Dustin Dichiaria-Proprietor of Chick Fil-A, Representing Leadercast Northern Kentucky

Safety Net Alliance General Meeting Minutes March 16th, 2016

Welcome

 Meeting Chairperson – Andrew Brunsman

Guest Speaker Presentation

Dustin Dichiaria-proprietor of Chick fil-A, representing Leadercast Northern Kentucky

 The Leadercast is a conference designed to develop leaders. The conference will be May 6th, 2016.

Leadercast of Northern Kentucky information: Receptions @ Erlanger 1379 Donaldson Highway Erlanger KY 41018

Contact: Joy Tarleton 859-816-8836 [email protected]

 Dustin offered 50% off to all Safety Net Alliance members who would like to attend. Please see this link for more information: http://www.nkyleadercast.com/

Zach Price –Brighton Center Mobile Farmers Market Manager With Molly Saks-Community Garden VISTA

 Increasing access to food sources in food deserts is the goal of the community garden project and mobile farmers markets.  Farmers Markets in Boone, Campbell and Kenton County will expand their produce perks programs through SNAP and WIC programs. Produce perks matches dollar for dollar spent on produce purchases.  Surveys have revealed that low income individuals have low access to fresh produce and healthy foods. o 1/3 of individuals surveyed eat one vegetable per day, which is well below the recommended portion per day. o Of those surveyed there largest request was access to fresh foods; natural foods came in 2nd; and 40% would like more access to organic foods.  Population and Goals: o Seniors o Expand access to 5 high need areas in the community. o Provide on-site cooking demonstrations. o Make the produce affordable to all by offering the use of SNAP/EBT/WIC benefits as well as offering produce perks at local farmers markets.

 How the programs are supported: o The production garden sells fresh produce to several local markets and restaurants. The profits from these sales are used to purchase seeds, soil, compost, and other tools needed to support the community gardens.

 Community Gardens: o 250- 4x8 raised beds in 4 locations currently, and will be adding 5 more this season. o 2 production gardens-CCDU Production Garden at Newport Detention Center and the other located at Holy Spirit-Rose Mission o Ann Street Garden has 72 individuals from the west end of Newport harvesting their own garden plot; there are 24 community beds. o First planting will be April 2nd; there will be 3 season planting this year. o Volunteer opportunities are available to mentor, weed, and plant flowers. o Freestore Foodbank is working with farmers markets in Covington on a mobile market project.

 Please see this PowerPoint presentation for more information:

SNA Garden Presentation Final.pptx

Mike Delaney-Building relationships and networking within the SNA, at SNA General Meetings.

 Mike addressed the SNA membership about his ideas for increasing opportunities for SNA members to build relationships including round tables and leaving time at the end of the meeting for networking and discussion. Mike encouraged members to share their ideas and input via directly emailing an SNA Executive Committee member or emailing [email protected]

Committee Updates

 Food Committee- Andy Brunsman

 Web Committee – Bob Ford

 Furniture Task Force- Talia Frye

 Housing Task Force – Maggie Volkering  Executive Committee- Melissa Hall- Sommer

Food Committee

 The SNA Food Committee will be meeting on March 30th at 5:30 PM with the Silver Grove school board members, and the school resource officer. Anyone interested in attending please RSVP with Andy Brunsman @ [email protected]

 Paul Gottbrath is currently working on the other goal of the SNA food committee concerning hydroponic gardening, more information will be coming soon!

 The next SNA Food Committee Meeting will be May 11th, 2016 from 12:00-1:30 PM at Master Provisions 7725 Foundation Drive in Florence, KY. Please RSVP with [email protected].

Web Committee

 Alerts system is not functioning due to the changing of servers and old code not relating to the new server. The committee is working diligently on a fix with a new email provider. The Web committee also hopes to secure funding to allow for new technology by years end. Alerts are sent manually to members through the Safety Net Gmail account on blind copy.

 The next SNA Web Committee meeting will be Tuesday, April 12th, at 8:15 AM-Brighton Center Family Center 799 Ann St. Newport. Please RSVP to [email protected] if you would like to attend.

Furniture Task Force

 Sweet Dreams Northern Kentucky was a huge success! Thanks to the Safety Net Alliance members, volunteers, and local businesses, we could not have done it without everyone’s help!

 The next meeting of the SNA Furniture Task Force will be Wednesday, April 6th at 3:00 PM- Brighton Center Family Center 799 Ann St. Newport. Please RSVP to [email protected] Housing Task Force

 The SNA Housing task force is back in action with Maggie Volkering as the lead. In the last meeting it was decided to split the task force into two sub-committees.

o One will be headed up by Justin Beale from Welcome House for the purpose of collaborating with caseworkers on the issues they face regarding homelessness with their clients. This group will work on best solutions.

o The second sub-committee will be led by Maggie Volkering and Peter Contreras to pool resources.

o Jared Mueller from Brighton Center has created a workable and shareable Google Doc that will be placed on the SNA portal once the information is gathered and approved by the SNA Housing Task Force.

