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CAPTIONINGJUNE 26, 2014

CHILDREN'S BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

***This is not an official, verbatim transcript of the ***following meeting. It should be used for informational ***purposes only. This document has not been edited; ***therefore, there may be additions, deletions, or words ***that did not translate.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: GOOD AFTERNOON.

I WELCOME YOU TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE JUNE -- OF THE

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CHILDREN'S BOARD, ITS REGULAR MEETING OF

JUNE 26th, 2014.

I WANT TO WELCOME YOU, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN OUR AUDIENCE

THIS AFTERNOON AND ALSO TO OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE.

NORMALLY WE -- I THINK A QUORUM IS VERIFIED.

OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE ARE USUALLY DONE BY ED NARAIN, WHO

IS ABSENT THIS AFTERNOON, SO I'M GOING TO CALL ON A FORMER

BOARD MEMBER, PETE EDWARDS, TO TAKE THE HONOR OF PROVIDING

THE OPENING INVOCATION AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND

WELCOME, MR. EDWARDS.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK.

MAY WE BOW OUR HEADS.

WE'RE ALL HERE TOGETHER TODAY WITH ONE INTEREST, AND THAT IS

SEEING THAT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BE IN

A POSITION TO ATTAIN ALL THE BEST THEY CAN THROUGH CHILDREN

AND THROUGH -- UP TO ADULTHOOD.

SO, FATHER, WE ASK YOU TO BLESS US TODAY IN OUR DECISION-

MAKING AND ASK YOU TO EXTEND WHAT WE DO OUT IN THE HIGHWAYS

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AND BYWAYS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

LET US SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER AGENCIES AND AGENCIES

OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SEE HOW

IT'S IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THOSE WHO COME BEHIND US IN

THE FUTURE.

GIVE US GREAT DELIBERATION AND DISCUSSIONS, BUT AT THE END

OF THE DAY, WITH YOUR GUIDANCE, WE HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST

DECISION THAT WILL RESONATE AND SUSTAIN US ALL THROUGH THIS

LIFETIME.

WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

NOW MAY WE SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

THANK YOU.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: THANK YOU, PETE, AND THANK YOU FOR

GRACIOUSLY DOING THAT.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK.

WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU.

BEFORE WE BEGIN THE OFFICIAL PART OF OUR MEETING THIS

AFTERNOON, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PERSON IN THIS AUDIENCE

WHO MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW AND MAY HAVE SEEN HER NAME AND

PERHAPS HAVE NOT MADE THE CONNECTION.

SHE'S A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS IN THE HILLSBOROUGH

COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT SHE IS ALSO A STRONG VOICE FOR

WHAT'S RIGHT FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN OUR SCHOOL

DISTRICT AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.

MELISSA ERICKSON, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN SAY HELLO

TO YOU.

SHE IS PART OF THE ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, STARTED HERE

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IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND I THINK THEY'RE GROWING.

I'M HEARING NEWS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE EXPANDING.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION, FOR YOUR VOICE, AND MOST

OF ALL, FOR THE KIND OF WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT'S MAKING

A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

MADAM VICE CHAIR, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?

>>MEGAN PROULX-DEMPSEY: NO, WE DO NOT.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MADAM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

>>KELLEY PARRIS: WITH RESPECT FOR FULL DISCLOSURE, I MET

WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THIS MEETING,

AND WE DISCUSSED THE ACTION ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, SO IF

THERE'S LIMITED FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSION, IT'S BECAUSE ALL

THE QUESTIONS HOPEFULLY WERE ANSWERED DURING THAT PERIOD OF

TIME.

THANK YOU.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: AND THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, AS PART OF OUR AGENDA, WE DO WHAT I THINK IS

PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST BENEFICIAL AND EXCITING THINGS

ABOUT OUR AGENDA, NOT THAT EVERYBODY ELSE, WHAT YOU DO, IS

NOT EXCITING, BUT THIS ALLOWS US TO GET MORE FAMILIAR WITH

MANY OF THE PROVIDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO MS. DEMPSEY,

WOULD YOU INTRODUCE OUR PROVIDER INFORMATION TODAY.

>>MEGAN PROULX-DEMPSEY: I'D BE HAPPY TO.

