tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32601368787482669102024-03-13T05:24:33.934-07:00Rainier Vista Service ProvidersA listing of providers and events in the area of the Rainier Vista housing development.tangledeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12982126876712220065noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-87951062748517954212015-01-29T14:39:00.000-08:002015-01-29T14:39:08.273-08:00Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting Minutes<br />
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January 13, 2014 Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting Minutes<br />
Attendees: <span style="font-family: Calibri;">Courtney Powell, Roger Fujita, Andrew Gehl, Annie Pigott,
Amanda Licrorish, Jenny Allen, Grace Navarro, Lisa Uemoto, Naomi Chang, Jenny
Frankl, Julie Bryan, <span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">Kate
Farmer.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">NH Homeless Intervention Program – Assist homeless to get
employed, rental assistance, transportation<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">, housing assistance, and financial counseling.</span>
Eligibility requirements <span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">for
program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Ongoing case management<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">P-Patch – Julie manages 3 gardens in area, Dakota,
Snoqualmie, Sunrise. Wait list for spaces. Gardening
programs. Gardening 101 class on January 31<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>. Emergency
Preparedness training at P-Patch to become community hubs to help with
communication. Working with City of Seattle Office of Emergency
Management. They have interpreters to assist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rainier Vista </span>Boys and Girls Club – <span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">Amanda Licorish, Operations Director.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Club o</span>ffer<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">s</span> scholarships for SHA residents to make club
affordable to local youth or wave if they still can’t afford. <span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">Membership is only $35 a year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Youth and Teen programs.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Catholic Community Services Youth Tutoring Program – <span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">Annie Pigott; </span>50 students and
40 tutors that meet twice a week. They have 30 kids on the waitlist and
are recruiting volunteers. They serve 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> to 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
grade youth. <span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">Located in
Boys and Girls Club.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Southeast Seattle Senior Center – Kate Harkins reports they
have a lot of daily programs going on for seniors including daily lunch,
parties, classes, and more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">UW – Doing research on how City of Seattle’s new minimum
wage will impact working parents. 3 year study. Recruiting people
to share stories. Working parents who live in Seattle make below
$15. They are offering incentives to people who sign up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Housing Authority RV C</span>ommunity <span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">B</span>uilder – <span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">Lisa
Uemoto has </span>many resources and events to help connect renters and
homeowners. Lisa is working with residents on the Traffic and Safety
committee and they are applying for Neighborohood Street Fund for traffic
calming devices. <span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">Working</span>
to get support letters. 2016 implementation.<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lisa
announced she will be leaving her position the end of January to work full time
with the City.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">REWA – John is the new youth program manager. After
school tutoring for 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> to 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> grade. Job
readiness training for youth. 550 ELL students served last year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">SHA Economic Opportunity Program – Assist SHA residents to
find employment, <span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">connect to
job training and education, and other supportive services to help residents
achieve self-sufficiency.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Naomi Chang, Program Specialist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Received
funding to reach service gap for those not eligible for Obamacare, Medicare,
etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CISC offers many services for
Chinese, Vietnamese other Asian immigrants including vouchers for dental care
and vision care and interpretation and more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: dark2;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jenny Frankl – Neighborhood District
Coordinator in Southeast Seattle helps connect<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>neighbors and resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sends
out weekly email called Weekly Shake with community events and updates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>February 14 is Neighbor Appreciation
Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neighborhood Matching Fund and
Small & Simple Grants have upcoming deadlines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: dark2;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Southeast Tool Library – Sally Bailey could
not attend but wanted people to know they opened a new site in the garage at
the rear of the Genesee Apartments on MLK (behind Neighborhood House).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lend tools and have a community workshop
(to build furniture, etc.).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They need
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Neighborhood Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553790379613902152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-41888639521813462542014-04-02T16:29:00.000-07:002014-04-03T12:34:10.049-07:00Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting Minutes 4/1/14<br />
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Apartments, Seattle, WA</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Attendance:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Neighborhood House: Kate Farmer, Allison Nackel, Phung Nguyen; Jay
Gairson; Seattle Community Farm:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scott
Behmer; Habitat for Humanity: John Stovall; Seattle Housing Authority:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lisa Uemoto, Sam McQueen, Cheryl Sabin,
Courtney Powell; Genesee Apartments:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Shere’e Robinson; Horn of Africa: Natalie Eberts; Providence Elder
Place:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Corina Kroll; P-Patch: Julie
Bryan; United Healthcare; Atlantic Street Center.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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House:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Basic Food and Employment Training (BFET) program offers
free employment and training support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
be eligible clients must be receiving or eligible to receive Federal foods
stamps, resident of King County (not on TANF), at risk of losing housing in 14
days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Call Allison Nackel at
206-571-4969.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sewing Class – Every Monday (except 1<sup>st</sup> Monday)
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Affordable Health Care Act – Monday, 4/7 Neighborcare
Health will be at Neighborhood House from 9-5pm to answer questions and assist
residents to enroll.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Green Building Program, total of 23 townhomes in 2 phases
(16 homes are completed).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Homebuyers are
selected based on income (60% of less of area median income).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2014 will complete duplex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Accepting applications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Income eligible, residents pay 30% of income.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HUD housing, does not require proof of
citizenship but 1 person must be disabled over 18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have 1-2 bedrooms apartments. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For more info go to </span><a href="http://www.bellwetherhousing.org/"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">www.bellwetherhousing.org</span></span></a> or contact Shere'e Robinson at 206-725-1708.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Elder care program for people who want to live
independently in their home, assist people to remain living in their community
and home by providing <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>supportive services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clients must be over age 55 and eligible for
COPES.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Collaboration between Seattle Housing Authority and Lettuce
Link ( program of Solid Ground).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shared
gardening space, free gardening classes and children gardening opportunities. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Residents on limited budget can work at farm
and receive a free bag of groceries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Looking for volunteers to assist with their program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also they have youth interns they want to
place with service providers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Youth
tutoring at Neighborhood House on Mon-Thursday evenings from 5:30-7:30pm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3 gardens at Rainier Vista.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sunrise built last year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Negotiating to have youth groups there, have a Vietnamese group
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Received FEMA grant to become
emergency community hub so they have first aid kit, megaphone, flashlights,
etc. for community to use as way to establish hub in community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Training will occur in June for those who are
interested.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hosting bi-weekly traffic and safety walks in the community
on Mondays, next walk is Monday, 4/7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Police officers join from time to time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Walk is an opportunity to have a presence in the community and show that
residents want to get involved and address issues in community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Outreach bags – Lisa ordered plastic bags for quarterly
outreach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Service Providers can contact
Lisa about putting special event and program flyers in bags which will be
distributed to all 700 homes at<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>RV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Service Providers can pay $20 per quarter
to participate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May 15<sup>th</sup>
deadline to get flyer to Lisa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Talk
about what type of specific flyers would be accepted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contact Lisa Uemoto at </span><a href="mailto:cuemoto@seattlehousing.org"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">cuemoto@seattlehousing.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Shere’e Robinson of Genesee Apartments is hosting a
quarterly meeting with Seattle Police Department to talk about community safety
in RV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contact Shere’e at </span><a href="mailto:Genesee@bellwetherhousing.org"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">Genesee@bellwetherhousing.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> if
you want to be added to meeting list.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Open House – At last provider meeting, discussion about
service providers hosting an open house with a passport to be stamped and to
have families walk to each agency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will
put this on next agenda in June.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lisa is coordinating with Seattle Police Department Officer
