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August 5, 2020 Meeting Minutes x Beth
Barker-Hidalgo x Connie
Hunter Glenda
Groff x Gordon
Clay Issabella
Vermaak x Katrina
Upton x Katlyn
Temple x Kelly
Schellong Maia
Mello x Nancy
Torney x Pat
Piper x Teresa
Costa Tim Wilson City Government Faith Based Juvenile
Programming Medical Health Court Boice Samantha Birk Britt Ivy Boice Michelle
Hanna Tara Modugno Randy Ullom 6:04pm 9 in attendance making
a quorum- Late start due to technical
difficulties Pledge of Allegiance Court
Boice Led Welcome Introductions: Roll Call was
completed. Quorum met. (9 Present) Beth, Connie,
Gordon, Katlyn, Teresa, Tim, Pat, Kelly and
Katrina. Approval of Agenda- No Agenda
available due to technical difficulties. Approval of Minutes 4/1/20,
5/6/20, 6/3/20 Approval of Minutes. No changes
made Public Opportunity to speak.
No one present Task Group
Reports:-none Hiring a facilitator on Goals
Direction plus grant opportunities to fund
On
hold Logo designs. Gordon stated
that the pamphlet vote was finished and Katlyn's
design with the helping hands and suicide theme
colors was chosen. Social Media- Curry Suicide
Awareness Facebook page. It was suggested that any
material to be placed on the page be reviewed by
the committee first. On
hold Funding Sources- not
discussed On
hold Old Business Let's Talk- Beth spoke on the
topic of Overdose Awareness for August. July 29th
was the BOC meeting to promote. There will also be
a newspaper article written by Beth. Beth shared
highlights of the discussion. She shared there is a
lack of data to demonstrate the need in the county
which limits support we can ask for. She was
distressed that there had been 5 overdoses in the
last week. She believes the information was
received well by the BOC given they asked
questions. Gordon and others discussed the SUD and
SUICIDE issues and returning to the BOC to continue
the discussion. Data needs to be collected and
analyzed, documented, and sent to the Oregon Health
Authority to apply for help. Connie wants to go to
BOC to advocate for veterans given one of the
recent OD's was a veteran. The VA changed their
medication policies and abruptly took away most
opioid's or greatly reduced them without any prep
for the veterans leaving many of them to find other
ways to cope with their pain and possible
dependence on the drugs. The drugs were not
titrated properly and caused great distress to the
veterans. Overall Bereaved Parents
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 July 29th, 9:00 am, Board
of Commissioner's Chambers, Gold Beach Looking for two more people
to take an aspect of suicide for September 2 or 16
Commissioner's meetings Council Goal Priorities - Gordon wanted to speak
on the council goals and priorities and is wanting
to call in a facilitator to help us get organized.
Beth commented that this goal is difficult to
coordinate with the limitations presented by
COVID-19. She herself is quite overwhelmed with the
Homeless Coalitions move to a new location ( if one
is found) Long Term (2021+) Not
discussed On
hold. Short Term (2020) Not
discussed On
hold Low Hanging Fruits and unmet
needs through December 31st need to be explored.
There are a number of old agenda items that need to
be discussed. Rank and Establish Each
Stakeholder's
Goal Priorities
https://bit.ly/39RqCLA
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. Oh
hold Long Term (2020+)
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 Short Term (2021)
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 Low-Hanging Fruit (now)
On
hold Outreach - Grant
Opportunities On
hold 8.d.1 Outreach- Grant
opportunities discussed. Gordon explained that
there is a grant for the COVID-19 impact on
isolated seniors however nothing was submitted to
use the funds. Beth and Connie had ideas and Connie
found a resource to help develop and a 1st run was
accomplished. The Adult Behavioral Health
initiative to do a 2nd one with more local input
and council would work on this. It will also
include information for the caregivers of veterans.
This is a program out of Lane County that has been
expanded to the coast. There was a local meeting
held that included Beth, Connie and Gordon as well
as other local representatives from various
agencies and ultimately the committee was granted
$1500.. Kelly shared that she was confused by the
discussion in that she had not heard it presented
to this committee and wondered why it was not
discussed as a group. Gordon clarified that the BOC
has to approve the grant and what the grant would
be used for. Beth is looking for monies to fulfill
the remainder of a $5000 need for the Homeless
Coalition that was originally only partially
funded. This would be used for training of peer
support specialists including a 40-hour course. She
only asked for $400 from the committee grant. The
training would be open to committee members. The
goal is to have the training sometime in September,
but it needs to be in person and hands on for the
best learning opportunity. Kelly asked some
questions: 1. What is class called? And it was
explained that it is a Peer Support Specialist
training of 40 hours to complete certification. And
is designed to work with the homeless coalition and
St. Tims- how can we support the population outside
of doctor/therapist offices to help them become
clean and sober. The hope is that it would reduce
the number of overdoses. 2. What happens to the
grant funds if the training cannot occur due to
COVID-19. It requires role-play so cannot be
conducted online. Organizers are looking for a
venue that would allow for social distancing.
Gordon wondered if the committee had a proposal
that it could be put up for a vote today. Out of
the $1500 Beth is asking for $400 for her project
and Connie is asking for $750 for her project.
