Meeting
Information:
Date: February 16,
2016
Location: JCC
Board Room
JACKSONVILLE CHILDREN’S COMMISSION
1095 A. Philip Randolph Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32206
BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Board Member Attendance
Y Matt Kane, Chair
Y
Ju’ Coby Pittman
Y Cathie Shimp, Vice Chair
N
Dr. Donnie Horner
Y Elder Lee Harris
Y
LeAnna Cumber
Y
Jill Bechtold
Y Dr. Davy Parrish
Also Present: Ex-Officio/Advisory: Susan Main, Michelle Braun, LaKesha Burton, Dana Kriznar
OCG: Julia B. Davis
JCC Staff: Jon Heymann, Delores Williams, Ginger Peacock Preston, Colin Murphy, Marty
McEachean, Kenneth Darity, Tyrica Young, Charles Rutledge, Cynthia Nixon, Victoria
Carlucci, Rodger Belcher, Mary Nash.
Guests: Leon Baxton, CIS; Shariffa Spicier, The Bridge of NEFL; Cynthia Gathings, Take
Stock in Children; Tim Scurti, ECS; Chelsea Reeves, YMCA and Steve Gilbert, CIS.
Agenda Items
Call to Order
Chairperson’s Report
Action/Outcome
Matt Kane, board chair called the meeting to order at 9:01
a.m.
Matt Kane thanked everyone for coming and thanked Sherri
Magill with duPont Trust Fund for sponsoring the board
retreat.
Mary Kress Littlepage will be facilitating six meeting for the
strategic planning process.
The March board meeting will be two hours long and will
include Mary Kress Littlepage update of the strategic plan.
Matt Kane has received all the CEO evaluations and met
with Jon Heymann to discuss.
Matt Kane asked the board for any additional concerns or
discussion of Jon Heymann’s CEO evaluation. No comments
were heard.
Matt Kane asked for approval of the consent agenda,
January Board Summary, Finance report and Summary.
Cathie Shimp made the motion and LeAnna Cumber
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seconded it. All were in favor and the consent agenda was
approved.
Matt Kane turned the floor over to LeAnna Cumber for the
Finance report.
Finance Report
LeAnna Cumber asked Cynthia Nixon to speak on the
finance report. Cynthia stated the report runs through Dec.
31, 2015 and everything is on target.
Cynthia introduced Julio Lacayo a new employee to JCC and
the finance department.
LeAnna Cumber stated we have three action items that have
been passed by the finance subcommittee.
Action item # 1 attached, JaxKids Book Club.
New Business
The board is asked to approve setting up a Trust Fund for
the Book Club to place JaxKids Book Club funds.
The action requires approval through MBRC to submit
legislation for Council approval to establish this fund.
LeAnna Cumber asked for a seconded to approve the
motion to set up a JaxKids Trust Fund that was approved
by the finance committee.
Cathie Shimp seconded the motion. LeAnna Cumber
asked for any discussion and public comments. With none
being heard, LeAnna asked if all were in favor to signify by
saying “aye”. All were in favor and the motion was passed.
Action item # 2 attached, 2016 TEAM UP Summer Camp
RFP.
The board is asked to approve the release of 2016 TEAM UP
Summer Camp RFP. The funding amount for summer camp is
$ 755,250 which will be submitted out for a competitive bid
award.
Colin noted that this RFP will not include seven Team Up sites
which JCC and the School Board will designate as Super
Summer Academy sites and JCC will recommend be awarded to
the current providers as a Sole Source Award.
Colin also stated the funding amount does not include the
additional funds requested under the pending summer camp
legislation which would allow an additional 40 up to 100 seats
per site.
It was asked how JCC will deal with the issue of left over funds.
Jon Heymann said that he would address when he gives the
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CEO report.
LeAnna Cumber asked for a seconded to approve the motion to
the release of the TEAM UP Summer Camp RFP that has been
approved by the finance committee.
Ju’Coby Pittman seconded the motion.
LeAnna Cumber asked for any further discussion and any public
comments. With none being heard, LeAnna Cumber asked if all
were in favor to signify by saying “aye”. All were in favor and the
motion was passed.
Action item # 3 attached, Project Duval Aware.
