Northwest Regional Intersectoral Committee (Northwest RIC)
Basement Boardroom, Battlefords Union Hospital, 10092 – 107th Street, North Battleford 1:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. , January 20, 2014
Present: Pat Bauer (Volunteer Chair), Karen Martens, Karen Weran, Kathleen Link, Herb Sutton, Tamara Young, Donna Johnston Genest, Kerry Bailey, Mary Fraser, Tavia Laliberte
Regrets: Kevin Kusch, Gary Nolin, Jennifer Williamson, Randy Fox, Ken Rutten, Vikki Smart
Agenda Item/Notes Discussion/Action/Timeline
Welcome and Introductions to all those present Regrets as noted above.
Special thanks to Pat for volunteering to chair the meeting
Welcome to Tavia Laliberte, CEO, North West Regional College, and new to the RIC table
Business Arising from Meeting Minutes, August 17,
2013 Pat reviewed highlights from meeting minutes – confirmed that RICs/SIMS Forum for Oct. 3/13 was postponed by SIMS
a. Review/accept meeting minutes Herb/Karen M. moved to accept meeting minutes. Carried.
Karen to circulate Tamara’s contact information to RIC members b. Building Partnerships to Reduce Crime
– Herb advised that the proposed application to
Northwest RIC for funding is on hold pending support from the province; and, provided a verbal update regarding the North Battleford HUB
- No further action required by Northwest RIC re: application for funding - Collection of human service agencies meeting every Tuesday/Thursday from 9 – 2:30 – huge time commitment - very impressed with the work @ the HUB table, strong relationships, very professionals, situations get dealt with outside of the HUB and ensures risk factors are addressed
- working with the provincial people to have access to data/to understand the impact of the investment (time/resources) – completed re-orientation training, hosted a barbeque to promote awareness, relationship building within agencies
- Kevin Steinborn (Municipal Fire Dept.) has replaced Jim Toye as co-chair for the HUB
- Lloydminster and Meadow Lake HUBs - Orientation training has been provided by the province
- Deferred to next meeting when Gary is available
- Lloydminster/Meadow Lake HUBs are welcome to contact Herb if they have any questions about the Battlefords HUB
c. Early Childhood Development:
- Dr. Jean Clinton, Lloydminster May 12 & Spiritwood May 13
- Northwest RIC has committed to fund Spiritwood, however, reduced $s due to the changes to the CIF adjudication process – Spiritwood Literacy has applied to the CIF to fund Dr. Clinton (confirmation 1st week of April) – community planning committee interested in hosting Dr. Clinton as well as offering supper – Karen W. to touch base with the Sask. Prevention Institute - telephone conferencing with other communities & Dr. Clinton is planned for January 28
- Lloydminster & Area Early Years Coalition Mary advised that the SEED grant from the province of Alberta was used by
the end of September – the group will continue to meet once/month (except for the summer months) – focusing on promotion/awareness including signage on bus stops – outstanding results from hosting Dr. Clinton and looking forward to hosting again
- NW Early Childhood Coalition (NWECC) Forum,
February 4, Battleford
- Herb/Pat moved to have the Muttart Foundation, “Children and Families in the New Saskatchewan: A Discussion of Early Learning and Child Care” be used to guide discussion at the NWECC Forum. Carried
d. Review October – December, 2013, ¼ report and finalize format
- the target population is for RIC members for sharing with agency staff (members are following through) and for RIC to use as a resource to complete the one-pagers for SIMS – the format connects to the provincial goals and tells us what is being done – interest in ‘outcomes’ and like the preamble – use the draft format including the 4 SIMS Goals, plus, a 5th Goal: Communication and Relationship Building and add the website address – good conversation inclusive of new members
Note: the ¼ report included the following parking lot questions. “What leeway/What authorities do RIC members have regarding complex needs cases? How might Northwest RIC strengthen a regional framework for complex needs cases?
- process for sharing of information – what is an agency’s responsibility to respond to the complex needs case protocol – who is included - what is the purpose (agencies should have already been involved & efforts exhausted) – Moose Jaw RIC has managed approx. 40 complex needs cases
Discussion deferred for Karen to discuss with co-chairs Business Arising from Planning Meeting, November
18, 2013
a. Review/accept planning meeting minutes no identified concerns with minutes as circulated
b. Review the evaluation results – what stands out for you?
