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FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	10/22/2018
Subject: Recommendation for Appointment to the Family and Children's Trust Committee
Submitted For:	Kathy Gallagher
Department:	Employment & Human Services
Referral No.:	N/A
Referral Name:	APPOINTMENTS TO ADVISORY BODIES
Presenter:	Juliana Mondragon, EHSD	Contact:	Juliana Mondragon, 925-608-4941

Information

Referral History:

On December 13, 2011, the Board of Supervisors (BOS) adopted Resolution No. 2011/497 adopting policy governing appointments to boards, committees, and commissions that are advisory to the BOS. Included in this resolution was a requirement that applications for at large/countywide seats be reviewed by a BOS committee.

The purpose of the Family and Children's Trust (FACT) Committee is to establish priorities and make funding recommendations to the BOS on the allocation of specific funds for the prevention/amelioration of child abuse and neglect, and the promotion of positive family functioning. These funds include: Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment funds funds (AB 1733), Birth Certificate revenue to the County Children’s Trust (AB 2994), the Ann Adler Children’s Trust funds, Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention funds, and other funds that may be subsequently directed by the Board of Supervisors. The FACT Committee also provides information and data to the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) on the effectiveness of current and proposed programs for families and children and on recent or pending legislation that would potentially impact family and children’s services programs, clients, or funding mechanisms. FACT Committee is composed by 15 members from three different categories: Five At-Large seats, one representative from each of the five Supervisorial Districts, and Five discipline/sector specific seats.

Referral Update:

There are currently 12 seats filled and there are three vacancies on FACT. The Committee has vacancies in the Seat 3-Local Planning Council, At-Large Seat 5, and District III seat. Seat 3, Local Planning Council was declared vacant due to committee member resignation on October 18, 2016. The FACT Committee is actively recruiting to fill Seat 3.

Current FACT Committee seat members live or work in the following areas of the county: East (1): Discipline Specific; Central/South (10): Two discipline specific, Five At-Large, Districts II, IV and V; West (1): District I. Candidates for appointment to the FACT Committee will serve a two-year term. The current term for the At Large 5 seat is set to expire on September 30, 2020. Attached is a memo from the Employment and Human Services Director transmitting her nomination of Ms. Olga Jones for appointment to the At Large 5 seat on the FACT Committee.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

RECOMMEND to the Board of Supervisors the appointment of Olga Jones to the At Large 5 seat on the Family and Children's Trust Committee to a new term that will expire on September 30, 2020.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

There is no fiscal impact.

Attachments
EHSD Nomination Memo Olga Jones FACT At-Large 5 Seat
Candidate Application Olga Jones FACT Committee