Jo Jo (Robert Cambronero) to host an ice cream social on Thursday April 24<sup>th</sup>
in RV Central Park in late afternoon across from Neighborhood House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She may host another ice cream social on May
15<sup>th</sup> in Phase 3 section of RV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Goal of these socials is to build relationship with youth in the
community and get to know their families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Also promote safety and respect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Resident Safety – speeding cars are concern in the
community, remind people about road safety and look both ways before crossing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">P-Patch – have space at Dakota if people are interested in
gardening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contact Julie Bryan at
P-Patch at 206-684-0540.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Seattle Housing Authority – SHA is once again enforcing the
community service requirement for residents (if not disabled or working or in
school).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cheryl Sabin of SHA is
developing a list of volunteer activities for residents to work with local
service providers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
RV residents applied for Neighborhood Matching Fund Grant in Feb to provide financial support for neighbors to work together to host 3 major community building activities, and 10x adopt a Saturday events at the Central Park. These major community building activities are Green Fair (include gardening and food security) tentatively scheduled for 6/14/14; Multicultural Lantern Festival in Fall and a Summer Celebration for all neighbors, but hopefully led by the youth).<br />
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Greenspace –</span></b><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Working
to restore a very large parcel of land near Rainier Vista into an accessible
natural green space with bike and hiking trails.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This project has been ongoing for a few
years, and they have already made progress in cleaning up and reclaiming this
natural area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There has been some
opposition to this project but mostly positive support by the community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jay, a local resident, is hoping to spread
the word and interest about Cheasty Greenspace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He encourages residents and service providers to learn more about the
project. He is seeking support through volunteering and backing of this project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contact Jay Gairson at </span><a href="mailto:jay.gairson@maztec.org"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">jay.gairson@maztec.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> for
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as free membership to Boys and Girls Club and Food for Thought eating on a
budget with live cooking demonstrations that you can host at your event or
facility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have several health plans
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Neighborhood Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553790379613902152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-18829452835208456422014-01-28T10:21:00.000-08:002014-01-28T10:21:10.601-08:00Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting 1.21.2014Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting Minutes
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Meeting held at Tamarack Place on January 21, 2014 at 2pm.<br />
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Service Provider Attendance: Neighborhood House, P-Patch, Cheasty Greenspace, SHA RV Community Builder, Lettuce Link Community Farm, Atlantic Street Center, Bike Works, Nature Consortium, Catholic Community Services Youth Tutoring Program, Seattle Tilth.<br />
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Neighborhood House Financial Empowerment Center – New center is opening around the corner on MLK to help individuals improve their financial stability through financial counseling, assistance with debt reduction and improving credit, access to banking services and more.<br />
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Neighborhood House Homeless Intervention Program – employment case management to assist clients with job seeker access, stable housing, career building, training and tools towards self-sufficiency.<br />
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P-Patch – 3 gardens at RV. P-Patches are now connecting with Community Emergency Hub program (18 hubs), which will work to create leadership structure and bring resources and information together for emergency preparedness.<br />
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Lettuce Link Community Farm – located in RV, residents can volunteer and receive free vegetables, food is also donated to local food bank.<br />
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Bike Works- Adult and youth programs, bike repair skills. Youth can work towards earning a bike. Bike rides and summer camp for youth ages 9-17. <br />
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Joel DeYoung – RV resident and Friend of Cheasty Greenspace at Mountainview. Restoration project of 34 acres of forest restoration to transform area into place for community to enjoy. Feb 8th work party. March 25 public input meeting.<br />
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SHA RV Community builder – Feb 3 Lunar New Year Party at Neighborhood House (1-5pm open to everyone). Looking to apply for Neighborhood Matching Grant, hoping to do 4 community events for 2014. Feb 8th is Neighborhood Appreciation Day. Youth will host a pancake breakfast in the morning. Every other week, Lisa Uemoto hosts a community safety walk with residents on Monday evenings, walkers wear vests and carry flashlights.<br />
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Atlantic Street Center – ESL, computer classes, diaper distribution, Baby Shoppe. May be moving from Zion Prep to Rainier Beach in April. <br />
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Financial Resource Day – Rainier Community Center, all day event on March 22. <br />
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Nature Consortium – Free art classes for youth hosted at Neighborhood House on Wednesday and Friday afternoons.<br />
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Next Service Provider meeting will be held in March (location TBD: Atlantic Street Center?)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Attendance:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Kate Farmer, Neighborhood House; </span>Lisa
Uemoto, Seattle Housing Authority; Scott Behmer, Solid Ground; Jason Rolfe,
Catholic Community Services; Ashenafi Woldegebriel, Seattle Housing Authority;
Angie Fioretti, Refugee Women’s Alliance; Yuliya Mailyan, Providence Gamelin
House; Allison Nackel-Gaffney, Neighborhood House; Sheree Robinson, Bellwether
Housing; Phung Nguyen, Neighborhood House.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lisa discussed some of the concerns happening in the
community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Homeowner Meeting in September was held, one
renter attended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hoping to get a
planning committee to have a community forum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will reach out to service providers to work towards solutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Service Providers will be
invited to talk about youth and ensure youth voices are heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SPD community Officer is aware and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seattle Youth Violence Initiative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Encourage residents to call 911.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Residents don’t call police frequently and police don’t
respond quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Car racing issue is
new.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Traffic calming devices were
discussed but need enough people involved and tracking to make happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Small and Simple Spark grants are available through
neighborhood fund and may look into capacity building training so residents
have more tools to engage with one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Lisa is working to form steering committee with both residents and
homeowners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contact Lisa if interested
in joining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lisa is hosting safety walks
in the neighborhood every other Monday at 6pm, rain or shine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="mailto:cuemoto@seattlehousing.org">cuemoto@seattlehousing.org</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Neighborhood House BFET Program – Allison is enrolling
clients in Basic Food Employment Training (BFET) for people who are unemployed,
or underemployed or have housing instability, program provides vocational
training and support services, contact </span><a href="mailto:allisonn@nhwa.org"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">allisonn@nhwa.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">SHA – Seattle Housing Authority is hosting a Resource Fair
on October 19 from 1-5pm at Rainier Community Center highlighting <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>education, job training, employment,
homeownership, financial services, health services, door prizes and more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also in October, Seattle Housing Authority will provide
assistance a couple of days a week for clients to sign up for Affordable Health
Care act, workers will be available 2 days a week at Rainier Vista Center to
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Refugee Women’s Alliance – REWA – After school tutoring Mon-Thursday
evenings 4-6:30pm at Rainier Vista site (4443 MLK Jr. Way S) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> -8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> grade and 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>-12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
grade at Main Office (4008 MLK Jr. Way S).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Program includes<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Homework help
and tutoring, college prep, girl leadership, and more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Catholic Community Services Youth Tutoring Program at RV
Boys and Girls Club – Tutoring for 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> -12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> grade on
Monday-Thursdays evenings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do have
a wait list right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Need
volunteers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contact </span><a href="mailto:jasonr@ccsww.org"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">jasonr@ccsww.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> if interested.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>- Senior living facility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
host monthly birthday celebration and service providers are welcome to attend
to do outreach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interpreters are
available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Activities open to all,
birthday and cooking events, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="mailto:yuliya.mailyan@providence.org"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">yuliya.mailyan@providence.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Seattle Farm –Community Farm in Rainier Vista, volunteer
opportunities for residents to participate and get a bag of fresh
vegetables.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Food from farm gets
distributed to local food bank.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nature Consortium – African drumming at<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rainier Vista Center from 4-6pm on Fridays
for ages 5-19 year olds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Youth art
programs in Fall 2013 at their site in the RV Boys and Girls Club, including
teen cooking and art classes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contact
Grace Scarella at </span><a href="mailto:rainiervista@naturec.org"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">rainiervista@naturec.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mason Durfee, Neighborhood House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tanner Phillips, Neighborhood House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Allison Nackel, Neighborhood House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Carla Moreno, Nature Consortium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Abdi Faray, Assist Prop Mgr, Seattle Housing
Authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shazia Choudhary, Assist Prop
Mgr. Seattle Housing Authority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cat
Buckley, RV Boys and Girls Club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Denise
Lewis, RV Boys and Girls Club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scott
Behmer, Solid Ground Seattle Community Farm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Angie Fioretti, Refugee Women’s Alliance (REWA).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cheryl Sabin, Seattle Housing Authority.
Courtney Powell, Seattle Housing Authority, Ashenafi Woldegebriel, Seattle
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">REWA: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>free, 7-week program for youth ages 10+.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Field trips, writing, hip hop, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>June 24-Aug 8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mon-Thursday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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kids and teens this summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a
program membership fee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are
scholarships available for youth in need and sliding scale available at a very
low cost for interested youth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contact
Denise Lewis at <a href="mailto:dlewis@positiveplace.org"><span style="color: blue;">dlewis@positiveplace.org</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Monday-Friday, 12-1pm from June 24 to August 23 for youth 0-18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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July 8<sup>th</sup> at Rainier Vista Center from 1-3pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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computer lab time for adults and youth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Basic computer class and Job Search Class and weekly ESL classes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For more information contact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="mailto:Masond@nhwa.org"><span style="color: blue;">Masond@nhwa.org</span></a>.
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right down the street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Offers community
work parties, to help with weeding, planting and sharing in community
dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Work trade program available
where residents can volunteer and take food home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For more information contact Scott Behmer at <a href="mailto:scottb@solid-ground.org"><span style="color: blue;">scottb@solid-ground.org</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tanner Phillips, the Housing and Stability Manager.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Program offers both employment and housing
assistance to unemployed or underemployed who are homeless or in danger of
losing their housing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wraparound
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employment case management for individuals and families in King County
experiencing unemployment or underemployment and housing instability. Our
clients receive vocational training and support services, including food and
transportation assistance. For more information, including program eligibility,
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this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Public Health Contacts that
Courtney Powell recommended are Daphne Pie, program manager at 206-263-8389 at <a href="mailto:Dapne.pie@kingcounty.gov"><span style="color: blue;">Dapne.pie@kingcounty.gov</span></a> and Willie
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neighborhood, youth bullying in the park, drug activity, possible gang activity,
these are ongoing concerns and these issues seem to get worse in the summer
months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Providers will all refer youth
to RV youth programs for the summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lisa
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meetings going again with residents this summer and will invite service
providers to these meetings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boys and
Girls Club have an officer (Officer Cookie) who may be able to talk to the
youth about bullying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Helpful to get parents
involved, and talking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cultural
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SHA - Ready to Rent course to help people overcome barriers to rental housing, learn responsibilities as a tenant, understand landlord-tenant law, repair your credit rating, set up realistic budget, choose a neighborhood and home that meets your nees. In October 2012 the Ready to Rent course will be held at Rainier Vista Center at Neighborhood House. to register call 206-722-4010 ext. 10.<br />
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Joel Smilow Club House and Teen Center at Rainier Vista, Boys and Girls Club - annual membership is $36 but can be reduced, scholarships available. Cost can be reduced to as low as $10 year for youth that are eligible. Club offers aerobics, arts classes, drill team, torch club for 6th graders, club tech, writer workshops, drama club, knitting, tutoring and more. Officer Cookie will officer 6 month bullying workshop for youth. <br />
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Nature Consortium - arts classes at Boys and Girls Club and at Rainier Vista Center each week for youth. <br />
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REWA- native language classes, Somali. Comprehensive services for community, DV, Citizenship, ESL, legal counsel and more. Youth program 3rd - 8th grade. Main office has middle school tutoring afterschool Mon-thursday with homework and activities. Need volunteers, many Somali and Vietnamese youth.Mentoring program. Contact <a href="mailto:jennifer@rewa.org">jennifer@rewa.org</a> for more information.<br />
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Providence Gamelin, S. Robinson, Bellwether Housing, L. Horan, Neighborhood
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House – Waiting list 1-2 bedrooms for Joseph House, new building in White
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community builder – Living Room conversations are happening, coordinated by
Seattle Police Department.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will
come and meet with residents (16 residents must attend) and talk about
community concerns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They met with
Vietnamese<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>community of Rainier Vista
this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Parking issues and night time
concerns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Traffic & Safety Committee
will not meet again until September.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Multicultural Committee will meet on July 18<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rainier Vista Phase 3 is near completion,
residents will be moving into rental units this summer (110 units).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mercy Housing is going to be completed this
summer and will provide 60 units of family housing for low income
residents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harborview will come out and
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Family Self-Sufficiency program – is for people who are employed and want to
increase their salary or in school or a job training program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clients can set education or employment goals
and obtain a savings account with deposits that are set aside monthly to use
towards goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clients will receive
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goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are still taking clients for
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youth program changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Need commitment
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Mike Graham-Squire of Neighborhood House will be working with SHA to offer smoking cessation workshops at some of the larger SHA sites. King County Public Health will assist. There is a Quit Line, but that may be ending in March. Mike has also done training with NH Head Start and their FSW workers on how to talk to people about quitting smoking. More trainings will be held in the future if providers are interested. The Smoking Cessation workshop for RV will be Wed, March 14th from 6-7:30pm at the Boys and Girls Club. Denise has a group of parents that come on this night and she will promote the event with them and also with youth. King County Health is working on a flyer. Neighborcare Health and REWA will assist with the workshop. Kate will send the flyer out to providers when it is available so they can help with outreach and promoting the event. <br /><br />Seattle U nursing Students will be back in community to volunteer from April 5 to end of May. Providers are interested in possibly planning another Health Fair, we discussed the potential date of May 17th at 6-7:30pm at the Boys and Girls Club. Bev Johnson will not be leading the group this Spring, another professor will oversee the students. The providers will invite the students to the next provider meeting in April on a Thursday, to talk more about details and planning for the Health Fair.<br /><br />Resource Fair – Providers will likely host another Resource Fair to get summer information out to youth. Fair will be held in June, no date yet.<br /><br />Safety – more break ins are occurring in the neighborhood. Some of the stores and restaurants and businesses have experienced break ins. Windows have been broken, and doors are being rattled to see if they are closed all the way, also businesses have found electrical tape on the door jam preventing the doors from closing. Safety Meeting will be held on Monday, March 5 at 6:30pm at Neighborhood House and all providers may attend to address community and safety concerns. Providers can follow up at our next meeting on the outcome of this meeting and what they can support around safety.<br /><br />911 Emergency Call – Providers talked about hosting a 911 Emergency Call instruction workshop for residents. Many fear calling police so it might be helpful to have a workshop to instruct residents on this. Providers can talk about possibly hosting a Fall event for this at the next meeting.<br /><br />Intergenerational work – Getting youth and seniors together has been talked about at past provider meetings. The group talked about how to get this to happen. Programs could build time into their program to connect with seniors. Providers could hold an event to get youth/seniors together. Kate will invite Ba from Providence Gamelin to the next meeting to see what ideas he would have to get this started.<br /><br />Next Meeting: April 12th at 1pm at Rainier Beach Family Center hosted by Jenny Mauer.Neighborhood Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553790379613902152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-41689315873071460082011-11-15T16:45:00.000-08:002011-11-15T16:47:37.245-08:00Rainier Valley Service Provider Meeting Minutes 11/15/11Rainier Valley Service Provider Meeting Minutes<br />Tuesday, November 15, 2011<br />At Providence Gamelin House<br /><br />Attendance: Naomi Chang, Seattle Housing Authority; Ron Jenkins, Seattle Housing Authority; Alicia Haskins, Rainier Health and Fitness; Minh Nguyen, International Community Health Services; Ba Cam Ma, Providence Gamelin House; Grace Scarella, Nature Consortium; Mariah Pepper, Lettuce Link Solid Ground; Thuy Nguyen, Providence Gamelin House; Sheree Robinson, Bellwether Housing Group; Laura Horan, Neighborhood House; Kate Farmer, Neighborhood House.<br /><br />Program updates:<br /><br />Nature Consortium – located at the RV Boys and Girls Club, Nature Consoritum offer youth programming, drumming, hip hop, etc. They will have a visual arts youth program at Rainier Vista Center starting in January on Wednesday (every other Wednesday).<br /><br />Neighborhood House Rainier Vista Technology Center – Horn of Africa tutoring will use the lab for youth homework. Seattle University nursing students will hold a workshop on Thursday from 4-5pm on finding health resources online. Open lab time M-F and week-end hours. The lab is free for anyone.<br /><br />SHA community builder – Winter storm preparedness event last week for community at Neighborhood House hosted by SHA and NH and Seattle U. Over 80 people attended. Residents received emergency kits. Seattle U nursing students helped coordinate the event.<br />Rainier Vista Multicultural Committee will host a Thanksgiving dinner on Wed, November 16th at 6pm at Rainier Vista Center.