March 13, 2019

Members Present:

Members not Present:  

Others Present:

• Meeting Notices:
• The Agenda and Meeting Notice were posted  03/06/2019 on publisher@ecapitol.net  with a  list of all CCAC meetings for 2019 submitted to the Secretary of State on 01/09/2019
• The Meeting Notice was posted at Catholic Charities on 03/12/2019

• Call to Order:
• Jason Charles called meeting to order at 10:056 am

• Reflection:
• Brent Thackerson provided words of reflection

• Introductions

• Approval of Minutes:  
• December 12, 2018 minutes were approved  

• Standing Membership Subcommittee Report:
• Eloise Locust provided report
• Met on 3/11/2019 1:30 pm at the DHS offices, Sequoyah Building
• Present were Eloise Locust, Rachel Proper, Brent Thackerson, and Patrick Klein

• They reviewed the membership list and there are still currently four vacancies:
• Rural Family Child Care Homes
• A private citizen
• Early Childhood Association of Oklahoma
• Part-day programs
• Discussed the feedback they received from some rural family child care homes about the challenges to participate on this committee:
• The time of the day of the meetings
• Needing a substitute
• Expense of hiring substitute
• Time spent away from their program
• Travel expense

• If anyone has recommendations for these vacancies please let someone know on the Membership Subcommittee.
• During the meeting a question was raised about the number of designees that a CCAC member can have. They reviewed the by-laws about the committee makeup and there was no limit stated. Right now we have one designee but should more be allowed?

• New Business – Discussed whether the STARS Review Board member could also be a rotating position like the Peer Review Board
• The statute regarding this states "The advisory committee shall designate two people to serve on the department's STARS Administrative Review Panel; at least one designee shall be an owner/operator of a licensed child care center.
• Feedback received today will be discussed at the next subcommittee meeting and CCAC members will vote on their recommendations at June 12, 2019 meeting.
• Explore if there is a source of funding (could be external from DHS) that could be used for travel expenses.

• Orientation was attended today by:
• Patrick Klein

• Standing Subcommittee Reports:
• Child Care Facilities (centers) Standing Subcommittee
• No report provided
• Family Child Care Homes Standing Subcommittee
• Ari Conner provided report

• Subcommittee has not met in last quarter but will try to meet by teleconference next week
• Still working on filling some vacancies on the subcommittee

• QRIS Standing Subcommittee
• No report provided

• Residential Standing Subcommittee
• Brent Thackerson provided report
• The subcommittee will meet again on June 12, 2019 at 9:00 am

• They've been discussing how to get more people to attend
• They didn't have anything new to bring to the committee today
  
   

• Legislative Update:
• Linda Whaley provided report and handout

• Licensing Sanctions Report:
• Kristi Simpson provided report and handout

• Old Business:
• OBI update provided by Patrick Klein
• Working within about a week's processing time
• Working on adding positions for the mobile unit

• New Business:

• William Alexander brought up the recent legalization in Oklahoma of Medical Marijuana and if this group should put out recommendations for programs
• Each member will speak to their respective groups about recommendations and we will discuss again in June.
• Brent Thackerson would like to propose recognizing new programs at each quarterly meeting (e.g. certificate of appreciation).
• Jill Goyette – Annual 5 Days of Action April 22 – 26 for Child Abuse Prevention Month
• Bring child abuse awareness out to the community
• Tools and resources are free
• This year's focus is on "Know, See, & Respond"
• Fivedaysofaction.org                

• Public Comments:
• Kathy Cronemiller – asking for assistance with obtaining background/fingerprinting information for people who have lived out-of-state; California and Texas are especially difficult.
• Other members said this is an issue for their programs also
• OBI will work with programs in these instances
• Amy Cornelson should be able to answer some of the questions brought up

• Meeting adjourned at 11:09 am

• Next Meetings:
• Wednesday, June 12, 2019 – Catholic Charities
• Wednesday, September 11, 2019 – TBD
• Wednesday, December 11, 2019 – TBD