BOCA minutes – member meeting 5/22/23

BOCA Minutes – Member Meeting

May 22, 2023 at 3:33 PM

Location of Meeting:

Virtual (GoToMeeting): https://transcripts.gotomeeting.com/#/s/e8169b473f61a42bcb15c221efef21f4925d33a8d44bd1cf0a92c6dd91b3da87

In Attendance:

Board:
Rebecca Compton Dr. Day Care
Amy Vogel Dr. Day Care
Joseph Tomchak Boys & Girls Club Newport

Members & Guests:
Kaleigh Perkins
Cheryl Lafond -CCRI
Colin Danly (PPS)
Kate Afonseca
Lori Viner – The Children’s Workshop
Matt Netto, AARP
Michelle – Treasurer Diossa
Robert Craven, Office of the General Treasurer
Rebecca Madden

Meeting began at 3:33pm

Meeting Notes:

• Joe reviewed agenda
• Kaleigh Perkins (Chief Impact Officer) & Kate Afonseca (CEO) – Big Brothers Big Sisters
  • Reviewed Mentoring
  • Looking for referrals of girls ages 7-14 in south county – https://bigsri.org/getabig/apply
  • Foundation offers fundraising clothing bins
  • Centers can have bins to raise money and help keep textiles out of landfills
• Retirement savings discussion
  • Colin Danly introduced Matt Netto, AARP
  • Discussing retirement planning options
  • If someone doesn’t have access through work, they are 15 times less likely to save for retirement
  • Introducing state sponsored individual retirement program (IRA) – 100% free to employer
  • Robert Craven – this is part of an ongoing effort, Office of General Treasurer’s goals is to provide a vehicle for employees to save for retirement.
  • Matt Netto – reviewed Secure Choice statistics and information
  • No cost to employers, customer service is run through the provider
  • 17 other states have similar programs, RI & NH are the only New England states without a retirement program
  • www.aarp.org/risecurechoice
  • No required match – business is not allowed to contribute
  • https://action.aarp.org/secure/all-rhode-islanders-deserve-access-retirement-savings-plan-0
  • Matt Netto, AARP RI  mnetto@aarp.org
  • Robert Craven, Office of the General Treasurer robert.cravenjr@treasury.ri.gov
• Stacy Sullivan, CCRI to give an overview of the CDA and School aged childcare training programs and solicit feedback on the design
  • Cheryl Lafond piloted prek program in 2010, here to provide input
  • CDA program to cover topics important to ECE age groups
  • If completed, employee would be eligible for credits at CCRI
  • Went over CCRI course options, about 42 hour class
• Meeting adjourned at 4:17pm

Next meeting:

June 26, 2023 – in person

(skipping July, Aug)

September 25, 2023 – in person

October 23, 2023

November 27, 2023

(skipping Dec)

Minutes submitted by Tracy Martin-Turgeon