PIT Meeti.. - Sharing the Commitment

Collier Partners in Transition (PIT) Team
Meeting # 2 Minutes
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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Members Present:
1. Rick Duggan, Collier County Public Schools
2. Mary Kelly, CCPS- LWIT Project Explorer
3. Abiba Jimma, Anabi Inc. WSC.
4. Christina Cain, Collier Park and Recreation
5. David Glenn, Foundation for the Developmentally Disabled
6. Jennifer Sabo, Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples
7. Joe Belardinelli, SW Florida Workforce Dev Board
8. Jose Delvalle, APD
9. Kathy Iwanowski, VSA
10. Leigh Anna Nowak, Center for autism and Rel Dis
11. Lisa Friedman-Chavez, Project 10
12. Nancy LeChance, FACES
13. Ellie VanderMeuse , Sunrise Community
14. Susan Anderson, Children’s Medical Servies
15. Susan Ham, FDLRS
16. Barbara Brown, Parent
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
The Collier PIT meeting was held in the Martin Luther King Administration Center, Collier County Public Schools
(CCPS), Room 4-167, on Wednesday January 26, 2011. The meeting was called to order at 1:00 PM, and facilitated by
Rick Duggan, CCPS Elayne Gundeck, ESE Secretary, volunteered to record the meeting minutes.
The PIT Team welcomes Ellie VanderMeuse and Barbara Brown as a new members to the team.
GOALS AND ACTION PLANS
Action plan # 1 – Members submit updated organization information
Action plan # 2 – Uniform information form
Action plan # 3 – Website template
Action Plan # 4 – Brochure utilizing Project 10 Grant
Action plan #5 - Media Day
Rick came up with an agenda for this meeting, but would also like to reiterate last meetings goals and go over some
action planning. He will take some notes during the meeting and will send it back to the members for input. In
addition, he would like to include all members instead of primarily CCPS. In this, all representative views would be
accounted.
One idea that was brought up was developing an additional secondary worksite like a Life program for 18-22 years of
age and age 22 and beyond.. Good examples were the Moorings Park Program. Increasing Community participation
was another topic that was mentioned not only in the meetings, but locating more businesses that we can reach out to as
potential work sites for our student.
David Glenn reminded us that we need to update the information on the agencies as well as your own agencies that we
give out in the communities.
Under the Tactics Guide you will find information on Sharing the Commitment, another Cooperative Agency that is
used by CCPS. Since the information is rather out dated in the Tactics brochure, updated information on the agencies
along with the members updated information can be submitted so we can update the guide along with graphics, or make
into brochures. In addition, the idea of a newsletter was suggested.
Lisa suggested a searchable web based directory be created instead of a PDF. This can be updated on a quarterly basis,
include information along with the quarterly meetings dates, spot light some of the business and employers that are
employing our students and young adults along with the meeting minutes This may be a good tool in recruiting interest
for new agencies. Rick agreed and will host this.
An additional tool that is being piloted by CCPS is student Directed Summary of Performance. This provides
information on a disabled students educational and vocational needs, progress, transition and experience.
A new action step could entail submitting a small blurb including contact information of their agency, and organizations
the member is working with. Lisa Chavez commended making a form for the information so everything remains
uniform. Rick agreed, as a second action step, create a form template and submit at the next meeting. At this time the
agency could tell us what links are going to be listed on their page. The home page should include a PIT page, a
resource page, and member’s page. The member pages will then link to the agencies page. This may already exist in
your own website. When supplied, Rick and Elayne will coordinate with our Assistive Technology team to develop a
usable format on a website. Rick stated the template for the web site will be ready in 2 weeks. The information for the
web site needs to be sent to Rick by the next meeting (March 23). The target for web site completion is in June.
The information can be submitted to [email protected]
PROJECT 10 GRANT
Three sites within with CCPS are receiving this grant. Immokalee High School, Lely High School and Naples High
Schools.
A wonderful example of the success of this grant is from last year. Lely High School had a school store for the
students. The grant money was awarded to start up the store, but the students utilized it to augment and earn money for
their participation. In addition, the student had to do well within the program in order to participate The goal was to
have the store self generating income for the student.
Lisa stated that there were grants available for organizations such as PIT. The grant is called Pilot Transition Site Mini
Grants. The maximum for this grant is $2000.00. Another grant called Interagency Collaboration is a full mini grant
application that offers $1500.00. If you are interested, the dead line is February 17. Once the funds are awarded you
have until October 1st to use the entire grant. Lisa volunteered to lend a hand to anyone needing assistance with the
application.
