Adair County
• Empowerment
& PCA Council
Adams County
• Empowerment
• Interagency
• PCA Council
Union County
• Empowerment
• Interagency
• PCA Council
Community Meetings
• Youth Plus
• SAFE
Welcome to Iowa Community Partners
Shared Decision Making Team
Decat Governing Board Structure
Contact Info: Lisa Cook - LCook@dhs.state.ia.us
The Decat Governance Board is comprised of one Board of Supervisors member from each county, the Department of Human Services Community Liaison & at least one Juvenile Court Officer.
The Creston Cluster Decat Project Governance Board members are:
• Bob Brown, Chairman, Union County
• Bill Lamb, Vice-Chairman, Adair County
• Kevin Wynn, Adams County
• Darin Thompson, DHS Community Liaison
• Linda Colby, Juvenile Court Officer
Funding Flow Chart (PDF)
Shared Decision-Making Team Structure
Contact Info: Victoria Brammer – vbrammer@iastate.edu
Members of the Shared Decision-Making Team serve as an advisory group to the Decat Governance Board. Representatives are chosen by each county interagency, child abuse council or other local community group. Four representatives from each county are chosen. These individuals represent a variety of programs & services within each county.
Decat Coordinator: Lisa Cook
CPPC Coordinator: Victoria Brammer
The Creston Cluster Decat Project Shared Decision-Making Team representatives are:
Adams County
Wendi Boswell, Prevention Concepts, Inc.
Chris Heimke, Parents as Teachers/Empowerment
Melissa Wynn, MATURA Head Start
Steve Callison, Prescott School
| Adair County Deb Hall, ISU Extension Tracey Mavis, Family Rewards Connie Lundy, Nodaway Valley School Heidi Blomquist, Boys & Girls Club |
Union County Jody Downing, Empowerment Vickie Hodge, Rural Iowa Crisis Center PJ West, MATURA FaDSS Jane Shantz, Creston School |
Share Decision Making Team meets the first Thursday of each month and rotates it’s meetings within the three county area. Meetings are held in the Extension Office at 1:00p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Agenda & Minutes:
September Agenda 2008
August Minutes 2008
August Agenda 2008
June Minutes 2008
June Agenda 2008
May Minutes 2008
May Agenda 2008
April Minutes 2008
April Agenda 2008
Core Values- “We believe that partnerships bring together concern, caring and support from many parts of our community and enhance our success in helping families help themselves.”