planning
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 San Francisco Board of Supervisors Asthma Task Force
Planning Committee Meeting
Monday, August 24, 2009
3:00 to 4:30 PM
Meeting Minutes
I. Welcome
a. In attendance: Gloria Thornton, Karen Cohn, Nan Madden, Rene Gonzalvez, Krista Ward, Margi English, Anjali Nath, Marie Hoemke, Sue Watson, Peg Strub
II. Amend/Confirm Agenda
a. Added Announcements to agenda:
i. Would be good to connect with new staff person at Wu Yee who replaced former ATF member
ii. Community Building Conference (ABCD) will be in Oakland in December – Save the Date
iii. Breathe CA’s Breath of Life Walk will be on October 17th in Golden Gate Park in SF. Walkers, fundraisers and volunteers needed. ATF members encouraged to put teams together and join in!
iv. Will nominate SFUSD Tools for Schools coordinator for EPA award
v. Karen announced that she did not receive the NIEHS grant - though there was lots of positive feedback there was also contradictory feedback. Others encouraged that the application be submitted elsewhere.
III. KPOO Radio Series
a. Rene described that KPOO has made several timeslots available for Rene to host an “Asthma Talk” radio show on 89.5 FM 3 Thursdays per month from 1-2pm starting in September. Until now we have done two spots and one will be on August 25th.
b. Members agreed on topics to aim for in September:
i. Access to care and asthma action plans in school (immigrant rights, fear about going to the ER, revealing whether child has asthma) – SFUSD/ATF
ii. About asthma as a chronic illness – clinicians – Dana Williams?
iii. Answering questions from previous shows –panel to answer questions
c. Possible October topics:
i. Mold and code enforcement – speaker??
ii. Housing Rights – Legal Aid and Housing Rights Committee
d. Outcomes
i. Karen will announce on ATF website
ii. Breathe will announce through web and newsletters
iii. Anjali will ask RAMP to announce through CalAsthma
iv. Karen got agreement from members to have New America Media cover the child care project which can be part of the environmental agenda now.
IV. Fund Raising Strategy
a. Anjali described and summarized what we discussed at the quarterly meeting and and Karen described the background of the child care project
b. Members agreed that funding for the child care project was a priority and an immediate funding need. Anjali and Karen have submitted grants and LOIs to SF Foundation and California Wellness Foundation respectively.
c. Members agreed on funding priorities are as follows:
1. $100K - Child Care Project Staff - NOW - through 2012?
2. $80K – SFATF staff Salary - June 2010-June 2011 at least
3. $80K? - 0.5 FTE of SFUSD TfS Coordinator (Jackie) position - June 2010 - 2015
4. $150K – Clinical Patient Educator (visiting educator model) -9-10 Americorp positions to do Asthma education at clinic sites - 2010-2011
5. $?? - Social Marketing Campaign
V. Outreach - tabled
V. Next Steps
a. Anjali will call Yeva Johnson to set up a meeting
b. Anjali will contact school board president who is also connected to UCSF women’s health.
