1. LITERACY COALITION ROUNDTABLE UPDATES October 16, 2015

2. UPDATES Dolgeville Elementary School wrote a grant to work/assist families with newborns in the Dolgeville District. Our Grant was accepted through the generosity of the Community Foundation. This will allow a Family Worker and a Nurse to go into homes, bring educational items to the families and check developmental miles stones at birth to 4 years of age. We are very excited and can't wait to assist our families ● Julie Castor, Dolgeville Schools All Herkimer County Kindergarten Teachers have been filling out the Kindergarten Readiness Forms. Sue Butler and Chris Reynolds are collecting the forms now and soon will be inputting all the data. ● Julie Castor, Dolgeville Schools

3. SUBMITTED BY WENDY STEVENS, WORKFORCE INNOVATIONS BOARD

4. UPCOMING EVENTS BOCES Open House 10/22/15 from 10am-2pm at the Rome ACCESS Site, 266 W. Dominick Street, Rome.  Michelle Sebastian, BOCES, Rome access site How to Participate in the Development of Your Child's IEP: Things YOU Need to Know, hosted by the Learning Disability Association of the Mohawk Valley October 27, 2015, 10am-12pm, RCIL/LDA, 401 Columbia St., Utica  Monica Mielnicki, Learning Disability Association of the Mohawk Valley

5. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri today announced a partnership between the City of Utica, Upstate Cerebral Palsy and the Veteran’s Outreach Center for the opening of a mental health clinic within the Center, located at 726 Washington Street in Utica. The new Mental Health Clinic will also connect qualified veterans to a variety of additional services including supportive housing assistance, primary care services, therapeutic horseback riding through The Root Farm (opening in November), emergency housing through the Rapid Engagement Homeless Assistance Team (REHAT), and care management services provided by Central New York Health Home Network, Inc. Hours will be Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm. Walk in appointments will be provided Mondays from 1:00-3:00pm. All referrals to the clinic will be received through the intake coordinator at the Upstate Cerebral Palsy Community Health and Behavioral Services main office, located at 1427 Genesee Street. Please call (315) 798-8869 or (315) 798-8868 ext. 245 for an appointment or (315) 724-6907 ext. 2303 for more information on this event. ● (general news of interest to group, submitted by Ashley Bizzari, Executive Assistant, City of Utica Mayor

6. FEEDBACK  Power point Format – useful?  Discussion Question for 2016: Full Coalition Meetings Every Other Month/Team Meetings Opposite Months on Third Friday or date/time determined by Action Team?  December 18 Meeting: Holiday Brunch Celebration/Social Time on December 18 in place of formal meeting?

7. NEXT MEETING November 20 at Community Foundation/Innovation Room 8:30-10:30 **SEND SHARING INFORMATION TO LitCo@unitedwayvgu.org by Wednesday November 18