Skagit Children’s Council Minutes – June 11th, 2008:
Early Intervention/ICC:
Lead Agency Report – Pat Holloran: 82 children had IFSPs for the month;
5 transitioned; 2 exited services; 2 no longer qualify for services.
Family Resource Coordinator – Cindy Hubert: Hosted a great state-wide meeting
here at the Family Resource Center; the 2008-09 Service Contracts are nearly
completed; have visited and monitored all sub-contract agencies; summer service
hours are beginning.
Public Awareness – Cindy: checked on-site brochures; working to develop small
tabbed handbooks of available services in Skagit County (based on a successful
publication used in Whatcom Co.).
Child Find & Recruitment: sheets were passed around the table.
Parent to Parent – Cindy: Currently partnering with Skagit Human Services to
provide a series of workshops for families; Advisory Board meeting was held
earlier; Heather attending a conference in WA DC at present time.
Child Care Liaison – No observations to report this month.
Monthly Tip – 2-1-1 North Sound with Barbara McKnight of Volunteers of America.
North Sound area covers Snohomish, San Juan, Island, Skagit, & Whatcom counties
for health & human services. There are both telephone, & a new online system
which operates by the input of a zip code @ www.win211.org. Included on the site
are social services, various agencies, emergency, transitional, and family housing.
The 6 steps on-line are: 1. input a zip code; 2. choose a topic by keyword; 3. narrow
focus with sub-topics; 4. features will be offered with additional options (such as
hours, etc); 5. results closest to zip code; 6. view specific details. A person can also
create a home website on the 211 site, which provides an active e-mail account &
the ability to save their searches. Access to the personal website is password
protected. Agencies are able to update their own information quickly on the website.
Translators are available by telephone.
Nominations are open for the upcoming 2008-09 Executive Board of the Skagit
Children’s Council. Please see a current Co-Chair for more details. Nominations
are announced at the August meetings, with a vote asked for in September.
Thrive by 5 in WA has invited 15 school districts across WA to submit a proposal for
the funding of early learning projects. Anacortes & Sedro-Woolley are 2 of the
invited districts. 5 to 8 of these districts will be chosen for full funding of their projects
for up to 5 years.
Skagit Early Learning has been accepted by EDASC as home to the new Skagit
Public/Private partnership. This will allow more flexibility as a financial home for
future grants in early learning.
NW Early Learning is being reorganized. Karen Rose will be Co-Chair. Nominations
for the 3 Skagit Co. slots on the Committee are now open. The next meeting will be
in person at the MV Family Resource Center on September 22nd.
The Reading Readiness Grant is proceeding, with the first cycle in operation.
Families are still being recruited for the subsequent cycles.
The Skagit Art Fair is underway, with the framed art work being dispensed around
the County.
Public Awareness Committee will not have a meeting this month. 4 sites have
been initially recruited for the media screen project. Now working with the video
technician for a sample of the content.
Agency Updates:
ESD 189: having a workshop on relational aggression on the 23 rd & 24th @ the
Cottontree; free, & lunch is provided. Sign-up required.
Skagit Island Head Start is accepting slots for next fall; also anticipate having
some staff positions opening.
Summer School starting in Mount Vernon SD: 1st thru 6th Grade – for migrant or
bi-lingual students.
Skagit Co. Health Dept is offering free low income testing for hepatitis.
SPARC is hosting a Welcome Baby group.
Anacortes SD is beginning a Pre-K summer school.
Autism workshop coming up on June 21st.
Upcoming Community Forum on Hearing, Speech, & Deafness – June 12th.
YMCA Summer Camps are either full, or nearly full; early learning is on wait list;
OASIS program is expanding & will be sharing space with the Y; working on a
21st Century grant proposal.
Member Sign In Sheet:
Kelly Pingree - NWESD
Julie Silva – CSO
Julia Van Patten
Melissa Self
Pat Holloran
Karen Rose
Ray Soriano
Laura Waukechon
Marty Adams – VOA/CCRR
Teresa Van Haalen
Debra Peterson – Sedro-Woolley Library
Nikki McMurtry
Joan Youngquist
Dianna Mincin
Bill Cheney – MVSC School Psych
Margaret Beck – SCCAA/WIC
Tracy Donovan – SCHD
Lisa Dills – BPL
Caniece Romar
Jennifer Walton
Cynthia Hubert – SPARC
Laura Waukechon
kpingree@nwesd.org
silvaja@dshs.wa.gov
jjames@nwesd.org
melissas@skagitcop.org 416-7585
pat@sparckids.org
laura@upperskagit.com
ddpeters@fidalgo.net 855-1166
nmcmurtry@mv.k12.wa.us
jyoungquist@skagit.edu
dmincin@asd103.org
bcheney@mv.k12.wa.us 428-6141
Submitted by D. Peterson
Next meeting – August 13th, 2008 from 8:30 to 10:00 am
Executive Board – August 6th, 2008 8:30 am.