Midwest Regional Children’s Advocacy Center
Advisory Board Meeting
January 8, 2008
Present: Ben Murray, Amy Boydston, Tom Frost, Stacie Papineau, Darcy Komejan, Jan Lutz, Brenda Nelson, Billie Larkin, Ivy Riveland, Jane Braun, Kim Martinez, Anne Cherek
Date of Next Call: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 11am CST
Agenda:
Grant Funds: the current fiscal year funds have been approved but not dispersed yet. Our next fiscal year that begins Aug 1, 2008, grants will increase by $200,000/region.
Ben Murray: has accepted the position as the Western Regional Project Director. His last day as the director for ONCAC will be January 22nd. A replacement for Ben has not yet been decided.
NDAA/Court Prep Training: The first of this new series was held Jan 3-5, 2008 and was well received. The next training session will be April 10-12, 2008 in Minnesota and will have tuition assessed. The tuition has yet to be determined. Limited scholarships will be available again. The training in MN will again be limited to DA’s, PA’s, MD’s and NP’s- and not RN’s or SANE’s- as Physical Abuse will be covered during this training, and is not as professionally helpful to SANE’s as much as sole sexual abuse topics are. However, later this year this training will be offered in Colorado Springs, CO which will be geared towards SANE’s and RN’s. The dates for the Colorado training sessions are May 8-10, 2008 and December 4-6, 2008. Contact the WRCAC to register for the May and December sessions.
Government CAC Summit: the Midwest has 4 slots open to attend in March in Hawaii.
Accreditation Bootcamp: Please remind your CACs that the next Bootcamp is in Huntsville, AL February 19-20, 2008. So far there are only 4 Midwest participants signed up. This is for both initial and re-accreditation. There is space still available. Please contact the Southern Regional Office to register.
State Updates:
Michigan: Darcy Komejan is the new chapter chair. The chapter is focusing on funding this year.
Wisconsin: Brenda reported that they had their state chapter meeting at the end of December. Brenda also reported that a Federal Earmark was given to two (2) CAC’s in one district, giving each CAC $200,000.
Kansas: Amy reported that the CAC directors are forming a new council to discuss programmatic needs for the state. The chapter’s current funding from the Governor’s office will be maintained this year, while trying to obtain an increase from the Governor’s office in the next budget.
Minnesota: Tom reported that Bemidji and Duluth CACs have open Executive Director positions. Julie Pape will be coming to the next Chapter meeting on April 18th.
Indiana: Jan reported that the chapter has developed a strategic plan that they plan to execute for 2008.
Illinois: Billie reported that she is still making her way around the state to visit all of the CACs. She has been helping the CACs set up ways to spend the new monies they have received from the Fees and Fines legislation they just passed. Billie, along with other CAC director’s in IL, will be holding a fundraiser by walking from Springfield to Chicago. The walk is over 200 miles!
Nebraska: Ivy reported that the chapter has been focusing on training. They will be holding an MDT training in the coming months. They are also working on a presentation and training for first responders.
Ohio: Ben reported that the chapter may be obtaining funds from the Stewards of Children foundation. They hear final word on Thursday 1/10.
Iowa: Stacie reported that the chapter continues to expand services in Northern Iowa. Cathy Crabtree will be facilitating a strategic planning training, and one CAC is working towards accreditation.
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