TODAY WE HAVE THE FAMILY LITERACY ACADEMY OF TAMPA BAY.

THE PRESENTER TODAY IS ANGELICA IBARRA, AND SHE IS THE CHIEF

EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

THE CONTRACT MANAGER IS LYDIA MEDRANO.

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COULD YOU STAND, PLEASE.

OH.

[APPLAUSE]

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THE FAMILY LITERACY ACADEMY OF TAMPA

BAY IS RECEIVING PROGRAM FUNDING THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S

BOARD.

IT IS THROUGH A LEADING GRANT FOR HELPING CHILDREN SUCCEED

IN SCHOOL -- IN SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

FAMILIES SERVED LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS IN EAST HILLSBOROUGH,

ONE OF THE MOST UNDERSERVED AREAS IN THE COUNTY, WITH LARGE

AGRICULTURAL AND MIGRANT POPULATIONS.

THIS COMPREHENSIVE AND INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAM FOCUSES ON

IMPROVING FAMILIES' LIVES THROUGH ADULT EDUCATION,

CHILDREN'S SCHOOL READINESS, PARENTING EDUCATION AND

ENGAGEMENT, AND PARENT AND CHILD TOGETHER ACTIVITIES.

MS. IBARRA.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

I GET A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO HANG IN

THERE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A LITTLE

BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO IN -- IN PLANT CITY.

OUR MISSION IS TO EMPOWER FAMILIES AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE

EDUCATIONAL SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE NEEDED TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS

IN LIFE.

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THE ACADEMY WAS FOUNDED IN JULY OF 2011 UNDER THE BARBARA

BUSH FOUNDATION.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE PRETTY FAST.

WE NEEDED A FISCAL AGENT, AND THEY STEPPED UP AND THEY SAID,

YOU KNOW, WE WILL TAKE YOU ON AS ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS.

IT WAS FOUNDED BY -- BY ME.

I WAS A FORMER GED GRADUATE WITH -- FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

SCHOOLS, THE ADULT ED DEPARTMENT, AND I WANTED, YOU KNOW,

MORE THAN ANYTHING, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SECOND CHANCE

AND -- YOU KNOW, ANOTHER WAY FOR STUDENTS THAT HAD DROPPED

OUT OF SCHOOL FOR WHATEVER REASONS.

I FIRMLY BELIEVE IN EDUCATION, AND, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION

BEING THE WAY TO REALLY TRANSFORM YOUR -- YOUR LIFE AND

BETTER YOURSELVES AND THE LIVES OF YOUR FAMILY.

THE FIRST TWO YEARS THAT THE ACADEMY -- YOU KNOW, AFTER IT

WAS ESTABLISHED, WE RECEIVED SMALL AMOUNTS OF FUNDING FROM A

FEW SOURCES, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH.

I ENDED UP VOLUNTEERING PRETTY MUCH MOST OF MY -- THE FIRST

YEAR WHEN IT -- WHEN IT STARTED AND A GOOD PART OF THE

SECOND YEAR.

I KNEW, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS, WHEN YOU'RE GETTING

THINGS OFF THE GROUND, IT'S -- IT WAS GOING TO BE TOUGH, SO

I HAD ALREADY MADE THAT COMMITMENT THAT I WOULDN'T TAKE A

SALARY UNTIL, YOU KNOW, WE COULD REALLY OBTAIN FUNDING.

BY THE END OF THE SECOND YEAR, IT -- YOU KNOW, AFTER TRYING

FOR TWO YEARS, IT -- YOU KNOW, YOU CAN -- YOU CAN HAVE ALL

THE BEST INTENSIONS, BUT IF YOU DON'T GET THE FUNDING IN THE

NONPROFIT WORLD, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT, SO BY THE END

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OF THE SECOND YEAR, IT WAS WHEN I, YOU KNOW, REALLY STARTED

CONSIDERING CLOSING, AND IT JUST HAPPENED THAT IT WAS AROUND

THE SAME TIME THAT THE -- THE RFP WAS OPENED FOR, YOU KNOW,

THE FAITH-BASED AND GRASS-ROOTS COMMUNITY-BASED GRANT.

WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE SELECTED TO BE FUNDED,

AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW WE WERE ABLE TO -- YOU KNOW, TO

STAY AND CONTINUE SERVING THE POPULATION.

THE ACADEMY SERVES APPROXIMATELY 30 FAMILIES EACH YEAR.

WE WORK WITH CHILDREN AGES TWO TO EIGHT, AND, YOU KNOW, THE

MAJORITY OF THE PARENTS THAT COME TO US, THEY COME BECAUSE

THEY WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH.

THAT'S THEIR -- THEIR MAIN NEED.

AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A

SHORT VIDEO WITH YOU.

IT'S A PARTICIPANT TESTIMONIAL.

IT WAS A STUDENT THAT GRADUATED FROM -- FROM OUR PROGRAM.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU YOU'RE DOING A

FINE JOB, SO DON'T -- TAKE AWAY THE NERVES.

YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

[VIDEO SHOWN]

>>MARIANA MACIAS: I TOOK PAULA TO THIS STORE, DEPARTMENT

STORE, AND I ASKED HER TO TRANSLATE FOR ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T

KNOW WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.

WHEN I SEE PAULA -- AT THAT TIME SHE WAS, LIKE, SIX YEARS

OLD -- HELPING ME, I WAS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT RIGHT,

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT FAIR FOR HER.

I'M SORRY.

YEAH, I'M -- I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THE

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SUPPORT FOR HER, NOT ME ASKING HER.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT FAIR FOR HER.

>>NARRATOR: MARIANA MACIAS IS JUST ONE OF HUNDREDS OF

PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENROLLED, STUDIED, LEARNED, AND SUCCEEDED AS

THE RESULT OF ATTENDING THE FAMILY LITERACY ACADEMY.

LOCATED IN PLANT CITY, THE ACADEMY PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL

SERVICES AND FAMILY SUPPORT, NOT ONLY TO YOUNG CHILDREN BUT

TO THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.

THE EMPHASIS IS ON TEACHING THE PARENTS HOW TO BE ACTIVELY

INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND GIVE THEM THE

SKILLS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THEM ACADEMICALLY.

THE PARENTS ATTEND WORKSHOPS ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT, EFFECTIVE

READING STRATEGIES FOR CHILDREN, HEALTH AND NUTRITION, AND

ON PERSONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

THE WORKSHOPS PREPARE PARENTS TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME

AND AT SCHOOL.

EACH YEAR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME TO THIS COUNTRY.

THEY COME HERE FOR AN IMPROVED LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR

FAMILIES.

>>MARIANA MACIAS: THEY NEED TO REALIZE IF THEY COME TO THIS

COUNTRY, THEY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH, THEY NEED

TO LEARN HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN THE KIDS' SCHOOL.

>>NARRATOR: THE ACADEMY HAS A RIGOROUS EVALUATION SYSTEM.

INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES ARE CONTINUALLY IMPROVED AS A

RESULT OF DATA COLLECTION, OBSERVATION, STANDARDIZED

TESTING, AND INTERVIEWS USED FOR EVALUATION.

DURING THE 2011-2012 ACADEMIC YEAR, PARTICIPANTS AT THE

ACADEMY SHOWED A LITERACY GROWTH FOR PARENTS OF 2.5 GRADE

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LEVELS.

ADDITIONALLY, 100% OF THE PARTICIPANTS SAID THEY FELT MORE

CONFIDENT AS PARENTS, AND 95% SAID THEIR FAMILY LIFE QUALITY

HAD IMPROVED.

THE CHILDREN HAD AN AVERAGE LITERACY GROWTH OF 1.4 YEARS.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES FOR MARIANA WAS OVERCOMING THE

FEELING THAT LANGUAGE WAS AN INSURMOUNTABLE BARRIER.

>>MARIANA MACIAS: ONE OF MY TEACHERS TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, YOU

HAVE TO STOP FEELING ASHAMED OR BEING JUDGED OR THINKING,

YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW,

YOUR ACCENT, YOU KNOW, OR PROBABLY YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE

MISTAKES, AND YOU'RE -- YOU'RE PUTTING TOO MUCH THOUGHTS

ABOUT IT, SO YOU HAVE TO STOP AND START SPEAKING.

