Family Care Council Meeting
Meeting called to order on
Members / Guest Present:
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Members |
Guests |
APD staff |
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Phil Pearson |
Rosemary Revoir |
Ed DeBardeleben |
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Susan Tanner |
Jimmy Perrin |
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Irene Gallo |
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Linda Peterson |
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No one called in on the conference line.
Approval of Minutes:
Rosemary
Revoir motioned to approve the March 13,
2008 minutes, seconded by member Linda Peterson. The motion passed.
Old Business:
Copy of March 2008 Newsletter was provided to
members present
The newsletter has been mailed to families
residing in Area 12
Next Newsletter is scheduled to be mailed in
June. The Fall newsletter will be mailed
in September with a special election edition to be published in October.
Recommendations for Libraries:
Chair Pearson asked for a motion to approve the
purchase of two books entitled, The Special Needs Planning to be donated
to the Flagler and Volusia County Libraries.
The cost per book is about $29.95 each.
The book is a planning guide geared for families. Member
Iren Gallo motioned to purchase two books at $29.95 each to be donated to the
Flagler and Volusia County Libraries.
Member Susan Tanner second the motion.
Motion carried. The order
form will be provided to Shirley Bostick at APD to make the purchase.
Discussion arose on the need to assess if people
are checking out the donated books from the libraries. Member Tanner and Rosemary Revoir agreed to
go to the Volusia and Flagler Libraries respectively to confirm that (1) books
are marked as being donated by the Family Care Council and (2) if the books
have been checked out. They will provide
a report at the next meeting.
Chair Pearson distributed resource magazines for
members to review and provide recommendations on books, videos, etc. for the
Family Care Council to purchase and give to the Flagler and Volusia County
libraries. Rosemary Revoir stated that
she thought that a book on guardianship should be sought and purchased. Member Irene Gallo stated that members should
investigate what resource materials the Family Care Council should purchase and
provide recommendations at the next meeting.
Members agreed and will provide recommendations at the next scheduled
meeting.
Membership:
The New Family Care Council Membership Training
is postponed to next month’s meeting.
Members present discussed being able to have the training provided
one-on-one if needed. Ed De Bardeleben,
APD Area Administrator, will ask Sandra Mills, Area 12 Family Care Council
Liaison, to see if this can be arranged.
Discussion was held on the importance of getting
new members. In addition to the
newsletters, members discussed placing meeting announcements at the various
schools. Member Irene Gallo stated that
she will meet with the Flagler County School Board to see about being able to
have meeting announcements posted for families.
Budget:
Chair Pearson presented the Monthly Expenditure
Report ending March 31, 2008. The
balance of that date was $5,671.73.
Based upon anticipated expenditures for the remainder of the fiscal
year, ending June 31 2008, the Area 12 Family Care Council will have $1,688.70
remaining in its budget. Chair Pearson
stated that Area 12 is doing a better job of spending its money compared to
many other area Family Care Councils.
New Business:
Chair Pearson discussed the importance of family
members contacting their elected officials to have their voices heard about
their waiting for help to receive funded services. He emphasized the importance of families
meeting with elected official face-to-face.
Discussion arose on the importance of not only providing personal
testimonies, but to provide data to show the growing needs of individuals and
families. Members expressed the need to
have training on how to talk with their elected officials. Chair Pearson stated that he will contact some
individuals that may be able to come and present trainings on ways to communicate
to elected officials. Also, Chair
Pearson will also talk with the statewide Family Care Council on any available
training to share with local members.
Members talked about having a legislative forum
for families to come to talk about their elected official. Various dates were discussed. It was felt that a planning group needed to
be formed to provide recommendations to the Family Care Council members on how
to best proceed. Mr. De Bardeleben
reminded the members of the importance to having the meeting posted to keep
within the Sunshine Law. Chair Pearson
will form a planning group with members Irene Gallo and Rosemary Revoir to meet
and provide recommendations for members to decide on as to the best way to
proceed with having a legislative forum.
Agency for Persons with Disabilities Update:
Mr. De Bardeleben, Area Administrator, gave an
update of the legislative session. The
session is to end on May 3rd.
He encouraged members to go to the APD web site (specifically, the Home
Page to the tab entitled, “In the Spot Light…”) to read the “APD Legislative
Digest.” APD provides weekly updates of
the legislative session. The April 4,
2008 provides a comparison of the House and Senate Bills and proposed
budgets. The House and Senate are to meet
in Conference to work out the differences of their respective proposed bills.
Mr. De Bardeleben also gave a status report on
the Area Office conducting its Need Assessments in using the Questionnaire for
Situational Information (QSI). He noted
that the three Need Assessors hired are on target for the number of assessments
they are to do each month. Mr. De
Bardeleben also spoke about the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
approving the two additional Medicaid Waiver (Tiers) with caps.
Adjournment:
With no further business, Chair Pearson asked
for a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Linda Peterson motioned to adjourn that was seconded by Member
Tanner. Motion carried. Meeting ended at 8:30 PM.