Tuesday, April 17, 2012

March 22 Conference Call - HIPPY Sites


Attending:
Aliceson Pinkerton – Wellness Points, Longview, Gregg County
Kathy Siepak – UTPB,  Odessa
Kit Prince – Richardson ISD
Adriana Trevino – Dallas
Deana – Amarillo
Leti Aleman – Corpus Christi
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      Aliceson
  •        Heard today – tentative award is out – it’s on the HHSC website – lists each vendor
  • ·         Have posted the positions – have not moved forward, need to have funding in place
  • ·         Transition with new CEO of the agency, social service office is also moving, therefore the system in flux


Kathy Siepak – UTPB,  Odessa
  • ·         Have applied to HUSA for the contract
  • ·         Intake, enrollment materials – on the timeline – link on back office -  http://www.unt.edu/hippy/backoffice/forms.html
  • ·         Public awareness packet  - Carla will put up on website

Kit Prince – Richardson
  • ·         Do we have to track the “old” families as well as “new” families?  No, only the new


Adriana – Dallas
Deana – Amarillo
Leti – Corpus Christi
  • ·         Still waiting

Contracting
  • ·         Signed by implementation agency
  • ·         Needs to be in place  to purchase curriculum
  • ·         Fees need to be paid to purchase curriculum? Yes, the fees must be paid. You will be invoiced along with the contract. These will be going out in the next few days!

Review home visitors – what we’re looking for, who is typical
  • ·         Parents in the community – preferably from among the parents you are recruiting for the program
  • ·         Communication skills, leadership potential, actively engaged with their own children

Preservice Training
  • ·         Dates for preservice – date has not been set, probably will be in August in Little Rock