Officers: Sally Butler (Planned Parenthood of Central Wa) Chair, Roger Krebs (Residential Services) Chair Elect, Jeri Strange (YMCA) Vice Chair, Bruce McComb (RECA Foundation) Secretary, Susan Thornton (League of Women Voters) Treasurer.

Meetings: Normally the first Wednesday of each month, 8:30 - 10:00 am, United Way Building.

In attendance: Dottie Walton-Luglan (American Cancer Society), Ed Frost (Ben-Franklin Transit), Sharon Ghiglione (B/F Community Action Committee) Sandy Owen (B/F Health Dept.), Susan Shay-Johnson (B/F Health Dept.), Jerry Tyler (B/F Health Dept Richland), Pat Underwood (B/F Crisis Response Unit), Judith Dirks (Catholic Family & Child Services), Juli Davis (Chinook Campfire), Patti Benton (ECEAP), Nita Sullivan (FARE), Debi Yadao (Kennewick Housing Authority), Susan Thornton (League of Women Voters), Colleen Kandle (Lutheran Social Services), Sally Butler (Planned Parenthood), Bruce McComb (RECA Foundation), Melanie Ogryzek (RYSC), Carole Fingerson (Neurological Center), Roger Krebs (TC Residential Svcs), Coleen Drinkard (Volunteer Center).

The meeting was called to order by Sally Butler at 8:30 am.

Program: Alan Kowalski, Home Base RAP (Recreational Activities Program) - City of Kennewick, Parks & Recreation. Volunteers for the program are needed - every Friday and Saturday from 7:00 - 10:30 PM. For more information or to receive a Volunteer Packet, call 585-4293.

Introductions/announcements (summarized):

Note: Member's list with addresses, phone numbers, fax, e-mail is updated monthly and posted on the WWW at https://www.tcfn.org/hsc. Or call Bruce McComb at 543-2910 to have a copy faxed to you.

• Sally Butler. A bill is pending in the Legislature regarding contraceptives and insurance coverage. They need to be covered. Sally has a fact sheet on this topic (for example: 97% of large group plans cover prescriptive benefits, yet half exclude prescriptive contraceptives.)

• Pat Underwood. Sweet Adeline's annual show is coming up. The group is now open to teenage girls.

• Melanie Ogryzek. Still has 3 more slots to fill in RYSC for the period through October, 1999. Also recruiting for next year.

• Nita Sullivan. Thursday, February 18, 7 - 8:30 pm, White Bluffs Meeting Room at Kadlec Medical Center. Dr Wing Chau, M.D. will conduct an Acupuncture Community Health Education session on "Acupuncture Helping Backpain". Call 943-4517 for more information.

• Sandy Owen. Office is moving within Richland.. Immunization clinic last Saturday served 330 kids. 100 kids went through the eye screening..

• Jerry Tyler. Child Passenger Safety Advocacy Training scheduled for February 17^th, 8:30 - 12:30 at Kadlec Medical Center. Call her for more information on this and other associated programs and issues.

• Colleen Kandle. Rally on the Capitol Steps! Human Services Day, Thursday, March 11 from Noon - 1:00 pm. Call Colleen or (206) 694-5778 for more.

• Carole Fingerson. Sunday, February 7 at 1:30 pm at the Richland library - come learn about issues of Long Term Care.

• Colleen Drinkard. She is the new director of the Volunteer Center. Gayle has moved on to the Tri-City Herald but is still a board member for the Center. Riverfest is June 12.

• Dotti Walton-Luglan. Daffodil Days 99 is accepting orders through February 19. The flowers will be available March 8. Adult advocacy day was last week in Olympia. Tomorrow (2/4/99), 3 busloads of youth will go to Olympia.

• Ed Frost. March 9th is bond day for Kennewick School District and others. The KSD $25 million bond will renovate Kamiakin and Edison, provide for additional technology, and build a new recreational facility that will be jointly funded by the city of Kennewick and KSD. Get out and vote on March 9^th!

• Roger Krebs. Moved that the HSC send a letter to the Legislators urging them to increase the budget up to the 601 cap. The motion was seconded and approved by all. Roger needs input on how the 21 million (601 level) might be spent to help your organizations and serve your clients. Fax your comments to Roger at 783-3091 or call him for more information.

• Julie Davis. Brought candy! March 18th is kid day. She will have more details at next month's meeting on this letter writing campaign.

• Patti Benton. Advocated last week in Olympia re the needs in this area of low income families. ECEAP Kennewick was 1 of 8 preschools in country to recently receive an international award for their program.

• Sue Thornton. 6:00pm, 2/4/99 is the steering committee meeting for "2000: Year of Our Children" at the United Way Building. The Benton Franklin Dispute Resolution Center is now operational. Theresa Meade is the Executive Director (phone: 783-3325).

• Judy Dirks. Catholic Family and Child Service has staff member Maria Vera who went Washington, D.C. with two parent leaders on a grant from Parents Anonymous. In Washington State they are known as Parents Trust for Washington Children. There are 3 Latino support groups in Tri Cities under the Catholic Family umbrella. They are so large at this time that we are looking for a way to start a 4th group. There is also a need for an English support group.

• Sally Butler. All letters and glue have been sent to the Legislators. Feedback letters from Loveland and Delvin were passed around. Thank you letters went out to all who participated in the Christmas program. Will continue to send meeting announcements to TC Herald. Following is the schedule (so far) for the rest of the year:

March 3 Open

April 7 Update on Dispute Resolution Center

May 5 Update on Community Health & Safety Networks

June 2 Legislator’s for session summary?

July 7 No Meeting

Aug. 4 Success by Six?

Sept. 1 open

Oct. 6 open

Nov. 3 open

• Update and revise the 1992 Human Services Coalition pamphlet. Get cost estimate and format and content information finalized. Uses: membership recruitment and community education.
• Make a trip to Olympia to lobby legislators on behalf of the Human Services Coalition before the end of April.
• Form links with other organizations that have long term goals that are consistent with HSC’s mission. Actively seek out opportunities to co-sponsor meaningful events with these organizations rather than ‘inventing’ our own event.
• Recognize what other organizations are doing in our community and seek ways to support them.
• Design a card or folded tent card that possibly states the HSC mission and a line saying ‘We are a participating Human Services Coalition Member. This card could be used at events like Family-A-Fair for organizations to place on the table at their booth.
• Create a banner with our mission and name that could also be used at events like Family-A-Fair, or for a speaker/organization in the community that is addressing a HSC concern.
• Place our meeting notices in the Tri-City Herald every month.
• Approach the Regional Youth Service Corp and inquire if they would be willing to work with us by lending a volunteer to be responsible for such things as meeting notices to the newspaper, working on pamphlet, etc. In lieu of payment we could make a donation to RYSC such one scholarship per year or a flat donation amount.

Treasurers Report: Previous balance - $3882.88, Income - $25.00, Expenses - $239.34. New Balance - $3668.54. $200.00 was provided to the RYSC hosted teen parenting program at TRITECH.

January 6, 1999 Minutes were approved by all.

9:50 am - adjourned.

Submitted by, Bruce McComb, Secretary