EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Elliott Robinson, Director, Dept. of Social Services – Chair
GENERAL MEETING
Mary Adams, United Way Monterey County (Yuri Anderson,
Alternate)
Ray Bullick, Health Department (Dr. Edward Moreno, Health
Officer, Alternate)
Nancy Kotowski, Ph.D., Monterey County Office of Education
(Deneen Newman Ed. D, Alternate)
Marcia Parsons, Chief, Probation Department (Vice Chair)
(Todd Keating, Alternate)
MEMBERS
Jayanti Addleman, Monterey County Free Libraries (Berenice
Astengo, Alternate)
Dan Baldwin, Community Foundation for Monterey County,
(Laurel Lee-Alexander, Alternate)
Valerie Barnes, M.D., Child Abuse Prevention Council (David
Maradei, Alternate)
Stephen Bernal, Sheriff (Jerry Teeter, Alternate)
VACANT - (Sid Smith, Deputy Director Behavioral Health,
Alternate)
James Collins, Special Kids Crusade
Monterey County Office of Education
901 Blanco Circle, Salinas, CA 93901
Monday, March 9, 2015
12:00-1:30pm
AGENDA
1. Welcome
Elliott Robinson, Chair
2. Action items
a. Approve the minutes of the February 9, 2015 Monterey County
Children’s Council General Assembly meeting (see attached)
3. Initiative Updates
a. Reflections of the FY2013-2014 Annual Report Presentation to
the Board of Supervisors, Executive Committee Members
Margaret D’Arrigo-Martin, Community
Larry Drury, Child Care Planning Council (Mary Johnson,
Alternate)
James Egar, Public Defender
Dean Flippo, District Attorney (Jeannine Pacioni, Alternate)
Jean Goebel, Housing Authority of Monterey County (Joni
Ruelaz, alternate)
Jody Hansen, Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
(Kathi Speller, Alternate)
Kristan Lundquist, City of Salinas
b. All Kids, Our Kids
Ashley Powers Clark, Positive School Climate Coordinator
c. Early Childhood Development Initiative
Nina Alcaraz, ECDI Manager
4. Presentation
CalWORKs Housing Support Program, Margarita Zarraga
Robin McCrae, Community Human Services
Charles McKee, County Counsel (Annette Cutino, Alternate)
Elizabeth Modena, Superintendent, Gonzales Unified
Schools (Theresa Rouse, Alternate)
Eduardo Ochoa, Ph.D, CSUMB (Cynthia Holmsky, Alternate)
Supervisor Jane Parker (District 4) (Supervisor Simon Salinas
(District 3), Alternate)
5. Announcements
6. Adjourn
Next Meeting: Monday, April 13, 2015
Timothy Roberts, Judge, Superior Court, Juvenile Division
Francine Rodd, Monterey County First 5 Commission (Sandra
Chapin, Alternate
Robert Taniguchi, Department of Social Services
Walter Tribley, Monterey Peninsula College
Kari Yeater, Superintendent, North Monterey County
(Marvin Biasotti, Alternate)
Staff Support
Arlene Boyd, Administrative Assistant, Dept. of Social Services
Mission
The Children’s Council provides leadership and policy direction to
encourage the development of a comprehensive and collaborative
delivery system of services to children and youth in Monterey County.
Children’s Council Meeting Minutes
February 9, 2015
Council Member
Appointed Council
Member or Alternate
Affiliation
Title
Present
Adams, Mary
Member
United Way Monterey County
President and CEO
X
Addleman, Jayanti
Member
Monterey County Free Libraries
County Librarian
X
Anderson, Yuri
Alternate
United Way Monterey County
Comm. Impact Director
X
Askew, Wendy
Alternate
Supervisor Jan Parker, District #4
Board Aide
X
Astegno, Bernice
Alternate
Monterey County Free Libraries
Managing Librarian
Baldwin, Dan
Member
Community Foundation for Monterey Co.
President/CEO
Barnes, Valerie, Dr.
