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Home My WebLink AboutMeth Action Coalition Grant RequestEconomic Development Fund Discretionary Grant Program Organization: Meth Action Coalition Organization Description: This organization is working with the community and county prevention, law enforcement and treatment agencies to address issues associated with the manufacture, distribution and use of meth in Deschutes County. A high priority of the organization is providing community awareness and education to youth, families and businesses providing more than 40 presentations to middle and high school students. Project Name: Deschutes Child Neglect Summit Project Description: This summit brings together professionals representing the diverse areas of expertise needed to rescue, treat and safeguard children suffering from meth exposure. The goal of the summit is to identify opportunities for optimizing existing resources and streamlining a multi -faceted system to benefit neglected and abused children, their families and community. This grant will be used to cover a portion of the cost for food and beverages for 140 participants, as well as a portion of the facility, speaker and materials costs. Project Period: June 18, 2008 Amount of Request: $2,000 (Total cost for event: $9,027) Previous Grants: • May 2007: Summit Conference $3,000 (Baney $2,000, Luke $500, Daly $500) Deschutes County Board of Commissioners 1300 NW Wall St., Bend, OR 97701-1960 (541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.org DESCHUTES COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION Direct Application to: Commissioner Tammy Baney Commissioner Dennis R. Luke Date: 5 22.0$ Project Name: Project Beginning Date: Amount of Request: Applicant/Organization: Address: Commissioner Michael M. Daly All Three Commissioners esch t dfe s Ch; rd Peg/cct Sum/rant Project End Date: Date Funds Needed: S./.Og 42000 /t'eth 4c6/on Cert/, trOh /0/0 ,vu� /g, S7'• Contact Name(s): Fax: Vict.• &1 -air' - Alternate Phone: Tax ID #• City & Zip: Telephone: Email: AS 4-P ZD -48347106, F33Chv' 9 7 701 6W 4/b 2747 Wl-t/e,bei, d¢ all/ • co no On a separate sheet, please briefly answer the following questions: 1. Describe the applicant organization, including its purpose, leadership structure, and activities. 2. Describe the proposed project or activity. 3. Provide a timeline for completing the proposed project or activity. 4. Explain how the proposed project or activity will impact the community's economic health. 5. Identify the specific communities or groups that will benefit. 6. Itemize anticipated expenditures*. Describe how grant funds will be used and include the source and amounts of matching funds or in-kind contributions, if any. If the grant will support an ongoing activity, explain how it will be funded in the future. Attach: Proof of the applicant organization's non-profit status. * Applicant may be contacted during the review process and asked to provide a complete line item budget, Amount Approved: By: Date: Declined: By: Date: Deschutes County Economic Development Fund Discretionary Grant Program Application Deschutes Child Neglect Summit, June 18, 2008 Applicant Organization, including its purpose, leadership structure and activities Meth Action Coalition is a 501(c) organization working in alliance with community and county prevention, law enforcement and treatment agencies. Together, we are tackling the complex, inter -related consequences of meth use, manufacturing and distribution in Deschutes County. High among our priorities is to provide community awareness and education to youth, families and businesses. We have provided more than 40 presentations to middle and high school students including peer outreach by young recovering meth addicts. Describe the proposed project or activity Meth use by parents is the primary reason children in Deschutes County suffer from neglect severe enough to be removed from their families. On June 18, we are supporting a professional Summit to address this issue in collaboration with Portland Slate University's Center for Improvement of Child and Family Services, Deschutes Child Abuse System Task Force, Deschutes County Multi -Disciplinary Team, and the Deschutes County Commission on Children &Families. The goals of the summit are: • Increase community awareness to raise the profile of child neglect caused by parental use of methamphetamine or other substances and increase the sense of urgency concerning the child neglect problem. • Educate child -serving community about interventions that support