Once the the grant is awarded and we get the proper releases, the money can be used to recruit organizations. Rick
suggested a sheltered workshop, including a brochure showing what it looks like with some of our students and
different sites. In addition, this could be handed out not only to vendors and employers, but to parents in hopes to
increase participation. On the back page of the brochure, add instructions how employers could get involved,
internship, or volunteer. Barbara Brown strongly suggested keeping the brochure simple so it is easy to navigate
participation.
Out of town conferences and travel is one more item that the grant can cover.
At the beginning of the year, such as October, a Meet and Greet mini luncheon could be held including incentives and
recognitions off the CCPS work site. In addition, use the new brochure and/ or the media. Target groups could be
Kiwanis, The Chamber for commerce, the Rotary club, Publix, Walgreen’s, or CCPS . These companies could sponsor
or donate the awards.
The PIT group will be attending the Diversity Festival at Hodges University on March 5TH, 12:00 PM-5:00 PM. Rick
stated he would put together a flyer for this event. The following volunteered to run the booth: Rick Duggan, Abiba
Jimma and Joe Belardinelli. Rick will attempt to locate a banner for the event.
OPEN DISCUSSION
Elayne will supply the PIT group with the list of companies that already employee students using the CCPS
Cooperative Agreement.
Jennifer from The Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples, located at North Collier Regional Park offers locations for
children with all disability to participate. The building and programs are accessible. Around 200 volunteers and 20
staff members with go through disability training. A variety of programs will be available such as Breaking the
Barriers on Saturday mornings and special Autism Sensory nights.
Conover Company supplied CCPS a transition tool for some of our students called the I-Touch. This is now being
piloted along with other software and devices creating a peck system or augmentative device. The software is available
to download from the Apple Store. More information will be supplied to the group at the next meeting
Kathleen Peck with Lighthouse of Collier Inc., Center for Blindness and Vision loss,
living skills, assistive technology, a summer program and transition programming.
offers orientation in mobility,
There will an art exhibit with VSA in August. If you would like additional information regarding this event, please
contact Kathy Iwanowski at [email protected]
SPECIAL NOTE
Rick recognized that Josephine Morris will not longer able to support the PIT at this time. The past participation and
assistance with this organization over the years was greatly appreciated.
LINKS OF INTEREST
http://collierstc.com
http://www.childrensadvocacy.org
http://www.vistaprint.com
http://lighthouseofcollier.org
http://www.hodge-group.com
http://www.cmon.org
http://www.napleschild.org
http://www.healautismnow.org
MEETING # 3
The next meeting will on March 23, 2011 between 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Meeting was adjourned at 2:40 PM.
CONTACT NAME
VENDOR
ADDRESS
CITY
STATE ZIP
Mr.
Ernie
Lasalle
Rec Room Furniture & Games
13560 Tamiami Trail North
Naples
FL
34110
Ms.
Ivette
Prieto
Watchful Eye
5986 Dogwood Way
Naples
FL
34116
Mr.
Frank
Oakes
Food & Thought
2132 Tamiami Trail North
Naples
FL
34102
Mr.
Gregory
Wilk
General Air Conditioning
2240 Trade Center Way
Naples
FL
34108
Ms.
Roosevelt
Jackson
Marshalls
2075 9th Street North
Naples
FL
34102
Ms.
Karen
Bivens
Publix Super Markets, Inc.
3300 Publix Corporate Parkway
Lakeland
FL
33802
Mr.
Vin de Pasquale
The Dock at Crayton Cove
845 12th Street South
Naples
FL
34102
Mr.
Tim
Wynn
Wynn’s Market
141 9th Street North
Naples
FL
34102
Mr.
Scott
Piper
Florida Motor Sports
6329 Naples Blvd.
Naples
FL
34109
Mr.
Kurt
Swidarski
Naples Team Sports
6300 Taylor Road
Naples
FL
34109
Ms.
Beth
Hatch
YMCA
5450 YMCA Road
Naples
FL
34109
Mrs.
Maureen
Fahey
Great Clips
15275 Collier Blvd.
Naples
FL
34119
Mr.
Joey
Furlani
NY Deli
4550 Executive Drive
Naples
FL
34119
Mr.
Patrick
Gilhuly
Sweetbay Supermarket
7550 Mission Hills Drive
Naples
FL
34119
Mr.