 The next SNA Housing Task Force meeting will be Tuesday, April 5th at 3:00 PM-Brighton Center Family Center 799 Ann St. in Newport. Please RSVP to [email protected]

Executive Committee

 The SNA Executive Committee has finalized the new Evergreen Agreement to collaborate and protocol’s. There will be a meeting with all SNA members Executive Directors for final approval and rollout in late spring.

 The next SNA Executive Committee meeting will be Friday, April 15th at 9:00 AM-Brighton Center Family Center 799 Ann St. in Newport.

Announcements

 Family Promise Shelter will be opening in June of 2016. Family Promise is still looking for host churches in Boone County to join their collaborative and cleaning supplies. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

Attendance

1. Chris Kelsen, American Red Cross 3. Paul Gottbrath, Be Concerned 2. David Johnson, Apprisen 4. Andy Brunsman, Be Concerned 5. Talia Frye, Brighton Center 33. Katrina Colemire, NKCAC 6. Zach Price, Brighton Center 34. Jessica Elam, NKCAC 7. April Roberts-Traywick, Brighton Center 35. Vicki Flynn, NKCAC 8. Melissa Hall-Sommer, Brighton Center 36. Margie Meehan, NKCAC 9. Andrea Reed, Brighton Center 37. Chenee Young, NKCAC 10. Jenny Wiley, Brighton Center 38. Bob Ford, NKY Health Department 11. Barbara Schaefer, Butler Foundation 39. Cathy Winston, NKY HD-WIC 12. Allyn Reinecke, Campbell County Fiscal 40. Mindy Sponseller, MHA Court 41. Dorothy Best, NAMI 13. Megan Vonhandorf, Campbell Co. Schools 42. Donna Cliff, NAMI 14. Brandy Medaugh, Catholic Charities 43. Beth Lange, NPS 15. Erin Moorman, Children’s Inc. 44. Danielle Lock, NKU 16. Kelsey Chase, Children’s Law Center 45. Melissa Pilcher, NKY Cooperative EXT. 17. Garien Gatewood, Children’s Law Center 46. Melody Brauninger, Northkey 18. Tiffany Smith, Children’s Law Center 47. Brandy Medaugh, Pantry of Hope 19. Stephanie Theobald, CILO 48. Melissa Boschert, Salvation Army 20. Peter Contreras, Cincinnati VA 49. Wanda Quinn, St. Johns UCC 21. Maggie Volkering, City of Covington 50. Mary Lark, St. Paul’s Church 22. Kim Webb, Emergency Shelter NKY 51. Becky Ewing, United Ministries 23. Shelley Werner, Erlanger-Elsmere Schools 52. Doreen Johnson, UK Targeted Assessment 24. Sarah Celenza, Freestore Foodbank 53. Mary Lu Funyack, Union Presbyterian 25. Bob Littman, Freestore Foodbank Church 26. Karen Yates, Hosea House 54. Ryan Cooper, Univ. of Cumberland’s 27. Jennifer Bennett-Phillips, HAOC 55. Shannon Rose, Univ. of Cumberland’s 28. Steve Bradford, HAOC 56. Lisa Stenner, Union Presbyterian 29. Linda Vila-Passione, Kenton County Schools 57. Brittany Zins, Univ. of Cumberland’s 30. Tony Aloise, Lifepoint Solutions 58. Setera Sears, Univ. of Cumberland’s 31. Susan Barnhill, Lifepoint Solutions 59. Justin Beale, Welcome House 32. Chris Yanko, NKCAC 60. Jill Brown, SNA AmeriCorps VISTA

1 st Time Attendees 1. Nataraja Salma Vallinadin, NKY Health 11. Meaghan White, Emergency Shelter Dept. NKY

2. Kelley Garvey, NKU 12. Josh Klosterman, Emergency Shelter NKY 3. Becky Darnell, Kenton Co. Schools 13. Lori Cline, MHA 4. Heather Fry, Brighton Center 14. Anna Krizner, United Ministries 5. Sammy Sniegowski, Women’s Crisis Center 15. Diane Stamper, NKCAC

6. Brittany Corde, Gateway 16. Andrea Wilde, NKY Co-op Extension

7. Jonika Greene, Brighton 17. Tiffany Hoppenjans, NAMI

8. Kerri Phillips, DPA 18. Annette Wallace, NKY Health Dept.

9. Suzanne Piper-Baird, SFCSA 19. Molly Saks, Community Garden VISTA- Brighton 10. James Schuetz, Northkey 20. Ashley Patrick, Univ. of Cumberland’s

Next SNA General Meeting Date Wednesday, April 20th, 2016 12:00 pm-1:30 pm St. Johns UCC Newport