<br /><br />Providence Gamelin House – Thanksgiving dinner will be held on Nov 23rd at 2pm, service providers are welcome to attend and promote events or programs. Monthly birthday party is also a good time to talk to residents and promote programs.<br /><br />Seattle Housing Authority Economic Opportunity program – hiring 3 new staff for Rainier Vista, Family Self sufficiency workers. Economic Opportunity program provides case management for residents and employment assistance for residents.<br /><br />Seattle Community Farm – wrap up for year, harvesting rest of crop this week. Food justice advocacy, will be writing letter if anyone is interested in joining this work. Applying for a grant this Fall. Outreach workers (bilingual) will be recruited. Farm will gear up again in March. Mariah will be ending her term of service in January. Working with Habitat for Humanity to build covered structures for tables.<br /><br />Genesee House – no longer Housing Resources Group, now Bellwether Housing, internal name change. Monthly newsletter if you want to email Sheree with items to post at <a href="mailto:genesee@bellwetherhousing.org">genesee@bellwetherhousing.org</a>. Issue with litter and illegal dumping at dumpster.<br /><br />Rainier Health and Fitness - $26 a month exercise program and $15 a month exercise class for low income residents. The club is located near Rainier Beach.<br /><br />2012 planning<br />The providers talked about issues in the community and what providers could focus on for 2012. Discussion on Governor’s budget cuts and how it will impact residents. What are most important issues and focus on 3-4 topics per quarter for 2012. In January, Providers will meet and choose which topics to work on for 2012. There is a meeting with Homeowners from Rainier Vista Community on Monday, November 21st at 6pm if any providers would like to attend and talk about youth concerns.<br /><br />Providers discussed following issues:<br /><br />· Littering issues – community clean up 2nd Saturday of the month for 1-2 hours, encouraging youth to get involved.<br />· Homeowners/renters – youth issues—teenagers hanging out in park who are littering, bullying, and other activity.<br />· Develop youth leadership group to help combat littering, bullying and youth issues in community. $ for scholarship (Homeowners). <br />· Phase 3 – over 100 homes will be completed with Phase 3 of the Rainier Vista project. More residents will need services.<br />· Welcome Wagon – We had a welcome wagon in community in the past through funding by NH, which is now gone. It would be nice to have a directory or program of services in the community to give to residents. There is a resource directory of service providers that needs to be updated that could be simplified and given to residents. We could give to SHA Management to give to new tenants. Or residents could apply for a grant to get funding for new welcome wagon.<br />· Bed bugs- this has been an issue in Seattle and some of the rental properties in the area. Work on education of community.<br />· Health Fair – that was a big hit in 2011 and Seattle U nursing students helped with this project.<br />· Intergenerational – How to connect seniors and youth together more often.<br />· Emergency Preparedness – NH and SHA and Seattle U nursing students just sponsored a Emergency Preparedness fair in November so not sure if we want to do another one in 2012?<br /><br />Next meeting will be in January, Kate will touch base with Boys and Girls Club and see if they can host and will move meeting to 1pm and see if we can get more youth providers to attend.Neighborhood Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553790379613902152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-30347012475455675802011-09-28T11:05:00.000-07:002011-09-28T11:06:11.476-07:00Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting Minutes 9.20.11Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting<br />Tuesday, 9/20/11 at 10am at Neighborhood House<br /><br />Attendance: Sheree Robinson, HRG, Laura Horan, Neighborhood House, Kate Farmer, Neighborhood House, Bev Johnson, Seattle University, Ba Ma, Providence Gamelin House, Naomi Chang, Seattle Housing Authority, Ed Pottharst Seattle Dept of Neighborhoods, Ron Jenkins, Seattle Housing Authority, Nelson Lopez, NeighborCare Health, Diana Vergis Vinh, Public Health, Hannah Spencer, REWA, Mariah Pepper, Seattle Community Farm, Amy Tseng, NeighborCare Health Rainier Beach, Lauren Arnesen, NeighborCare Health, High Point<br /><br />Seattle U – Nursing Students will be at Rainier Vista community again for Fall 2011 and would like help from RV Service Provider on useful products. Students will be in community from Sept-November every Thursday.<br /><br />Ed Parthouse – Neighborhood Matching Funds are available. Small Sparks Grants of $1000, Small and Simple Grants for $20,000 and Large Project funds for $100,000. September is Emergency Preparedness month and residents can apply for funding to help organize and plan for emergencies.<br /><br /><br />Neighborcare Health– Offers Dental care for children, and adults, regardless of insurance status. they are taking new children clients. The annual Pumpkin Push run and walk in October. Feast at the Market on October 4th is fundraising event at Pike Place Market in October. <br /><br />Diana Vinh – RV Eats Group coalition of Seattle Tilth. Grow/share food and bulk buying. Grants are available. Oct 24th is World Food Day, hope to have food event in community on that day (canning, potluck, etc). $ is from United ay.<br /><br />REWA – Mentoring program and also youth programs for Fall 2011. Hannah is leaving REWA in 2 weeks.<br /><br />Seattle Community Farm- volunteers from RV community have been helping with harvesting. They receive a free bag of food. Food is also being donated to RV Food bank. Community Farm is also working with various youth groups.<br /><br />Ron Jenkins – He is the new Employment Opportunities Coordinator for SHA and working out of High Point. Recent reorganization so new case managers in SHA communities with new case loads.Neighborhood Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553790379613902152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-82011347143137786862011-04-19T17:38:00.001-07:002011-04-19T17:38:46.364-07:004/19/11 Meeting MinutesRainier Vista Service Provider Meeting Minutes<br />4/19/11<br /><br />In attendance: Kate Farmer, Neighborhood House; Abbie Zaher, ICHS; Morris Wright, B&GC; Angela Smith, Seattle Parks and Rec; Mary Lechner, Wellspring Family Services; Denise Lewis, B&GC; Thuy Nguyen, Providence Gamelin House; Colin Sexton, Neighborhood House.<br /><br />Low attendance – We really encourage all providers to come to this meeting, we have had low attendance at this meeting this year, not sure why. Having more providers attend is beneficial and helps us share program information and resources, outreach, planning, etc. If this meeting is not working for you or the time is not good, etc. please let Kate Farmer know, it would be helpful to have that feedback.<br /><br />International Community Health Services – Health Fair will be held in June. Health screenings, education, etc. will be provided. If you know of clients who are losing insurance or need access to health care, contact ICHS. ICHS offers diabetes support, women’s health, community advocates, etc. <br /><br />Providence Gamelin House – Low income housing for seniors. They have ESL classes, cooking. They would like to connect more with community to get seniors out and active and participating. It would be great to connect with youth groups and have youth and seniors come together for Bingo, etc. <br /><br />Seattle Parks and Rec- Lots of senior programming going on for people ages 50 plus. Exercise programs, intergenerational activities, and more.<br /><br />Wellspring Family Services – Housing program including Homelessness Prevention, call 211 and tell them you are at risk of losing your housing. Also have Homelessness Intervention where they can help homeless families and individuals find housing and maintain long term stability. Clients must be referred by a service provider. <br /><br />RV Boys and Girls Club – Morris Wright is new to the team at the club and will be working on recruiting within RV community and strengthening and bridging the gap to get more youth involved in programs. The club has an Egg Hunt this Friday and Saturday for youth. Also have a new Choir group on Tuesdays and Drumming for teens and fashion design. Also, they have a Zumba class for adults during the week which is $5 and open to all adults. <br /><br />Neighborhood House – Litter season is once again upon us. It would be helpful if the youth providers, could talk to their youth about littering. This is a good time to remind kids about not throwing their trash on the ground and making sure they use a garbage can, especially when they are in the park. Litter was a big issue in the community last summer. Also, trespassing was a big issue last summer and residents complained about kids jumping fences and running through yards, kids may not know that it’s not ok to climb over a neighbors fence and cut through their yard. Youth providers can educate kids about these issues to help combat the problem.<br /><br />Outreach – Providers talked about outreach and how to better work together to support programming. Some ideas were improving the current provider blog page, getting notification of large events so that you can attend and do outreach, bulletin boards at agencies to promote community programs, connecting with community leads to get the word out. Word of mouth seems to be most successful tool in this community. Also, working more closely with other providers can help with promotion. Group discussed first steps. Hosting an outreach table in the park across from Neighborhood House once a month in the warm weather. Lots of youth and families utilize the park late in the day and it’s a good way to be out and meeting people. Providers agreed that this would be a good first step. Kate will send out a meeting request to schedule a date for this for the month of May.<br /><br />Summer resource fair – Providers talked about doing this again in June, it was successful last year. Held at the Boys and Girls Club. Kate will send out meeting request to schedule a planning meeting to talk further about the fair.Neighborhood Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553790379613902152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-85859256481276340582011-02-15T13:35:00.000-08:002011-02-15T13:36:50.742-08:00Service Provider Meeting Minutes 2.15.11RV Service Provider Meeting<br />February 15, 2011<br />At Neighborhood House<br /><br />Attendance: Mariah Pepper, Solid Ground, Scott Behmer, Solid Ground, Mary Lechner, Wellspring Family Services, Naomi Salinas Burton, Bike Works, Colin Sexton, Neighborhood House, Naomi Chang, SHA.<br /><br />Seattle Community Farm – large meeting February 28th at 6pm at Neighborhood House. Translation will be provided. Talk to residents about work trade program, volunteer on farm for 3 hours and they receive a bag of vegetables. Work party days will be March – November. Want input from residents about what to plant. Farm is for low income people but all residents can volunteer, but for those residents who are not low income, they could donate the bag of produce. Flyer will go out shortly.<br /><br />Wellspring Family Services – located on Rainier Avenue, they have housing services, domestic violence, early learning center, counseling, homeless intervention program. Most of clients are referred by calling 211. <br /><br />Bikeworks – Earn a Bike program for youth. Students ages 9-17 years of age learn bike safety, maintenance, and community service and earn a bike. Bike touring camp, Riders club, Street Burners and more. All programs offer sliding fee scale. <br /><br />Neighborhood House – College attainment/readiness event on March 12. Middle school and High school youth will learn about financial aid, scholarships, FAFSA and preparing for college.<br />Technology Center has Saturday hours (every other Saturday). Call 461-4568 ext. 202 for more info. Health Fair will be held on March 2 from 5-8pm at the Boys and Girls Club. Large community health fair. Seattle U nursing students are at NH every Wednesday morning through February from 11:30am-1:30pm. Please refer any clients who may need health questions or information. <br /><br />SHA –cultural Celebration was held on Sat, Feb 12 to celebrate lunar new year and black history month. Many RV residents attended, a lot of food was presented and performance by Lion Dance group. Celebration was coordinated by RV Multicultural Committee which works to bridge the gap of the diverse community of RV. The committee meets monthly. The RV Traffic and Safety Committee meets every other month and discusses parking issues, crime, etc. Naomi coordinates both community meetings. Translation is available at these meetings. Tamarack Housing is open and 83 units are leased. Phase 3 is underway and will be completed in 2012.Neighborhood Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553790379613902152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-13864737127487167632010-12-17T11:09:00.000-08:002010-12-17T11:11:07.354-08:00RV Service Provider Meeting Minutes 12.14.10<strong>Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting<br />At RV Boys and Girls Club<br />Holiday Potluck<br />Tuesday, December 14, 2010<br /></strong><br />Attendance: Kate Farmer, Beverly Johnson, Larry Hill, Emily Johnson, Scott Behmer, Jason Rolfe, Denise Lewis, Heidi Viets, Naomi Chang, Colin Sexton, Mike Graham-Squire.