George
Chami
Town Marke
7770 Preserve Lane
Naples
FL
34119
Mr.
Jim
Chittick
Ace Hardware
11673 Collier Blvd.
Naples
FL
34102
Mr.
Jose
Sylvia
Greeting Card Outlet
4863 Golden Gate Parkway
Naples
FL
34116
Mr.
Paul
Conti
Il Primo Pizza & Wings
5248 Golden Gate Parkway
Naples
FL
34116
Mr.
Abrahim
Abrahim
Men’s Palace
4883 Golden Gate Parkway
Naples
FL
34116
Mr.
Victor
Pinal
Papa John’s Pizza
4885 Golden Gate Parkway
Naples
FL
34116
Mr.
Kurt
Bossi
Winn Dixie
4849 Golden Gate Parkway
Naples
FL
34116
Mrs.
Alicia
Murray
Rib City
621 N. 15th Street
Immokalee
FL
34142
Godcharles
Walgreens
1450 Immokalee Drive
Immokalee
FL
34142
Mr.
Mr.
David
Randall
Big Cypress Animal Clinic
11363 S. Tamiami Trail East
Naples
FL
34113
Ms.
Ava
Ricigliano
Van Huesen/IZOD
6060 Collier Blvd.
Naples
FL
34114
Mrs.
Tara
Nelson
Books A Million
2063 Tamiami Trail North
Naples
FL
34102
Mr.
Francisco
Colasso
B.P. Urika Oil Corp.
384 Randall Boulevard
Naples
FL
34120
Ms.
Dashiel
Blanco
CVS Pharmacy
1102 N. 15th Street
Immokalee
FL
34142
Mrs.
Michelle
Cote
Walmart
5420 Juliet Boulevard
Naples
FL
34109
Mr.
Rodney
Bays
Cracker Barrel
3845 Tollgate Boulevard
Naples
FL
34114
Mr.
Dave
Lobdell
Complete Auto
4480 Domestic Avenue
Naples
FL
34104
Mr.
Brian
McCoskey
McDonalds
15291 Collier Boulevard
Naples
FL
34119
Mr.
Raymond
Dairy Queen
4895 Golden Gate Parkway
Naples
FL
34116
Mrs.
Patsy
Lovelace
Carbone,
Director Of
Human
Resources
Naples Beach Hotel & Golf
Club
851 Gulf Shore Blvd., North
Naples
FL
34102
Ms.
Lorinda
Passini
The Snook Inn
1215 Bald Eagle Drive
Marco Island
FL
34145
Ms.
Trilbia
Hamilton
Naples Wholesale Bait, Inc.
1696 Shadowlawn Drive
Naples
FL
34112
Mr.
Mrs.
& Mr.
Frank
Silverio
Winn Dixie
4849 Golden Gate Parkway
Naples
FL
34116
Wanda & Eric
Klopf
Naples Ship Store
830 12th Avenue South
Naples
FL
34102
Mrs.
Carol
Armstrong
Sbarro Italian Eatery
1868 Tamiami Trail North
Naples
FL
34102
Mr.
Jerry
Wynn
Sunshine Ace Hardware
141 19th Street North
Naples
FL
34102
Mrs.
Buffy
Prober
Claire's Accessories
1900 Tamiami Trail North
Naples
FL
34102
Mr.
Mark
Huaroto
TGI Fridays
2110 Tamiami Trail North
Naples
FL
34102
th
Mrs.
Dora
Kraus
Naples Community Hospital
350 7 Street North
Naples
FL
34102
Mrs.
Kelly
Normand
All Pets Grooming
100 Rose Blvd.
Naples
FL
34119
Mrs.
Kathy
Kirby
Merrill Gardens at Naples
1710 S.W. Health Parkway
Naples
FL
34109
Jamie
Eskiridge
Creation Station WEE
Christian Learning Center
8000 Goodlette Road
Naples
FL
34109
Mrs.
Yvonne
Lovenguta
Starbucks
1427 Pine Ridge Road
Naples
FL
34109
Mrs.
Charissa
Schmitt
Finish Line
1840 9th Street North
Naples
FL
34102
Mr.
Bob
Jackson
Ray’s Lawn and Garden, Inc.
215 Nursery Lane
Naples
FL
34119
Mrs.
Paula
Wilkins
28 Wicklife Drive
Naples
FL
34110
Naples
FL
34102
Mrs.
Lauren
Knotts
Abercrombie & Fitch
th
1762 9 Street North