Gordon wondered if email votes could occur as it is
difficult to get a quorum. Connie stated that the
Council (BOC?) needs the terms of the grant. Beth
feels like we can vote now due to the council's
review already. Quick action is needed. Gordon
clarified that we do have a process as set up by
the BOC and the terms are already agreed on by the
BOC to allow the grant application. We need to vote
on whether we use the money from the grant towards
Beth and Connie's projects. Kelly commented that
she was not aware the committee had even applied
for the grant and why was it presented to the
council without the whole committee's review. The
BOC needed to approve the grant application and
then vote on how we would use the money. Gordon
clarified that if we had waited to vote by email
until a quorum was met we would have lost the
opportunity. They only had 2 days to apply once
they heard about it. Pat believed that Gordon had
notified the committee via email back in June.
Committee agreed that in the future would like to
go through a structured process but no time to do
that with this particular situation. Tim moved to
accept the two proposals by Beth and Connie and Kat
2nd the movement. So moved. Develop behavioral health
Community resiliency strategies Not discussed
On
hold Develop
localized “toolkits” and referral tools?
not discussed
On
hold Sources
of Strength or other beneficial youth trainings in
suicide awareness and prevention
develop
ways to fund student
youth populations in Mental Health First Aid for
Youth, Signs of Suicide, etc not discussed
On
hold Develop a survey to be given
at appropriate tabling events the Council may
participate in. (Azalea Festival, Curry County
Fair, any other events in the county?)
On
hold 6. 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 Logo Project
Send
your ideas to Michelle at rileydogstudio@gmail.com
On
hold New Business - Gordon
discussed that September is Suicide Awareness
month. He wonders how the public is coping with the
COVID-19 restrictions, especially those that
already suffer from mental health issues and /or
feelings of isolation. There is a proposal to get
the new flyers and trifold out to the public. The
Heart and Hands design was chosen to move forward
develop/finish those for direct mail and the
trifolds for local placement. Next step is to submit to
AllCare and Advanced Health to ensure it aligns
with their policies on using their logos. Each want
prominent logos included. They then need to be
submitted to CACTUS printing for adjustments and
mailing. Additional New Business-
Stakeholder positions available are medical, mental
health, law enforcement, City government, faith
based, Juvenile programing and the need for a new
Secretary. It was also suggested that the Youth
ambassador position be changed for a term that
aligns with the school year. Kelly suggested that with the
difficulty to get a quorum and all members of the
committee together that maybe we should develop a
small core group and/or change the number of
positions on the committee thereby lowering the
number of persons needed for a quorum. The county
just wanted random people but Gordon has stressed
for specific areas of expertise to allow for
specialized attention. Kat agreed with Kelly even
though it sounds good to have all the areas of
specialty, it has not worked out as hoped. We still
need to advertise for new members with the hope
that they have expertise but maybe not required.
Gordon remains concerned that it will cut out the
diversity he originally envisioned. It was
suggested that there could be a core group that
works on something and then brings It to the larger
group later. Kelly wonders what the point of having
17 members if only 7 or 8 attend consistently. Kat
commented that she understands the goal and ideal
but if we can't get enough to get a quorum it does
not allow us to move forward. Need to get enough
people willing to participate consistently to get
business done. Pat wondered if it was legal to do
the voting by email and stated that other
committees have canceled voting due to legal
reasons. Connie commented that after COVID hit it
made the process difficult and could we have some
grace in voting online given the circumstances.
Aspirations are wonderful but current issues are
interrupting the process. Factor this in and
explain to the BOC. Gordon suggested we put this
topic on the agenda for next meeting and invite a
proposal. Finally, a secretary needs to
be selected before the next meeting as Teresa is
leaving the committee. Is there anybody currently
online willing to take on this role. Kat
volunteered to be secretary. This could not be
voted on at this time due to some members having to
leave the meeting early. She is willing to be
nominated. Next Step: Where do we go
from here? - Gordon asked about any ideas that
could be added to our agenda and it needs to go to
the BOC by the Wednesday before the
meeting. Outreach (Approved Elements)
not discussed Develop a structure, element
development, distribution and funding needs
analysis. Appoint a point person to accomplish
approved items. On
hold Kelly offered to put together
a flyer and media distribution list. She asked that
any other ideas for places to distribute be sent to
her. On
hold It was suggested that flyers
be placed on public transportation.
Needs
clarification
On
hold Ways to fund citizens
to take on-line training in QPR ($30) and
possible Mental Aid First Aid, ASIST, Start, etc
On hold
Ways to fund educators
to take on-line training in QPR, Student Mental
Health First Aid, ASIST, Kognito, Response
Approved
On
hold A way to distribute
open
letter to clinicians. https://bit.ly/3dpWj1r
On
hold Determine Low Hanging Fruit
-Gordon stated that our list of low hanging fruit
has all been addressed. He wanted to supersede old
business discussion. He also wants to move Outreach
as there has been no progress on older agenda
items. Wants to move to New Business and skip those
agenda items. Discussion occurred on Beth's article
and Katrina's Facebook which is called Curry
Suicide Awareness. Gordon asked that PSA's be sent
to Kelly as well as the letter to the editor. Beth
wants to ensure that any material proposed be
processed through the committee which allows for
second set of eyes to review any material for
PSA's, FACEBOOK, letter's to the editor etc. Kat is
willing to work with Kelly to move this
forward. Community Partner Updates Crit/Self Crit Crit/self
Crit eptember 2, 2020, 5:30 Sharp.
Location depends of COVID-19
restrictions. Adjourn Meeting was called to
an end at 7:31pm Teresa Costa |
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