Midwest Regional Children’s Advocacy Center
Advisory Board
Meeting Minutes
June 6, 2006
Present: Mark Zimmerer, Ben Murray, Monica Maurer, Jan Lutz, Paula Condol, Carolyn Green, Mark Parr, Sue Tesdahl, Kathleen Inwood, Amy Russell, Jane Braun, Kim Martinez, Anne Cherek
Date of Next Call: July 18th, 11 am CST
Agenda:
- Kim reported that she is in the process of calling all the CAC’s in the region. The purpose of these calls is to obtain center updates and offering training and technical assistance should a center need it, as well as financial opportunities.
- Kim also stated that she is sending Chapters the expense form for Chapter grants. These forms must show how the Chapter will spend the $5,000 grant. The deadline for these forms is JULY 31, 2006.
- Jane asked each state if they received [via email] their state maps showing their CAC’s and Jane’s power point she presented at Leadership. Jane realized that not everyone could attend Leadership so she wanted to make sure that everyone was aware of the information that was given out to participants.
On Hill Day, (during Leadership) Senate rep Dennis Moore (KS) and Legal Assistant Lea Steve, were able to meet with Jane and others. They were wonderful to meet with and spent a significant amount of time with everyone, learning about CAC’s and the movement. Also, Minority Council member Ameer Faruk Gopalani (MI) met with Jane and others, and is interested in more information regarding CAC’s and congratulated us on such a great cause.
- Bootcamp: Jane reported that Bootcamp, being held in Colorado Springs June 19-20, is full, with 14 Midwest Region attendees. Sending 14 people turned out to be more costly than we planned due to travel scheduling difficulties. The Chapter Coordinator in IL offered to host Bootcamp next year. MRCAC will discuss this possibility with WRCAC, as Bootcamp is an NCA and Regional [Office] collaboration. The next Bootcamp session will be held in Huntsville, AL, July 19-20, 2006. Those who attend Bootcamp, should be up for re/accreditation within a 10-12 month time frame.
- Jane reported that MRCAC had a request to post on its website, the NCA Site Review Dates through 2010. NCA agreed to post this list on the NCA website soon. NCA’s website is www.nca-online.org
- Next call date change: The next call is scheduled for July 4th. Since this is a holiday, the next call has been rescheduled for Tuesday, July 18th 11 CST.
State Updates:
Illinois: Mark left the call early.
Indiana: Jan reported that they had a Chapter meeting last week. Turnover has been an issue and so they have welcomed new directors, they are working on chapter bylaws and a website.
Iowa: Sue reported that next week is the Chapter retreat, focusing on strategic planning re: CAC access around the state.
Kansas: Kathleen reported that next week is a new director training at Sunflower house, in Shawnee.
Michigan: Barb was not on the call.
Minnesota: Amy reported that she has resigned her position as Director at CornerHouse. Tom Froth, the current Board Chairman, will be the interim Director, who actually began CornerHouse in the 80’s. Amy will be moving to New York to attend law school. As a chapter, they will be meeting next month as to whether or not to hire a Chapter Coordinator and what direction the chapter will be going.
Missouri: Carolyn reported that a few people went to Leadership from Missouri. Currently, the chapter is working on new by-laws, and a new “program board” that would be comprised of CAC Director’s. The contracted with a Prevention specialist to find out what is going on in the state and see what kind of activities are in place.
North Dakota: Paula reported that next week they are co-sponsoring a Child Abuse Prevention conference in Bismarck. Legislative initiatives are also being discussed.
Nebraska: Mark reported that the chapter met last month, and working on an annual state report of how they’ve used state funds. The chapter will meet in July to complete that. Kearney will be holding a Child Abuse conference in August. Last year they had 500 attendees.
Ohio: Ben reported the chapter is part of a task-force on drug-endangered children. This training is next week. The chapter is also working on new legislative initiatives.
South Dakota: Monica reported that they are planning a retreat for the end of June.
Wisconsin: Brenda was not on the call.
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