1. education
2. school

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
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
Monterey County Office of Education
901 Blanco Circle, Salinas, CA 93901
Monday, May 11, 2015
12:00-1:30pm
AGENDA
1. Welcome
Elliott Robinson, Chair
2. Action items
a. Approve the minutes of the April 13, 2015 Monterey County
Children’s Council General Assembly meeting (see attached)
3. Updates
a. Early Childhood Development Initiative (ECDI), Nina Alcaraz,
ECDI Manager
b. Parent Engagement Taskforce and All Kids, Our Kids,
Nancy Kotowski, Superintendent - Monterey County Office of
Education
4. Presentation
enLACE – Leadership and Civic Engagement Academy,
Angelica Chavez, Monterey County Health Dept.
5. Announcements
Robin McCrae, Community Human Services
Charles McKee, County Counsel (Annette Cutino, Alternate)
6. Adjourn
Elizabeth Modena, Superintendent, Gonzales Unified
Schools (Theresa Rouse, Alternate)
Next Meeting: Monday, June 8, 2015
Eduardo Ochoa, Ph.D, CSUMB (Cynthia Holmsky, Alternate)
Supervisor Jane Parker (District 4) (Supervisor Simon Salinas
(District 3), Alternate)
Timothy Roberts, Judge, Superior Court, Juvenile Division
(Sam Lavorato, Judge, Alternate)
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
April 13, 2015
Council Member
Appointed Council
Member or Alternate
Affiliation
Title
Present
Adams, Mary
Member
United Way Monterey County
President and CEO
Addleman, Jayanti
Member
Monterey County Free Libraries
County Librarian
Anderson, Yuri
Alternate
United Way Monterey County
Comm. Impact Director
Askew, Wendy
Alternate
Supervisor Jan Parker, District #4
Board Aide
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
Chapin, Sandra
Alternate
First 5 Monterey County
Clark, Wayne, Dr.
Member
Monterey County Behavioral Health
Director
Collins, James
Member
Special Kids Crusade
Executive Director
Cutino, Annette
Alternate
County Counsel
Deputy County Counsel
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
X
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
Johnson, Mary
Alternate
Child Care Planning Council
Kotowski, Nancy
Member
Monterey County Office of Education
Superintendent
X
Lee-Alexander, Laurel
Alternate
Community Foundation for Monterey County
Vice President of Grants and Programs
X
Lundquist, Kristan
Member
City of Salinas
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
Pacioni, Jeannine
Alternate
Monterey County District Attorney Office
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
President
x
X
x
X
X
X
Children’s Council Meeting Minutes
April 13, 2015
Speller, Kathi
Alternate
Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
Member
Smith, Sid
Alternate
Monterey County Behavioral Health
Deputy Director
Taniguchi, Robert
Member
Dept. of Services
Director of FCS
X
Teeter, Jerry
Alternate
Sheriff’s Office
Tribley, Ph.D. Walter
Member
Monterey Peninsula College
Superintendent & President,
X
Yeater, Kari
Member
North Monterey County School District
Superintendent
X
Nina Alcaraz
Guest
First 5
EDCI Manager
X
Ashley Powers Clark
Guest
Monterey County Office of Education
School Climate Coordinator
X
Stephanie McMurtrie
Guest
United Way Monterey County
Interim Community Impact Manager
X
Admin. Secretary
X
Staff
Boyd, Arlene
Dept. of Social Services
Children’s Council Meeting Minutes
April 13, 2015
Item
Summary of discussion/review
1. Welcome and Introductions
Introductions & meeting called to order at 12:05 by Chair
Elliott Robinson.
2. Action
a. Approval of March 9, 2014 General
Assembly Meeting Minutes
3. Updates
a. Superintendents’ Council meeting
regarding navigation of systems – Elliott
Robinson- Director, Dept. of Social
Services and Nancy Kotowski,
Superintendent-Monterey County Office
of Education.
Action/deliverable
a. Motion Dr. Valerie Barnes, 2nd by Marcia
Parsons. Laurel Lee-Alexander corrected that
Dan Baldwin was not at the last meeting.
Correction noted.
Elliott shared that he, Dr. Kotowski, Ray Bullick and
Mary Adams attended the Superintendents’ Council
meeting. Several things came up in the meeting.
1. Work with school staff to access resources and
connect families.
2. How to assist families with the access of public
assistance programs.
3. Follow through on how to do this- care coordination,
which is management of a case-long term; establish this
at the schools.
