MRCAC Advisory Board

Meeting Minutes

July 18, 2006

Present: Jane Braun, Anne Cherek, Kim Martinez, Julie Ellefson, Jay Wood, Monica Maurer, Jan Lutz, Kathleen Inwood, Sue Tesdahl, Paula Condol

Date of Next Call: August 1, 2006 11am CST

Agenda:

NCA Grants: Non-member and developing members can get a “developing a standard” grant, even if they received a developing grant last year. Associate members cannot apply. Chapters can get a developing grant even if they received one the previous year.

Bootcamp: At their Retreat last week in Duluth, MN, the Mgt. Team decided to hold 3 Bootcamps in 2007. Two sessions will be targeted for those sites being re-evaluated for Accreditation and one session for new sites and their first evaluation. This will continue on an annual basis.

Dates are as follows for Fall 2006/into 2007:

New Site Evaluation Session: October 19-20, 2006 hosted by WRCAC

New Site Evaluation Session: November 15-16, 2006, hosted by NRCAC

Re-evaluation Session I: July 16-18, 2007 in Chicago, IL, hosted by MRCAC.

Re- evaluation Session II: February 2007, date is yet to be determined, hosted by SRCAC

NCA national summit: will be on chapters with follow-up work from the regional summits in 2006, in the fall of 2007. Date TBA.

SRCAC resource library: rolling out slowly to southern CAC’s, hopefully next month for a “trial run”, with the goal of adding in the other regions shortly thereafter.

NCA BOD Elections: open fall 2006 slots: 1 Physician, 4 At Large and 1 Prosecutor.

Suggestions for candidates: discuss on the next call. Email Jane with any suggestions.

Funding: MRCAC has funds available. We await clearing from OJJDP, but it appears we have some training funds that would have to be spent within 3-6 months.

Kim:

Kim said that she made contact with all but four centers when she called each of the CACs in our region. She also asked individual CACs about their funding sources in preparation for a project she is current working on looking for new funding streams/sources for CACs in our region. Hopefully this will be completed by the end of the Summer.

Please look at the website for the Summer newsletter.

State Updates:

Iowa:

Sue said that they just had a state chapter retreat with Cynthia and Abe Hassan facilitating. It was very successful. They will be meeting next Tuesday to go over the strategic plan.

Minnesota:

Julie said that the chapter met in early July. Their goal is to have a presence at the

state legislature to get funding. They are considering contracting for someone to

have increased time lobbying on behalf of the chapter. There has also been staff

change where the state chapter president, Amy Russell, has resigned her position

and is moving. Tom Frost will be the interim director at CornerHouse and will

also take over the state chapter role.

South Dakota:

Monica said that they had their state chapter retreat late June with Cathy Crabtree facilitating and that it was very successful. They are now working on the worklist

she generated for them.

Missouri:

Jay Wood said that they are working on a number of things. They just had a MO Statewide SA Prevention Conference as well as SAFE training with 300 attendees. They are working on outcomes for children who use CACs, looking not only at the judicial outcome but also therapeutic outcome; ways to develop standards for practice to build on NCA requirements, NCA trak, etc.

Kansas:

Kathleen said that they have completed their resource directory (description of

CACs, standards, stats in KS as well as individual centers in the state), and that they are considering a lunch with their legislatures. She thanked Jay Wood for spending an hour by phone with their executive committee as well as Ben Murray who shared information by e-mail. Also, she thanked Cedar Rapids, IA for doing a courtesy interview.

North Dakota:

Paula said that Fargo attended bootcamp and is applying for accreditation.

Otherwise, it has been quiet in the state.