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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALRIGHT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOTION SECOND SUPERVISOR KEL AND
OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THAT PASSES.
OUR FIRST, UH, ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE VETERANS SERVICE QUARTERLY REPORT.
UM, JULIE, AS I UNDERSTAND KURT COULDN'T MAKE IT.
UM, KURT HAD AN EMERGENCY TODAY AND SO HE IS GOING TO BE POSTPONING HIS REPORT UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
UM, I KNOW THAT HE WAS JUST PROBABLY GOING TO BE GIVING YOU AN UPDATE AND SOME, UM, THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE LAST
[a. Veterans Services Quarterly Report]
QUARTER.NO BIG CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO HIS INITIATIVE.
UM, IF YOU HAD ANYTHING THAT YOU HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, YOU COULD CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO HIM, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT MONTH, BUT WE'LL PUT HIM ON ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE A DRC QUARTERLY REPORT.
I'LL CALL ON TAMMY TO HELP US WITH THAT.
I'M TAMMY ANDERSON, THE DIRECTOR AT THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER.
UM, THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT ENCOMPASSES, UM, ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED OUT HERE SEPARATELY, AND I'LL KIND OF ROLL THE QUARTERLY REPORT INTO THAT.
[b. ADRC Quarterly Report]
FOR YOU.WE HISTORICALLY HAVE OFFERED EVENING HOURS ON MONDAYS FROM FOUR 30 TO 7:00 PM UM, FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE WALKING IN BASICALLY NEEDING THOSE WALK-IN SERVICE EVENING HOURS.
UM, THEY WERE NOT WELL ATTENDED.
UH, WE DID TRACKING FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AND, UM, DUE TO THE DATA WE DECIDED TO, UM, CUT THOSE.
OUR BUSINESS HOURS WILL BE 8:00 AM TO 4:30 PM WE ARE AVAILABLE AND DO ACCOMMODATE THOSE, UM, EARLIER MORNING APPOINTMENTS OR AFTER HOURS APPOINTMENTS AT ANY TIME IF PEOPLE NEED THEM.
SO STAFF ARE ALREADY REGULARLY ACCOMMODATING OUTSIDE OF BUSINESS HOURS.
THIS WAS JUST ELIMINATING THAT, UM, HOPING PEOPLE WOULD WALK IN AND UTILIZE THOSE, THOSE EVENING HOURS.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT UPDATE? JUST A STATEMENT.
UM, I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO DO THIS PROGRAM AND GIVE IT A TRY.
AND I'M ALSO GLAD THAT YOU KEPT IT UP ON TOP OF IT AND MADE SURE THAT IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T SERVING THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ELIMINATED, I I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS STRIVE TO, UH, TRY AND ACCOMMODATE OUR CITIZENS AND TRY NEW THINGS, BUT WHEN THEY DON'T WORK, WE JUST TURN AROUND AND SAY, OKAY, IT DIDN'T WORK, LET'S GET RID OF IT.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S VERY COMMENDABLE AND SOME DATA TO SUPPORT IT.
UM, AND THE SECOND UPDATE, UM, OUR AYAHUASCA MEAL SITE, UH, WE ARE NO LONGER PARTNERING WITH MEADOW CREEK APARTMENTS FOR THAT CONGREGATE SITE.
UM, SERVICE DELIVERY HAS NOT CHANGED.
WE ARE GETTING ALL OF THOSE HOME DELIVERED MEAL PARTICIPANTS, THEIR MEALS OUT OF OUR MEADOWBROOK MEAL SITE.
[e. ADRC – Kewaskum Meal Site]
SOME DATA TRACKING, VERY, VERY LOW ATTENDANCE.IT WAS IN A, UH, SUBSIDIZED HOUSING UNIT AND THE POPULATION HAD REALLY CHANGED OVER TO BE MORE OF THE YOUNGER DISABLED MENTAL HEALTH POPULATION.
AND OUR MEAL PROGRAM IS TO SERVE THOSE THAT ARE 60 AND OLDER, THOSE OLDER ADULTS.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING THIS KIND OF ROLL INTO THE QUARTERLY UPDATE INTO DOING THE RESTAURANT SITE MODEL FOR CONGREGATE DINERS AND, UM, KRISTEN HOSKIN, OUR NUTRITION AND WELLNESS SUPERVISOR ARE LOOKING INTO THAT.
WE'VE VISITED ANOTHER MEAL SITE.
