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HomeMy WebLinkAboutChildren’s Community Options Program Advisory Committee - Minutes - 11/4/2025 K:\Agendas and Minutes\CCOP Advisory Committee\Minutes\2025 CCOPAC minutes\2025-11-04 CCOPAC Minutes-draft.docx BAYFIELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES CHILDREN’S COMMUNITY OPTIONS PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Bayfield County Courthouse Conference Room A & Remote via Teams Meeting or Phone Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Committee Members Present: Hayley Weyers, Anna Hanson, Sherri Paulson- Tamarack/Behavioral Health (virtual), and Michelle Lampson (virtual) Others Present: Ann Ehler Call to order and Introductions: Weyers called the meeting to order at 10:15 am, and introductions were made. Discussion and Possible Action - Review/adoption of minutes from August 12, 2025, meeting: Motion by Hanson, seconded by Paulson, to approve August 12, 2025, meeting minutes. All in favor, motion carried. Program Participants: Enrollment Report: The CLTS/CCOP program has 59 active enrollments + 1 eligible about to be enrolled, and 4 active referrals. Staff continue to be busy, connecting kids with services, and averaging 2 functional screens a month. Bayfield County Resolution No. 2025-103 approved by Bayfield County Board of Directors • This committee finalized the proposed Resolution by email poll vote on August 26 • Bayfield County DHS Board approved Resolution September 25, and advanced it to the County Board • Bayfield County Board of Directors approved Resolution No. 2025-103 and offered strong support on September 30. Other Informational Items: • Challenges with food insecurity because of the ongoing federal government shutdown. • Brick Food Resources for Ashland and Bayfield Counties attached at the end of these minutes. • Discussion about impacts to funding cuts in December 2025 that will impact the Department of Education and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. o The federal Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in the U.S. Department of Education received reduction-in-force notices during this shutdown for all but a handful of staff. OSERS includes the Office of Special Education Program (OSEP), responsible for Special Education in public schools nationwide, early intervention programming (i.e. Birth to 3), and more. OSERS also includes the Rehabilitative Services Administration (RSA), responsible for State Rehabilitative Services such as the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR), American Indian Vocational Rehabilitative Services such as Vocational Rehabilitation for Native Americans (VRNA), and more. ▪ Formal announcements of specifically how Bayfield County would be impacted have not been received yet. ▪ The situation changes day by day, is unpredictable, and hard to prepare how to counteract impacts to programs in Bayfield County. ▪ There haven’t been any announcements on CLTS funding structure. It is currently fully funded through December 2026. • CLTS Waiver Renewal is beginning to seek 5-year funding (2027-2031). Currently no indication that K:\Agendas and Minutes\CCOP Advisory Committee\Minutes\2025 CCOPAC minutes\2025-11-04 CCOPAC Minutes-draft.docx there will be changes to the funding. o Families can provide feedback about CLTS for the renewal through this email address: DHSCLTSWaiverRenewal@dhs.wisconsin.gov o Stay up-to-date with this link: Children’s Long-Term Support: Waiver Renewal Family Input Sessions and Survey | Wisconsin Department of Health Services o Listening sessions will be scheduled for Spring 2026. Future Meeting Dates: All 2026 meetings will be held in Lake Michigan Conference Room (formerly Conference Room B) • January 13, 2026 • March 10, 2026 • May 12, 2026 • July 14, 2026 • September 8, 2026 • November 10, 2026 Adjournment: Weyers adjourned the meeting at 10:31 a.m. [Moved by Paulson and seconded by Hanson.] Minutes respectfully submitted by Ann Ehler, Technology Clerk.