>>NARRATOR: THE EDUCATION QUALITY COUNCIL OF ONTARIO

ASSERTED THAT A SINGLE YEAR OF PARENTAL EDUCATION HAS A

GREATER POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE CHILD

ATTENDING A POST-SECONDARY SCHOOL THAN AN EXTRA $50,000 OF

PARENTAL INCOME.

THAT'S A PRETTY AMAZING STATISTIC.

EVEN MORE ALARMING IS THAT SEVERAL U.S. STATES PLAN THE

NUMBER OF PRISON CELLS THEY WILL NEED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF

CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT READING WELL IN THE 4th GRADE.

THE FAMILY LITERACY ACADEMY USES FOUR COMPONENTS TO ACHIEVE

EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS - ADULT EDUCATION, CHILDREN'S EDUCATION,

PARENTING EDUCATION, AND PARENT AND CHILD TOGETHER TIME.

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO TEACH THE PARENTS THE SAME SKILLS THAT

THE CHILDREN ARE LEARNING SO THAT THEY CAN REINFORCE THOSE

SKILLS AT HOME.

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IMAGINE THE THRILL WHEN YOU FINALLY REALIZE THAT YOU'VE

MASTERED THE CHALLENGE, SOMETHING AS SIGNIFICANT AS LEARNING

ENGLISH, SO WELL YOU ACTUALLY DREAM IN ENGLISH.

>>MARIANA MACIAS: ONE OF MY TEACHERS TOLD ME, WHEN YOU

START DREAMING IN ENGLISH THAT MEANS YOU'RE LEARNING, AND

THAT WAS -- I WAS LIKE, THAT'S CRAZY.

NO, THAT'S SO FUNNY BECAUSE IT HAPPENED.

WHEN IT STARTED HAPPENING, I WAS SO EXCITED BECAUSE, LIKE,

OH, MY GOD, NOW I'M DREAMING.

THAT WAS SO INTERESTING, BUT, YEAH.

YEAH, YEAH.

(MUSIC)

YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME, YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME.

WHEN THE ROAD LOOKS ROUGH AHEAD AND YOU'RE MILES AND MILES

FROM YOUR NICE WARM BED, YOU JUST REMEMBER WHAT YOUR OLD PAL

SAID, OH, YOU GOT A FRIEND IN ME, YEAH, YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND

IN ME.

(END OF MUSIC)

[END OF VIDEO]

[APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER?

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: I HAVE AN OBSERVATION THAT I'D LIKE TO

SHARE WITH YOU.

DATA IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND WE WANT TO SEE THE EVIDENCE OF

THE PROGRESS AND SUCCESS OF OUR PROGRAM, BUT IT'S THE HUMAN

SIDE OF THE DATA THAT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE, AND SUCH

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STORIES LIKE THIS REALLY PUT A FACE WITH THOSE NUMBERS AND

THE CHANGING OF LIVES, AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING

YOUR DREAM AND PASSION COME ALIVE, FOR PUTTING YOURSELF OUT

THERE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

IT WAS TOUCHING, BUT I THINK YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE

HARD DATA, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO, I

THINK THE FACT THAT THE STORY TOLD BY THIS YOUNG LADY REALLY

GIVES A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT YOUR DREAM IS ABOUT AND WHAT WE

WANT FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU

FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

>> THANK YOU.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

MS. ELIA.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: I JUST WANTED TO --

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: AND WELCOME.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SORRY I'M LATE.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: THAT'S OKAY.

WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: YOU WERE SO SUBTLE THERE.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OH, WAIT.

AND COMMISSIONER BECKNER.

[LAUGHTER]

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: KEVIN, I'M IN GOOD COMPANY.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: YES, YOU ARE.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: I JUST WANT TO OUTLINE THE GREAT WORK

THAT'S BEING DONE BY THIS GROUP IN PLANT CITY, AND WE ARE

VERY PROUD TO BE A STRONG PARTNER WITH YOU, AND WE'RE

LOOKING FOR SPACE AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO EXPAND, SO

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THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS VERY COMMITTED TO THE WORK THAT'S

BEING DONE AT THE LITERACY CENTER.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> WE -- WE ARE HOUSED IN A FORMER -- IT WAS A FORMER

CHURCH.