UM, WE'VE TALKED TO THE STATE A FEW TIMES ABOUT A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR PROGRAMS. UM, AND SO AGAIN, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT SERVICE DELIVERY HAS NOT CHANGED.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE STILL, THOSE MOST VULNERABLE OLDER ADULTS ARE STILL GETTING THEIR MEALS IN THE KIOWAS AREA.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, WE RECEIVED A 10% INCREASE IN OUR CONTRACTED, UM, MEAL RATES IN 2023 WITH TAHER WHO PROVIDES OUR FOOD FOR OUR MEAL PROGRAM.
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IN 2024 AS AN INCREASE, AND THEY CAME IN WITH ANOTHER 7.8% THAT CAME IN VERY LATE AFTER BUDGET WAS PRETTY MUCH ALREADY, UM, DONE.[d. ADRC – Home Delivered Meals Contract]
JULIE AND THE FINANCE TEAM THAT I WORK WITH.UM, WE DO BELIEVE WE'LL BE ABLE TO RECUPERATE THOSE COSTS.
WE ARE LOOKING TO DECREASE OUR CARRYOUT MEALS.
SO WHEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, UM, COVID HAPPENED, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE CARRY OUT MEALS, WHICH HISTORICALLY WE HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO BY CONTRACT AND THOSE COME OUT OF OUR HOME DELIVERED MEAL FUNDING.
UM, SO WE ARE WORKING ON A PLAN AND HAVE ALREADY STARTED DECREASING THOSE CARRYOUT MEALS, EITHER EVALUATING THOSE PARTICIPANTS TO SEE IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR HOME DELIVERED MEALS OR, UM, OFFERING THEM THE CONGREGATE, UM, DINING SITE.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT.
UM, AND OF COURSE I'LL BRING ANY MAJOR UPDATES TO THE COMMITTEE, UM, IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A CONCERN WITH BUDGET, BUT AT THIS TIME WE BELIEVE WE'VE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO RECOUP THOSE COSTS OF THE UNANTICIPATED INCREASE.
TAMMY, DO YOU NEED ANY, UM, ACTION ON THE KIOSKI? I DO NEED ACTION ON THE KIOSKI MEAL SITE.
THIS, UM, WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED OUR PLAN TO THE STATE.
UM, THEY JUST NEED ACTION AND APPROVAL FROM THE COMMITTEE TO FINALIZE IT.
SO I'LL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DISCUSS THIS.
SO THIS WAS TO MOVE IT AND THEN I'LL ASK QUESTIONS.
THIS WAS TO MOVE IT, THIS WAS ESSENTIALLY TO CLOSE THE CONGREGATE DINING SITE IN KI WASUM OKAY.
AT MEADOWBROOK APARTMENTS AND SHIP THAT OVER THE, THE DELIVERED.
I I, ALRIGHT, SUPERVISOR BAILEY.
SECOND SUPERVISOR GARETH, ALTHOUGH WELL WE'RE DONE WITH THE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE.
AND THE USE OF, UM, ARPA FUNDS FOR SAMARITAN STAFFING AND JULIE IS PREPARED TO ADDRESS THAT FOR US.
AND, UM, YEAH, SO WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, IS A, UM, APPROVAL FOR, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL ARPA FUNDS TO ADD ON SOME ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES FOR SAMARITAN SPECIFICALLY
[f. Use of ARPA Funds for Samaritan Staffing]
TO ADDRESS THE SUPPORT THAT'S NEEDED.UM, FOR A SECOND SHIFT SUPERVISOR.
UM, WE DID HAVE A RETIREMENT OF A LONG TIME SECOND SHIFT SUPERVISOR, UM, AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AND, UM, HARD TO FILL MANY OF OUR POSITIONS, LET ALONE, UM, A SUPERVISOR POSITION.
UM, WE'VE BEEN PAYING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY HOURLY FOR AGENCY AND AN AGENCY SUPERVISOR IS ALSO NOT THE IDEAL, UM, STAFFING THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE.
