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BAYFIELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
FAMILY SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE (FSAC) MEETING MINUTES
Courthouse Conference Room A & remote
Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 at 4:30 pm
Committee Members Present: Mary Dougherty, via telephone; Lona Schmidt, Kylie
Vadnais, Wayne Crozier.
Committee Members Absent: Bev Patterson, Nancy & Dale Johnson, Bev Lindell (excused).
Others Present: Mary Anich (Family Services Section Manager), Elizabeth Skulan-Peppy
(Human Services Director) and Nina Bucher (Support Staff).
Introductions and Call to order: Lona called the meeting to order at 4:30.
Public Comment Opportunity: No public comment.
Staffing Update: Mary A. relayed details of staff changes since the last meeting: Val
Gurske-Westlund is the new Family Specialist; Briana Aldaba is the new Kinship/Foster Care
Coordinator; Evan Maki is the new Behavioral Health Case Manager; and August Gordon has
transitioned to the Youth Justice position vacated when Traci Olson returned to Probation and
Parole. This leaves just one vacancy for a second Behavioral Health Social Worker/Case
Manager. All are doing very well!
Program reports: YASI (Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument) is a new youth
justice initiative that has been phased in to provide consistency throughout the state.
Screening tools are used on youth referred to Bayfield County who have allegedly violated the
law. The goal of the assessment is to identify low-risk youth offenders who could benefit more
from reformative action verses the justice system and treat them accordingly. Bayfield County
is in the last wave of counites to implement the tool and just starting to apply YASI now.
Informational Items: Mary A. said that she, Richard Kamm, and Melissa Huempfner had
applied and been selected to participate in a six month “Applied Learning Community” focused
on Child Protective Services (CPS) danger threats. This is an intensely enhanced discussion
amongst participating counties (includes Ashland, Douglas and Sawyer Counties in our area)
on: screening CPS cases; how to better utilize/apply laws, rules, and assessments; and identify
danger threats and threshold.
Anich reported Red Cliff and Bayfield County have different legal opinions on how CPS
investigations that include tribal children living on the reservation must be conducted.
Corporation Counsel has requested a legal opinion from the Wisconsin Department of Children
and Families (DCF) to resolve the issue.
Minute Approval: Lona made a motion to approve the January 12th, 2022, FSAC
meeting minutes as written. Wayne seconded the motion and the motion passed.
Minutes approved at
the 7/13/22 FSAC
meeting
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Future Meetings: Meetings will continue quarterly on the second Wednesday of the month
with the last two 2022 meetings falling on July 13th and October 12th.
Adjournment: Lona adjourned the meeting at 4:55 pm.
Minutes respectfully submitted by,
Nina Bucher
Nina Bucher