4. Financing
5. South County resources, much harder to get there than
Salinas.
6. Possibly a reverse name school lunch list, so it can
check with kids who don’t get CalFresh but possibly
could be eligible.
7. Maybe a training session for school staff from the
different agencies. Would like to continue the
relationship with schools. Dr. Kotowski shared that there
needs to be follow up with the families, by the schools,
but how? This will be discussed further. Sam’s Guide is
a good resource. Francine Rodd brought attention to the
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b. Update on All Kids, Our Kids –
Ashley Powers Clark, Positive School
Climate Coordinator
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c. Early Childhood Development
Initiative. (Nina Alcaraz, ECDI Manager)
delivery of services on site. Elliott Robinson stated that
would be in the next iteration of the project. Kari Yeater
cited Family Resource Centers as a model, and each
school site having a person to refer students to services.
Ashley provided an update on All Kids, Our Kids and the
“Why” information about the program. They have
received resources and the leadership team meets
monthly. They have come up with a draft Mission
Statement and should have it finalized by June: “To
transform school & community culture.” Vision
statement unveiled at a later date. We will look at the
evaluations at the meeting in June. Ashley introduced
new staff. Goals are: strategic and evaluation plans will
be developed by the end of the year. See attached Power
Point Presentation.
Nina shared that ECDI Strategic Work Plan draft.
Looking for steering committee to assist with this.
ECDI accomplishments and asking for input to look
forward. The vision for ECDI is the vision of Children’s
Council. Kari Yeater reminded the Council to consider
where Early Childhood programs have been cut, where
do we need to ask for restorative resources, and where
do we need NEW resources. Nina Alcaraz responded
that the strategy is to use the resources that are available
most efficiently. Alcaraz also spoke about raising
awareness of Early Childhood because not all members
on School Boards throughout the county might
understand the importance. Questions posed to the
Council: What does it mean to be an ambassador of
ECDI? How can I support ECDI? What do I need from
ECDI staff? Responses included the following: Exercise
your voice in your professional capacity. Model
workplace/internal practices that are child/family
friendly. Raise ECDI issues. Allow communication
channels you have access to to be used to raise
awareness. Coordinated messaging. Make messages
StrategicPlan_Present
ation_CC_FINAL 04.12.15.pdf
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simple and focused so that a person with no EC
background can grasp it. Utilize the most powerful
indicators, and develop key points. Share the indicators
that most resonate with your passion. Recommendation
to choose a week when all CC Members/agencies can
post on social media or disseminate via email
coordinated messages.
Please see attached Power Point.
4. Announcements
Elliott shared that Impact Monterey recently was
presented to all the schools and the youth was
interviewed . They are now gathering data. Next they
will determine how to present the information gathered.
Dr. Tribley shared that MPC is gearing up to implement
their Childcare center.
Judge Roberts shared thanks to Dr. Kowtowski and her
staff, the kids at Juvenile Hall and the youth center, have
access to the web for college classes.
Francine Rodd shared that April is the “Month of the
Young Child”. Several activities planned around the
county. (See attached flyer)
Jayanti Addleman shared that it was National Library
Week. They have been working a lot with teens and have
been very successful encouraging reading & writing
poetry.
Margaret D’Arrigo shared that State Superintendent
will be here this Friday, April 17, 7:30-9:30am to talk
about healthy alternatives for kids in schools. Lunch to
follow at Lincoln School at 12:30. Event is free.
Cynthia Holmsky shared that the “Bright Futures”
initiative has been working with Impact Monterey
Assessment learning about education in addition to
working with a data group with reps from various
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agencies and how they measure success.
James Collins shared that Tarpy’s Restaurant for their
23rd anniversary for kid’s crusades, it will be a “HoeDown” on April 17.
Robert Taniguchi shared that several agencies are
bringing Dr. Bruce Perry & Ira Chazoff to Monterey
County in June. Limited seating available. David
Maradei has some tickets available for Children’s
Council Members. Robert will send out flyer again. He
also shared a website “Stewards of Change”.
Robin McCrae shared that Community Human Services
recently received a grant allowing them to give parenting
services in Seaside and various other services.
Dr. Kowtowski shared that the CAPC honored her with
the Talcott Bates award and she dedicated it to the
Children’s Council. She also shared that she set up a
Parent Engagement meeting in our community so we can
work together with parents. She will bring back
information from that meeting.
5. Adjourn
1:35 p.m.