<br /><br />Kate met with Heidi Henderson-Lewis in November. Heidi runs the SE Service Provider group which has been meeting for a couple of years. The group meet every month (3rd Tuesday) at the Boys and Girls Club. They are a group of local youth providers who share program/agency information and referrals. A community police officer attends their meetings. Heidi reports that the group is interested in strengthening networking abilities and is also interested in training opportunities. Heidi would the RV Service Providers to learn more about SE Service Provider group and she is interested in getting their help with networking and possibly working together on future events, trainings, etc. Kate will invite Heidi to attend the next SP meeting in February.<br /><br /><strong>Seattle University</strong> – Nursing students will be in RV community from January – March 2. They are looking to connect with service providers on health projects. They are available to do health education, health assessments, etc. They will be at Neighborhood House weekly. Please contact Beverly Johnson for more information. She can be reached at: <a href="mailto:JohnsoB@seattleu.edu">JohnsoB@seattleu.edu</a>. <br /><br /><strong>Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club</strong> – Washington Oral (dental) at the Club is taking new clients. The Club has several holiday activities including a holiday dinner and also a field trip to Toys r’ Us with the youth who will each be given $40 gift cards to spend. Club will be open during the holiday break. A holiday celebration will be held next week and players from the Seahawks are expected to attend.<br /><br /><strong>Rainier Vista Health Fair</strong> – Mike Graham-Squire from Neighborhood House is coordinating a Spring Health fair for the community. The fair will be held at the B&GC on March 2nd from 6-8pm. Mike has contacted a number of agencies about participating and if any of the providers would like to help coordinate and plan or be a part of the fair, you can contact Mike at <a href="mailto:mikegs@nhwa.org">mikegs@nhwa.org</a>. A similar health fair was held at High Point last summer with over 300 in attendance. <br /><br /><strong>Catholic Community Services Youth Tutoring Program</strong> – They are located at the Boys and Girls Club and have drop in tutoring for teens Monday – Thursday. Students can also receive help in filling out job applications, applying for college, financial aid, etc. Jason is working on a flyer and hopes to increase outreach and recruiting in January. Please refer any teens. Jason can be reached at <a href="mailto:rainier@ccsww.org">rainier@ccsww.org</a>.<br /><br /><strong>Urban Farm</strong> – Scott reports that construction is done, there was some damage from the heavy rains. Work party is being planned for February and March, and hope to have a grand opening in April, no set date yet.<br /><br /><strong>Neighborhood House Project Handle</strong> – Mike talked about youth drug and alcohol program. They are distributed “I Draw The Line” bracelets for teens and adults who want to send the message against drug/alcohol abuse. Mike is working on Spring Health fair.<br /><br /><strong>Neighborcare Health</strong> – Emily Johnson is assisting Mike with the Health fair plans. Rainier Beach Medical Clinic/Neighborcare Health will also be planning a grand opening for the spring and they may also host a health fair late Spring. Rainier Beach Medical will offer Dental and Medical services for adults and children. SE Dental is also taking new clients. <br /><br /><strong>Seattle Housing Authority –</strong> Naomi Chang reports that Tamarack has residents moving in and 83 units are filled. Residents are adults and children and of various backgrounds including Vietnamese, Somali, etc. There will be 75 or more youth living in the building. This will be a non-smoking building. Resident meetings will be held but have not been scheduled at this time. The SHA property management office will be housed at Tamarack and a new senior property manager will be hired. SHA has hired Thai Nguyen as Communication Specialist to explore non-smoking policies for low income housing.<br /><br /><strong>Neighborhood House</strong> – Colin talked about college readiness programs if any in area. SHA offers a scholarship for youth in Seattle Housing Authority units.Neighborhood Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553790379613902152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-55408267634786958872010-10-20T10:43:00.000-07:002010-10-20T10:45:37.084-07:00Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting Minutes 10/19/10<strong>Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting<br />Tuesday, October 19, 2010<br />At REWA<br />Meeting Minutes</strong><br /><br /><br />Attendance: Kate Farmer, Neighborhood House, Mari Becker, Seattle Parks and Rec; Scott Behmer, Lettuce Link; Jason Rolfe, Youth Tutoring Program; Emily Barbee, REWA; Abbie Zahler, ICHS; Emily Johnson, NeighborCare; Naomi Chang, SHA; Heidi Viets, Neighborhood House, Mike Graham-Square, Project Handle (Neighborhood House).<br /><br />Service Updates:<br />Lettuce Link – Scott gave an update on progress of RV urban farm. There will be a couple of work parties in November, and the project hopes expects to be completed in Spring 2011. <br /><br />Youth Tutoring Program – Jason discussed tutoring programs. Teen Tutoring Program – any teen can work with tutor on Monday – Thursday from 5:30-7:40pm, kids in grades 7th grade and above. Must be a member of Boys and Girls Club (cost of membership is $30 or $10 if live in public housing). YTP also has tutoring two days a week for 1st -12th grade students.<br /><br />REWA – After school programs at RV and youth program in Tukwila. Kids must enroll for these programs, they at capacity right now. Program is for 3rd – 12th grade students. Monday – Thursday from 4:00pm - 6:30pm. They also host after school field trips on Fridays. REWA also offers two girls groups for 4th -6th grade girls. There is a Leadership and Service group for 7th grade girls. University of Washington Women in Business Club is connected with this group. Girls are learning public speaking, leadership, etc. REWA also hosts a Boys Group for elementary boys, they learn martial arts. <br /><br />SHA – September 25th Multicultural event was a success. A lot of service providers and residents attended. Multicultural Committee hosted event. The committee works on integrating residents and homeowners with a goal of cultural diversity. Group meets at Neighborhood House on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6pm. Traffic & Safety Committee meets every other month on the first Monday of the month at Neighborhood House. This is a community group and they work with SDOT on traffic and safety issues. Cambodian group meets every week-end at McBride Court. Navy Kheav from Neighborhood House facilitates this group. Somali group meets at McBride Court Friday – Sunday from 4-7pm for youth. Tamarack Place will open in November 17 with 86 units and retail on the first floor. Phase 3 is under way and 118 rental units expect to be completed in 2012.<br /><br />ICHS – ICHS offers community education, such as Diabetes, smoking cessations, insurance info, etc. ICHS will visit organizations and discuss these topics and more. ICHS offers a Vietnamese women support group, and Chinese Group that meets monthly, also a weekly dance class. They also have in-clinic health educators at Franklin High School to address family planning.<br /><br />NeighborCare Health – Emily is a new AmeriCorps member working with NeighborCare who provides dental and medical care to low income and uninsured. Emily is working on the coordination between the medial and dental clinics, both will move to the same building in January. The Rainier Beach Medial & Dental Clinic will open in early 2011. Emily discussed the emergency walk in dental clinic. <br /><br />Project Handle (Neighborhood House) – Mike is part of the Drugs Free Community Coalition. He is working at High Point and also Rainier Vista. Recently held a Drug Take Back Day. At this event a large amount of prescription drugs were turned in. He is working with SHA, the Tamarack Place building will be smoke free building, Mike will do education. New smoking call in QuitLines will be available in Mandarin and Vietnamese languages.<br /><br />Seattle Parks and Rec – Mary coordinates Sound Steps, walking group for people over the age of 50. They do training for 5K, 10K, and marathon for adults. Enhanced Fitness is fitness program for seniors. Tim Pretare is currently working at Van Asselt.<br /><br />SHA – Job Connection – Larry is working with clients who live in SHA communities to find employment.<br /><br />Business:<br /><br />HARVC – members talked about merge of HARVC with RV Service Providers and discussed changing name to Rainier Valley Service Providers. There is a group of service providers who meet at New Holly, Kate will contact the leader of this group. Discussion on whether we could open this meeting up to them or attend their meetings. Discussion that New Holly may work with a different population and may be some pros/cons about including this group. Kate will meet with the facilitator and report back at the next service provider meeting. Mari will also check on the name “Rainier Valley Service Providers” to see if there are any other groups using that name, she will contact Chamber.<br /><br />New members – discussion on how to increase size of this group or get more people to attend meetings. Some of the suggestions were to tell providers to invite 2 guests to the meeting. Group talked about trainings. Kate talked to Neighborhood House staff and also talked to a couple of other leads about training, but was unable to find free trainings. Emily suggested some webinars which would be free, Kate will look into this. Some of the suggestions from the last meeting were discussed, such as inviting residents. The group thought inviting resident leads may be a good way to get program info out in community, such as connecting with the leads of the Somali group and Oromo Cultural Group and inviting them to the next meeting, may be a way for programs to better connect with community and get to know some of the leaders. Kate will talk to both groups. She will also talk to Guray from NH to see if he can attend next meeting and help translate if Somali group leader attends. Naomi suggested inviting Linh Thai from Vovinam Martial Arts group, as he would like to be more connected with the community and needs help recruiting local kids for his program. Naomi suggested holding a potluck once or twice a year, which is what Service Provider group used to do. The group liked this idea and will host a potluck on Tuesday, December 14th at 12noon – 1:30pm, this will be the last service provider meeting for the year. <br /><br />Next Meeting: Tuesday, December 14th at 12 Noon – 1:30pm at Boys and Girls Club, Jason will host. Please bring a dish to share. Please note this will be the 2nd Tuesday of the month (not the 3rd Tuesday).<br /><br />Meeting adjourned: Minutes by Kate Farmer.Neighborhood Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553790379613902152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-58723694231130618842010-08-18T14:04:00.000-07:002010-08-18T14:06:24.665-07:00<div align="left"><strong>Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting Minutes<br />August 17, 2010<br />Held at Neighborhood House</strong><br /><br />Attendance: Tien Duong-Le, Neighborhood House, Randy Nolan, Wellspring Family Services, Alma Villegas, Stand For Children; Larry Hill, Seattle Housing Authority; Naomi Chang, Seattle Housing Authority, Colin Sexton, Neighborhood House; Kate Farmer, Neighborhood House<br />Nelson Lopez, Neighborcare Health<br /><br />Guest:<br />Stand For Children: Grassroots education and advocacy. National organization, local offices in Seattle, Kent, etc. Work with parents and educators to advocate for policy change on district and state level. Parents learn structure of decision making process from State to local school level. Parents learn basics of how local school district is funded and how spending is allocated. Parents participate in discussion around local concern and how they can impact systematic change through strategic actions and advocacy. Stand For Children offers workshops and training for parents. <br /><br />Service updates:<br />IDHA – Health Fair at Neighborhood House’s High Point facility on Friday, 8/20 from 8-5pm. Bike helmets, backpacks, Health information and tests.<br /><br />Project Handle – HIV Testing on 2nd Friday of the month at Neighborhood House Rainier Vista Center from 10-12noon, please refer any clients. Tien reports Vietnamese Tea Time continues every 2nd Friday of the month at Neighborhood House Rainier Vista Center, the Tea Time has combined with the monthly Community Kitchen event.