FALL ~ PSMP ENRICHMENT MEETING:
November 20, 2009 – 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Agenda:

Introduction- ground rules/guidelines

Roll Call (who’s in attendance) – 11 participants

PSMP Updates:

~~ Updates from action items from last meeting
- Carolyn – she has contacted Valerie about material review and will
continue to keep that ball rolling by meeting with Valerie and Harriet
(phone) Tuesday or early next week. – is working on getting the word
out in Anne Arundel County about PSMP (John McCarthy has
volunteered to help)
***FOR NEXT MEETING: will have progress to report on material review
and DC PSMP, and on the possibility of repeating something like
Project SHALEM in DC
- John – will work with Carolyn on AACo. PSMP outreach. – will start
PSMP with the CAB at HAVEN soon. – nothing to report: outreach to
Latin@ organizations
- Harriet – created blog and e-mail list.
***FOR NEXT MEETING: will have some answers about
languages/translation and PMSP; send Melanie the 5- session
syllabus; create ongoing calendar on the website/blog so leaders
can keep track of PSMP workshops; talk with Valerie about how to
get funding in order to be able to offer stipends in the future

~~ New updates from PSMP scheduling -- TWG
- we need NVHH women’s and men’s -- this will be ongoing
Calvin will be starting on the 10th for the men’s group, and he
welcomes a co-facilitator to join him (for experience working at New
Vision in the hopes that someone will become more comfortable and get
used to the venue)
- Robert Venable and others (?) expressed interest in shadowing this
particular program and others interested in shadowing in general
Women’s group, can start as soon as someone is ready, any interest?
- Will keep looking and asking. People expressed time constraints.

New updates from PSMP scheduling -- AND -- Continuing conversation on outreach:

- Robert B – Project PLASE (he will work to get PSMP there); schools
(wanting to do more with children in schools, we discussed possible
barriers, and ways to directly collaborate with parents, teachers,
principals, and after school programs)
- Harriet – faith groups (it was suggested that I reach out to the 11
churches involved in Project SHALEM (and create faith specific
materials and meet with the leaders)
- Charlene – expressed that HIV is often partnered with Hep C and
other conditions, interest in educational outreach and support groups
around this issue
- Melanie and others – expressed interest in doing outreach to
community health educators and case managers at various organizations
in order to go through the PSMP training
- Carolyn and others – expressed time/money constraints when it comes
to doing PSMP, and that we (TWG and PSMP Leaders) should look for
funding opportunities in order to offer stipends
- FOR NEXT MEETING – feel free to e-mail Valerie directly with ideas
of RFPs or places to go with this idea.

Next meeting will be an in-person meeting:
- We will have teleconference meetings from time to time to give
people who cannot usually make meetings a chance to participate.
- Next meeting February 19th 10:30-12:30
- Suggestions for activities, discussion topics, presentations?
~Robert B will present the workbooks he has
~I will hand out the 5 wk breakdown of PSMP
~PLEASE: e-mail me ideas for next meeting; I would like to
continue to have these conversations but we can also bring in
people for short enriching presentations for the group (examples
would be: transgender awareness, prevalence of HIV among youth,
time management, etc)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: please check the website for announcements and information regarding upcoming events (taylor-wilksgroup.com).
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I look forward to our in-person meeting February 19th from 10:30 am -- 12:30 pm. Details TBD.

In the mean time please e-mail or call for any reason: Harriet@taylor-wilksgroup.com or 410-209-2413.

Harriet :)

Hello PSMP Facilitators,

First, let me congratulate David and Sheila on a job well done at Baltimore County Health Department! 9 graduates!

And, let me welcome all the new PSMP Facilitators that were trained this past week.

We have a few new opportunities coming up that I wanted to let you all know about. New Vision House of Hope would like to have both their men's recovery house and their women's recovery house. These usually happen in the evenings, and they usually do a 5 week format. (I have to say that working with the women's house was extremely rewarding!) New Vision has requested that only men work with their men's recovery house and only women work with their women's recovery house, so keep that in mind.

