CHANGE OF LOCATION
Due to a scheduling conflict the Pikes Peak Interagency Transition Team Monthly meeting in October only will be held at Pikes Peak BOCES.
New location: 2883 S. Circle Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80906
Please do not park in the bus lanes in front of the school.
There is ample parking elsewhere in the parking lot.
Enter the building in the back in the doors under the sign that says Pikes Peak BOCES Administration
The meeting room is upstairs and the first door on your right.
Hope to see you then.
Sonya Teigen
Transition Coordinator/IEP and Enrich Coordinator
Pikes Peak BOCES
(719)380-6255-office
(719)380-9685-fax
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Many thanks to Katie Ueberroth (now with Ute Pass BOCES) for compiling and submitting minutes immediately following the most recent meeting!
PPITT Monthly Meeting 9/21/17
Facilitator: Grant Langdon (SWAP)
Note taker: Katie Ueberroth (Ute Pass BOCES)
Carolyn Kalaskie – El Paso County Public Health
- Cancer Benefits
- Community Health Partnerships
- People who have Medicaid benefits are not using them.
- Tell individuals about Medicaid benefits offered.
- Carolyn will come to meetings to present information to families.
- RICO – Medicaid Gold Card
- Navigators will help them enroll.
- For families who don’t like their doctor
- Accepting new Medicaid patients
- Blue Card – card from public health family planning clinic. Will only see people who can still have children. Only accept Medicaid. Services – pap smears, breast exam, no mammograms, pregnancy testing, pregnancy counseling in the DHS building. Minors are treated for free and adults can be treated on a sliding scale. STDs treated. Long acting reversible birth control. Accept walk-ins. Arm implants and IUDs.
- Catch clinics – see anyone who cannot afford to pay co-pays or deductibles.
- Mission Medical clinic free – physical, mental health, eye glasses, Zennioptical.com $6.95 per glass with current prescription.
- Dream Centers For Women – clinic for women on Academy and Montebello – gynecological services
- Gardasil shot for boys and girls
- Cancer screening – only 4 screenings available
Patrice Ravenscroft and Renee Evans – Reach Pikes Peak
- Serve 12,000 community members
- United Way
- 3 offices – downtown, Fountain, Calhan
- Non age or zip code restrictive
- Open 8-4:30
- Anchor program – FSS – rental assistance, bus passes, cope, budget counseling, rent assistance
- Tip – transition to independence – postsecondary education
- Help with utilities or rent
- Help with books and tuition
- 75-80% assistance with tuition
- Savings program – adults – matching funds
- Savings program – youth at risk –
- Low income
- YES – high school students at risk
- Opportunity to save money
- Must graduate from high school to match savings
- Largest direct service provider in area – goal is to stabilize families
Agency updates
- Grand Master Chae: Du Myon Martial Arts –
163 students participated in library program – partnered with the Independence Center for a grant - PPLD brought Explorers program.
April 19, 2018 PPITT Resource Fair
- Budget – no one knows because new person who replaced Hannah is unknown
- Resource Fair room is reserved.
- 3 presenters:
- Employment
- Day program
- Life skills
- Booths set up by agencies
- SWAP/DVR, ARC and TRE presenters
- Scheduled time – 3 sessions 45 minutes each
- Kendra asking Ginger Stringer to present for TRE
- Serina at DVR to present – Grant will contact
- Connie or Conner from ARC present – Grant will contact
- Expenses/Budget
- Pizza from AspenPointe
- No outside food permitted
- Free food for participants
- Interpreters
- Advertising
- Printing
- Banner
- Carol V. starting up a marketing and advertising committee
- Would like at least 50 tables/agencies Agencies can purchase more than one table for different services within agency
- Bob West manages Eventbrite – Sonya will contact Bob
- Districts can donate printing: Resource Guide.
- Dungarvin will provide re-useable bags.
- Pizza from AspenPointe
- October CSDB event: White Cane Day in Acacia Park
- Update Sign in Sheet – ask Cindy Powell
Note: Meeting Sign in Sheet = Mail Chimp subscribers. Those who want to be included on Meeting Sign in Sheet should subscribe to Mail Chimp notifications: org/email-signup/
Next meeting October 19, 2017
Facilitator: Jaime Harrell
Note Taker: Volunteer needed!
Important Notice-Change of location for October 19th meeting
CHANGE OF LOCATION
Due to a scheduling conflict the Pikes Peak Interagency Transition Team Monthly meeting in October only will be held at Pikes Peak BOCES.
New location: 2883 S. Circle Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80906
Please do not park in the bus lanes in front of the school.
There is ample parking elsewhere in the parking lot.
Enter the building in the back in the doors under the sign that says Pikes Peak BOCES Administration
The meeting room is upstairs and the first door on your right.
Hope to see you then.
Sonya Teigen
Transition Coordinator/IEP and Enrich Coordinator
Pikes Peak BOCES
(719)380-6255-office
(719)380-9685-fax
Large print minutes attached