<br /><br />Neighborhood House – Colin reports successful youth litter event was held in July. Several kids attended the event. The event was coordinated by the youth providers including REWA and Boys and Girls Club. ESL classes are starting again in the Fall in the Tech Center. Job focused ESL class starts in September. Digital Connectors class starts in the Fall at the Tech Center, this is a youth technology program.<br /><br />Wellspring Family Services – They are taking provider referrals for Eviction assistance. SHA also makes referrals. Must be behind in rent to qualify or received 3 day vacate. Assistance with rent and utility bills. Call 206-902-4271 to refer or call 211. For Seattle residents only. Wellspring Family Services also offers child and family therapy services for families with young children age 0-5.<br /><br />SHA – Monthly community clean ups continue, coordinated by the Homeowners of RV. Though still low attendance. Traffic and Safety Committee Meeting is held every other month. Emergency preparedness/safety training last month. Working on phone tree with 2-3 representatives from different language groups on emergency phone tree.<br />Multicultural Committee continues to meet every month. They received $800 from Small Sparks Grant to hold event on September 25th from 3-7pm at Rainier Vista Center for community.<br /><br />Neighborcare Health – New clinic in south opening in February at 51st and Rainier, dental and medical clinic, it will replace Rainier Beach. SE Dental is closing. Community Center at Rainier Beach is closing, no pool in SE, due to lack of funding. Rainier Valley Heritage parade and festival this Saturday from 11-3pm, parade and street party.<br /><br />Job Connections/SHA – Larry reports that he is working with several clients to find employment.<br /><br />Discussions:<br />Service Providers talked about low attendance at this meeting. Suggestions include, adding trainings into the meeting, such as How to do Outreach, How to Use Internet to Find Resources, How to Engage Families Into Counseling, Fundraising, Community Building, Leadership, Cultural Experience, etc. Recommended that we ask Providers what training they would like and would be most beneficial. Providers also talked about inviting residents to the meetings, but this should only be done if we have a strong purpose as to why we are inviting and what their role is. <br />Another suggestion was to invite local organizations to the meeting, who may potential want to donate funding, and create a relationship for potential partnership. Also, collaboration with local neighborhood groups may be helpful. Kate will see about getting a trainer in for October meeting.<br /><br />Next meeting: October 19th, 2010 at 10AM, tentatively scheduled to be held at REWA at 4008 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> </div>Neighborhood Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553790379613902152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-12362484944532020642010-06-15T16:33:00.000-07:002010-06-15T16:34:24.681-07:00Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting Minutes 6/15/2010<strong>Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting Minutes<br />Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 10AM<br />At Neighborcare Health</strong><br /><br />In Attendance: Kate Farmer, Neighborhood House, Colin Sexton, Neighborhood House, Nelson Lopez, Neighborcare Health, Gary Ireland, RV Homeowners Craig Quinn, RV Homeowner, Shefali Ranganathan, Transportation Choices.<br /><br />RV Homeowners – talked about trash issue at Central Park in the RV neighborhood. This has been a longstanding issue. Gary and Craig talked about programs at Neighborhood House, particularly on week-ends, who leave trash in the park. Discussion about issue followed. Other providers in RV community also are using park, and how to involve them in this issue was discussed. Littering education was discussed and idea on getting kids involved in monthly community clean ups that happen on First Saturday of month. Discussion that this is a family issue also, adults and kids should be involved. Discussion that SHA owns park and should be involved in talk with providers who use park. Kate and Colin talked after meeting and will follow up with other providers who use park and will talk to SHA. They will also set up a meeting to meet with Gary and Craig next week to follow up on concerns and how to proceed.<br /><br />Transportation Choices – Shefali talked about new initiative to get people to take public transportation, there are a lot of incentives (Orca cards, discounts at businesses and more!) Sign up through <a title="blocked::http://www.transportationchoices.org/" href="http://www.transportationchoices.org/">http://www.transportationchoices.org</a> or call 206-329-2336.<br /><br />HARVC/Service Provider Merge – since only a few service providers at the meeting today, we will put this on the agenda for next meeting in August. <br /><br />Best Summer Ever Fair debrief – will put this on agenda for August also.<br /><br />Low attendance at Service Provider meeting – we will discuss this in August. Suggestion that we need proactive agenda with initiatives that group is working on together, to keep people interested and involved in coming to meetings instead of just service updates.<br /><br />Next Meeting: Tuesday, August 17th at 10AM at Neighborhood House<br /><br />Meeting adjourned.<br /><br />Minutes by: Kate FarmerNeighborhood Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553790379613902152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-15968257320575119372010-04-21T13:18:00.000-07:002010-04-21T13:20:04.725-07:00Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting 4/20/10<strong>Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting<br />April 20, 2010<br />At Wellspring Family Services</strong><br /><br /><strong>Attendance:</strong> Kate Farmer, Neighborhood House; Tim Pretare, Seattle Parks and Rec; Nelson Lopez, Neighborcare; Samuel Pierce, SHA; Naomi Chang, SHA; Leslie Heimer, Solid Ground, Lettuce Link; Gregory Schaffer, REWA; Randy Nolan, Wellspring Family Services; Denise Lewis, Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club; Diana Vergis Vinh, Healthy Active Rainier Valley Coalition (HARVC).<br /><br />Randy Nolan/Wellspring Family Services – Randy talked about Wellspring services. Domestic Violence clinic, infant and child services, early learning, services for children with behavioral issues, counseling, housing services. For housing services, call 211 (Crisis Clinic helpline) for eviction prevention or call Wellspring directly. Intervention Program – referred by shelter for families. Baby boutique for clients. <br /><br />Service Provider Open House – Group discussed whether or not to hold an Open House. General consensus was that it was a good idea. Boys and Girls Club is holding an Open House on Saturday, June 5th. Group decided it would be a good idea to combine this event with the B&GC open house, in order to attract more people. Group discussed logistics, flyer, translation, time, clean up and set up. A meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 11 at the B&GC to finalize plans. All Service providers are encouraged to attend the Open House, this will be a good way to get your agency service information and program information out to the community. Denise Lewis will confirm with B&GC that this can happen. Kate will send out email to SP group to invite them to May 11 meeting. This is the same day as the Beacon Hill Festival which is a large and very popular community event. Suggestion to note this on the flyer, that people can come to Open House and then walk up to the Beacon Hill or take the light rail. There is also the Cheasty Greenbelt trail which people can also access to walk to the festival. Tim Pretare will talk to Mari Becker of Sound Steps, she may want to promote her walking group, by organizing a walking group up to the Beacon Hill Festival. Tim will talk to person organizing Beacon Hill Festival (Seattle Park and Recreation event), to event), to see if this is ok to also promote their event on our flyer. <br /><br />HARVC – Healthy and Active Rainier Valley Coalition – Diana Vinh talked about the mission of this group, which meets every other month. Diana is the chairperson of HARVC. Currently, it’s a small group of people that meet and share service and program information. The group has been successful in addressing health issues in the community in the past, but no longer has funding. HARVC would like to merge with the RV Service Provider group. The HARVC mission is focused on improving health in the community. HARVC participants are enthusiastic about joining with the service provider group (many service providers also belong to HARVC). The Service Providers discussed benefits of joining forces—many service providers said their agencies also have a health mission. General consensus of providers was that it would be a good idea. Group talked about changing name of Service Provider group which really serves more than just Rainier Vista residents, and really serves SE Seattle (including New Holly). Kate will send an email out to the Service Provider Group for feedback and input and a final decision will be made at the next SP meeting in June on combining HARVC with SP group.<br /><br />Next SP meeting – June 15 at Neighborcare Health at 10AM (Nelson Lopez will confirm). <br /><br />SHA – Section 3 – Samuel Pierce discussed The Job connection is currently conducting outreach activities to identify job seekers interested in opportunities in the construction industry. Seeking Section 3 candidates who live in various zip codes. Contact Samuel Pierce for additional info at 206-722-4010 ext. 3 <br /><br />Boys and Girls Club – Denise Lewis discussed Teen Summit – Saturday April 24th (Teen Sexual Health and Protect Your Rights). May 7 – Jump and Jive on Friday May 7th from 6pm – 8pm (Free Swing Dance)<br />Drill Team fashion show – Saturday, May 22 (dinner, performance and fashion show)<br />Summer programs – Day Camp for grades 3 -6 (all day) and Daycare for grades 1-4th (all day).<br /><br />Urban Farm – Leslie gave update on Urban Farm. Final design meeting on April 26. Final time for people to give input on design. Community meeting at Neighborhood House from 6:30-8pm on Monday, 4/26.<br /><br />Tim Pretare – Seattle Parks and Recreation – Jefferson Community Center – Tai chi class will be held at Jefferson Community Center, and Swedish Medical Center is offering breast exam, mammography and pap smears free or low cost for those who are uninsured, or underinsured on Saturday May 15. Also Healthy Aging Fair on May 26.<br /><br />REWA – Gregory Schaffer, new title is Youth Coordinator at REWA. He is working with SBOC, Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center. Newly arrived youth from other countries. Gregory said group can help with outreach and translation.Neighborhood Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553790379613902152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-64008785311466160752010-02-24T15:26:00.000-08:002010-02-24T15:27:47.967-08:00Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting Minutes 2/22/10Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting Minutes<br />February 23, 2010 at 10amProvidence Gamelin House<br /><br />Sharon Lerman – Seattle Tilth – talked about upcoming workshops that will be held at various locations in Seattle (Rainier Community Center) with a variety of topics—City chickens, fruit tree pruning, container gardening, etc.). Sharon talked about what providers needs would be around youth or adult programming.<br />Kim Lokan – Kim discussed upcoming RV community meeting on March 3rd at B&GC at 6pm. The meeting is to get feedback from residents on how RV is working as a community, also Urban Farm will be there to get feedback from residents about the new RV urban farm that will launch this summer. Information from this meeting will be followed up with article in the Voice and posting on newrainiervista.com website. Kim suggested this is a good meeting to bring flyers to share with residents.<br />REWA – International Women’s Day on March 9th. This is a large annual event at REWA from 11am-2pm, at the main office. Please refer your clients to this important event. Fight the Fear campaign – Free self defense training will be held at REWA on Tuesday from 5-6pm.<br />Boys and Girls Club- flyer for summer program is coming out the end of February. Spring Break is March 29th – April 2nd and the club will be open with activities for kids. Free dental exam and cleaning is available for kids at the Club. Talent show on March 6th. Soccer for 4-6 years olds. $20 membership (can be waived). Free meal for kids is served daily.<br />SHA – Naomi Chang talked about upcoming Cultural Celebration on February 25th at Neighborhood House Rainier Vista Center for the community to celebrate Lunar New Year and Black History month.<br />Neighborhood House – Mike Graham-Squire is new to NH and will be working with teens on alcohol, tobacco and drug prevention for drug and alcohol free communities.