THE METHODIST CHURCH CLOSED, THE CHURCH THERE, AND THEY

TURNED IT INTO A MINISTRY CENTER, AND OVER THE PAST, I WANT

TO SAY, SIX MONTHS, IT WAS A MAJOR CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE

DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE GOING TO END UP BECAUSE THEY

DECIDED TO SELL THE PROPERTY, AND THIS PAST FRIDAY THEY JUST

CLOSED, AND THEY -- THEY SOLD IT TO ANOTHER CHURCH THAT IS

GOING TO ALLOW US TO STAY THERE FOR -- YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING

TO BE SHORT-TERM, BUT -- UNTIL WE CAN FIND SOMETHING ELSE,

SO, YES.

AND LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS

BEEN WONDERFUL, AND, YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN'S BOARD, SO NOW

THAT WE'RE GETTING THE PIECES TOGETHER, WE ARE GOING TO

GROW, AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO BE PARTNERING WITH

THE -- ESPECIALLY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE AREA, AND TO

US THAT'S THE FAVORITE, YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT WE DO.

THEY WORK -- THE SCHOOLS WORK WITH THE CHILDREN, WE WORK

WITH THE PARENTS, AND WE BRING -- YOU KNOW, WE BRING THE TWO

TOGETHER, SO IT'S WONDERFUL.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: MS. SCHNEIDER.

>>SUSAN SCHNEIDER: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE HAD A --

RECENTLY HAD A CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEY

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WERE SPECIFICALLY ASKING ABOUT THE PRESENCE IN PLANT CITY,

SO THIS IS WONDERFUL TO --

>> THERE AREN'T TOO MANY OUT THERE, BUT WE'RE THERE.

THANK YOU.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR

QUESTIONS?

WELL, THANK YOU.

GOOD LUCK, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THE

KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING.

[APPLAUSE]

AT THIS TIME, BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE

ACTION ITEMS OF THE AGENDA.

AND -- YOU HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE WE MOVE --

>>MARIA NEGRON: IT'S A SECONDARY PRESENTATION.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OH, I'M SORRY.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

MARIA NEGRON IS ALREADY HERE, READY TO GIVE US AN UPDATE AND

OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE -- NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP CENTER THAT

WE HAD A PRESENTATION AT OUR EXECUTIVE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE,

AND THANK YOU.

I JUST RUSHED YOUR -- THESE PRAYERS --

>>MARIA NEGRON: WE ALL WANT TO GET TO THE ACTION ITEMS.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: -- THESE PRAYERS THAT TALK ABOUT

GETTING THROUGH QUICKLY SOMETIMES GET ME ALL MIXED UP, SO --

[LAUGHTER]

-- BUT WE'LL SLOW DOWN AND CHANGE THE PACE, AND WELCOME.

>>MARIA NEGRON: THANK YOU.

SO I JUST BRIEFLY WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT NONPROFIT

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LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR FUNDED AGENCIES

TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITY, SUPPORT THEM WHEREVER IT IS THAT

THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY MAY NEED SUPPORT, AND SO WE DECIDED

TO DO A BRIEF SURVEY WITH OUR FUNDED AGENCIES TO SEE HOW

THAT -- THAT SUPPORT WAS WORKING WITH THEM, HOW THEY FELT,

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW, TWO OF THE

QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED, THE FIRST WAS WHAT'S YOUR OVERALL

EXPERIENCE WITH RESPECT TO BEING SATISFIED WITH THE

NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP CENTER'S SERVICES, AND WE GOT GOOD TO

EXCELLENT FROM 95% OF THE RESPONDENTS.

AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION WAS, WOULD YOU CONSIDER YOUR

PARTNERSHIP WITH NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP CENTER A WORTHWHILE

INVESTMENT OF THE CHILDREN'S BOARD?

AND, AGAIN, WE GOT 95% RESPONDENTS AGREE WITH THAT

STATEMENT.

