2025 Summit Planning

A.) Summit Subcommittees:

  • Finances: Getting Ahead?
  • Wellness Room: Alana Johnson, Renee Washington and Raven Grice
  • Resource Panels for Adults: The Ohana Project, FosterHub, etc.

B.) Summit Supply Orders:

  • Shirts for Workshop Activity – ordered today
  • Bags for Registration
  • Lanyards
  • Racks for Suits for Success
  • Supplies for Wellness Room – draft order
  • Tripods for Displays

C.) Summit Printing:

D.) Additional Preparation:

E.) Workshop Supplies:

F.) Confirmed Resource Tables:

  • Bridges (not yet confirmed)
  • CCMEP (not yet confirmed)
  • Columbus State Scholar Network (not yet confirmed)
  • Department of Children and Youth
  • El’lesun
  • FosterHub (circle back to confirm)
  • iFoster (can’t make it this year)
  • JobCorps (not yet confirmed)
  • The Ohana Project
  • Ohio Department of Education (not yet confirmed – might be a workshop)
  • Ohio ETV
  • Ohio Medicaid
  • Ohio Reach
  • Youth Navigator Network (haven’t heard back yet about contact person)
  • Youth Ombudsman

G.) 2025 Workshop Presenters:

  • Jaye Turner, El’lesun: Two morning workshops for adults: Conscious Connections and two afternoon workshops for youth: Healthy Relationships
  • Amanda Davis, Ohio ETV: Two workshops for youth
  • Deanna Jones, ACTION Ohio: Exit Plan workshop for adults (pondering joy and alignment)
  • Ruth-Ann Jones-Thompson, ACTION Ohio: Paint rocks in Wellness Area and discuss legacy young people want to leave.
  • High School workshop: Pair Dauntea Sledge and Betsy Hauck – reach out
  • Wellness Area: Kristin Camac’s contact and Holly Jones

*Olena can help next year.

H.) Raffle

  • April 6 – Kristin Camac and Lisa – Mitzvah Day: 25 independent living baskets
  • The Ohana Project will be in charge of the raffle