Carole Touchinski
Project Coordinator Alger - Marquette Collaborative
[email protected]
Alger Marquette Human Service Coordinating Body Help! Any one have any information on the following:

1. Looking for information on "Check Point Parenting."
2. The Alger Marquette Collaborative is considering submitting a barrier buster on FIA's ability to direct contract with a public agency, but not with a private agency. This concern came from our CP/CP stakeholders workgroup. The group wants a private agency to provide the services, although this can be done it has to go through a tremendous amount of hoops. If the stakeholders workgroup would agree to public agency many of the barriers would not exist. The issue is much bigger than the CP/CP project. Anyone have similar experiences?

Bill Winkler
[email protected]
I am in the process of forming an organization whose purpose is to accumulate a data base on all parent education classes throughout the state by location, content of material, creating a 1-800 # and a public relations/marketing plan to make that information easily accessible. I need to know if I am reinventing the wheel. Please contact me at [email protected] with any help or comments.

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Peggy Hendrickson
[email protected]
Does anyone know of a funding source for a community-based latchkey program? If so, please advise. Thanks
Peggy Hendrickson
AuSable Valley CMH
P.O. Box 310
Tawas City, MI 48764
Phone: 517/362-8636
Fax: 517/362-7800

To those interested in latchkey programming funds--you may wish to contact Marianne Kugler, Ph.D. at the Mott Foundation. A new round of their large-scale national initiative on after school programming will be rolled out early next year. Her office can be reached at 810/238-5651.

Krista Hausermann
[email protected]
Has anyone developed criteria to determine if an interagency group should be a workgroup of the mpcb? We are going to discuss this at our mpcb meeting on Jan. 4th. Please send responses to Krista Hausermann, [email protected]. I am an mpcb coordinator. Thanks.

Lisa Lund
MPCB staff in Montcalm County.
[email protected]. (517) 831-5261.
Twice a year, we hold an event called "Let's Talk." It is a 2-3 hour session that builds relationships between Pastors and Human/Community Service providers. For our April session, we would like to do a small panel discussing the real and imagined barriers of the separation of "church and state" in regards to community development/collaboration. We would like a couple people from outside Montcalm County (pastor and human service staff) to discuss positive relationships and efforts based on such collaboration. I know there are many efforts in the Holland/Muskegon area. I would like to invite anyone to give me names of people you think would be good examples and would be willing and able to come to Montcalm County to share their experiences. Thanks for your assistance.

Mandy Herman
Tuscola County's MPCB
[email protected]
With the new restrictions on SF/SC dollars we are finding that the funding consumer involvement within the Administrative line item is cut drastically this year. With consumer involvement being so important we are looking for any other funding sources. We are also working on a countywide Workplace/ Home Visitors Safety workgroup, if anyone has one within their county we like to know what type of activities that have been sponsored or are being planned. If you have any information, ideas, or suggestions on these topics. Please contact me [email protected] or at 517-674-0060. Thank you.

The Michigan Transit Coalition is a new umbrella organization put together to educate and advocate for public transit. We are seeking any and all individuals and organizations who have a stake in transit and who are willing to join in working to ensure public transit is an integral part of all transportation planning and funding.
If you are interested, please e-mail the Coalition at
[email protected].
More information will be provided to those who respond.

I am curious about what new and innovative school-based drug and alcohol prevention programs (education and others) are finding success among middle and high school students. Please respond to [email protected]

Betsy Wesselhoft
HSCB Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Gogebic County has formed a workgroup which is targeting the prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & Fetal Alcohol Effects as its focus. Please respond if you have information on efforts which have been effective in reducing the incidence of FAS/FAE, particularly those efforts which have a community based focus as opposed to a school based emphasis. Thanks!

Pam Zappala
[email protected]
Gratiot-Isabella Regional Education Service District (GIRESD)
I am looking for any local, state, national, international, interplanetary-<whoops>, models of community-based recreation. Am looking for "paradigms"; and any conceptual definitions, e.g., mission statements, key objectives, parameters and action steps to develop would be appreciated. Of particular help would be examples of "reporting tools" about community recreational needs assessments and assets. E-mail as noted above, or send to Pam Zappala, GIRESD, PO310, Ithaca, MI 48847.

Melissa Sjogren
Roscommon MPCB Staff
[email protected]
With funding from SF/SC and the County Commission, Roscommon County completed a recreation plan through MSU in the past year. The outcome of that effort is a county and township supported Recreation Plan/Program. I think that the technical assistance from MSU was not just on process but specific to community recreation development. Contacting the new County Recreation Coordinator, Steve Patterson 517.275.5043, might be of some value.

This is a follow-up on Mary's "Blueprints for Violence Prevention" information projects. Center for the study and prevention of violence is offering funding for more than 50 sites nationwide for training and technical assistance for the 10 programs they research-based endorse. Please see www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints for more information or to get an information/application packet. Or call (303) 443-3297.

Respond to: Gratia Karmes at [email protected]
I am wondering if anyone out there, who may also work with and for the CMH board, has specific ideas on strategic planning methods which work, and people who might be hired as consultants to do such strategic planning for boards. Also, is anyone aware of a CMH using paid consumers as "consumer navigators"; someone who helps new consumers find their way through the maze of services (and obstacles to service). I think this is also sometimes called an ombudsman position; I am looking for places where consumers themselves are in this position. Please let me know any ideas you may have. Thanks

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