In attendance: Kim Buehler; City of Lakewood, Sue Waggoner; City of Lakewood, Jon Gallegos; Jefferson County Human Services, Stan Miller; Clear Creek County Human Services, Kevin Richards; Clear Creek County Human Services, Joan Gitchell; JCAPPP, Kay Zimka; CSU Extension, Peggy Shannon; JeSSC, Joan Smith; Red Rocks College, Denny McDaniel; Carlson Elem.

Joan distributed copies of the Triad Budget. The document includes funding categories that are being utilized for the implementation of the Triad objectives. The budget details the Quality Enhancement Grant received by Jefferson County Human Services; reflected in the budget as Jeffco CARES, the allocation received from the Department of Human Services; reflected in the budget as Consolidated, and the mini grant funds that were received for the Triad pilot sites from the Colorado Department of Education. The column entitled YCPI shows the request by line item based on the Triad Objectives for the $40,000 that is available from the Colorado Department of Education through the Youth Crime Prevention Grant (YCPI) they received for the pilots statewide. The combined budget of the child care operations of the Triad Sites will be included to show the complete revenues from tuition and other funding streams that currently pay the fees for child care services.

The YCPI request includes funds for parenting intervention and parenting prevention training, domestic violence counseling, establishment of a community access office for Clear Creek Family Connections, nurse consulting services from county health departments for the Triad Pilot sites, well child clinics established annually in several of the Triad Pilots, staff training and staff scholarships. A summary of the goals and objectives for the YCPI activities was also distributed. The Total Budget will be uploaded to the Triad Intranet: Download Total Budget The Intranet can be accessed by clicking on the last little man on the left located on the home page.

Jon Gallegos will discuss the possibility of Jefferson County Human Services acting as fiscal agent for the funds coming from the YCPI award with Terry Green, the director of Jefferson County Social Services.

The members set December 15, 1998 from 9:00-11:00 as our next meeting date. We will meet in Idaho Springs at the St Paul’s Catholic Church, Parish Hall.

The agenda for the meeting on December 15 is as follows:

I. Review the proposal of forming the Triad Early Childhood Advisory Council

• Selection of officers: Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary
• Review goals of the council
• Defining the decision making process
• Schedule meetings for the year

Please call Joan Smith if you WILL not be at the 12/15 meeting.

Donna Garnett from the Centers for Human Investment Policy (CHIP) will be attending our December meeting. CHIP is very interested in doing an in depth case study of the Triad.

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