Please let me know if you would like to volunteer for either the men's or women's house.

Harriet Smith
410-209-2412
Harriet@taylor-wilksgroup.com

PSMP Quarterly Facilitator Enrichment: Summer Meeting

August 14, 2009

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

200 E. Lexington Street, Suite 803

Baltimore, MD 21202

Meeting Minutes (8 people in attendance):

- Report on recent activity

o Each attendee was given time to report on their recent activities with PSMP and HIV advocacy

o We discussed individual and common barriers to getting PSMP going at organizations

§ Time restrictions of clients, facilitators, and organization was common

§ We discussed asking for help from others and brainstormed ways to overcome individual barriers in order to make time to facilitate

- Concerns about PSMP

o Fidelity and continuity to and of PSMP

§ We have all been trained the same way, we should all be facilitating the same program each time

§ We need to foster a team attitude between co-facilitators and all the facilitators

o Making an audio recording of the text for participants with reading difficulties

o Time-keeping and “watching each other’s drifting” for co-facilitators

- Concerns about HIV in the EMA, how we and PSMP can help

o Appropriate media coverage for issues and coverage of HIV outreach activities

o Building coalitions with outside groups for needs in the EMA

- Announcements

o Sun-setting of the Ryan White CARE Act end of September

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Action Items

As agreed upon at the 8-14-2009 PSMP Facilitator SUMMER Enrichment Meeting

v CAROLYN MASSEY will:

o Meet with Anne Arundel County HIV Prevention Program (she will discuss the possible role of PSMP)

o Will brainstorm and bring a “game plan” for PSMP facilitators that includes networking opportunities and partnership ideas

o Will discuss with Valerie a “materials review” for facilitation of PSMP in DC

v DANA BANKINS will:

o Work on brining PSMP to young people, as a tool among others in order to foster self-care and efficacy

o Stay in touch with TWG and other leaders about progress

v DAVID SHAMER will:

o Work on Latin@ outreach/networking for PSMP

o Work with the United Methodist Church (Deborah will help)

o Conduct PSMP at the Baltimore County Health Department (with Sheila)

v ANTHONY LEVERETTE will:

o Continue to work with the Planning Council to create a “Health Awareness Calendar” in order to facilitate networking and education

o Assist Dana with her work with the youth group

o Do outreach to school system (including PTAs) to bring PSMP to many communities

o Continue to maintain and inform contacts at the VA

v FLORENCE ROGERS will:

o Talk with various ministries about the effectiveness of PSMP and the need for awareness and attention to HIV

o Work with Donna Green

o Meet with her Pastor about an HIV ministry

v DEBORAH HUNTER will:

o Get in touch with Renae Sewell to bring PSMP to Hearts and Ears

o Contact PEP to get PSMP back into their program

v ANGELA MOORE will:

o Contact colleges and universities to get interns, in order to free up her time for other client services like PSMP

o Conduct PSMP in October

o Start the planning and outreach for a Young People’s Support Group at Hidden Garden (Anthony has offered to help)

o Start planning and outreach for HIV support at her church

v JOHN McCARTHY will:

o Conduct PSMP with Jerry Fleming in early October

o Help David Shamer with outreach to Latin@ communities

v HARRIET SMITH (and VALERIE FEBRES) will:

o Create an e-mail list for facilitators to keep in touch

o Update and advertise the Baltimore PSMP blog among facilitators

o Send the book and manual to John

o Send the manual to Carolyn

o Call Deborah about PSMP

o Create some larger type handouts and evaluations as an option for next meeting

If you were not able to attend please think of one or two things you would like to accomplish for PSMP for the next meeting.

All of us need help with motivation and work loads at various times in our lives. So consider helping someone else on their task and/or giving them encouragement and reminders.

Thank you all for a great meeting!

I look forward to seeing everyone November 20^th.

- Harriet Smith

The Taylor-Wilks Group

taylor-wilksgroup.com

200 E Lexington Street, Suite 803 · Baltimore, MD 21202

410-209-2412 (phone) · 410-209-2417 (fax)