FICCS Nov 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>FICCS Nov 2006</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Family Resiliency Community Action</div> <div> Team</div> <div> November 15, 2006</div> <div> Health Council Office</div> <bR> <div> <B>Attendees</B>:  Vikki Johnson, Lillian Arsola, Jeannie Osuna</div> <bR> <div> Review of Family Resiliency Mission</div> <div> Vikki thinks that the plan is on target</div> <div> It is in line with the speaker from last weekend.  The speaker emphasized increasing the number of positive contacts/relationships that children have.</div> <div> Improve informal support system</div> <div> Four Seasons of Fun-what happened for summer, fall, and winter</div> <div> The family Resiliency mission is good</div> <div> Community Concerns for Families</div> <div> Community Center in Silver-we don't have a non-agency place to meet</div> <div> Need a place that is comfortable that people feel comfortable coming to</div> <div> Lillian thinks that there needs to be a place for kids to meet</div> <div> New places coming:</div> <div> Movie theatre near old and new Wal-Marts.  Group should try to find a way to give discounted prices so that children can go.  Right now, it's hard for whole families to go because costs are too high.  Maybe there is grant funding that can help to defer these costs, this way kids in the county have someplace to go to stay out of trouble</div> <div> Action team needs to find other new outdoor and indoor “active” activities</div> <div> The community needs to have more activities to encourage physical activity and ways for children to stay out of trouble.  Some of the suggestions were: miniature golf, bike rentals at trail sites, and a skating rink.</div> <div> <I>Strategy</I>: figure out how to make action team not just providers</div> <div> Changing Kiosk to Albertsons or Food Basket or Restaurants in community</div> <div> Don't give up on the idea of a community events/programs kiosk somewhere in the community.  If we didn't have it at Wal-Mart it would take more work because Wal-Mart is a central location that many community members go to.  </div> <div> Follow up with Susie Trujillo about kiosk in Wal-Mart</div> <bR> <div> <B>Next Meeting:</B></div> <div> January 17, 2006-possible change in which week it is (not 3<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Bookman Old Style" >rd</FONT> Wednsesday) to 2<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Bookman Old Style" >nd</FONT> Wednesday</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>