SO, UM, THE REQUEST HAS BEEN FROM, UM, THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR, MATT FERNO, TO INCREASE THE SALARY OF THAT POSITION SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, SO THAT WE COULD, UM, ATTRACT AND RETAIN A SECOND SHIFT SUPERVISOR, BUT THEN ALSO TO, UM, INCENTIVIZE OUR OTHER, UM, NURSING MANAGERS TO DO A ROTATING ON CALL, UM, UH, BIWEEKLY SO THAT, UM, WHEN THERE ARE NEEDS WITHIN THIS, WITHIN THE, UM, SAMARITAN CAMPUS, UM, THEY HAVE NURSES THAT ARE ON CALL AND BECAUSE THEY ARE SALARY TO GIVE THEM AN INCENTIVE TO FOR THOSE ON-CALL HOURS.
UM, SO THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT IS 42,000, UM, THAT WE WOULD ADD ONTO THE USE OF ARPA.
UM, THAT IS, THAT IS THE REQUEST THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, SO JULIE, HOW MUCH IN INCENTIVE INCENTIVE PAY HAVE WE PAID OUT THESE LAST FEW YEARS? UH, WE'VE USED ARPA FUNDS AND I BELIEVE WE'VE USED SOME OF OUR OWN FUNDS IN THE BEGINNING BEFORE ARPA.
I KNOW FOR THE ARPA FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN PAID OUT.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S, UM, IN THE QUARTERLY ARPA REPORT THAT, UM, MARGIE HAS SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY BOARD.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT, UM, REPORT IN FRONT OF ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF ERIN WAS GONNA TRY TO FIND IT AS WELL REAL QUICKLY.
UM, I DO KNOW THE ORIGINAL, UM, INCENTIVE
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REQUEST BACK IN, UM, 2021 WAS $2.3 MILLION.UM, THAT WAS WHAT WAS APPROVED AND I KNOW, UM, WE, I MEAN WE'VE BEEN SPENDING THAT, BUT THE ACTUAL EXPEND TO DATE, UM, WOULD BE IN THAT NET NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT THAT MARGIE WOULD SUBMIT TO THE COUNTY BOARD.
DO YOU HAVE IT HERE? UM, SO I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE REPORT TODAY.
I WAS UP, I COULDN'T FIND MARGIE UP THERE.
I THOUGHT WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ASK, UM, THAT REPORT WILL GO TO THE BOARD IN FEBRUARY.
SO YOU'LL, IT IT'LL BE IN YOUR PACKET IN A, A MATTER OF DAYS, MAYBE A WEEK.
UM, YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE THE REPORT ITSELF.
UM, BUT I WASN'T ABLE TO IN TIME PULL THE, THE FULL REPORT.
UM, I AM SEEING IT BASED ON THE LAST REPORT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, WE WERE RE REPORTING ON, UH, 300,000 IN SALARY PREMIUMS, 1.1 MILLION IN HOURLY PREMIUMS AND ABOUT 35,000 IN TUITION INCENTIVE.
UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS ON THE LAST REPORT THAT THAT WAS RECEIVED.
SO WE, BUT WE PUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING INTO THIS OF COUNTY MONEY AND OF ARPA MONEY AND, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M REALLY TRYING TO GET THE POINT ACROSS TO OUR LISTENERS AT HOME, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO.
JUST THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR OUR STAFF FOR RETAINING CORRECT.
ARPA FUNDS, UH, THESE, THESE WILL BE RUNNING OUT SOON IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
UM, THE, THESE ARPA FUNDS GO THROUGH 2026.
SO THESE WE HAVE TIME, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO OBLIGATE THEM BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND SPEND THEM BY THE END OF 26.
WELL, LET'S HOPE IT DOESN'T GET TO THAT.
UH, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY WORD ON ANY NEGOTIATIONS OR ANYTHING FINALIZED OR ANYTHING HAPPENING AS FAR AS SAMARITAN GOES THAT MIGHT CHANGE THE SITUATION? I KNOW THEY'RE IN, IN DISCUSSIONS ONGOINGLY.
AND, UH, SUPERVISOR KELLY, I NOTICED ON, ON THE MEMO HERE, IT SAYS, ESTIMATED TO BE THROUGH MAY ONE.
UM, IT SAYS THE INCENTIVE CALCULATOR TO RUN UNTIL OPERATIONS ARE TURNED OVER.
SO THEY'RE ESTIMATING THAT, YOU KNOW, GREAT.
THAT'S TIMELINE MAY ONE THAT'S HELPFUL.
UM, THINGS HOPEFULLY WILL BE DONE AND SAID
YEAH, AND, AND I MEAN, JUST FOR THE RECORD, IT, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN ON THIS BOARD IS THAT WE PUT A LOT OF MONEY IN INCENTIVE, WHETHER THAT BE ARPA FUNDS OR COUNTY TAXPAYER FUNDS.