The board is asked to approve the receipt of grant funding in the
amount of $5,627 for Project Duval Aware as a sub-contractor of
Mental Health America.
This grant funding is from the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for Project Duval
AWARE to provide Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA)
training to adults who work with youth ages twelve to eighteen,
who reside in Duval County with an emphasis on the urban core.
YMHFA participants will include law enforcement and correction
officers; faith based community leaders; afterschool providers;
case managers; juvenile justice probation officers; family
members and other caring citizens. Each course will be
facilitated by a certified Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructor
free of charge to all participants. This project will increase the
capacity to address the behavioral health issues of the
population of focus by teaching the participants to assess the
risk of suicide or harm, listen nonjudgmentally, give reassurance
and information, encourage appropriate professional help and
encourage self-help and other support strategies.
The award may not be the same amount each year.
LeAnna Cumber asked for a seconded to approve the motion to
acceptance of the Project Aware Grant that was approved by
the finance committee. Davy Parrish seconded the motion.
LeAnna Cumber asked for any further discussion and public
comments. With none being heard, LeAnna asked if all were in
favor to signify by saying “aye”. All were in favor and the motion
was passed.
LeAnna Cumber gave an update on the OST/SL meeting that
she and Davy Parrish have been attending.
They are three months into the process and have about four
months to go.
The Wallace Foundation is providing the funding for these
meetings. The purpose is to try and improve the quality in
afterschool programs. The members are working on how to
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collect data and what data should be collected.
A big issue with the data being collected is improper or
incomplete data from the parents.
The thought process is “what do we want our program to look
like”?
March 2nd will be a providers meeting at 11:30 till 1:30 pm. All
are welcome to come and lunch will be provided.
The OST/SL design team meets every two weeks on Mondays
at 11:30 am till 1 pm. The next design team meeting will be on
February 22nd.
LeAnna Cumber turned the floor over to Matt Kane, who gave
the floor to Jon Heymann for the CEO report.
CEO Report
Jon Heymann thanked everyone for coming and stated that Bill
Hodges was at a finance meeting at City Hall.
Jon Heymann to do list,
1. Re-introduce legislation that will give him the authority to
move money to follow the kids within a program.
2. JCC will advocate to getting back the money that has
been recaptured.
3. John Heymann will look into other states that may face
the same dilemma as JCC when it comes too left over
dollars. He will also see if the staff can get a chart or
graph to show how many kids move and how many
times they move, if possible.
4. Summer camps will be serving a little over 6,700
children.
5. Jon Heymann feels that a faith base presence is needed
in communities of Holly brook and Washington Heights
to help deter crime.
6. April 21st is JCC’s 21st anniversary.
7. Jon Heymann will give an update on Healthy Families at
the March Board meeting.
8. Jon Heymann mentioned that Mary Kress Littlepage has
been working to streamline the buckets for the strategic
plan. She will be attending the March meeting to give
updates.
9. When completing a summer camp application two new
questions will be added in reference to health coverage.
10. Jon Heymann invited Debbie Verges to attend the March
meeting.
State and Local updates,
1. On the education side, Legislative committees are
deciding on block grants for mentoring.
2. Kid Care coverage is now available for children on a 5
year wait list due illegal immigrant status.
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Public Comments
3. Sen. Aaron Bean has proposed a plan to reconstruct
retail stores into food markets in low income area.
4. Human trafficking is a big issue
5. Juvenile records being sealed is a big issue being looked
at.
Elder Harris would like to look at all children not just the ones
that are in afterschool and summer camps.
How do we capture those kids and provide services?
Susan Main says that ELC can only provide data for the children
that her organizations pay for. This presents a challenge.
Susan Mains says ELC has included in their budget to do a pilot
of the Guiding Star Quality Rating System.
But in doing so, we must be aware that to ensure quality
services pay to providers will have to be increased.
LeAnna Cumber stated that the OST/SL is trying to make a
difference. Once the group has completed their meetings and
decide what data to collect and how to use the data collected,
they can then see how to measure quality and reach those
children who are not in any program. The ultimate goal is raise
quality across the board for all programs, both in and out of
school.
Jon Heymann gave a letter for 10 years of service to Delores
Williams and thanked her for her service.
Adjourn
Meeting adjourned at 10:22 a.m.
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