<br />Providence Gamelin House – monthly calendar is distributed, ESL Classes, Bingo, computer classes, free dance classes. <br />Neighborcare Health – Nelson talked about Healthy and Active Coalition at Rainier Valley. If anyone is interested, they can participate. The group should be a large amount of grant money this year. Sound Steps – walking program through Seattle Parks and Rec is very active, and seniors are gearing up for a marathon this Spring. Rainier Beach pool will be closed. Neighborcare offers medical and dental care for low income and people without insurance.<br />Catholic Community Services Youth Tutoring Program – Youth tutoring program is recruiting volunteers, Jason passed out a flyer to be posted at various sites.<br />Wellspring Family Services- Randy talked about services for homeless families, info and phone #’s are posted on their website found at: wellspringfs.org. Eviction prevention and child counseling for preschool age kids. Baby boutique is also open.<br />Neighborhood House – Tien talked about IDHA fundraising event on March 18th at Joy’s Place, Vietnamese food and dance. Also, Vietnamese TeaGroup happens 2nd Tuesday of month at McBride Court building at RV. Project Handle is doing HIV testing on the 2nd Friday of the month at RV from 10-12noon.<br />Service Provider Open House for Spring – at next meeting group will set a date for open house and people can sign up to participate and will determine location also.<br />Service Provider Goals 2010 – Kate talked about Service Provider group and at next meeting she would like to discuss how this meeting is working for people, is the day/time good, would the group like to accomplish anything during 2010, purpose of group, should we invite residents to this meeting, is it helpful. We will discuss this at next meeting and can review summary from the RV community meeting to be held on March 3rd which may be helpful in setting goals. <br />Next meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 20th at Wellspring Family Services hosted by Randy (there is parking available).<br />Meeting minutes will be posted on the RV SP blogspot at: <a href="http://rvserviceproviders.blogspot.com/">http://rvserviceproviders.blogspot.com/</a>Neighborhood Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553790379613902152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-81850757105326563802009-12-18T16:26:00.000-08:002009-12-18T16:27:11.925-08:00Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting MinutesRainier Vista Service Provider Meeting Minutes<br />Tuesday, December 15, 2009<br />at Asian Counseling and Referral Center<br /><br />In Attendance: Kate Farmer, Neighborhood House, Kat McGhee, Neighborhood House, Jason Rolfe, CCS-Youth Tutoring, Ba Cam Ma, Providence Gamelin House, Tim Pretare, Seattle Park and Rec Lifelong Rec, Amy Huong, ACRS, Phong Ly, ACRS, Naomi Chang, SHA, Randy Nolan, Wellspring Family Services, Rebecca Whitney, SHA, Leslie Heimer, Lettuce Link/Solid Ground, Annie Edwards, Neighborhood House, Elana Feldman, Neighborcare, Michael Rudolph, Neighborcare.<br /><br /><br />SHA – Rebecca Whitney talked about Tamarack Place and Phase 3. Tamarack Place is an 83 unit mixed use building. 83 low income apartments and 3 live/work units. 8,000 square feet of commercial space on ground floor. Financing has closed for Tamarack and for infrastructure on Phase 3 of project. Merlino Construction is working on Tamarack foundation and is contractor for North phase. Tamarack will be completed in Fall 2010. There are more than 5,000 applications currently for the Rainier Vista community. Applications are received at the on-site property management office and also through Porchlight. They are sorted by special needs, unit size, family income, and then organized on a first-come-first serve basis. Phase 3 – 118 rental units (mix of public housing vouchers and tax credit units). Construction will start in 2010 and will be available as they complete each block. <br /><br />Solid Ground – Leslie Heimer talked about new plans for RV community farm. There are 3 main components. They plan to produce food for local food banks (RV), seed saving and garden education. This is different from a P-patch program. They will offer cooking classes also. They will start gardening next Spring. Garden will be located near the new Habitat for Humanity building. There is a Meeting this Thursday, Design meeting for Service Providers to attend and review design of garden, 12/17 at Neighborhood House at 1-3pm. Everyone welcome to attend for input. Large community meeting will be held in January for residents to get information on this new program.<br /><br />Neighborcare Health - Michael,Rudolph and Elana Feldman discussed new cancer screening project. Preventative cancer screening for breast, cervical and colon. People without insurance are eligible for a health exam and cancer screening at no cost. Once they go to clinic, they will be connected with primary care doctor. Mammograms are offered at the clinics. Contact Neighborcare Health at 206-461-6957 or <a href="http://www.neighborcare.org/">www.neighborcare.org</a> for more info.<br /><br />Neighborhood House – Kat McGhee talked about computer lab hours and classes. Extended open lab hours for anyone to use computers and new classes (Internet, word, job search, resume writing, etc.). Classes are free. Please let your clients know they can come to the computer lab 6 days a week if they need a computer to use.<br /><br />Youth Tutoring Program – Jason Rolfe – Tutoring will start back up in January, for grades 1-12, free tutoring. There is a wait list for program. New tutors are always needed. <br /><br />Providence Gamelin House – Ba Cam Ma – Independent living Senior Housing for 62 years and older. Long wait list. Many activities are offered (ESL, dance, etc.).<br /><br />Seattle Parks and Rec – Tim Pretare – Programs and activities for people 50 and over. Recreation, fitness, arts and crafts and social activities. Fitness centers located at community centers, Jefferson, Rainier, Van Asselt, Rainier Beach. January 4-January 30—people can drop in a program or class once for $2 to try it and see if they like the program. Health Fair will be held in August or September at Seward park. Large event, exhibitor booths, vendors, entertainment, fun run, 1 day event, bring residents out to this event.<br /><br />ACRS – Community Resource Project – New program for clients that need help accessing resources, services, and public benefits. ACRS can help people find general info and services. Call 206-774-2443 to reach Community Resource Project.<br /><br />SHA – Community Builder – Naomi Chang, supports residents at RV. 2 main community groups. RV Traffic and Safety Committee meets first Monday of month at 7pm at Neighborhood House. 10 -15 renters and homeowners attend. Multicultural Diversity Committee meets 3rd Wednesday of month at Neighborhood House. 20-25 people attend. In January, Somali Community will attend and share their culture and in February, Vietnamese community will attend and share info on culture. May plan Potluck in March. Currently working on community yearbook with info on culture, background, recipes, and anticipating completion by 2010. Working on getting funding for this. RV Community clean ups occur Monthly, first Saturday of the month at 10-12noon at park across from Neighborhood House.<br /><br />Wellspring – Randy Nolan talked about Housing and the intake process which is changing, will need to call community resources line by dialing 211 for housing intakes. <br /><br />Spring Open House – providers talked about hosting a Spring Open House in March or April. Attendees seemed to think this would be a good idea. A committee will form and work on planning the open house. Kate Farmer will send an email out with a meeting date in January for anyone interested in joining the committee to plan the open house.<br /><br />Next Service Provider Meeting: February 16th at 10AM at Providence Gamelin House.Neighborhood Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553790379613902152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-85427233517152779162009-10-21T10:41:00.000-07:002009-10-21T10:42:59.194-07:00Rainier Vista Service Provider Meeting<br />Tuesday, October 20, 2009<br />10AM – 11AM<br />Hosted by: Jason Rolfe, Youth Tutoring Program, Catholic Community Services<br /><br />Attendance: Kate Farmer (Neighborhood House), Phong Ly (ACRS), Derek Taylor (Wellspring Family Services), Randy Nolan (Wellspring Family Services), Dave Siminski (Express Credit Union), Jason Rolfe (Youth Tutoring Program), Georgia Megow (Neighborhood House), Tien Duong-Le (IDHA), Denise Lewis (RV Boys and Girls Club/RV Teen Center), Naomi Chang (Seattle Housing Authority), Elizabeth Carr (SPL Columbia Library), Gregory Schaffer (REWA), Stephen Gray (YWCA), Rachel Wilch (YWCA), Laura Paulen (Seattle Asset Building Initiative/SHA), Arielle Rosenberg (Neighborhood House), Kat McGhee (Neighborhood House)<br /><br />Program Updates and information:<br /><br />RV Boys and Girls Clubs – Harvest Fest, October 30th from 6pm-8pm for everyone (including non-members!) includes best costume awards, games, music, raffles. A Talent Show on Thursday, October 22 at 5:30pm with special guests from America’s Got Talent!<br /><br />Seattle Public Library (Columbia Branch) – Homework help centers for K-12 students can meet with homework help volunteers at various branches (including Columbia branch – call 206-386-1908). ESL Classes and computer classes are available. Free Movie this Thursday 10/22 at RV Cultural Center at 6:30pm Film is Kwaidan Ghost story of Japan. Another upcoming event will be Asian Tales of Shadow & Light on Saturday, October 24 at 6-90m at RV Cultural Center. Also the coming up is the Odunde Festival of African Harvest Celebration on November 6, 7, and 8th at RV Cultural Center.<br /><br />Wellspring Family Services – Eviction Prevention Program (rental assistance, advocacy and support, budgeting). First come/first serve. Call their phone line at 206-902-4275. Eligible participants would be at risk of losing rental housing within 60 days, have household income of 50% or less of HUD income guidelines, resident of City of Seattle, have lease in their name. <br />Homelessness Intervention – if your homeless, they can help with interim housing, housing search, advocacy with housing providers, etc. For families and individuals who meet the following criteria: live in King County, have a household income of 50% or less of HUD income guidelines. Call 206-902-4271 for more information.<br /><br />Neighborhood House – Helpline – assistance with rent/utilities one time a year. Emergency food bags/bus tokens. Case management services. Georgia Megow is at Rainier Vista Center on Thursdays. Call her at 206-778-0834.<br /><br />Neighborhood House Computer Lab – Rainier Vista Center’s computer lab is expanding! New Hours, New Courses! Open lab time for youth, adults (do not need to be a resident or client of Rainier Vista). Beginner Word, Excel, resume writing classes, internet basics, etc. will be coming soon! Help with online job search available. Lab is open Monday – Friday. Call 461-4568 for more information.<br />Neighborhood House High Point – Grand opening of new High Point Center will be on Saturday, November 14th at 1-4pm—everyone is welcome to attend!<br /><br />Rainier Vista Center Community Kitchen - October 28th at 6:30pm – 8:30pm – open to everyone. $25 cost. Come make delicious food, learn new cooking skills, meet your neighbors, bring food home for your family. Learn nutrition and new recipes. Monthly event.<br /><br />Express Credit Union – base office is near Safeco Field on 4th Avenue S. Branch satellite sites located across the city. Banking alternative and affordable financial services for everyone. Free checking, savings account, loans at fair rates, short term/emergency cash, new and used car loans, debt consolidation help, visa cards, credit builder and cash secured loans, wire transfers and bad credit help. This is a good alternative to Pay Day Loans. They will help people who have large debts to Pay Day lenders. Located at Rainier Vista Center on Thursdays 9-4pm. Or Call 206-622-1850.<br /><br />YWCA – Landlord Liaison Project – The project is a partnership among: landlords, service providers, homeless individuals, families, and the YWCA. Participating landlords agree to apply alternative screening criteria to applicants who are difficult to rent to (former addicts, mental health issues, etc.) This program helps with move in assistance, landlord training, rental assistance, case management and other support to help difficult to rent tenants transition to permanent housing and be strong and successful tenants. For more information call 206-336-4601.<br /><br />Seattle Asset Building Initiative – pilot program of Seattle King County Asset Building Collaborative. This program helps connect SHA tenants with services they need such as credit counseling/debt repair, employment, homeownership, job training, baking, ESL, Higher education, legal services, access public benefits, etc. Clients are eligible to recent a $100 incentive if they meet with a Case Manager and develop a service plan and meet certain goals. Call 206-615-3596 for more information<br /><br />Seattle Housing Authority Job Connection – helps people living in SHA communities to find jobs. Contact Larry Hill for more information at 206-722-4010 ext. 6.