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ISSUE:

  1. Welcome
  2. Mission Moment
  3. Minutes May 27, 2015
  4. E.D. Report
  5. CANDO Report
  6. Legislative and Public Policy Committee (L&PP) Update
  7. Multicultural Report (MCC)
  8. Break/Network
  9. Budget
  10. Planning and Grants (P&G) Report
  11. NASDDS Report
  12. Focus Group Findings
  13. Adjournment

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DISCUSSION:

  1. Council convened at 12:20 pm
  2. Mission Moment: Sue Fager, Lisa Franklin, Ed George, Julie Farrar and Jeanette Cordova briefly shared their stories on how the American Disabilities Act has impacted their lives.
  3. Minutes of May 27, 2015passed.
  4. ED. Report-Marcia Tewell reviewed a Social Role Valorization (SRV) power point (available

upon request) that she got to see at the SRV Conference in Rhode Island in early

July.

  1. CANDO: Carol Meredith clarified that CANDO’s work is not solely focused on Autism or

Mental Healthissues, but for a wide spectrum of diagnoses.

  1. Legislative and Public Policy: Ed George reported that Andrew Romanov is now the new

director of Mental Health America.

L&PP meets from 11-12:30 on the third Tuesday of each month

until the legislative session resumes in January.

An invitation to attend a meeting was extended by Ed to all new

Council members.

Tim Hudner said that the Regional Center Task Force has been

sub-divided into three sub-committees to investigate: complex

medical behaviors, high behaviors(high levels of aggression

and/or self-injurious behaviors), and problematic sexual

behaviors. He urged Council to read the draft report from the

committees.

There are a lot of overlap recommendations from the

committees and re-inforcement of knowledge already known.

The main goal is to determine the community capacity and

supports needed; it will be a multi-year effort.

Julie and Tim are spearheading an effort to launch some

Lunch and Learn talks, on recent changes within the Division and a series on the various aspects of guardianship. No dates, speakers or venues have been decided yet. Sponsorship is also being looked at, possibly by DIDD.

  1. Multicultural : Jeanette is drafting a recruitment flyer.

She would like the committee, when up and convening, to meet alternate

months, with members sitting on the other standing committees.

Jeanette felt it was important that MCC meet with the grantees on site visits.

  1. Planning and Grants: Valley Life for All reported on their two grants at the June 23rd meeting. Staff, Jeanette and Katie will visit with Gary Bender and the leaders of

the two grants in the Roaring Fork Valley on July 31, where there has

been some turnover in leadership.

The Focus Forums have been completed and staff is now compiling the information for the major work of drafting a new 5 Year Plan at the September Council meeting. The majority of the 500 responses came from the Front Range.

The handout did not include responses from the five public meetings.

Katie invited all the new Council members to sit in on some P&G meetings, the next one being July 28 at 1:00 pm.

TheStatewide Independent Living Council (SILC) conducted a similar survey and Council has offered to do an information exchange with them.

  1. NASDDS Conference: Katie attended the conference in Denver in early July.

The first day focused on therapy interventions and congregate settings,

especially still in use in Texas, Montana and Arkansas.

National Director Sharon Lewis was a featured speaker on day two and she

was blunt that Government cannot provide safety for people with

disabilities; that really falls on family, relationships and community.

Katie knew that family was critical, but also one had to have trust in community.

She described the Wikis website started by Andy Minion, from England, and she is now personally testing the site.

Discussion surrounded the use of this website by users and providers and what could be learned from the two different groups.

  1. Budget: Marcia introduced the 2016 Voting Item and reviewed the line items. The Voting Item

passed.

A discussion over the exorbitant travel costs was waged but inevitably the approval

process cannot be changed, and higher travel costs will continue.

  1. Goals and Objectives Outline: Sue went through the ITACC informational power point that the

Council will have to adhere to when they draft the next 5 Year

Plan in the coming months. (Copies available upon request)

  1. Adjournment at 3:30PM.

NEXT COUNCIL MEETING: WEDNESDAY, September 30, 20159:00-4:00 PMat AT Partners

ACTION / MOTION / CONSENSUS

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  1. Shannon Secrestmoved to accept the minutes, Robert Buzoganyseconded; the minutes passed.
  2. Carol Meredithmotioned to approve the Budget Voting Item; Scott LeRoyseconded and the Voting Item passed.
  3. Timwill supply Lionel with the website for the Regional Center Taskforce draft report.
  1. Sue will try to get comparisons of the Focus Forum surveys from2010 and 2015. Tim asked if the information could be broken into categories: providers/educators/families/people with or without disabilities.

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Those in attendance: Rob Buzogany, Jeanette Cordova, Lisa Franklin, Sandra Friedman, Ed George, Deon Gillespie,Katie Grange (GTM),Tim Hudner, Scott Leroy, Carol Meredith,Corey

Mineo (GTM), Shannon Secrest, Anuska Ullal, Mellisa Umphenour,,

Those absent: Senator Irene Aguilar, Kasey Daniel, Mary Dwyer, Mackenzie Helton, Melissa Mannix, Sarah Metsch, Jenni Munthali, Gina Quintana, Barb Ramsey, Sarita Reddy, Willie Wade

Staff Present: Sue Fager, Julie Farrar,Lionel Llewellyn, Marcia Tewell

Guests: Tait Davis, Jade Farrar, Calise Gillespie

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