April 15, 2022 Agenda

Weld County Human Services Advisory Commission

Quarterly Meeting
Meeting: April 15 , 2022

Commission Members:

• Elizabeth Barber
• Stacey Casteel
• Stephanie Foos
• Stephanie Gausch
• Stanley Graffis
• Jodi Hartmann
• Amanda Hartshorn
• Enita Kearns-Hout
• Rebecca Lorenz
• Tammy Phillips
• Lori Saine
• Lisa Taylor
• Tom Teixeira
• Adam Turk
• Melanie Woolman

Human Services Staff:

• Jamie Ulrich, Director
• Tami Grant, Deputy Director
• Julie Witkowski, Family Resource Division Head
• Karin Crandall, Outreach Manager
• Tobi Cullins, Employee Development Coordinator

Agenda

8:00-8:15 Breakfast/Networking

8:15-8:30 Presentation: Weld Food Bank (Stephanie Gausch, Chief Development Officer)

8:30-8:35 Introductions

8:35-8:40 Review Minutes from January 21, 2022 (Vote Required)

8:40-8:45 Child Abuse Prevention Month (Julie Witkowski)

8:45-9:00 Community Services Block Grant (Karin Crandall)

• Annual Report
• Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act and CCRD 101 Training
• COVID Funding Update – United Way Collaboration
• Financial Report

9:00-9:10 Strategic Action Team Updates

9:10-9:20 Emergency Rental Assistance Update (Megan Kelly)

9:20-9:25 Contracted Services Update (Lesley Cobb)

9:25-9:45 Division Grants

• Child Welfare - Therapeutic Foster Care (Denise Suniga)
• Child Welfare - Permanency (Denise Suniga)
• Area Agency on Aging – Hill-N-Park (Meredith Skoglund)
• Employment Services - Reskill, Upskill, Next-Skills (RUN) (Karina Amaya-Ragland)

9:45-9:55 Youth Programs Update (Karina Amaya-Ragland)

9:55-10:10 Division Audits/Evaluations/Reports

• Family Resource - Adoption Assistance Review (Julie Witkowski)
• Child Welfare – Non-Certified Kinship Review (Julie Witkowski)
• Area Agency on Aging - Ombudsman Audit (Raegan Maldonado)

10:10-10:30 Community Updates