About the Board

The St. Louis Park Family Services Collaborative is an unicorporated local government agency with a fiscal agent and a Collaborative Board, which serves as the decision making body of the Collaborative. The Board is made up of a county representative (Hennepin), community action agency representative, local Head Start officials (P.I.C.A. Hennepin Cty.), and varied representatives from local social service agencies, local school district, parents, community businesses and community members at-large.

The St. Louis Park Family Services Collaborative is funded through Federal programs using data generated locally in partnership with the school district.

 

Board Members

Ex-officio:

Rachel Harris, Coordinator

Central Community Center

 
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Ex-officio:

Patrice Howard, Fiscal agent

St. Louis Park District Office, Community Education Director

 
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Lisa Kjellander, Chair

St. Louis Park Public Library

 
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Lisa Abernathy

St. Louis Park Parks & Recreation

 
 

Theresa Anderson

STEP - St. Louis Park Emergency Program

 
 
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Laura Gorke

Jewish Family and Children's Services

 
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Meg thell

Hennepin County Human Services & Public Health Dept. 

 

Amelia Barkley

Community Action Partnership of Hennepin County (CAP-HC)

 

caroline hickey

MyHealth for Teens & Young Adults

 
 

Erika Scott

St. Louis Park Schools Early Education Programs

 
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Selena Davis

Parents in Community Action (PICA) Head Start Hennepin County

 
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Antyenette Walker

Parents in Community Action (PICA) Head Start Hennepin County

 

Kristen Engen-Routzohn

Social Worker

St Louis Park Middle School

 

Board Goals

1 » Ensure a continuum of early childhood development programs.

2 » Increase the amount of mental health services offered in the community.

3 » Ensure that basic needs are met with our at-risk children.

4 » Ensure children, youth, families and the community develop healthy racial, social and cultural competencies to attain their full potential.

Strategies to
Meet These Goals

  • Convening and partnering with community partners.

  • Coordinating community services.

  • Enhancing communication.

    Leveraging financial and training resources.

 
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Board Outcomes

1 » Physically and mentally healthy children and adults in our community.

2 » Safe and stable individuals, families, and communities.


3 » Children thrive in early childhood and are ready for school.


4 » Children succeed in school.


5 » All youth exhibit positive social behavior.


6 » New Americans succeed and achieve self-sufficiency.

How Does the Board Measure Outcomes?

  • Annual grant evaluation of funded programs to assure proposal outcomes.

  • Board annual goals are reassessed in context of the current work plan.



 
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Megan Meuli

VP of Community Partner Relationships

Dress for Success Twin Cities

 

Ken Sysko

Community and Youth Outreach Officer

St. Louis Park Police Department

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