CMT Core Group Meeting - November 4

Community Management Team Core Group Meeting
November 4, 2010

Michelle-Child Care Resources
Service centralization has continued in Child Care Resource offices statewide, and service contracts have been awarded statewide. Missoula obtained the statewide contract for Distance Learning, but Great Falls received both of the other contracts, one for the Referral Program and one for the Legally Unregistered Provider Program. Great Falls CCR will end up hiring about 6 more staff, Missoula may end up losing some staff. Child Care Resources is working with other statewide Child Care organizations to migrate services and figure out how the centralized services will be delivered when the service transition is complete in January. CCR will be closed on for three days from November 17-21, the day they are scheduled to move to their new location in the Whitman Building downtown on Pine and Higgins at 105 East Pine. They will reopen on November 22. They will be renting the basement space in that building. There has been a huge increase recently in the legally unregistered child care providers, as people who are out of work are increasingly taking care of family or friends children rather than those children being in a registered child care establishment. A Development Director has been hired to help CCR diversify funds. There will be a Child Care Resources Fundraiser, the Connoisseur Classic, at the Loyola Center on Friday, November 12th.

Maggie-Human Resource Council
Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) has started for the year, and HRC has hired an additional 5 seasonal employees for that program. LIEAP already has 1/3 of the applications that they had for the full season last year, so the program is starting out very busy. The WIA Youth program budget came out, and only had a 5% decrease, which was a smaller decrease than expected. Although budgets have not been cut as severely, the reporting expectations are much higher, with different requirements for the county, state, and federal levels of funding. The ARRA Weatherization program is probably going to wrap up by the end of December due to the funding being used. The Rapid Re-Housing project is wrapping up also. The Sapphire Clinic is busy, they are seeing an average of 200 people each month. HRC is in the process of hiring a Manager for the Sapphire Clinic.

Monique-Lifelong Learning Center
The LLC has been struggling to fill two positions, both are part-time positions. One is for a Secretary and the other is for a Para-Educator. More information is available from the Lifelong Learning Center or the Job Service. LLC is hiring a new Language Arts Instructor, that process should be complete in the near future. Monique is on two committees looking at education and responsibilities. One is the PK20 committee, and Monique is on the Responsibilities Subcommittee. The other is the 21st Century Workforce Initiative. The new parking lot at the LLC has been completed, and the available parking has doubled, with lighting for safety.

Wolf-Missoula Job Service
Wolf has checked in with some possible presenters on Compassion Fatigue, and CMT training possibilities were discussed. Wolf hopes to have additional information about cost by our next meeting. Monique suggested using something like this training as a reward for staff, incorporating some other positive incentives with the training. We could try to have this training in the first part of February. At Job Service, the NEG OJT Grant is off to a slow start. It is difficult to find employers, employees, and jobs that all fit the criteria of the grant. Wolf reported on some of the community economic development efforts and the committees he participates in locally. The Job Service is in the process of trying to convert three temporary positions to permanent positions.

Next Meeting
The next CMT Core Group Meeting is scheduled for December 2 at 9:00 am at Job Service.