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Minutes
ASSET Meeting
Human Services Center
126 S. Kellogg
September 14, 2023 at 5 p.m.
In Attendance: Jean Kresse, Anneke Mundel, Katie Shively, Joel Hochstein, Hannah Navarro,
Linda Hagedorn, Becky Harker, Sophia Sarver, Ashley Thompson, Kolton Eisma, Stephanie
Spence, Jane Acker, Kathy Guillen and Jenny Schill (Administrative Assistant)
CALL TO ORDER – Joel Hochstein, Chair at 5:03pm.
WELCOME/ INTRODUCTIONS
Introductions were made around the table for the Iowa State Student Government new ASSET
volunteer present.
PUBLIC FORUM
None
August 10, 2023, Minutes motion to approve Spence, seconded by Thompson. Motion carried.
TREASURER’S REPORT – Ron Smith
Current balance of $2485.18.
REPORTS
Administrative Team
Kresse reported that Michelle Cole with ACCESS has resigned. Lisa Diggs called to let Kresse
know that a search would happen for a new director. Kresse also let her know that if she or
the board needed anything, to reach out to Funders. Kresse gave an update that the Housing
Exploration Group is meeting next week and will discuss possible agency(ies) to provide
Emergency Shelter.
The Bridge Home will be breaking ground on the 18 family units location for Permanent
Supportive Housing on Wednesday (9/27).
Clear Impact Scorecard
Mundel provided a one-page overview of how ASSET liaisons and staff can access Clear
Impact Scorecard. Scorecard contains outcomes data for funded programs, as well as
volunteer and agency client statistics. Mundel also provided copies of the relevant FY23
agency Scorecards to the assigned liaisons. Mundel also provided some copies of email
communications between her and agency staff on some performance measures (where
missing, unclear, etc.). If volunteers have questions regarding any of this data, they can reach
out to Mundel. Kresse noted if volunteers have questions about some of the data , they also
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should consider mentioning it to the agency when they schedule their visit; that way, the
agency can have the relevant staff person present to address those questions. Mundel
reviewed the column titled “Current Trend”: the arrow (up, even, or down) shows the
change from the last fiscal year. Acker asked what the green and red dots mean. Mundel
responded that those points indicate these data points are calculated measures; this means
that the agency has entered data somewhere else in Scorecard and this is auto-calculating.
Green means data is current and red means something was missing in the formula to
calculate that data point.
Volunteers
Thompson asked if Friends of CASA will be submitting a funding request? Kresse said we will
know by the 27th but they did not attend the Annual Agency Training held in August.
OLD BUSINESS
Funders’ Priorities for FY 2024-25 funding cycle (Funder Representatives)
Kresse gave a quick overview of the changes for United Way for volunteers. Their main change
was adding the paragraph at the top to help focus the priorities. Harker went over the updates
for the Cities priorities and pointed out the focus on low-income individuals. Sarver pointed out
that ISU Student Government Priorities are now listed in priority order. Thompson asked why
childcare was dropped in importance as a priority from ISU? Sarver responded that the student’s
response was that they want to focus on immediate needs. Harker asked if the students saw a
drop in the data that supported this change? Sarver responded that she did not know, but the
students did agree on this change. Hochstein mentioned that there might be some more
consistency now that they have a dedicated staff person. So, there may not have been many
changes in the past to the ISU StuGov priorities, where we might see more now. Thompson
mentioned that as a volunteer she is thankful to the Funders for providing these priorities to
help give direction when allocating funding.
NEW BUSINESS
Volunteer Training
Training on liaison responsibilities for agency visits, reports, hearings, and budgets was
provided to ASSET volunteers.
ADDITIONAL ITEMS
None
ADJOURNMENT at 6:25pm