Member
CAPC, Natividad Medical Center
Director of Pediatrics
Bernal, Stephen
Member
Office of the Sheriff
Sheriff
Beye, Colleen
Alternate
Supervisor Jane Parker, District #4
Board Aide
Biasotti, Marvin
Alternate
Carmel Unified School District
Superintendent
Bullick, Ray
Member
Monterey County Health Department
Director of Health
X
Chapin, Sandra
Alternate
First 5 Monterey County
Clark, Wayne, Dr.
Member
Monterey County Behavioral Health
Director
X
Collins, James
Member
Special Kids Crusade
Executive Director
X
Cutino, Annette
Alternate
County Counsel
Deputy County Counsel
X
D’Arrigo-Martin, Margaret
Member
Community
X
Drury, Larry
Member
Child Care Planning Council
X
Egar, James
Member
Public Defender
Public Defender
Flippo, Dean
Member
District Attorney
District Attorney
Goebel, Jean
Member
Housing Authority of Monterey County
Executive Director
X
X
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Guss, Deneen
Alternate
Monterey County Office of Education
Hansen, Jody
Member
Business Rep, Chamber of Commerce
Holmsky, Cynthia
Alternate
CSU Monterey Bay
X
Johnson, Mary
Alternate
Child Care Planning Council
X
Kotowski, Nancy
Member
Monterey County Office of Education
Superintendent
X
Lee-Alexander, Laurel
Alternate
Community Foundation for Monterey County
President
X
Maradei, David
Alternate
CAPC
Director
McCrae, Robin
Member
Community Human Services
Executive Director
McKee, Charles
Member
County Counsel
County Counsel
Modena, Liz
Member
Gonzales United School District
Superintendent
Moreno, Dr. Edward
Alternate
Monterey County Health Department
Health Officer & Director of Public Health
Ochoa, Dr. Eduardo
Member
CSU Monterey Bay
Parker, Jane
Member
District #4 Supervisor
Supervisor
Parsons, Marcia
Member, Vice Chair
Probation
Chief
X
Roberts, Judge Timothy
Member
Superior Court, Juvenile Division
Judge
X
Robinson, Elliott
Member, Chair
Dept. of Social Services
Director
X
Rodd, Francine
Member
First 5 of Monterey County
Executive Director
X
Rouse, Theresa
Alternate
King City Union
Superintendent
Ruelaz, Joni
Alternate
Housing Authority of Monterey County
Alternate
Salinas, Simon
Alternate
District #3 Supervisor
Supervisor
Speller, Kathi
Alternate
Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
Member
Smith, Sid
Alternate
Monterey County Behavioral Health
Deputy Director
President
X
X
X
X
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Taniguchi, Robert
Member
Dept. of Services
Director of FCS
Teeter, Jerry
Alternate
Sheriff’s Office
Tribley, Ph.D. Walter
Member
Monterey Peninsula College
Superintendent & President,
Yeater, Kari
Member
North Monterey County School District
Superintendent
X
Guests
Nina Alcaraz
Guest
First 5
EDCI Manager
X
Ashley Powers Clark
Guest
Monterey County Office of Education
School Climate Coordinator
X
Anne Wheelis
Guest
Community Member
X
Joe Livernois
Guest
Literacy Campaign
X
Jeannine Pacioni
Guest
District Attorney’s Office
X
Staff
Boyd, Arlene
Dept. of Social Services
Admin. Secretary
X
Children’s Council Meeting Minutes
February 9, 2015
Item
Summary of discussion/review
1. Welcome and Introductions
Introductions & meeting called to order at 1:10 by Chair Elliott Robinson.
a. Motion Jayanti
Addleman, 2nd by Mary
Adams
2. Action
a. Approval of December 8, 2014
General Assembly Meeting Minutes
3. Initiative Updates
a. All Kids, Our Kids – Overview of
Federal Grants to Support Positive Youth
Development in Schools (Ashley Powers
Clark).
b. Early Childhood Development
Action/deliverable
AKOK: a. Brief update of where we have been and where we are going in the
new year. Two very significant things that happened in 2014: More money
coming into schools and more local control over how that money will be spent.