AND, UH, I WANT TO TRY AND BE FAIR AND I WANT TO TRY AND BE, UH, WELL, LET'S JUST SAY, I, I, I, IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN SOMETIMES TO PEOPLE AND, AND I WANT THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING ON THIS AND, UH, I LOOK AT THESE FUNDS AS, AS HOPEFULLY WON'T BE NEEDED SOON, I GUESS WOULD BE MY POINT.
UM, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET IN ON ANY OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE ONGOING, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE, WHAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL RESOLVE SOON AND WE'LL HAVE OUR ANSWERS AND WE CAN START MOVING FORWARD.
AND GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT, THAT, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THIS FUNDING UNTIL WE DON'T.
ANYTHING ELSE ON, ANY QUESTIONS FOR JULIE? OKAY.
UH, OUR LAST ITEM IS, UM, CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING CAMPAIGN.
DO I TURN THIS ON? IT'S, THINK IT'S, IT IS WONDERFUL.
[g. Childhood Lead Poisoning Campaign]
DIRECTOR OF THE WASHINGTON OZAKI HEALTH DEPARTMENT.I BELIEVE MANY OF YOU WERE HERE FOR A PRESENTATION THAT WE DID INTRODUCING THIS CAMPAIGN A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, OR A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO.
I'M HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, UM, JAMES VE JAMES IS ONE OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES AND LEAD EXPERTS.
SO I'M HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
WE HAVE AROUND CHILDHOOD LED POISONING PREVENTION.
IF YOU REMEMBER FROM JAMES' TALK, HE TALKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR PROGRAMMING, AND THIS IS A RESULT OF, UM, THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
AND THEN OUR NEXT STEPS TO PROVIDE TESTING TO, UH, OUR COUNTY
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RESIDENTS, BOTH IN WASHINGTON AND IN OZAKI.SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN FRONT OF YOU IS ACTUALLY, UM, LIVE, AND YOU CAN REACH THAT ON THE INTERNET.
IT'S CALLED GET TESTED FOR LEAD.COM.
THIS IS A RESULT OF OUR WORK WITH EPIC, WHO WE'VE SECURED FOR THE CREATIVE CONTENT OF THIS WORK.
UM, AND JAMES AND OUR OTHER STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD AND US, UH, ORGANIZING THE INFORMATION FOR THIS RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT TALKS ABOUT THE CAUSES, THE SYMPTOMS AND RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH LEAD.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS WEBSITE, YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK LEAD RELATED QUESTIONS.
CURRENTLY, OUR EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED ON, UM, DEVELOPING AN OPERATIONAL PLAN TO TEST KIDS THAT ARE NEEDING TESTING.
UM, AND THAT THAT FIRST CLINIC THAT WE'RE GONNA HOLD IS ON FEBRUARY 20TH, AND THEN THE SUBSEQUENT WEEK IN WASHINGTON COUNTY WILL BE OFFERING THAT ON THE 28TH.
SO THIS WEBSITE IS CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED WITH THAT INFORMATION AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT OPERATIONAL PLAN INTERNALLY.
UM, THIS IS A REALLY ROBUST EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
IT'S GOT TV, IT'S GOT SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, NEWSPAPER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN ANYTHING FOLLOWING YOU ON THE INTERNET, TALKING ABOUT GETTING TESTED FOR LEAD.
UM, BUT IT'S A REALLY NICE RESOURCE.
UM, THERE IS A DOWNLOADABLE BROCHURE AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON INFOGRAPHICS.
SO, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPAND, REACH THROUGH DIFFERENT MODES AND, UM, MEDIUMS THAT EXIST, UM, THAT EPIC WILL PLUG US INTO.
UM, TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THIS WEBSITE, WHEN YOU SEE ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER ON THE TOP, IT SAYS LEAD RELATED QUESTIONS, BUT IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE BOTTOM WHERE YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THOSE UPCOMING CLINICS.
SO MUCH OF WHAT JAMES REVIEWED THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER IS BUILT INTO THIS WEBSITE.
HOPEFULLY YOU'RE NOT MAKING YOU SICK, BUT THIS IS A COPY OF THE BROCHURE THAT IS DEVELOPED FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, OFFERING THIS TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT WE, WE GET A GOOD RECEPTION AND I'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FUTURE UPDATES AS WE PROGRESS ALONG.
I, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, CAN YOU DIG INTO IT THE WEEDS JUST A LITTLE BIT? SURE.
AS FAR AS, YEAH, LIKE IF SOMEONE'S GETS ON AND, UM, HAS FOUND IT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA MM-HMM.
UM, SO IF THEY'RE WONDERING, DO I HAVE THE LEAD IN MY WATER? IF THERE, IS THERE A PLACE FOR THEM TO JUST ASK QUESTIONS AND GET FEEDBACK FROM SOMEBODY ANSWERING? UM, ABSOLUTELY.
SO, UM, ON THIS WEBSITE LIVE RIGHT NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO ASK QUESTIONS, AND THEN OUR NURSE EXPERTS STEP IN AND ACTUALLY HANDLE THAT.
THE RESOURCES ARE LISTED ON THE WEBSITE, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO KIND OF DIG DOWN AND FIND THAT INFORMATION.
SO THIS TOOL ALREADY DOES EXIST, AND THAT'S HOW WE RESPOND TO THOSE INQUIRIES.
UM, LAST MONTH, UH, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD, UH, ISSUED A GRANT TO THE CITY OF WEST BEND FOR SOME $3 MILLION FOR REPLACEMENT OF LEAD LATERALS, UH, WITHIN THE CITY.
WEST BEND CURRENTLY HAS THE MOST LEAD LATERALS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
UH, IT IS WHERE MOST OF THE OLD, UH, PART OF DOWNTOWN AND STUFF LIKE THAT, UH, WHERE THE LEAD IS, IS LOCATED.
UM, ARE WE PARTNERING OR HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY WITH THIS PROGRAM TO TRY AND HOPEFULLY BUILD SOME KIND OF COHESION AND POSSIBLY GET OUR CHILDREN TESTED HERE IN WEST BEND? YEAH, SO THAT CLINIC WILL ACTUALLY OCCUR ON THE 28TH, AND IT'LL CONTINUE EVERY MONTH THROUGH THIS ENTIRE YEAR.
SO WE, WE WILL BE OFFERING IT HERE AT OUR, OUR, AT OUR, UM, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CENTER.
AND THAT IS, THAT'S LIVE AND READY TO GO.
SO WE'RE HERE PROMOTING THAT CAMPAIGN AND THE RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GET TESTED FOR LEAD EFFORT AND, AND WEST BEND IS IN ON THIS, I MEAN, THE CITY YES.
IS ACTIVELY PROMOTING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS SOME GOOD COOPERATION.
I WANT TO GET THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK ON THIS ONE.
AND THEN I DID WANNA ADD TOO, SO WE DID ACTUALLY JUST FINISH, UM, PUTTING OUT LETTERS TO ALL OF OUR PROVIDERS FOR OUR VACCINE FOR CHILDREN.
SO THEY'RE HITTING OUR DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR.
UM, SO WE JUST PUT OUT ACTUALLY A LETTER IF WE FINISH, UH, DRAFTING IT TODAY.
UM, AND IT SHOULD BE GOING OUT AS WE SPEAK.
EXCUSE ME, CAN YOU, OH, I'M SORRY.
DO YOU NEED ME TO REPEAT ALL THAT? NOPE.
UM, YEAH, SO WE JUST FINISHED, UM, DRAFTING THIS LETTER AND IT DOES ALSO MENTION THAT THE LEAD LATERAL, UM, PROGRAM IS IN THE WORKS AS WELL, SO THAT, UM, WE CAN WORK WITH PROVIDERS AND WHEN THEY
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HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITIES AND WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN, UM, THAT WE CAN REALLY KIND OF WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO GET AS MANY KIDS AS WE CAN TESTED.SO, AND HOPEFULLY INTERVENING BEFORE THINGS BECOME A PROBLEM.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE SPECIFICS ON THE PROVIDERS? ARE THESE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND MID-LEVELS? YEAH, AND, UM, LIKE PEDIATRICS, UM, SO A LOT OF 'EM THERE WITH OUR VACCINE FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM IS LIKE THE LIST THAT WE USE OF ALL OF OUR CONTACTS.
SO ANYBODY THAT IS REGISTERED FOR, UM, FOR THE VACCINE FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM, WHICH IS MOSTLY PEDIATRICIANS, UM, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE GETTING OUT.