3.75 rating of 5.00 that Northwest RIC values itself as a backbone agency (positive outcome) – discuss more concrete topics (attention to drilling down & listing common action)
c. Explore Poverty Reduction (#1 priority) Deferred to the next meeting for discussion (i.e.) what does poverty reduction mean, how to articulate action to reduce poverty and how to measure outcomes - Vikki will help facilitate the discussion using the Hoshin Kanri model (A3s)
New Business
a. Linking the Ministry of Education’s strategic plan to Northwest RIC
Herb provided an overview of the draft strategic plan using Hoshin Kanri model - the draft plan has been shared with principals/etc., (the
communication step is called ‘catchball’) - the handout as provided was created in 4 days with School Divisions - reviewed enduring strategies and connected the strategies to the Sask. growth plan – the strategic plan will change the way School Divisions operate – the A3s (detailed strategic plan) will be finalized September 2014 – the S.D.s plan will need help from other agencies – need to figure out ways to work together including the Sask. Child and Family Agenda – join forces to create A3s – support to do work differently – what’s different is the commitment from the province - Rivers West for Sport, Culture & Recreation recognizes a ‘fit’ with the S.D.’s strategic plan and with their efforts to connect families to sport/to the arts/to recreation activities – for more information about “district dream brokers” go to the SaskSport website @
http://www.sasksport.sk.ca/dreambrokers.
Thank you Herb & Mary for sharing information regarding Education’s strategic plan. Agenda item to be deferred to next meeting
b. Community Initiatives Fund (CIF) Program Changes - members received a copy of the letter via email from the Co-chairs to Darlene Bessey, Chairperson, CIF Board of Directors
RICs are no longer doing the regional grant adjudication review and grant funding in the amount of $17,284 to Northwest RIC will not be provided in 2014-15. The decision has been made with no further action required by Northwest RIC.
c. Memorandum of Understanding – Northwest RIC
Working Together (MOU last approved Sept. 2009, however, continued to apply the agreement)
2014 – 15 budget does not look good with the loss of the CIF grant adjudication funding – flagged the ‘office supplies’ as a pressure with the changes to the regional boundaries, Ministry of Education – Pat will explore one-time in-kind contributions and discuss with Karen. Agencies to be prepared to sign the MOU as circulated at the next RIC meeting. Agenda item deferred to next meeting.
d. 2014 – 15 RIC Meetings
- Accepted recommendations based on results
from survey completed by RIC members January 15, 2014
- Meeting dates for 2014 – 15 are: April 14, 2014
June 9, 2014 August 11, 2014 December 8, 2014
Recommendations are:
- Meet 4x/year with opportunity to call special meetings as needed
- Meeting times: 1:15 – 3:30 p.m.
- Meet the 2nd Monday of the month
- Meet face-to-face 3 of 4 meetings and 1 of 4 try video conferencing RIC Members asked to prioritize meeting dates
- RICs/SIMS Spring Forum, April 3, 2014,
Regina
Karen has volunteered to help with the logistics RIC Co-Chairs/Coordinators are invited to attend
Round Table Herb
- Education plan is a priority right now, excited about the sector plan
- will be retiring, June 30, 2014
Kathleen
- Janice Kennedy, Director, retired December 31, 2013
Vikki (joined the meeting @ 3:00 p.m.)
- maternal mental health is key - early childhood development really starts with Mom
Karen M.
- looking forward to hosting Dr. Jean Clinton
Mary
- schools mobilized around the theme, “Hockey Day in Canada”
Kerry
- working with communities to have recreation boards up and running (i.e.) Red Pheasant target date January 29, 2014
- supporting the Sask. In Motion Moving Together Symposium, Meadow Lake, January 30, 2014
Round Table cont’d Donna
- current focus is the Saskatchewan Winter Games, February 16 – 22, 2014, Prince Albert
Tamara
- Urban Aboriginal Funding Strategy ends March 31, 2014 and await future direction
- going on maturity leave, May 2014
Tavia
- Meadow Lake campus is in its 2nd full year of providing student housing - excited to participate in forums like Northwest RIC – great to make the
connections – thank you for including the College
Pat
- attention to the Labour Market Agreement with Federal Government & to supporting employment (i.e.) #s of jobs, matching skills sets with what employers want, etc.
