State Independent Living Council January Quarterly Meeting Minutes (Draft 2) January 24, 2007 Date of Approval: 4_ / 13 / 07 1 Called to order at 9:15 a.m. by Chair, Shelley Hawkins 1. Introduction of Council Members: Present: Rob Honan-Executive Director; Shelley Hawkins-Chair, Romel Mackelprang-Vice Chair, Sandra Carr, Al Neely, Linda McClain, Libby Winzer. Also: Bob Roberts-WSRC representative, Grace Doyle-Executive Assistant and Dick Winzer. Absent: Kevin Nathan (excused), Karyl Jefferson (excused) and Lynnae Ruttledge (excused) 2. Introduction of Guests: Keith Nicholson, advocate for Traumatic Brain Injury Von Elison Ellensburg CIL, Secretary of ACIL-WA (Association of Centers for Independent Living in Washington) Diane Hansen SPIL Committee (State Plan for Independent Living) Pat Buff-Center for Independence in Lakewood Todd Holloway Center for Independence in Lakewood Art Garza- representing DVR on behalf of Lynnae Ruttledge Kelly Franklin-DVR Field Services Administrator Jeanette Murphy CIL in Seattle and Vice President of ACIL-WA Jim Baker CIL in Vancouver and President of ACIL-WA Charley Lane-CIL in Everett, Treasurer of ACIL-WA Angela Barbre-Guest Presenter Mike Kosanovich-ASL interpreter Sarah Rassmussen-ASL interpreter Tim Bellisario CART Dave Cavert guest Pam Wilson -guest 3. Review of minutes from October 6, 2006 Quarterly meeting: Motion to approve: Sandra Discussion: none Vote: unanimous in favor 4. Public Comment: Keith Nicholson, whose son suffered a traumatic brain injury, expressed concerns that Washington State needs to update its care of individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). His son, after numerous failed experiences, is now doing well in a facility in Oregon. Mr. Nichol
presented statistics to support the scope and seriousness of TBI, the second most prevalent disability in the United States. It gets so little attention in the public eye that it is often called, The Silent Epidemic. 2 Question and answer session followed his presentation with several center directors mentioning the huge numbers of TBI customers who walk through their doors, reiterating what Mr. Nicholson said about no two cases or injuries being the same. Others mentioned how those with TBI often self-medicate with alcohol or drugs, which exacerbates or hides the problem.) In conclusion, it was decided that Rob will work with Mr. Nicholson do develop a Position Paper on Traumatic Brain Injury. 5. Approval of the Agenda: Linda McClain: I d like to make an Amendment to the Agenda: ACIL-WA has a proposal to present. Jeanette Murphy: And I d like to bring to the SILC the position paper on restoring protection from discrimination. Linda: Correct WILCC to ACIL-WA. 6. Agenda approval as amended: So moved: Sandra Second: Romel Vote: Unanimous in Favor 7. Report from Executive Director, Rob Honan The revamped website will be up and running soon at www.wasilc.org The 704 Report was completed for RSA and submitted on time. The SPIL committee is currently working on the new State Plan. Several council members attended the SILC Congress in New Orleans; a report will follow later at this meeting. The Region IL Conference is coming up April 18-20 in Tacoma. Registration materials and details will be available on the web. Rob will notify council members and CIL directors when they are ready. Rob and Charley Lane have been involved in the DVR IL contract process. He concluded with a brief update on McClarty vs. Totem Electric. 8. Discussion on meeting dates January 23-24 (this meeting in Olympia) April 12-13 Red Lion in Pasco July in Everett WA October 11 and 12 TBD Motion to change July from 12-13 to July 26 and 27 due to the date conflict with the NCIL Conference.
So moved: Romel Vote: unanimous in favor. 3 Motion to have the October meeting in Spokane So moved: Linda Second: Romel Vote: unanimous in favor 9. Ratification of State Plan Committee members: Libby Winzer Linda McClain Von Elison Diane Hansen Jeanette Murphy Kevin Nathan Shelley Hawkins So moved: Linda Vote: unanimous in favor 10. Committee Reports DSB (Information supplied by Kevin Nathan; read into record by Grace Doyle) Federal Reports Completed. We finished both our section of the 704 and also the 7-0B which is our report on the Independent Living for the Older Blind program. These were both completed within the specified time frames. Year End Totals. The total of clients served in both parts of the DSB IL program remained similar to last year. We served 2,031 individuals in the Older Blind program and 266 in our Part B program for those under 55 years of age for a grand total of 2,297. This total leads me to conclude that we have probably reached the maximum of those we can serve at current levels of personnel and funding. It should also be noted that the Federal authorities at RSA have requested that we report each case we serve. This will drastically increase our numbers since at the present time we do not count multiple instances of service to the same client within the contract year as a new case and yet will need to do so in the future. Miscellaneous. We continue to work toward replacement of our current computerized case management system. The new system is called Libera (pronounce Libra). We are also changing the way we do things in the IL program to reflect new reporting requirements for the RSA and State and are finding it very interesting indeed to make changes to our existing system while also
making sure what we do fits into Libera. It has and will continue to be a very interesting exercise. 4 Thank you for examination of this report. I will see you all in April. Kevin Nathan DVR Art Garza Art gave an overview of his new role as the Statewide Program Administrator for Community Programs, including community rehabilitation programs, Centers for Independent Living and Clubhouses. He began in this new capacity on November 17 th. He invited SILC members and guests to attend the reception for Kelly Franklin and the Field Services Leadership Team at the State office from 3 to 5:00 p.m. today. The team includes: David Hankinson, Ron Falberg and Teresa Kutsch, the Area Managers; and John Evans, Abby Cooper and Art Garza, the statewide program administrators. He shared information on the IL Services Contract team and thanked Rob and Charley for their participation in the process. He acknowledged that RSA is initiating their monitoring activities and that we look forward to working with Sean Barrett and the RSA Team. They will be in Washington from late April until mid-may, specific dates to be determined. In conclusion he asked if any of the SILC members would like to receive copies of DVR s Annual Report (2007 Calendar). ACTION ITEM: Mail DVR Annual Calendars to council members State Plan Libby Winzer The State Plan Committee met on December 7 th in the large conference room of the DVR State Office. Their next meeting is tomorrow at this location. The State Plan is submitted to RSA every three years; the committee is currently working on the SPILfor 2008-2010. It will be due on July 1 st of this year. Our draft will be done by March. When it has been submitted, it will be available on our website. Rehab. Council for the Blind Libby Winzer Libby sits on the Rehab. Council for the Blind as a representative from the SILC. The last meeting was held in Aberdeen, where a great deal of work was accomplished as we also had to work on our Annual Report. ACIL-WA - Linda McClain ACIL-WA, formerly known as WILCC, stands for The Association of Centers for Independent Living Washington. Their initial meeting was held in September at the Doubletree in Seatac.
