Iowa Community
Empowerment
Annual
Report, State Fiscal Year 2005
July
1, 2004 through June 30, 2005
1.
Please submit the following
information utilizing the format provided. Additional pages and information may be included.
2.
The annual report is
due September 15, 2005.
3.
A completed and signed
original report should be submitted to the following address electronically
to the following email:
Iowa
Empowerment Board
Attn: Shanell Wagler
Office
of Empowerment, Department of Management
Room
12, Ground Floor
State
Capitol Building
Des
Moines, IA 50319
Name of Community Empowerment
Area: Tama County Empowerment Area
Counties/Area Served:
Tama
Website:
Current Board Chairperson:
Larry Vest Current Fiscal Agent:
John Adams
Signature:
Signature:
_____
Address: Tama Co. Board of Supervisors
Address: Tama Co. Auditor
P.O. Box 61, 104 W. State St. P.O. Box
61, 104 W. State St.
Toledo, IA 52342 Toledo,
IA 52342
Email: ljvest@netins.net
Email: jadams@tamacounty.org
Federal ID Number: 42-6005285
Contact Person for the
Community Empowerment Area: Lori Johnson,
Coordinator
(if different from the
Chairperson)
Address: Tama County Public Health & Home Care,
129 W. High Street, Toledo, IA 52342
Phone: 641-484-4788 FAX: 641-484-5447
A.
Number of Board Members
(Board Size) __11___
B.
Membership Identification.
Complete the table below for members on the CEA Board
Column 1 – Name of each board member, starting with Chairperson. Identify any other officers (as determined by your CEA board bylaws.)
Column 2 – Identify the member’s representing
the required membership. Note the Faith, Business or Consumer representative member
may also qualify as citizen/elected.
Column 3
-- Name of employing organization
of the member, occupation if self employed
Column 4 -- Name of services/program provided by
CE funds
Column 5 -- Place
a ‘X” for the board members who qualify as citizen/elected according to the definitions
of IAC for Community Empowerment, 349, Chapter I. (“Citizen” means a resident of the empowerment area, who is not an elected
official or a required representative for education, health, and human services,
or a paid staff member of an agency whose services fall under the plan or purview
of the community board. A citizen representative may also represent faith, consumer
or business.)
If the board does not
meet the membership representation criteria, attach the CEA board’s plan how they
will meet requirements.
| Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
Column 5 |
|
Name | Representation | Name
of Employing Organization | Provider
of CE Services/Program | Citizen/Elected |
|
Chair: Larry Vest | Tama Co. Board of Supervisors | | No | X |
|
Billie Jean Snyder | Education | South Tama Co. School District | No | |
|
Michelle Gethmann | | Pied Piper Preschool & Daycare | | |
|
Annette Dunn | Required human services | Department of Human Services | | Not Applicable |
|
Vice Chair: Joyce Legg | Required health | Tama Co. Public Health & Home Care | | Not Applicable |
|
Richard Arp | Required education | | No | Not Applicable |
|
Rick Vesely | Required faith | United Presbyterian Church | No | X |
|
Greg Tingley | Required business | Pioneer Hi-Bred Int., Inc. | No | X |
|
Amy Ridout | Required consumer | | No | X |
|
Dr. Keith Myers | | Sac & Fox School District | No | |
|
Dal Lynn Sherburne | Required citizen | | | X |
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b.
Organizational structure – please describe
your structure and how the board functions, communicates, plans and interacts
within the community.
Our Empowerment Board is comprised of 11 voting members.
Members represent the Board of Supervisors, Education, Human Services,
Health, Education, Faith, Business, consumer, and local county citizens.
Each person on the Board either lives or works in Tama County and is a
representative/advocate of our county.
The County strongly supports the Empowerment program by providing
the Coordinator through the Public Health Office and the Fiscal Agent is the County
Auditor.
A. Healthy Children
D. Children Ready
to Succeed in School
B. Secure & Nurturing Families E. Safe & Supportive Communities
| Community Indicator(s) |
Identify the State
Results Linked to the Indicator by A, B, C, D, E |
|
Immunization compliance % | A |
|
# of children covered by Hawk-I | A |
|
# of children born in Tama Co. # children tested for lead # children with high lead levels | A |
|
# of families completing pre survey on proper nutrition # of families completing post survey on proper nutrition | A |
|
# enrolled in preschools (utilized immunization card
audit statistics) | B, E |
|
# of families
participating in parenting programs | A, C, D, E |
|
# of licensed and/or registered childcare providers.
# of alternative daycare providers | A, C, D, E |
Based
on the adopted indicators, please list the priorities identified in your community
plan.
