COALITION COMMITTEES

Assessment Committee – Provide a directory of after school programs in Lake County through an ongoing assessment process. Committee chair: Barb Daudelin (Mundelein and Round Lake Area Park Districts) 847-566-0650 x15, bdaudelin@mundeleinparks.org

Character Matters in Lake County – Raise awareness about the importance of positive character development through the Excellence in Character Awards program, recognizing youth and adult role models across Lake County who demonstrate outstanding character traits and contribute in positive, meaningful ways to their schools and communities.  Encourage Lake County community members to recognize, model and reward good character as well.  Committee chair: Ashley Ward (Charmm’d Foundation) 847-883-9956, Ashley@tbgfoundations.org

Communication Ad Hoc Committee – Serves to research social media strategies and tactics in order to best determine how they can be incorporated into the mission of the Lake County After School Coalition.  Committee chair:  Jennifer Tempest Bova (Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50) 847-596-5604,
jbova@dist50.net

Membership Committee – Recruit and retain members of the coalition and maintain database of members. Committee chair:  Susie Kuruvilla (Gurnee Park District) 847-599-3744, susie@gurneeparkdistrict.com

Special Needs Committee – Provide resources and expertise for special needs interests such as after school programming, staff development, and policy development.

Strategic Planning Committee – Provide recommendations to the coalition regarding implementation of the strategic plan and maintain the coalition’s bylaws. (Open to Board of Directors only.)

Sustainability – Provide recommendations to the coalition regarding maintaining the structure and funding resources.  

Underage Drinking Prevention Task Force – The task force is supported by the Lake County After School Coalition and the Lake County Chiefs of Police Association. The mission is to provide leadership and resources to reduce and prevent underage drinking in Lake County. The task force consists of five committees including enforcement, legislative, resource, communication, and research. Task force chairs:  Chief Ray Rose (Mundelein Police Department) 847-968-3775, rrose@mundelein.org; Bruce Johnson (Nicasa) 847-201-7009, bjohnson@nicasa.org; Liz Nelson (Lake County Health Department) 847-377-8774, enelson@lakecountyil.gov

Mundelein’s STAND-UP Task Force (Standing Up Against Underage Drinking Through Prevention) - This Task Force was created to direct and evaluate the activities of the Illinois Strategic Prevention Framework Grant awarded by the Illinois Department of Human Services to the LCASC, on behalf of Mundelein.  This multi-sector leadership Task Force is focused on decreasing underage drinking and its associated consequences throughout Mundelein, via community-wide strategic planning and the development and implementation of focused strategies, practices, policies, and programs.  This is a three-year project (2007 – 2010) with the goal of achieving effort sustainability at the end of the three years. The STAND-UP Task Force works in collaboration with the LCASC, the LCASC Underage Drinking Prevention Task Force, and the Mundelein After School Coalition (MASC). STAND-UP Task Force Facilitator:  Karen Smith (Nicasa) 847-201-7219, ksmith@nicasa.org

Youth Empowerment Summit - The purpose of the Youth Empowerment Summit is to provide a leading edge format to engage youth from a variety of Lake County school districts in an inspirational and educational experience that will result in individual change for greater personal, family, school, community well-being, health, safety, and success. Summit topic selections are youth driven and evidence-based. Youth are active in the planning, implementation, and evaluation process, along with the keynote and session speakers, and supportive adults.  Committee chair:  Karen Smith (Nicasa) 847-201-7219 ksmith@nicasa.org

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