Name |
Affiliation |
Program Area |
Connie Aclin Andy Burns Teri Brock |
LSU AgCenter Bossier Housing Authority Centerpoint Community Services |
FCS FCS FCS |
Joan Almond T C Bloxom |
LSU AgCenter Bossier Sheriff Corrections |
FCS FCS |
Suzanne Stinson Betty Russell |
26th Judicial District Court Volunteer Leader |
FCS FCS |
Karen Clark William McDonald |
Bossier Office of Community Services Bossier Housing Authority |
FCS FCS |
Terry Hawkins Katherine Ervin |
Dept. of Probation & Parole Southern University AgCtr |
FCS FCS |
Mary Anne Rankin Cathryn Robinson |
Bossier Council on Aging LSU AgCenter |
FCS |
Dr. Diane Sasser Lakesha Mosley |
LSU AgCenter Louisiana Re-Entry Program |
FCS |
Millie Willett Vicky Chesser |
Volunteer Leader LSU AgCenter |
FCS FCS |
Bill Altimus Grace Peterson |
Bossier Parish Police Jury LSU AgCenter |
FCS |
Bob Brown Captain Craig Stokes |
City of Bossier City Bossier Sheriff Corrections |
FCS FCS |
Julie Bass Ruth Reyes |
Goodwill Industries of North Louisiana LSU AgCenter |
FCS |
Julian Darby Christa Pazzaglia |
Bossier Parish Police Jury Hope for the Homeless |
FCS |
Barbara Deloney Henry L. Burns |
Volunteer Leader State Representative |
FCS FCS |
Katherine Ervin Catherine Wright Linda Thorn |
LSU & Southern University AgCenter Bossier Office of Community Services Bossier Parish School Board |
FCS FCS FCS |
Louis Stacks Willie Blackshire |
Dept. of Probation & Parole Parent Education Center |
FCS FCS |
LSU AGCENTER
BOSSIER PARISH
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES ADVISORY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
March 18, 2010
Members present:
The meeting was called to order at 9:35 a.m.
Terry Foster, Bossier Parish Family and Consumer Science (FCS) agent, discussed the purpose of the FCS Advisory Leadership Council and reviewed the educational programs that are ongoing in Bossier parish such as:
Katherine Ervin with Southern University discussed the programs she has worked on in Bossier Parish with various groups: Budgeting and Saving for Elementary Children; Caddo Correctional Center; budgeting class for inmates; Piecing it Together quilting program for mothers; Parents Preparing for Success, Southern University; youth EXPO at Southern University with 22 Bossier Parish youth.
Cathryn Robinson, LSU AgCenter, explained EFNEP (Expanded Foods Nutrition Educational Program) in Bossier Parish with two nutrition educators.
Ruth Reyes and Vicky Chesser, LSU AgCenter, explained the FNP (Food and Nutrition Program) in Bossier Parish.
Recommendations for 2010-2011 programs for Bossier FCS:
1. Continue with the present programs for parenting, workforce preparedness, nutrition programs, and financial management/homebuyer programs.
2. It was suggested that the Parent Teacher Organizations (PTO) in the Bossier schools would benefit from nutrition programming with targeted parents. We will contact the schools that qualify for the FNP and EFNEP programs to see if they would be interested in our programming efforts.
3. Families in Need of Services (FINS) would possibly benefit from some of our services. Suzanne Stinson will make the contact to refer clients to Terry Foster to then distribute to the appropriate AgCenter program.
4. Department of Social Services (DSS) will be reorganizing and closing the main Bossier Office of Family Support. DSS has requested partnerships with organizations for servicing their clientele. This advisory council has recommended that the Bossier Parish AgCenter office could support DSS with being a distributor of information about service and applications only, not to serve as a location for computer access for applications from clients.
5. A suggestion was made to provide programs in the area of Emergency Preparedness. Katherine Ervin with Southern University will be working in this programming area this year. Terry Foster will offer programs to the community in this area also.
The Bossier Parish Family and Consumer Sciences Advisory Leadership Council will meet again in March 2011. A date will be selected and notification will be sent out at least one month prior to the meeting with a reminder letter/card/email two weeks before the meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m.