| Community
Empowerment Area Identified Priorities: |
|
Healthy
Children |
|
Secure
& Nurturing Families |
|
Secure
& Nurturing Child Care Environments |
|
Children Ready
to Succeed in School |
|
Safe &
Supportive Communities |
| Identify the
Community Empowerment Area Indicators |
Identify
Source of data for each Indicator |
Baseline Data (date &
numerical value) * |
Sub-Sequent
Year’s Data (Trend Line)* Identify Year |
Goal (numerical
value & projected timeline) |
Progress Update
(Analysis) | ||
|
Immunization compliance % | Public
Health Office-Immunization Compliance with the State | February 2000 immunization compliance rate of (0 - 24 months) – 71.88% | FY 05– 100% | FY 04 – 100% | FY 03 – 90 % | Children in Tama County remain at the State average for
completion of immunizations prior to age 2. | |
|
# of children covered by Hawk-I | Carla
Andorf-MICA | June 2000 - 23 enrolled 237
eligible | FY 04 – data unavailable | FY 03 – 61 enrolled in April 2003 | June 2000 - 23 were enrolled
- 237 eligible In
April 2003 848 children were enrolled in Medicaid with 61 enrolled in HAWK-I.
Enrollment continues to increase-79% that are eligible are enrolled, up for 10%
in 2000. | ||
|
# of children born in Tama Co. # children tested for lead #
children with high lead levels | IDPH-Vital
Statistics Lead
Care Coordinator-Jacqueline Pippin | From 7/94 to 6/99 - 763 children were screened. 174 had a high lead level In 1995, 236 children were born in Tama County. 63.98% of them were tested at least once before the age of 6 years; 18.54% were elevated.
Of the Medicaid-enrolled children, 64.65% were tested; 24% were elevated. | FY
05- Live
Birth Info N/A- July
04 -June 05 - 442 were tested. 45 showed high lead levels | FY 04 Live Birth Info N/A– July 03 – June 04 – 350 were tested. 65 showed high lead levels | FY 03 –459 live births - January 03 – June 03 159 were tested. | Annually | FY 04 - From 7/94 to 6/99 - 763 children were screened. 174 had a high lead level In 1995, 236 children were born in Tama County. 63.98% were tested at least once before the age of 6 years; 18.54% were elevated. Of the Medicaid-enrolled children, 64.65% were tested; 24% were elevated. 2004 – 19% of those screened showed high lead levels. Are seeing an increase in the number of children tested and having high lead levels. Parents are becoming more aware and are having their children tested. 2005-10% of those screened showed high lead levels. We continue to see an increase in the number of children tested. Parents are still becoming more aware and continue to have their children tested with ongoing education and outreach with physicians, families, and the community at large. |
|
# of families completing pre survey on proper nutrition # of families completing post survey on proper nutrition | Year 2001 results will be baseline
not developed yet | FY
05- 14
families were serviced with 12 completing the pre & post survey | FY 04 – 16 families were served and completed pre&
post survey | FY 03 – 10 families 10 completed pre & post surveys | Annually | FY 04 - Year 2001 results will be baseline not developed yet 2004 – Pre & Post Survey statistical data will be available in October 2004. 2005-
the Family Nutrition Specialist resigned in December 04, a replacement has not
been hired yet. | |
|
· # enrolled in preschools (utilized immunization card audit statistics) | Public
Health Office-Immunization Card Audit | FY 2000 enrollment 273 children | FY04 – 421 | FY 03 - 410 | FY 2000 enrollment 273 children 2004 – Preschool enrollment shows an increase as more preschool opportunities become available 2005
– Preschool enrollment continues to increase as more opportunities become available.
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·
# of families participating
in parenting programs | Pat Shank-MICA Joyce Legg-TCPH&HC | FY 2000 Baseline will be our pre-survey results FY
2002 – Stork’s Nest enrollment | FY-05 13
families (14 children) were enrolled in MICA's home-based Early Head Start program. 47 were enrolled in Tama Healthy Families; 44 were enrolled in center-based Head Start
pre-school. 206 enrolled in Stork’s Nest Program | FY 04 – 16 families were enrolled in MICA's Early Head Start Program. 30 families were enrolled in the Healthy Families Program. 184 enrolled in Stork’s Nest Program | FY 03 – 14 families were enrolled in MICA’s Early Head Start Program. 39 children were enrolled in MICA’s Head Start Program. 19 families were enrolled in Tama Healthy Families Parents as Teachers Program 100 enrolled in Stork’s Nest | Parent participation
continues to increase as opportunities are becoming available, parents are continuing
to request for more opportunities to be provided. See Infant Toddler
Specialist and Stork’s Nest Program. We continue to see
an increase in enrollment in the Healthy Families and Stork’s Nest Programs. | |
|
·
# of licensed and/or registered childcare providers. | Jerri
Leighton-Coordinator | Baseline is number of licensed, registered daycare providers: · 7 preschools/ day care centers · 25 registered home care providers No
alternative or special needs providers | FY
05 74
total child care providers (both registered and non-registered) enrolled with
CCR&R ·
37 Registered Child Development Homes | ||||