AND THEN IT'S ALSO WITH INSTRUCTION TO, TO DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION THROUGHOUT EACH OF THEIR SYSTEMS. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CAST THE NET FAR AND WIDE.
IS THE GOAL, WHAT AGE OF CHILDREN ARE BEING TESTED? IS THERE A AGE? SO, UM, THERE IS SPECIFIC GUIDELINES ON THE CDC.
SO THEY, IDEALLY THE TESTING IS DONE ONCE AT ONE YEAR AND THEN AGAIN AT TWO YEARS OLD.
UM, IF THEY DO MISS THAT INITIAL SCREENING RECOMMENDATIONS, IT'S AT LEAST ONE TIME BEFORE SIX.
SO, AND THAT'S, UM, THAT'S DONE ON, UM, BECAUSE CHILDREN BELOW SIX ARE AT HIGHER RISK FOR SOME MORE OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS, THEIR, UH, BODY IS STILL GROWING.
SO ANY LEAD POISONING AT THAT POINT IS, UM, A LOT MORE IMPACTFUL THAN SAY LIKE HAVING AN ADULT HAVE LEAD POISONING.
IT'S STILL NOT GOOD, BUT IT'S, UM, THE CHANCE FOR IRREPARABLE DAMAGE WHEN IT'S A YOUNG CHILD IS A LOT HIGHER.
AND JUST ONE THING I'D LIKE TO ADD ON THAT IS, IF YOU'RE LISTENING AT HOME WATCHING THIS MEETING OR IF YOU'RE, UH, WITH THE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE SPREADING, UH, TO GET YOUR CHILDREN TESTED.
WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING OUT TAXPAYER DOLLARS, ARPA FUNDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO GET THESE LEAD LATERALS REPLACED.
SO WE HAVE A VERY LARGE COMMITMENT TO THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I WOULD STRONGLY URGE ALL PARENTS GET YOUR CHILDREN TESTED.
THANKS FOR THE, FOR THE, THE PLUG.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION TWO THINGS.
UM, I HAD SHARED WITH HOLLY, I WAS, UM, AT THE GYM ON MONDAY NIGHT.
I DON'T WATCH A LOT OF TV, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF COMMERCIALS.
UM, AND I SAW THIS ADVERT THAT STARTED TALKING ABOUT LEAD AND I THOUGHT, OH, SOMEONE ELSE IS DOING SOMETHING ON THE TV, AND IT WAS OUR ADVERTISEMENT.
UM, SO THAT WAS VERY COOL TO SEE.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, THE, THE STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES JUST PUT OUT THEIR OWN, UM, RECOMMENDATION AROUND UNIVERSAL TESTING.
UM, TYPICALLY THERE USED TO BE A LOT OF RULES THAT FAMILIES WOULD, PARENTS WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, DO YOU LIVE IN THIS TYPE OF HOME? DO YOU LIVE IN THIS, THIS PLACE? DO YOU LIVE HERE? UM, AND NOW, UM, SORT OF THE MESSAGE ALIGNED WITH OURS IS THAT IF YOU ARE IN THOSE AGE RANGES, YOU SHOULD GET TESTED.
UM, AND SO IT'S VERY NEAT TO SEE THAT THE STATE IS REINFORCING THE MESSAGE THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED HERE IN WASHINGTON AND OZAKI COUNTIES JUST LEADING AGAIN,
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AND I DID WANNA SAY SOMETHING TOO.
UM, SO, AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY ADDRESSED IN OUR LETTER THAT WE SENT OUT TODAY AS WELL.
UH, THEY, UM, THAT HOUSING SHOULD NOT BE, UM, LIKE IN THE DISCUSSION, IF THEY'RE IN THAT RANGE, AGE RANGE, THAT THEY SHOULD BE TESTED AND THAT RISKS VERSUS, UM, SHOULDN'T BE IDENTIFIED JUST AS LONG AS THEY'RE IN THAT AGE BRACKET, THEY NEED TO BE TESTED.
AND THIS IS A REALLY ROBUST, UM, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
I'M SO EXCITED THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN PRIMARY PREVENTION ALONG WITH THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, OVERHAUL.
I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT AND THIS FOCUS ON PRIMARY PREVENTION AND, UM, FRANKLY, HEALTH IN GENERAL HELPS US AVOID, UH, HEALTHCARE COSTS DOWN THE LINE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS AND, AND PUSHING THAT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT, UH, DOES IT, OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH.