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Ward 7 Safe & Drug-Free Communities Coalition Meeting
January 7, 2016
Suggested Remarks for Deborah Jones
Fiscal AgentReport Deborah Jones, Executive Dir.
Washington East Foundation
I am happy to report that the Washington East Foundation
submitted to SAMHSA, on
December 17, 2015, the corrective action plan, developed jointly
by WEF and the
Coalition to address specific deficiencies and concerns,
identified by SAMHSA,
involving the Coalitions Drug-Free Community grant.
SAMHSA has acknowledged receipt of the plan and initial review.
We now await
SAMHSAs formal response.
Interim Chair Report Deborah Jones
I want to once again thank all those who attended the Coalitions
retreat held on
December 5 at the East River Family Strengthening
Collaborative.
Special thanks to Mae Best who hosted the retreat and provided a
lovely setting and
delicious luncheon for our event.
The retreat gave us the opportunity to finalize the corrective
action plan, a process that
has involved several months of assessment, meetings, engaging a
facilitator to
interview and meet with key Coalition leaders and
representatives of community
organizations.
I am proud to say I believe we as a Coalition fully addressed
each and every specific
deficiency of concern to SAMHSA, and that we are now positioned
to move forward as
a stronger and more inclusive organization. Practically, we have
integrated what is
necessary into the 2015-16 Action. Plan as we will talk about
later in the meeting.
During the past month we have recruited two new Ward 7 leaders
to fill Sector Lead
positions that were either vacant or inactive. Ms. Vickey
Nelson, our new Parent Sector
Lead is here tonight. Welcome, Ms. Nelson.