neglectful families due to parental use of methamphetamine and other substances. • Engage a wide variety of community stakeholders in action planning for vulnerable children and families due to parental substance abuse. • Mobilise the community to develop local solutions that will address child safety issues related to parental use of methamphetamines and other addictive substances. (See attached invitation and agenda.) Provide a timeline for completing the proposed project or activity A planning team with representatives from all sponsoring parties has secured a facilitator, expert speakers and meeting space. We are developing presentation materials and informational packets. The summit is a one -day event scheduled for June 18, 2008 at the Mt. Bachelor Conference Center. Explain how the proposed project will impact the community's economic health. Each child who suffers chronic neglect, each child who is abused is a tragedy that can't be defined in economic terms. What we can calculate is the cost of saving Deschutes County children from further abuse and neglect and attempting to repair the damage. We can then multiply the cost with every child suffering from meth exposure and their meth -addicted parents -equire inpatient treatment and a year or longer in recovery. The sum total is a huge deficit in human potential and critical services. This summit brings together professionals representing the diverse areas of expertise needed to rescue, treat, and safeguard these children and, whenever possible, reunite them with their parents. Through expert facilitation, our goal is to identify opportunities for optimizing existing resources and streamlining a multifaceted system to the benefit of neglect/abused :hildren, their families and the community. Itemize anticipated expenditures. Describe how grant funds will be used and include the source and amount of matching funds or in-kind contributions. See attached budget. The grant funds will be used to pay for a portion of food and beverages for 140 participants. The grant funds will be combined with matching funds to cover the cost of the facility, speakers travel cost, materials and food and beverages. The $2,000 grant funds will be matched with $4,600 from Portland State University and $2,427 in in-kind contributions. Deschutes Child Neglect Summit Budget June 18, 2008 REVENUE - Source Amount cyo Amount Requested from County $2,000 22.2% Other: Private Grants Portland State University $4,600 51.0% In Kind Cascade Office Supply, Printing $550 6.1 Volunteer Hours (100 hours @ 18.77/hr) $1,877 20.8% Total Revenue $9,027 100.0% EXPENSES Proposed Expenditures from funding requested in this proposal Proposed Expenditures from PSU Donations Total Program Cost Materials & Services Conference Room 385 $ 385 Food & Beverages $ 2,000 1315 $ 3,315 Office Supplies/Expenses Three Ring Notebooks/Dividers $ 300 $ 200 $ 500 Copies $ 350 $ 350 Other Expert Speaker $ 1,000 $ 1,000 In -Kind Paid PSU Facilitator/Staff $ 1,600 $ 1,600 In -Kind Paid Staff of Community Partners $ 1,126 $ 1,126 Volunteer Resources $18.77 hour $ 751 $ 751 TOTAL: $ 2,000 $ 4,600 $ 2,427 $ 9,027 Deschutes County Economic Development Fund Grant Application DESCHUTES CHILD NEGLECT SUMMIT Neglect: The Hidden Cost of Meth and Substance Abuse JUNE 18, 2008 OBJECTIVES • Increase community awareness about child neglect caused by parental use of methamphetamine & other substance abuse • Provide information about community interventions related to child neglect • Engage a wide variety of community stakeholders to address Deschutes County child neglect issues AGENDA 8:00 REGISTRATION & NETWORKING (Coffee) 8:30 WELCOME Judge Alta Brady 9:00 FRAMING THE ISSUE OF CHILD NEGLECT Dee Wilson 10:30 BREAK (Refreshments) 10:45 FRAMING THE ISSUE OF CHILD NEGLECT Dee Wilson (Continued) 11:30 OREGON SAFETY MODEL OVERVIEW DHS Staff 12:00 LUNCH/RESOURCE FAIR (Lunch Provided) 12:45 LOCAL FRONTLINE PANEL 1:15 MAXIMIZING OUR RESOURCES: Community Response to Child Neglect Facilitated Discussion led by Dr. Katharine Cahn 3:30 CLOSING COMMENTS / NEXT STEPS Mike Dugan, Deschutes County District Attorney 4:00 ADJOURN You're Invited! Deschutes County Child Neglect Summit 2008 Neglect: The Hidden Cost of Meth and Su'stance Abuse Sponsored by: • Deschutes Child Abuse System Task Force • Deschutes County Child Abuse Multi -Disciplinary Team • Deschutes County Commission on Children & Families • Meth Action Coalition Facilitated by: The Center For Improvement of Child and Family Services Through a grant from The Children's Justice Act Tasf Force