5 The new ACIL-WA Executive Committee was introduced: Jim Baker President Jeanette Murphy Vice President Von Elison Secretary Charley Lane Treasurer SILC representative Linda McClain WSRC Sandra Carr DVR has new area managers; David Hankinson - Area 1, Ron Falberg Area 2, and Teresa Kutsch Area 3. She added that Lynnae has done a wonderful job revamping the DVR. All three area managers attended the October WSRC quarterly meeting in Yakima. She talked briefly about the ongoing concerns of Order of Selection. She also mentioned Kelly Franklin coming on board. (The Meet and Greet is at 3:00 p.m. today over at the DVR State Office.) Budget Report Rob Honan All council members referred to the Excel spreadsheet budget summary in their binders. Rob mentioned some possible larger expenses to be forthcoming due to the SPIL, which is mandated every three years and the upcoming financial request from ACIL-WA. The total budget for the SILC is 183,591. So far about 26 percent of the budget has been spent Executive Committee Shelley Hawkins Romel spoke briefly on disaster preparedness and the availability of funds via Federal RFPs; something the SILC should look into. (As our guest speaker had arrived, the agenda was moved around to accommodate her presentation at this time.) 11. Angela Barbre, CTA Northwest Administrator presentation on transportation: The Community Transportation Association of the Northwest (CTA-NW) is a professional membership association of organizations and individuals committed to improving options for people who need rides. Brochures and magazines about the organization were made available at the meeting. 12. Discrimination Position Paper Jeanette Murphy Jeanette read the Position paper drafted by ACIL-WA dealing with restoration of protection against discrimination for people with disabilities. (Refer to meeting materials for draft of position paper.)
6 Motion to endorse the ACIL-WA position paper Discussion: To endorse paragraphs 2,3, and 4 of the position paper. Romel: Friendly amendment to the motion; that the SILC endorse paragraphs 2, 3, 4 Second: Linda Voting on the amendment; unanimous in favor (Break for lunch; meeting resumed at 1:00 p.m.) 13. RSA Teleconference Call from Washington, D.C. Meeting resumed with a teleconference call to RSA in Washington, D.C. Introduction of members/participants at both ends of the call. (Sean Barrett, Steve Zwillinger, and Stan Congers in D.C. Also part of the review team but unable to attend today were Carol Dobak and Fred Isbister. Numerous topics of concern were discussed. The RSA team will be in Washington State in late April and early May, exact dates to be determined. 14. SILC CONGRESS Shelley, Rob, Romel, Sandra and Bob gave a poignant presentation on their trip to New Orleans, highlighting the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, which occurred August 23 to 29, 2005. (Legislative Reception discussion; how to get from here to there in the short time span. Try to conclude by 4:00 p.m. to get to Kelly Franklin s reception.) 15. New Business Charley Lane- Presentation from the ACIL-WA. (Refer to the hand out from ACIL-WA for breakdown of requested funds and the 5-10-5 plan.) Discussion about the 20,000 requested by ACIL-WA. Motion to endorse the proposal from ACIL-WA and further allocate 7,000 available immediately. So moved: Romel Mackelprang (Some discussion) Vote: Unanimous in favor. Motion to allocate 5,000 to ACIL-WA for distribution to support their attendance at the Region 10 IL Conference in Tacoma in April of this year. So moved: Romel Mackelprang
Second; Sandra Carr Some discussion Vote: Unanimous in favor 7 Legislative Packets for tonight s reception: Time did not allow, due to the SILC Congress this past week. We feel the best way to hand out the packets would be with appointments with the legislators and hand deliver the packets at that time. 16. Old Business Reports from the CIL Directors ran out of time due to the reception over at DVR. 17. Public Comment- Commentary on the successful meeting. Meeting adjourned at 3:41 p.m. Respectfully submitted by, Grace Doyle Executive Assistant