Real People. Real Difference. 2017/18 Annual Report
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2017/18 ANNUAL REPORT REAL PEOPLE. REAL DIFFERENCE. A WORD FROM OUR CEO REAL PEOPLE. 2017/18 Annual Report Dear members, partners and friends, REAL DIFFERENCE. It is with great pride that I share with you our 2017/18 Annual Report, which highlights some of the accomplishments of the hardworking team here at California Schools JPA. TABLE OF CONTENTS Fiscal year 2017–2018 was a year of continued growth and positive transformation. Our two organizations—each led by a members-only Board of Directors—have undergone many exciting changes all while keeping our strategic direction and spirit of community throughout the year. RISK MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS In the wake of nationally publicized school shootings and very close-to-home suicides, we have redoubled our efforts to help improve the mental health, safety, security and well-being of CSRM Risk Management . 4 CSEBA Employee Benefits . 14 students and staff. Our dedicated team worked with school districts to create robust active shooter trainings so students We increased our employee benefits plans by adding 2017/18 Highlights at a Glance. 5 2017/18 Highlights at a Glance. 15 and staff are prepared. In responding to the suicides that new options to our CSEBA Marketplace and began the rocked our own community, our training manager partnered implementation stage of our new online benefits platform that Unique Rent-a-Risk Manager Program Offers Know Your Numbers Campaign Shows with a district to create an event that would inspire the entire will allow for even greater wellness options for individuals at community to hope again. This event raised awareness about our districts. I, personally, love some of the new options and Individual Approach to Each District . .6 Life-Saving Results . 16 mental health issues, and gathered numerous local and free have already purchased pet insurance for my sweet chocolate resources to help ensure every member of the community has German Shorthaired Pointer, Brody. How Can Schools Protect Students Better? Getting Critical Health Care Members Need, access to help should they need it. And when our school per- Active Shooter Training. 8 When They Need It . .18 sonnel have personal struggles, our employee benefits manag- This year has really reminded me about the importance of ers help them access the mental health and physical health care building and maintaining relationships founded on trust and that they so desperately need. mutual respect. Our entire organization exists today because of CSRM Member List . .10 CSEBA Member List. .20 the long-lasting relationships that our staff has developed with Our risk team worked hard to earn their ARMs (Associates our members. I am so proud of the amazing work of my entire CSRM Financials . .12 CSEBA Financials . 22 in Risk Management) so that they can better serve our mem- team. Their passion and dedication to our members inspire me bers. We have seen great growth and success in our workers’ every single day. compensation program. With this success, we will be bringing 2017/18 Fiscal Year (July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018) additional services and claims oversight in-house and self-fund- I hope their stories will inspire you as well. ing beginning in the 2018/19 fiscal year. We have continued to increase our engagement with trainings and offer solutions that are especially focused on sexual misconduct trainings, awareness, and prevention in the face of rising sexual abuse and molestation cases throughout the state of California. — Karla Rhay, Ed.D, Chief Executive Officer CSRM RISK MANAGEMENT 2017/18 HIGHLIGHTS AT A GLANCE California Schools JPA provides risk management services through a growing Published best practices on these key issues: HOPE event (a suicide awareness forum) in April dedicated Safety and Loss Control team that includes: a safety and loss control • Drones on campus 2018 at the Yucaipa Community Center manager, four risk managers, a property and liability claims manager, and a workers’ • Oxygen use on campus This inspiring event helped turn a tragic suicide into a compensation claims manager. • Preventing injuries from student behavior community-bonding experience that raised awareness about the importance of mental health, and brought together • Student health note management These professionals are responsible for addressing the needs of the member valuable mental health resources available to the community. • Special education and extra-curricular activities The forum—created in conjunction with Yucaipa-Calimesa districts. Not only do they provide online, extension and in-person trainings, but • Parent chaperone protocols Joint Unified School District, the city of Yucaipa, local they also conduct site inspections at member districts to evaluate and assist in • Use of personal sports equipment mental health services, and local law enforcement—was free of remediation of risk. The Safety and Loss Control team monitors site inspection • Hate prevention programs for schools charge and open to the students, staff, parents and the entire community. reports and provides assistance and guidance for member districts to address loss Expanded Rent-a-Risk-Manager program with prevention concerns and be prepared for future emergencies and claims. While we Spring/Summer 2018 “We Care” card art event for Southern Kern Unified School District never want a claim to occur, our expert Claims managers handle the oversight and all member districts (see page 6 for the full story) management of claims with our Third Party Administrators. The art contest was for all students currently enrolled at Southern Kern Unified School District lacked a risk manager schools of California Schools JPA workers’ compensation and needed help with their safety and loss control programs. member districts. The artwork was gathered and 12 submis- With limited resources, the district reached out to California sions were selected to be used for the “we care” get well cards Schools JPA and asked for help, knowing that other districts intended to be sent to member district’s injured workers. highly recommended their services including the Rent-a-Risk manager program. Through this program, a dedicated risk Cal-OSHA inspections and ongoing development of manager assisted onsite at the district updating and expanding compliance plans, emergency plans, safety and compliance Emergency Action Plans trainings, safety programs and protocols, and conducting dis- At California Schools JPA, risk managers take great pride in trict-wide safety inspections. providing free safety and loss control services to every member district. This includes helping districts develop their Injury Extensive Active Shooter Training with the Victor Illness Prevention Plans (IIPP) and conducting the required Elementary School District trainings in compliance with Cal-OSHA. Districts also need emergency action plans so that, in the unfortunate event of an (see page 8 for the full story) emergency, they are prepared to get their students and staff Victor Elementary School District looked to California to safety. Risk managers from California Schools JPA conduct Schools JPA to help develop an ongoing program to identify regular site-safety inspections of individual school sites, and schools’ vulnerabilities using the expertise and experiences of work with the districts to mitigate any potential hazards. all district employees. 4 2017/18 Fiscal Year (July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018) 5 RISK MANAGEMENT 2017/18 ANNUAL REPORT outhern Kern Unified School District recently faced “Our work was valuable to them because it helped them reduce Unique Rent-a-Risk Manager Program Offers spiraling workers’ compensation costs, loss of worker pro- claims, train people, keep people safe, and keep students learn- Sductivity and concerns about potential liability. Limited ing,” Val says. external resources—along with the lack of a dedicated risk Individual Approach to Each District manager on staff—made these challenges even more critical. Pride in customer service no matter what the project In search of help, the district heard about the unique Rent- A key element of the Rent-a-Risk-Manager program is ongoing a-Risk-Manager program offered by California Schools JPA. hands-on support, which “resists a one-size-fits-all approach The program is designed for any district needing additional for school districts” according to Dan Mellon, interim safety onsite, hands-on support to assist in developing programs and and loss control manager and the first Rent-a-Risk-Manager processes that the district has not had the resources or staffing Dan Mellon, Interim Safety and Loss Control Manager with California Schools JPA with California Schools JPA. to complete. Today at Southern Kern Unified School District, a dedicated As in the case of the Southern Kern Unified School District, risk manager visits the district once or twice a week—updating the program can even help districts who are not directly a part compliance plans, conducting district-wide site safety inspec- of California Schools JPA. tions, developing emergency action plans, and conducting ongoing safety and compliance trainings. “ We’re not getting what we need to keep our These risk managers pride themselves on their customer ser- students and staff safe—can you help?” vice and work hard to build relationships with their districts, When Southern Kern Unified School District reached out no matter the scale of the project. to California Schools JPA, the team of risk managers quickly “And, after a year of our Rent-A-Risk-Manager work together,”