GC TEEN PREGNANCY

PREVENTION COALITION

Minutes of January 22,1998

The next meeting of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition will be Thursday March 26, 1998 at 4:00PM in Room 315 of the Continuing Education Building at Garrett Community College. The public is invited to attend.

Present: Earleen Beckman, Sue Athey-Oxford, Charlene Bennett, Loretta Kiedrowski, Mary Rosser, Charles Bowman, Charlotte Sebold, Brenda McCartney, Kendra Todd

I. Announcements

A. Active Adults and Children Talking (AACT) Training
The training, scheduled for February 10, is open to any Coalition member interested in attending.
Goal 2: Secure and provide accurate information regarding teen pregnancy to the TPPC and the community.
Goal 2/Objective 2: Increase community awareness of teen pregnancy issues and sexually transmitted diseases.

B. Children’s Health Initiative
On February 2d, representatives from OCYF will be meeting with Dr. Wasserman to discuss funding for the Children’s Health Initiative. The Initiative is a proposed health insurance program for low-income families.

C. Hall of Fame
Nominations for women to be inducted into the Hall of Fame are due by February 6th.

II. Updates

A. Baby Think It Over
The Northern High School cheerleaders will be taking the dolls to a basketball game and keeping them over the weekend. The Republican newspaper will do an article.
Goal 2/Objective 2: Increase community awareness of teen pregnancy issues and sexually transmitted diseases.

B. ICAPPP Grant
The Local Management Board has approved $5000 to the grant application. The Governor’s Council on Adolescent Pregnancy has verbally approved the $10,000 grant application although written approval has not yet been received.

C. Annual Conference on Teen Pregnancy and Parenting
Earleen distributed handouts from the conference. Michelle Zollner and Linda Wengard attended the conference.
Goal 2/Objective 3: Get information to adults and teens regarding 1) knowledge about birth control and 2) access to birth control, including abstinence.

III. Action Plan

Coalition members reviewed the action plan matrix and suggested changes. **SEE ATTACHED. **Note: copies of the TPPC strategic plan are available from Earleen Beckman at 301-334-8111 or send an E-mail request to Healthed@gcnet.net

Goal 3: Develop and implement the TPPC’s comprehensive strategic plan for county specific interventions to prevent teen pregnancy.
Goal 3/Objective 1: Refine and expand the action plan to address each of the objectives in goals 1 & 2.
Objective 1- Increase community awareness
Dr. McCartney suggested including in the steps "Support GC Public Schools efforts in preventing teen pregnancy."

A public relations committee was formed. Members include Dr. McCartney, Earleen, Mary Jane Berry, Loretta, Charlene, Sue, and Paul. The committee will develop newspaper articles and radio psa’s and publish the newsletter. All material to include the newsletter must be presented to the Coalition before being published. The meeting minutes will include all proposed articles and draft newsletter. Coalition members will review the proposed articles and call in changes to the PR committee.

This document is an unofficial electronic version of meeting notes. The GC Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition reviewed these notes on February 26, 1998 and approved web-site posting in good faith with the understanding that the coalition is not to be held liable for any unintended inaccuracies.

Questions or comments may be directed to Earleen Beckman at 301-334-8111 or 301-895-3111. Send E-mail querys to Healthed@gcnet.net

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