Children's Life Cycle October 2006

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#990000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.gcchc.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gcchc.org"><U>Home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grant County Information"><U>Grant County Information</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Health Council"><U>Health Council</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Council Staff"><U>Council Staff</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Meetings "><U>Community Meetings </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="InterAgency Alliance"><U>InterAgency Alliance</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Highlights "><U>Highlights </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id453.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resource Directory 2007"><U>Resource Directory 2007</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Children's Life Cycle October 2006</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Grant County</B></div> <div> <B>Children's Life Cycle</B></div> <div> <B>Lifequest Bldg.-Silver City, NM</B></div> <div> <B>October 11, 2006</B></div> <div> <B>11:00 p.m.-12:00 p.m.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Introductions & Announcements: </B>Alice Jones announced the Challenging Child Conference Nov. 10<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> & 11 with renowned speaker Bruce Perry to discuss the effects of trauma and violence on children's brain development.<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT> </div> <bR> <div> Follow Up from Previous Meetings:</div> <bR> <div> <B>Red Hot Children's Fiesta</B></div> <div> <B>Community Assets/Family Services: </B>The Life Cycle felt there was a large gap in networking in the county as the unexpected closure of Southwest Advocate for Kids (SWAK) occurred without anyone aware of it. The Life Cycle passed a resolution for the Health Council to convene a collaborative meeting on the lose of SWAK and coordinate a community response to the potential lose of services that closure would entail. They suggested the Domestic Violence Taskforce, El Refugio, JPPO and CYFD be invited.</div> <div> <B>Community Resources to invite to Children's Life Cycle: </B>The group suggested outreach to the all ready listed groups to tighten the child service network so future closures and service<B> </B>terminations can be dealt with pro-actively. </div> <div> <B>New Mexico Children's Foundation: </B>The group decided to touch base with Big Brothers and Big Sisters and invite them to coordinate their “Family Fun Day” with our all ready existing Red Hot Children's Fiesta and Family Kite Day<B> </B>to apply for the grant money for community and family bonding theme to apply for the $7,500 grant. Milligan will contact Jamie.</div> <bR> <div> <B>New Items</B></div> <bR> <div> Discussions or concerns?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Next Meeting:</B></div> <bR> <div> November 8, 2006</div> <div> December 13, 2006</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>