SSAC - Response, Recovery, and Innovation Committee Agenda and Minutes - 02/29/24

Agenda

February 29, 2024

1:00 PM

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  1. Welcome
  2. Public Participation *
  3. Approval of Meeting Minutes: September 26, 2023
  4. Housekeeping
    1. Welcome New Members
    2. Preference for 2024 Meeting Dates
  5. Discussion of Survey and Community Feedback/Networking Event with Representatives from Northwestern CORNERS and DHS Office of Firearm Violence Prevention 
  6. Adjournment

* If you would like to submit a public comment, please email your comment to Clare.Fisher@illinois.gov by 8:00 AM on Thursday, February 29, 2024.

Minutes

Committee Members in Attendance: Mary Camper, Co-Chair, Reestablishing Hope; Jodi Martin, Co-Chair, Boys & Girls Club of Livingston County / Prairie Central; Frances Reyes, The Center for Prevention of Abuse; AJ French, Gift of Voice

Committee Members Not in Attendance; Bela Mote, Carole Robertson Center for Learning; Dayo Adenekan, CILA Corporations

IDHS Staff in Attendance: Clare Fisher, SSAC Administrative Liaison; Quiwana Bell, Office of Firearm Violence Prevention; Reshma Desai, Bureau of Violence Prevention

Members of the Public in Attendance: Adri Denbroeder, Northwestern CORNERS; Katie Pelech, Northwestern CORNERS; Earl Granberry, Chicago CRED

  1. Welcome
    1. Motion from Fran Reyes to open the meeting, seconded by Mary Camper
  2. Public Participation
    1. None received.
  3. Approval of Meeting Minutes: September 26, 2023
    1. Motion to approve from Fran Reyes, seconded by Jodi Martin.
  4. Housekeeping
    1. Welcome New Members
    2. Preference for 2024 Meeting Dates
      1. AJ French requested that the 4th Thursday of the month generally does not work
  5. Discussion of Survey and Community Feedback/Networking Event with Representatives from Northwestern CORNERS and DHS Office of Firearm Violence Prevention
    1. Co-Chair Camper reminded the committee of its charge to: \
      1. Gather key lessons learned and trends from times of crisis impacting Illinoisans.
      2. Identify potential gaps in programs, services, and coordination and recommendations for improving IDHS' preparedness for future emergencies.
      3. Draw on relevant evidence-based approaches and models to suggest improvements to specific policies, procedures, and best practices.
      4. Bring forth community concerns to inform development of effective quality measures, performance indicators, and evaluation methods that are person-centered and equitable.
    2. Survey from CRED and CORNERS discussion
      1. Quiwana Bell provided some context on OFVP's efforts to engage RPSA grantees.
        1. Research partner UIC has already developed a survey that is similar to the one from CORNERS. OFVP is happy to share those results with the SSAC for their feedback.
        2. OFVP also hosts a monthly meeting with grantees to solicit their input.
          1. SSAC members are welcome to join the meetings.
      2. Mary Camper was not aware of these efforts by OFVP, the committee has been aiming to fulfill their charge with the survey and community event efforts.
      3. Northwestern CORNERS was commissioned to do the survey to identify funding and administrative-related concerns from RPSA grantees.
      4. Quiwana Bell shared that the goal of the UIC-developed survey is to hear from grantees on how they can best supported by OFVP
    3. Live Survey Walk Through
      1. Reshma Desai clarified that the communities targeted for the survey of RPSA grantees are only RPSA community areas
      2. Program Implementation Challenges
        1. AJ French pointed out that systemic barriers, bureaucracy are a challenge to program implementation.
        2. Mary Camper and Reshma Desai agreed with this statement.
        3. Katie Pelech from Northwestern CORNERS suggested adding an option like "Challenges related to external program referrals (e.g., availability of or access to outside services when participants are referred for services outside my organization)"
        4. Earl Granberry asked Reshma Desai asked is the UIC survey also includes the same questions as those developed by UIC. Reshma Desai offered to follow up after closer review.
        5. Jodi Martin asked if it is possible to shorten the survey at all
        6. The committee reviewed the remainder of the survey and did not have any feedback.
  6. Adjournment
    1. Motion to adjourn by AJ French, seconded by Fran Reyes.