Recast Advisory Board

RECAST ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Third Floor GwMA Conference Room 6:00 PM 70 S. Clayton St, GA 30046 Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 6:01 pm; recognizing a quorum. PRESENT Board Member Hector Sanchez Board Member Marie Lafalaise Board Member Tracy Joseph Board Member Nancy Martin Board Member Tawny Waltz Board Member Teonna Dorsey Board Member Michael Davis Board Member Taheerah Demby Board Member Chanda Floyd-Bryant ABSENT Board Member Constance Brown Board Member Lovetta Lewis Approval of Agenda Motion made to approve the meeting agenda by Board Member Waltz, Seconded by Board Member Joseph. Voting Yea: Board Member Sanchez, Board Member Lafalaise, Board Member Joseph, Board Member Martin, Board Member Waltz, Board Member Dorsey, Board Member Davis Voting Abstaining: Board Member Demby (joined at 6:13), Board Member Floyd-Bryant (joined at 6:10) Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes Motion made to approve February 26, 2025, meeting minutes by Board Member Davis, Seconded by Board Member Waltz. Voting Yea: Board Member Sanchez, Board Member Lafalaise, Board Member Joseph, Board Member Martin, Board Member Waltz, Board Member Dorsey, Board Member Davis Voting Abstaining: Board Member Demby (joined at 6:13), Board Member Floyd-Bryant (joined at 6:10) Announcements Members were invited to take a moment, pair, and engage around something that has given hope, inspired, or generated curiosity since our last meeting. A few members then shared conversation reflections. Public Comments To participate in the Public Comment part of this agenda, you must register with the Advisory Board Secretary before the beginning of the meeting. Presentations will be limited to two (2) minutes per person, and the Board will not respond to comments. The board heard comments from Gustavious Maddox of Golden Child Visions. He shared about mental health and mental wellness. General Discussion ReCAST General Program Update ReCAST Program Manager Marcus Thorne provided updates regarding: * ReCAST Lawrenceville's recognition from the National League of Cities (NLC) with the 2025 NLC City Cultural Diversity Award in the Under 50,000 Population Category. * A new ReCAST data dashboard includes the work of the city and all sub-recipient partners. * Ongoing event planning, participation, and outreach. This portion included details about Community Connections workshops will be published once lunch sponsors are confirmed (in April) Trauma-informed training is anticipated to include both POST and continuing education unit credit Together For Wellness, the mental health fair collaboration with GUIDE, has made good progress Additional outreach and awareness has been conducted at local schools and in the city *A photovoice project -- a new proposal is being developed, and Michael Davis offered that it could involve students. Key question could be, "what does Lawrenceville look like to me?" * Sponsorships -- a sub-committee will be formed to create and refine a sponsorship framework. ReCAST Partner Update: Impact46 Impact46 programs, Students46, and the Lawrenceville Response Center (LRC) offered updates regarding: * LRC (Katie Inks, Director, reporting) -- Q1 and Q2 outcomes and impact data. Forecast for the remainder of the grant year, including the switch from offering rental eviction support to temporary housing vouchers. Visit https://tinyurl.com/6kzeu8sn for LRC report details. * Students46 (Kim Parson, Manager, and Namira Chowdhury, Coordinator, reporting) -- shared 1,419 students impacted so far this grant year. These impacts were recorded with the Lawrenceville Legacy Leaders, Love Lawrenceville Day, and Summer of Impact. The board celebrated this success and impact. Visit https://tinyurl.com/3tff5k6e for Students46 report details. ReCAST Partner Update: View Point Health View Point Health (VPH) provided a board update, focusing on key performance metrics including, * Referrals and referral outcomes * Resiliency measure (PSRI-30) outcomes * Therapeutic outcomes (T3), and * Marketing and awareness outcomes (AW1) Visit https://tinyurl.com/3nakth8e for VPH report details. Other Business No other business was discussed. Final Adjournment Motion made to adjourn the meeting at 7:19 by Board Member Floyd-Bryant, Seconded by Board Member Joseph. Voting Yea: Board Member Demby, Board Member Floyd-Bryant, Board Member Sanchez, Board Member Lafalaise, Board Member Joseph, Board Member Martin, Board Member Waltz, Board Member Dorsey, Board Member Davis Minutes Signature ------------------------------------------------------------ Nancy Martin, Board Chair / Date ------------------------------------------------------------ Marcus D. Thorne, Secretary / Date