PLEASE NOTE:

• Next meeting date: Monday, November 16, 9:00-11:00. Location TBA
  
• TO DO LIST (IMPORTANT!)
  
• ATTACHMENTS

In attendance: Patti Nicholl;Gilpin County Preschool, Patty Miller; family child care, Toni LaTronica; Exempla Lutheran, Kay Zimka; CSU Extension, Laura Colburn; Children’s World, Sue Weimer; Developmental Disabililties Resource Center, Sandy Martin; Head Start, Sherry Peterson; Head Start, Renie Baumgartner; Jefferson County Schools, Joan Gitchell; JCAPPP, Jon Gallego; Jefferson County Social Services, Stan Miller; Clear Creek County Human Services, Ron Marquez; Developmental Disabilties Resource Center, Kevin Richards; Clear Creek Human Services, Janet Humphreys; CAEYC, Laurie Beckel; JCMH, Ann Conkilin; City of Lakewood TLC, Peggy Shannon; JeSSC.

The meeting was facilitated by Joan Smith, Red Rocks Community College, Family Resources.

1. Review final draft of the Combined Triad Consolidated Child Care Pilots

   The latest version of the Combined Site Plan was distributed. The site plan addresses the gaps and barriers of each pilot site in achieving the goals and objectives established by Triad. A budget synopsis from each site was distributed. Please contact Joan if you are interested in a copy. * Special NOTE: The many, many documents generated by the Triad Pilot will soon be available on the Family Resources and Child Care Education web site. Logon and review the site: www.frcce.org The Triad documents will soon become available under Services for the Community.

2. Develop transition plans to move Triad to operate as an Early Childhood Resource Council

   The discussion about formalizing the Triad Consolidated Child Care Pilot Stakeholders, resulted in concensus that Joan Smith would work with Kevin Richards and the other directors of the pilot counties human services to draft a proposal to structure the Triad Stakeholders as an early childhood advisory council to the three boards of county commissioners. While there are several groups of individuals meeting around specific early childhood programs; such as the Head Start Policy Council, the Inter Agency Council and the Colorado Preschool Program District Council in Jefferson County, and the Clear Creek County Child Care Coordinating Team in Clear Creek, there is not currently a functioning body to review ALL early childhood programs in the three county area for the purpose of improving coordinating efforts between the programs. This purpose was one of the primary outcomes sought in the Consolidated Child Care Pilot.

3. Review the funding plan for the Consolidated Child Care Pilots as proposed in response to the statewide award from the Youth Crime Prevention Fund.

   Joan distributed a first draft of the combined budget for the Triad Pilot. The budget reflected all the funds that are currently identified for use in implementing the Triad objectives. The budget also reflected a proposed request in response to the $40,000 that have become available to the Triad Pilot through the state Youth Crime Prevention and Intervention funds.

4. Update on Educare and the interface between Educare and Triad Consolidated Child Care.

   Toni La Tronica gave an update on the progress of Educare in supporting communities in efforts to enhance the quality and affordability of early care for young children. Toni reported that Educare will be conducting a train the trainer session on December 7-10th. The training will be to create a team of individuals who can begin to conduct assessments of child care facilities as the rating system for facilities is implemented by Educare. Educare will be sending letters of intent to the counties of Jefferson,Clear Creek, Gilpin and Denver. The letters of intent will ask communities to propose comprehensive support systems for child care programs seeking to become part of the Educare model by enhancing their quality, with funding supplied by Educare, for training and equipment. The efforts of the Triad Pilot, are important first steps in creating these community support systems.

• Please provide feedback to Joan Smith by November 2 concerning the budget request for the YCPI grant award.

• Please review the letter from Sharon Triolo Moloney included with these minutes as you think through the best way to use these dollars to further the objectives established by the Triad Consolidated Child Care Pilot.

• Mark your calendar for Monday, November 16, from 9:00-11:00. The sole agenda item will be to finalize the Triad Pilot Budget and reach consensus on the budget items that will be requested through the YCPI grant funds.

• Mark your calendar for November 20 from 9:30-3:30 to meet with the statewide consolidated pilot communities in a work session on the policy implications of the waivers.

• Triad Pilot Sites: Please notify Joan Smith of your interest in participating in the waivers that will permit a 30 day advance payment from CCAP at time of enrollment of new children, and identifying families at risk of losing CCAP as their income raises above the 185% of poverty. The Triad Pilot sites may request to allow these families to remain on the CCAP program up to 225% of poverty. Procedures will be established to initiate these waivers based on the interest demonstrated by the pilots.

• Triad Pilot Sites: Complete the enclosed mini grant site request and return to Joan Smith, if you have not already done so.

1. Letter from Sharon Triolo Moloney concerning YCPI and other Consolidated Pilot Updates.
2. Mini Grant Site Requests ( if applicable)
3. Educare Colorado: Train the Trainer notice
4. CPP waivers approved
5. Update from Centers for Human Investment Policy concerning the evaluation activities for the Pilots.
6. Notice of an upcoming training concerning the use of the Early Childhood Rating Scales.
7. Triad Objectives. Please contact Joan if you are interested in the document detailing the progress of Triad to date in implementing the objectives.

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