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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Community Youth Development (78415) Program Steering Committee - 05/15/2008 78415 COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATIVE COMMITTEE Regular Called Meeting Thursday, May 15, 2008—5:30 P.M. -(U 6th Floor Conference Room City Hall 6th Floor—1201 Leopard ED MEETING MINUTES MAR 1 2 2010 I. Call to Order: Meeting called to order at 5:39pm CINSECRETAWS OFFICE II. Roll Call: Absent from the meeting—Ann Cortez, Janette Flowers, Erica Mora, Linda C. Rincon, DaQuandria Chillis III. Hear from the Public: No public present IV. Approval of Minutes: Minutes from April 17, 2008 were approved with one correction— change name Alyssa Cortez to Alyssa Carrasco V. Consider Committee Member Attendance Issues: No considerations were made VI. Service Provider's Report: A. Boys&Girls Club—Lisa Saenz was present and stated the B&G just finished with Girls Basketball with approx. 253 youth.The summer program is getting ready to gear up and it will run from 8-5 with lunch at noon and snack later. They will be running the program for 10 weeks. B. Communities In Schools—Gloria Taylor was present and stated they had seen approx. 677 students by the end of April.The summer program will be at South Park this year and they will be taking the youth on field trips, teach resume writing and job participation. They will also have a new center at Del Mar running from Monday-Thursday, free of charge. Mr. Boner asked how long CIS has been in existence with 21 years being the reply. Mrs. Taylor also replied that the program has about 80 staff and includes many partnerships within the community. Everything is free for the youth and they offer a number of programs with focus on parental involvement. C. Planned Parenthood—Cinda Lebus was present and discussed their end of school activities and included they too were gearing up for summer. They will be doing partnerships out in the community to include apartment complexes. They plan on teaching life skills and money management and hope they will bring in lots of new members. D. YMCA/YAC Coordinator—Not present E. YWCA—Deborah Miller was present and discussed they were gearing up for summer. With their transition program they see about 565—700 kids. They will be conducting a leadership program In the summertime that teaches the girls self- esteem and making the right choices. They will be doing a lock-in at the YWCA over the weekend and the program has been so popular they have had to break it apart into two different sessions with approx. 500 kids each night. Mrs. Miller stated she was the new program director and that the YWCA would have new curriculums - for the fall. Mr. Boller asked about crossing over the same segment of kids and each of the providers discussed that there were some crossovers but mainly different kids are seen because of the program's uniqueness. Mrs. Miller was also SCANNED asked about staffing and she replied there was one coordinator, 2 part-time facilitators and administrative support. When they do the lock-ins, they have 7 adults present, depending on the participation. F. Youth Odyssey—Was not present, but sent report. See attached. G. Teen Trekkers—Not present VII. Director's Report A. Project Coordinator Report a. Discussion of the Community Needs Assessment—It was discussed that Mr. Larry Rast and Valerie Villareal are trained in creating surveys and would work on providing a draft for the committee to review.This would provide a starting point for the rest of the committee to agree upon. b. FY09 RFP progress—Celina Pulcher discussed that the Review Committee has been meeting and they would continue to meet through the month of June. There were 18 proposals that were up for consideration. B. Fiscal Agent Report—Valerie Villareal stated the Department of Family and Protective Services(DFPS)was working on the City's FY08 Monitoring Report An initial report had been received from DFPS asking for the City's Corrective Plan of Action, which was submitted but DFPS had new requirements which required the City to respond for a second review.The report S undergoing consideration and should be approved soon. She also reported that this years Monitoring Report had fewer findings than the previous year. VIII. Committee Requests for Future Agenda Items for Information from CYD It was requested by the providers that the City consider a cover sheet for inclusion on the CYD registrations for the next school year. IX. Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 8:28pm. POSTING NOTICE: Tits agenda was posted on the Csys official bulletin board in the Leopard St Foyer, 1201 Leopard St at 4:45p.m.on May 12,2008.