
stakeholders and those goals should be moved up on
their individual lists. On
hold Long Term (2021+)
On
hold Short Term (2020)
On
hold Low-Hanging Fruit (now)
On
hold Outreach On
hold.
Maia expresses frustration with trying to reach
elderly groups. Beth has had good luck working with
(could
not understand person's name)
with Elder Adult Behavior Adult Initiative. Also
suggests reaching out to Hospice for suggestions on
how to succeed with this. Connie mentions Coastline
Neighbors and deliveries of food and medications,
membership fee has been waived. Phone assurance
calls offered. "Senior Loneliness Line" Connie can
get this information. Maia expresses the importance
of this as they get a lot of calls like this. Feels
it would be great for dispatchers to have on hand.
Coastal Volunteers - Lindy McClean 541-469-0864
LindyMcClean@charter.net Determine the opportunity for
grants to develop and distribute Council
programs and materials. On
hold
Kelly volunteered to work on this. Develop behavioral health
Community resiliency strategies.
On hold
Connie to
work on. Develop
localized “toolkits” and referral tools?
On
hold Connie
to work on. Update - Sending out toolkits several
times per week to Veterans and Veterans Groups as
well as local providers and community health
groups. Lists resources for them and their
families. Information on community partners
activities. Such as Coastline Neighbors. Oregon
Health Authority did send out resources for first
responders including self-assessment. Need for
self-assessments for all frontline workers.
Develop
ways to fund student
youth populations in Mental Health First Aid for
Youth, Signs of Suicide, Sources of Strength or
other beneficial youth trainings in suicide
awareness and prevention. On
hold Tim
will be working with several school districts on
this, this summer. Gordon suggests finding support
on this ASAP as emotional health may be lower than
usual right now. Develop a survey to be given
at appropriate tabeling events the Council may
participate in. (Azalea Festival, Curry County
Fair, any other events in the county?)
On
hold Ask specific
communities (Elders, gender
spectrum positive,
tribal, youth, veterans, etc.) to develop a list of
at-risk situations for their community and what
they think might work to reduce those risk factors.
On
hold New Business
On
hold Next Steps: Where do we
go from here? - Gordon read SAPC Purpose that was
approved April 1st, 2020. Mental Health should be a
main priority during the pandemic. Suicide rates
have risen since. No time has been spent focusing
on elderly community. Kelly has worked with
community partners to put out information and
things to do with children at home. Child abuse
prevention. PSAs out on many radio stations for
mental health awareness and child abuse prevention.
Kelly asks that every month is sent to her to work
on putting it all into PSAs for radio. CC Kat for
non-profits. Task-groups mostly on hold, though
check-in have been made. Beth is working on
distributing 300 hygiene kits throughout Curry
County to homeless population, would be willing to
include some messaging regarding mental
health/suicide awareness. Allcare has agreed to
send out oral hygiene kits to be included as well.
Drug Addiction Treatment and
Recovery Act, Oregon Initiative Petition 44
(IP 44) - Curry County is not on Opioid
Dashboard, need to encourage the community to do
surveys. Outreach (Approved Elements)
- Connie reached out to Council Huddle email was
read out loud. Still needs to get clarity on
process with the county, needs approval to apply
for grants, etc. Allcare still has money available.
Decide what we need funding for first then
officially going after the money. Need committee to
determine what and how. Connie and Beth have a
meeting with Coastline. Need, can ask how many
people are currently being serviced to get an idea
of how much mailing funds are needed. Pat can get
list of county wide homeowners to add to mailing
list. Develop a structure, element
development, distribution and funding needs
analysis. Appoint a point person to accomplish
approved items. Ways to fund citizens
to take on-line training in QPR ($30) and
possible Mental Aid First Aid, ASIST, Start, etc
Approved Ways to fund educators
to take on-line training in QPR, Student Mental
Health First Aid, ASIST, Kognito, Response
Approved A way to distribute
open
letter to clinicians. https://bit.ly/3dpWj1r
Community Partner Updates
Katrina is working on Facebook and Social
Media Crit/self crit Next Meeting: June 3, 2020,
5:30 Sharp. Location depends of Covid-19
restrictions. Options: Chetco Community Public
Library, 405 Alder St, Brookings, OR or Video
conferencing similar to the May 6
meeting Adjourn Meeting was called to
an end at 7:32 pm Teresa Costa, June 1,
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