Madison County Priorities Council

Membership

Workgroups of the Priorities Council

Agendas

Minutes

Strategic Planning Process

2006 Meeting Schedule

The Madison County Priorities Council was formed in 1998 following the submission of the 1998 Community Health Assessment and community priority setting. The council is composed of governmental, non-profit, hospital, and college representatives who meet bi-monthly to address priority health concerns and plan collaborative interventions to improve the health of county residents. The council has several workgroups addressing specific priority issues that were identified in 1998 or have emerged since that time. This group in collaboration with the Madison County Health Department, is involved in setting the health priorities for the county and developing strategies to address gaps in services and programming. Members of the priorities council use data from the Madison County Community Health Assessment in their planning processes. Data has been used by both hospitals to prepare hospital community service plans. In addition data from assessment process was used during the Communities that care planning process. Madison County has participated in a regional assessment process with other counties through SUNY. The participating counties will be convening a meeting in the spring to set regional priorities and explore regional approaches to priority issues. Members of the Priorities Council will be asked to participate in this planning session.

Priorities Council Membership

BRiDGES, Madison County Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Inc.

Colgate University

Community Action Program for Madison County

Community Memorial Hospital

Consumer Services

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Madison County

Family Ties Network, Inc.

Liberty Resources, Inc.

Madison-Cortland ARC

Madison County Department of Health

Madison County Department of Social Services

Madison County Employment and Training

Madison County Head Start

Madison County Mental Health Department

Madison County Office for the Aging, Inc.

Madison County Planning Department

Madison County Youth Bureau

Madison-Herkimer WIC

Oneida Healthcare Center

Planned Parenthood of the Mohawk Valley, Inc.

The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Workgroups of the Priorities Council

Youth: Two youth workgroups report to the Council - Madison County’s Promise and the Youth Violence Prevention Task Force. Madison County’s Promise- the Alliance for Youth is a collaboration of more than 45 partner agencies, organizations, and individuals committed to positive youth development in Madison County. This partnership began in June of 2002 when more than 60 individuals from the public and private sector began the Communities that Care process. The community partnership board that formed from this process decided to apply to America’s Promise to become a Community of Promise and was notified in December 2002 that the application had been approved. The county has completed all of the components of the Communities That Care (CTC) trainings. The CTC process increased collaboration and networking and was instrumental in our county receiving a Drug Free Communities Support Program grant through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. This grant funds a project coordinator and youth programming in the community. The group has reviewed Madison County data and community resources and is developing the community plan to address prioritized risk factors for youth. The long range plan is to use data about risk and protective factors, and resources and strengths to expand, enhance, and create programs in Madison County. Four workgroups have been formed to focus on key issues: availability of drugs, alcohol and tobacco use, family management problems, and alienation and rebelliousness.

The Youth Violence Prevention Task Force was developed to address problems with youth violence. In 2001 this group formed after viewing a satellite videoconference regarding youth violence. The Task Force is comprised of 35 members including schools, nonprofits organizations, and governmental agencies. This group has piloted programs in schools to address youth violence issues and holds a recognition event for youth who have overcome difficult situations.

Living Well Partnership: The Living Well Partnership promotes healthy lifestyles and addresses behavioral risk factors for obesity, such as inactivity and poor nutrition. The county had a very active Healthy Heart Coalition that evolved into this workgroup when the funding cycle for the Healthy Heart grant was completed. There are subcommittees that are working on the objectives of the Eat Well Play Hard grant that Madison County has recently received, including a campaign for TV Turnoff Week, a Childhood Obesity Conference and Shape up Madison County, which is addressing childhood obesity through family education.

Aging Workgroup: This workgroup is addressing the needs of the aging population in Madison County. Surveys of needs for the elderly have been performed. One of the focuses is on the aging baby boomers in the county and the demands for health and human services that this demographic trend will place on the county.

Early Childhood Committee: This group was formed to address the social and emotional needs of children 0-5 years in Madison County. The mission of the Early Childhood Committee (ECC) is to identify and work toward providing needed services and resources to the underserved population of children less than six years of age in Madison County who exhibit severe emotional behavioral or psychiatric problems including co-occurring disorders. The ECC has convened monthly for one year and is made up of representatives from governmental agencies, school districts, and not-for-profit social services agencies.

Southern Madison County Community Services Building Committee: The 1998 Community Health Assessment identified a need for services to be available to county residents in the southern part of Madison County. A grant was submitted for a resource center but funding was not received. At the present time non-profit agencies are looking for shared office space in the southern end of the county. Most county agencies are located in the north end of the county and there is an interest in providing health and human services in the southern rural part of the county due to the difficulties with transportation.

Agendas

December 2005

April 2006

Minutes

December 2005 minutes

Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning Outline

Mission and Vision Statement

Session 1: Summary

Session 2: Planning

2006 Meeting Schedule