Also, received several federal grants to move our plans forward. Expanded our
AKOK School Climate Leadership team with Probation, Restorative Justice
Partners and Community Alliance for Safety & Peace, coming together to form
working group. In January leadership team got together for ½ day strategic
planning session to reflect, plan & prioritize. Will focus on data collection and
working with evaluators. Shared indicators in Power Point Presentation
(attached). 2015 updates will be given on baseline data, evaluation & strategic
plan. Ashley asked what information the CC would like to hear the AKOK
bring forward this year. Consensus shared 1) baseline data is very important to
the Council. 2) What does youth participation look like? 3) Sharing good news
and problems they are having so other agencies can learn from them.
ECDI: Nina gave update on progress of ECDI, including the status of each
Collaborative Action Team (CAT): No. Monterey County, Seaside, Salinas,
Greenfield, and Pajaro are involved. North Monterey County has facilitators
working with them to help design their strategic plan. Pajaro’s next meeting
will be in February and will examine local data. Salinas is going forward to
determine a structure; they want to focus on moving forward as a whole
community not just a certain area. At the next meeting they will focus on
which indicator they want to start working on. Seaside & Greenfield still in
discussion with local champions to see how they want to move forward.
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Initiative. (Nina Alcaraz, ECDI Manager)
Two RFPs are out in community for facilitators and evaluators, the positions
close 2-11-15 & 2-17-15 respectively. Backbone is currently working on
updating the ECDI strategic work plan to develop & create a draft to bring to
CC; Exec. Comm. in March and larger body after that. Policy Advocacy
Network is developing advocacy guides for the community. This has gone to
the Exec. Committee. ECDI recvd. $10,000 from the Community Foundation
to help move the work forward.
Thanks to Robert T., ECDI will be presenting at a Statewide conference this
week. She will share feedback at next meeting.
4. a. Commercially Sexually Exploited
Children (Robert Taniguchi-DSS)
Robert shared that the state has given each county the option to opt in to
develop protocols for dealing with CSEC. There is a tri-county coalition
being formed. Law enforcement, and survivor communities are involved;
counties include Santa Cruz, San Benito & Monterey. Robert joined this
coalition to involve their support and input in developing a protocol on how
to deal with CSEC. Probation, Mental Health, and courts are recommended to
be involved in this process, as well as, Education, youth and other service
providers. Our consultant will probably talk with some of you to pick your
brains and discuss strategies. Consultant will assist in tri-county.
b. Family Engagement Inventory
(https://childwelfare.gov/fei) Yuri
Anderson, VP Community InvestmentsUnited Way.
Yuri updated the Council on Exec. Com’s research into Parent
Engagement/Involvement, the number one topic members indicated interest
in learning about through a survey in September. Research has uncovered
there is no difference between the two terms, but that we should in fact ben
considering “Family Engagement.” She then provided overview of a website
for “Family Engagement Inventory” – www.childwelfare.gov/fei. The Exec.
Com has determined that a multidisciplinary team made up of reps from
Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, Education, Early Childhood Education, and
Behavioral Health should be convened to review the resource and determine
if it is an appropriate framework for us to use locally.
5. Announcements
1) Wendy Askew from Supervisor Parker’s Office shared information about
Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children Power Point Pre
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a Documentary coming to Monterey (flyer attached) about perinatal mood
and anxiety disorders. She also invited everyone to the City of Seaside’s
Taskforce Assembly on “Violence Prevention/Youth Support Services
Plan” taking place on Thursday, Feb. 26 @ 6:30pm & Saturday, March 7
@ 10:00 am, at the Oldemeyer Center, 986 Hilby Ave., Seaside. Wendy
also shared that there will be a resolution on the Board of Supervisor’s
Agenda for tomorrow, Feb. 10 asking for support of the “Mother Friendly
Childbirth Initiative”.
2) Nancy Kotowski shared that Sonja Jamarillo is the new Headstart
Director. Nancy also shared information on the temporary closure of No.
Monterey County High School.
3. Adjourn
Dr. Wayne Clark who is moving on to a statewide position as Executive
Director of CalMHSA was honored.
1:18 p.m.