<br /><br />Service Provider Open House- Discussion around hosting a Service Provider Open House. This event was planned for September but then postponed. Several service providers expressed interest in this today and would like to participate. Talked about when to host, with holidays coming up and winter months, talked about postponing until the Spring. Decision made to postpone until the Spring (March). At next meeting in December, we will discuss planning for this event, and will talk about table assignments, outreach efforts, etc. We will get a volunteer committee together to work on coordinating this event. <br /><br />Helpful tools to get the word out on your services/events:<br /><br />Rainier Vista Community website: <a href="http://www.newrainiervista.com/">www.newrainiervista.com</a> (this is a community website for the Rainier Vista) great place to post events, etc.. Please contact Christina Gilman (website host) if you would like to post an event. Christina Gilman: <a href="mailto:Christina@dolcideleria.com">Christina@dolcideleria.com</a>.<br /><br />Rainier Vista Service Provider blogpage: <a href="http://rvserviceproviders.blogspot.com/">http://rvserviceproviders.blogspot.com/</a>. Kate Farmer will update our blog page with these meeting minutes. Please let Kate Farmer know if you want to post an event or information on the blog page. <br /><br />Next Service Provider Meeting: December 15th at 10AM, hosted by: Asian Counseling and Referral Service (Jeff Wendland)Neighborhood Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00553790379613902152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-79405153929139105882009-06-26T15:42:00.001-07:002009-06-26T15:42:51.915-07:00Meeting Minutes for 6/16/09Dear Friends,<br /><br />I’m grateful for the opportunity to have led the Rainier Vista Service Providers meetings for the past 22 months. <br /><br />This was my last date to facilitate the meeting. After returning from living overseas, it was a fascinating way to gain insight into my own community through the eyes of such generous, thoughtful people. It has been a pleasure to hold this responsibility. Thanks to everyone who came to the meetings and shared their insight with us. <br /><br />We’ll see you at the next meeting in August, held generously by my friends at Neighborhood House. See below.<br /><br />Sincerely, <br /><br />Gregory Schaffer<br /><br /><br />In attendance:<br />Victoria Tangata-Nature Consortium<br />Jan Eng-ACRS<br />Kate Farmer & Colin Sexton-Neighborhood House<br />William Eisely-Team Read<br />Naomi Chang-SHA<br />Nelson Lopez-Neighborcare<br />Gregory Schaffer-ReWA<br />Jason Rolfe-YTP<br /><br />This was Gregory’s final meeting as the meeting facilitator. In the future Kate Farmer of Neighborhood House will facilitate the e-mail list and general meeting organization. Individual meetings will be directed by the person hosting the meeting.<br /><br />Attached is the current e-mail list.<br /><br />Gregory will look into having the Service Provider listing posted elsewhere, possibly at the: http://newrainiervista.com/public/ run by an RV resident.<br /><br />Group Planning:<br />• The service providers would like to hold an open house for adults in late September, possibly the 24th or 28th, from 6-8PM. We are considering the Boys and Girls Club at Rainier Vista if they are available. Recently there was a small fair for children but it was agreed that a targeted fair for adults could be beneficial.<br />1. Funding could come from the Chamber of Commerce if possible. Food availability could be discussed.<br />2. It would be good to have outside agencies such as SDOT, Census Bureua, and Washington Oral Health attend as well.<br />3. Please look into whether your agency could have a table set up for either of those dates.<br /><br />• Plans are on for a Youth Providers fair at BGC for July 30th, 1PM. Contact Colin at NH to be on the RV youth mailing list.<br /><br />Agency Updates:<br /><br />Nature Consortium<br />There will be environmental field trips every Friday for no charge this summer starting 6/26. They will start at 12 and end at 4. They can take 10-12 children. Victoria will send out a flyer.<br /><br />ACRS<br />Please share your ESL flyers with the group, especially to interested parties at Neighborhood House as they are no longer offering their own ESL classes. ACRS just held its annual Walk for Rice event to end hunger in our community.<br /><br />Neighborhood House<br />Free lunch for people under the age of 18, M-F, at their RV location.<br /><br />Team Read<br />Team Read finished up a successful summer and is looking to recruit young people as volunteers for the upcoming school year. They need your help in getting literacy packs ready if you’re interested in volunteering.<br /><br />SHA<br />Parking enforcement at RV begins July 18th for new time restricted parking.<br />The multicultural committee is planning a potluck for next month.<br />The family support group is currently postponed.<br /><br />ReWA<br />ReWA is full for its summer youth program for children entering grades 3-6. On Fridays ReWA will have a service project for students entering grades 7-10. There may be space available. ReWA regularly offers ESL classes. Call 721-0243.<br /><br />YTP<br />Gearing up for their summer reading program that runs six weeks starting June 26th 4:30-7:30. The program is full.<br />They are moving from the South to the North end of the BGC facility.<br /><br />Meeting Schedule:<br />Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30AM<br />August 18th, Neighborhood House RV, Kate and Colin<br />October 20th, YTP at BGC RV, Jason<br />Future meetings TBAtangledeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12982126876712220065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-80202274290375115692009-02-19T10:51:00.001-08:002009-02-19T11:06:14.479-08:00Spotlight: Healthy & Active Rainier Valley Coalition<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v-VuIjhV-sM/SZ2qSv89F4I/AAAAAAAAAbY/8u4ZkveVfYE/s1600-h/HARVC_logo.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 166px; height: 164px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v-VuIjhV-sM/SZ2qSv89F4I/AAAAAAAAAbY/8u4ZkveVfYE/s400/HARVC_logo.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304583175198807938" /></a>The Healthy and Active Rainier Valley Coalition is a group of agencies and individuals that have come together in the Rainier Valley area of Seattle, Washington, to promote physical activity and nutrition. The Coalition meets on the third Wednesday of every other month from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. at the Rainier Community Center, Community Center Information. Address: 4600 38th Ave. S, 98118. Everyone is welcome to attend meetings. <br /><a href="http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/chronic/steps/harvc.aspx">http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/chronic/steps/harvc.aspx</a>tangledeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12982126876712220065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-26645800389028035622009-02-19T10:31:00.000-08:002009-02-19T10:32:05.905-08:00Rainier Vista Official Site<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v-VuIjhV-sM/SZ2lhlhxICI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/D_J0W8ljuT0/s1600-h/RainierVistaRentalHousing32.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 199px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v-VuIjhV-sM/SZ2lhlhxICI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/D_J0W8ljuT0/s400/RainierVistaRentalHousing32.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304577932540321826" /></a><a href="http://www.rainiervista.org/">http://www.rainiervista.org/</a>tangledeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12982126876712220065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-83481003102000427912009-02-19T10:23:00.000-08:002009-02-19T10:25:48.994-08:00ThanksThanks to everyone for helping to update their contact information.tangledeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12982126876712220065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260136878748266910.post-44946632845088081022009-02-18T12:16:00.000-08:002009-02-19T10:34:37.303-08:00Meeting Minutes for 2/17<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v-VuIjhV-sM/SZx20pCrFeI/AAAAAAAAAbI/C0Vv-CpzQLE/s1600-h/DSCF0035%5B1%5D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v-VuIjhV-sM/SZx20pCrFeI/AAAAAAAAAbI/C0Vv-CpzQLE/s400/DSCF0035%5B1%5D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304245107877942754" /></a><br />Hosted by Providence ElderPlace<br /><br />In Attendance:<br /><br />Gregory Schaffer-Refugee Women's Alliance<br />Nelson Lopez-Neighborcare<br />Muriel Bergerson-Seattle Human Services Department<br />Elizabeth Carr-Seattle Public Library<br />Corina Kroll-Providence ElderPlace<br />Briahn Martin-Orca K-8 Vista Volunteer<br />Colin Sexton-Neighborhood House<br />Allison Nackel-Neighborhood House<br />Diana Vergis Vinh-Public Health/HARVC<br />Naomi Chang-SHA<br />Jason Rolfe-Youth Tutoring Program<br /><br /><strong>Computer Access in Area</strong><br />SPL has computer classes available at Columbia Branch<br />SPL has a traveling computer lab/program for internet/computer basics/email<br />SPL would like seniors to come use computers, possibly colalborate w/Diana<br />SPL Columbia is interested in forming a class on sustainable skills in difficult economic times, anyone interested in collaborating?<br />SPL computer usage is up heavily w/more adults seeking employment<br />SPL will offer tax help Weds 10-1<br /><br />NH has 16 computers available for use with some restrictions. Currently there are no open lab hours. Volunteer operators might be able to keep lab open more. Lab is open for youth on Wednesdays from 3:30-6:30.<br />NH works with older teens on W/TH evenings for computer skills training. <br />NH has a Digital Connectors program w/YMCA and Puget Sound off to gain computer skills. From APR-JUN this group will work in the community to access technology.<br /><br />ACRS has a computer lab. Please ask about public usage.<br /><br /><strong>Youth Ages/Services</strong><br />YTP serves all ages grade 1-12 <br />ReWA serves children ages 10+<br />Boys and Girls Club, under 13<br />Rainier Valley Teen Center, 13+<br /><br /><strong>Foundations for Work-Allison Nackel</strong><br />King County grant for underemployed/unemployed, people w/inadequate housing<br />for people under 175% of poverty line<br />Spanish and Somali help available<br />Available at NH Rainier Vista 4 days a week<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v-VuIjhV-sM/SZx2TKi19zI/AAAAAAAAAbA/rbs3yjxV3Zw/s1600-h/DSCF0029%5B1%5D"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v-VuIjhV-sM/SZx2TKi19zI/AAAAAAAAAbA/rbs3yjxV3Zw/s400/DSCF0029%5B1%5D" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304244532755691314" /></a><br /><strong>Agency Updates</strong><br /><br /><strong>ReWA </strong>will be opening a mental health office at Rainier Vista in the former Nature Consortium space.<br />Nelson of <strong>Neighborcare </strong>teaches enhanced fitness for ages 50+ on Friday mornings at RBCC, and Tai Chi there on Friday afternoons. <br />Corina of <strong>Elderplace </strong>would like your ideas on a service project for their employees. In the past they have had a blood pressure clinic. Ideas: community clean-up, blood drive.<br />Naomi of <strong>SHA</strong>, new committee the Family Support Group on the 1st Friday of the month. The next meeting will be at NH on March 6th from 6 to 7:30. The topic will be communication between parents and children. Do you have resources to share.<br />Briahn of <strong>Vista/Orca</strong> would like to expand gardening and nutrition opportunities with local youth.<br /><strong>ElderPlace</strong> is for people ages 55+ who need help w/2 tasks a day. For people w/medicare/medicaid put same price for other people.<br /><br />Like <strong>Baseball</strong>? Nelson is working on creating a new baseball program with other community organizations to eventually get sponsorship from the big leagues. <br /><br />Jason of <strong>YTP </strong>will work to lead a youth provider meeting for next month.<br /><br />Other notes:<br />Add <strong>ACRS </strong>and <strong>Seattle Senior Services</strong> to e-mail list<br />Update e-mail list to ensure all interested parties attend<br /><strong>Seattle Youth Employment Program </strong>applications are due in April: <a href="http://www.seattle.gov/humanservices/youth/employment.htm">http://www.seattle.gov/humanservices/youth/employment.htm</a><br /><br />Funds dry up for Rainier Vista: <a href="http://www.realchangenews.org/2009/2009_02_11/rainier_v16n07.html">http://www.realchangenews.org/2009/2009_02_11/rainier_v16n07.html</a><br /><br />Columbia City Wikli: <a href="http://columbiacitizens.net/wikli:current">http://columbiacitizens.net/wikli:current</a><br /><br />The <strong>next meeting</strong> will be at Providence Gamelin House on April 21st. 10:00-11:30AM. Contact Ba Cam Ma.tangledeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12982126876712220065noreply@blogger.com0