Interagency Minutes

Minutes 6/9/11

Interagency Council

Next Meeting: March 8, 2012

At the Southern Adirondack Independent Living Center

Chairwomen: Debra Obenhooff and Judith McKinnon

Treasurer: Fred Ratto

Secretary: Allison Reynolds

Welcome

Speaker: Gail Infante from the Cancer Services Program of the Glens Falls Hospital

Gail discussed colon cancer and the importance of screenings and colonoscopies. Colon cancer is the number two killer in the US and they have paired with the American Cancer Society to bring more awareness to the subject. They have formed a program to have Main Street go blue to bring awareness to Colon Cancer. They also have programs for people who have insurance but can’t afford to pay a copay for a screening or colonoscopy. They also have Fit Kits that can be done at home and sent in to get results.  

Judith McKinnon from the Money Follows the Person grant

Discussed how a new individual from the Money Follows the Person program will be working at the Glens Falls Hospital to provide patients information on community resources and programs before they are discharged to nursing facility or home. This will allow the patient to have more options and more knowledge of the process in which they might be going through.

Educational Speaker: Paul Mastrianty from Grant Works

Paul came to help us as agencies learn more about grant writing. Paul holds an even more in depth class on how to write grants and gives people the tools to be successful in writing grants. Paul gave everyone a basic overview of the grant writing process and how an agency needs to go about thinking of how to use grants to their advantage. He gave great advice on making sure to do your research on the Foundation and grant that you are applying for. Then you have to write your story and know your budget and develop a relationship with the foundation before you submit the grant proposal.

Our Agency Spotlight for next meeting is Audrey Shaw from the American Cancer Society.

Update: Community Connections day will be on May 5^th 2012. We will be discussing in more detail the day of events at the next meeting.  Anyone who would like to help with the planning and organization of the day. Please stay after the Interagency Meeting for the planning meeting for Community Connections Day.