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DRUG ENDANGERED CHILDREN

DRUG ENDANGERED CHILDREN. SEDALIA, MO – PETTIS COUNTY CLAUDIA KAYS - DIRECTOR. APRIL, 2013 APPROACHED BY MAMa BOARD PRESIDENT – WANTING TO DISBAN CHAPTER INTRODUCED TO KEVIN FOX WHO HAD JUST RECENTLY ATTENDED A PRESENTATION ON DRUG ENDANGERED CHILDREN

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DRUG ENDANGERED CHILDREN

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  1. DRUG ENDANGERED CHILDREN SEDALIA, MO – PETTIS COUNTY CLAUDIA KAYS - DIRECTOR

  2. APRIL, 2013 • APPROACHED BY MAMa BOARD PRESIDENT – WANTING TO DISBAN CHAPTER • INTRODUCED TO KEVIN FOX WHO HAD JUST RECENTLY ATTENDED A PRESENTATION ON DRUG ENDANGERED CHILDREN • KEVIN WAS ABLE TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT FOR CHUCK DAUGHERTY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ACT MISSOURI, TO COME AND TALK TO US • I TOOK THE INFORMATION BACK TO MAMa BOARD TO TRY AND PILOT DRUG ENDANGERED CHILDREN INTO THE MOTHERS AGAINST METHAMPHETAMINE GROUP, AND HAD NO LUCK CONVINCING THEM HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT THIS COULD HAVE IN SEDALIA FOR OUR CHILDREN. I DID CONVINCE THE BOARD TO HOLD OFF UNTIL MAY FOR ANY MAJOR DECISIONS.

  3. MAY, 2013 • CHUCK DAUGHERTY CAME TO SEDALIA AND GAVE PRESENTATION ON DRUG ENDANGERED CHILDREN PROGRAM • MOTHERS AGAINST METHAMPHETAMINE VOTED TO KEEP CHAPTER OPEN, AND 3 BOARD MEMBERS RESIGNED. BOARD MEMBERS ARE REPLACED WITH KEVIN FOX BECOMING MAMa’S NEW BOARD PRESIDENT. • I WAS NOTIFIED BY SEDALIA DEMOCRAT NEWSPAPER THEY HAD RECEIVED A SMALL GRANT TO DO A SERIES ON METHAMPHETAMINE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO RUN FEATURES THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER ON MOTHERS AGAINST METHAMPHETAMINES PROGRESS. • THIS BEGAN OUR NEW JOURNEY OF HELP, HOPE, AND FAITH FOR PETTIS COUNTY

  4. COLLABERATION EFFORTS BEGIN • 1ST COALITION MEETING WAS HELD. WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 30 PEOPLE ATTEND. • CHANNEL 8 NEWS – COLUMBIA, MO, SEDALIA DEMOCRAT NEWSPAPER, PROBATION AND PAROLE, HEAD START, DIVISION OF CHILDRENS SERVICES, HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR, AND TEACHERS, PETTIS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER, NURSES, DOCTORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, KATY TRAILS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPECIALIST – MVCAA, PETTIS COUNTY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, JUVENILE OFFICES, AND COMPASS PREVENTION SPECIALIST, BURRELL HEALTH, PATHWAYS, AND EMBASSY • CINDY AND I GO AND TALK TO MAYOR HORN, WHO IS ON BOARD WITH DEC AND AGREES TO GIVE US A SLOT AT THE AUGUST COUNCIL MEETING. KEVIN FOX AND I PRESENT TO COUNCIL ON AUGUST 19, 2013. • PRESENT PROGRAM TO THE SUNRISE OPTIMIST CLUB OF SEDALIA

  5. PUSHING FORWARD TO HAVE DRUG ENDANGERED CHILDREN UP AND RUNNING • MEETINGS WITH POLICE CHIEF, SHERIFF, AND PROSECUTOR • NEXT SCHEDULED COALITION MEETING IS NOVEMBER 21, 2013 • NEW STATS WITH OFFICER I AM WORKING WITH AT SEDALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AFTER CURRENT DRUG BUSTS THAT INVOLVED 23 SEDALIA RESIDENTS. • FINISH MAPPING RECENT DRUG BUSTS, AND THOSE THAT HAD CHILDREN INVOLVED.

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