SO TODAY -- YOU ACTUALLY HAVE IN YOUR BOARD BOOK A FULL

UTILIZATION REPORT UNDER PROVIDER PRESENTATIONS IF YOU

WEREN'T ABLE TO BE AT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND TODAY WE

ACTUALLY HAVE TWO BRIEF TESTIMONIALS FROM AGENCIES THAT HAVE

DIRECTLY WORKED WITH THE NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP CENTER, AND

THE FIRST WILL BE CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN.

>> [INAUDIBLE]

[LAUGHTER]

>> IT'S REVEALING ITSELF.

[LAUGHTER]

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M BRIAN McEWEN.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN, AND

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I'M WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A SATISFIED CUSTOMER OF THIS

PARTICULAR PARTNERSHIP, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES FOR ME BECAUSE

I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT GREATER DETAIL IN YOUR REPORTS THAT

CINDY AND HER STAFF HAVE PROVIDED TO YOU IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

MARIA.

THE SIGNIFICANCE FOR ME ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP IS, THOUGH, I

AM NOT A STRANGER TO THE WORK, NOT A STRANGER TO CHILDREN'S

BOARD, OR TO MY AGENCY, FORMERLY CHILD ABUSE COUNCIL, NOW

CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN.

I BECAME THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

WELL, THAT'S A DIFFERENT JOB.

THAT IS A DIFFERENT JOB, AND WE WENT THROUGH A TREMENDOUS

AMOUNT OF CHANGE IN A VERY SHORT SPACE OF TIME, AND I WAS

CHAMPING AT THE BIT FOR SUPPORT AND WAS KNOCKING ON GRACE

ARMSTRONG'S DOOR TO GET SOME ADVICE, AND SHE WAS ADVISING ME

TO JUST BE PATIENT BECAUSE THIS WAS UNFOLDING, SO I WAS ONE

OF THE FIRST PEOPLE IN LINE, I THINK, TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT.

WELL, THEY PROVIDE A LOT OF CLASS-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL

ACTIVITIES, AND WE HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF I THINK OUR SHARE

OF THAT, CAN DO MORE, BUT THAT WAS THE EASY PART.

WHAT BECAME A LITTLE MORE POWERFUL FOR US THAT WE DIDN'T

QUITE KNOW HOW TO ARTICULATE WAS THAT WE WERE IN THE PROCESS

OF TRYING TO GET SOME THINGS RIGHTSIZED IN OUR ORGANIZATION

FROM THE INSIDE OUT, AND WE WERE DISCOVERING IT WITH A NEW

LEADERSHIP TEAM AND A FAIR AMOUNT OF NEW ENERGY ON OUR BOARD

OF DIRECTORS ALL AT THE SAME TIME, UNDER MY NEW LEADERSHIP,

AND TWO THINGS UNFOLDED FOR WHICH THIS WAS A HIGH-IMPACT

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PARTNERSHIP.

ONE WAS WE DECIDED THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE STRENGTH OF

OUR AGENCY TO COMMIT TO SOME HIGH-QUALITY, REALLY

THOUGHTFUL, CONSISTENT TRAINING IN SUPERVISION AND

MANAGEMENT ACROSS OUR ENTIRE AGENCY, WHETHER IT WAS

MANAGEMENT IN A SUPPORT DEPARTMENT, LIKE FINANCE, OR

MANAGEMENT NEAR THE FRONT LINE, AND SO WE WORKED VERY

CLOSELY WITH CINDY AND THE -- AND THE STAFF TO CREATE A

TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WAS PART FOR OUR FULL STAFF ABOUT

LEARNING STYLES, SO WE COULD UNDERSTAND HOW WE WERE ON AND

OFF THE SAME PAGE WITH EACH OTHER, A SOURCE OF A LOT OF

MISUNDERSTANDING IN THE WORKPLACE, BUT PARTICULARLY TO

EMPHASIZE BEST PRACTICES FOR THE EASY STUFF AND THE HARD

STUFF ABOUT SUPERVISING STAFF AND RUNNING OPERATIONS, SO WE

GOT A REALLY HIGH-IMPACT PACKAGE DEAL THROUGH THIS

PARTNERSHIP WITH NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP CENTER, SPECIFICALLY

AROUND BUILDING OUR -- OUR BENCH STRENGTH AROUND MANAGEMENT

PRACTICES.

THAT'S ONE.

THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS PARTICULARLY COMPELLING TO ME IN

THE -- IN THE ROLE OF SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS TO LOOK AFTER

PRIVATELY RAISED MONEY, THE PART THAT ISN'T COVERED BY

CONTRACTS AND OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING, WAS THAT WE WERE

GOING THROUGH A LOT OF REALIGNMENT ABOUT BEST PRACTICES FOR

DEVELOPMENT AND PHILANTHROPIC GIVING IN OUR ORGANIZATION

THAT FOR 36 YEARS HAS RELIED ON PHILANTHROPIC GIVING.

WE REQUIRE -- 15% OF OUR BUDGET COMES PRIVATELY, BUT WE WERE

NOT DOING A PARTICULARLY BANG-UP JOB, SO WE WOUND UP HAVING

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A CONVERSATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE FUND DEVELOPMENT

ACADEMY OUT AT THE -- SARA LEONARD AT THE NONPROFIT

LEADERSHIP CENTER, AND SHE AND HER TEAM WERE ABLE TO WORK

WITH US TO COMPLETE A DEVELOPMENT AUDIT, AN INSIDE-OUT DEEP

DIVE INTO ALL OF OUR PRACTICES, RECENT AND PRESENT, AND OUR

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE SO WE COULD BE SMARTER WITH OUR

RESOURCES IN RAISING MONEY PRIVATELY.

THOSE TWO THINGS WE BARELY KNEW HOW TO ASK FOR AND THERE

WERE NOT CLASSES.

SO I SIMPLY WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR AGENCY FOUND VERY

INDIVIDUALIZED HIGH-IMPACT USE IN A BROAD RANGE OF WAYS THAT

WE BARELY EVEN KNEW TO ASK FOR WHEN IT ALL BEGAN, SO THANK

YOU.

THAT'S MY TESTIMONIAL.

I'LL STEP AWAY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE, BUT

I'M AVAILABLE.

>>MARIA NEGRON: JUST ONE MORE.

AND I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T INTRODUCE CINDY KANE.

SHE'S THE CURRENT INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE

NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP CENTER.

THANK YOU, CINDY.

WANT TO STAND SO THEY CAN SEE YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

THE NEXT TESTIMONIAL WILL BE GIVEN BY CELESTE ROBERTS WITH

THE SKILLS CENTER.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

SO MY ORGANIZATION IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN BRIAN'S.

WE'RE A SMALL ORGANIZATION, SO WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE

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TO ACCESS THE SERVICES FROM THE NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP CENTER.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I

KNOW ABOUT THE NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP CENTER.

SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT ANY ORGANIZATIONAL NEED, ISSUE,

CHALLENGE, OPPORTUNITY, I ALWAYS THINK OF THE NONPROFIT

LEADERSHIP CENTER, LIKE I KNOW THAT I CAN CALL THEM AND

THEY'RE GOING TO HELP ME AS A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SOLVE

ANY ISSUES THAT I'M HAVING OR ANY OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE

WE'VE HAD OPPORTUNITIES THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH

IT, AND I'LL CALL AND I'LL SPEAK TO CINDY, AND SO WHETHER

IT'S ONE-ON-ONE TALKING TO STAFF, WHETHER OR NOT THEY

RECOMMEND ME TO AN EXPERT, ADVISE ME TO ATTEND A TRAINING,

OR JUST GUIDE ME TO SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, I'M VERY

CONFIDENT WHEN I CALL THEM THEY'RE GOING TO HELP ME, AND SO

THAT'S ONE OF MY -- MY, I GUESS, STRONGEST REASONS WHY I

LIKE THE NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP CENTER, BECAUSE I CAN COUNT ON

THEM TO HELP ME THROUGH MY JOURNEY AS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

OF A SMALL ORGANIZATION.

SO WHEN I GO TO A TRAINING, WHETHER THAT'S ON THEIR CALENDAR

OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY CREATE A CUSTOMIZED TRAINING JUST FOR

ME, IT REALLY MAKES ME FEEL SPECIAL, BUT FOR MY ORGANIZATION

AND FOR OUR NEEDS, I KNOW WHEN I WALK OUT OF THERE THAT I'M

INSPIRED TO DO MORE, THAT I AM EMPOWERED WITH NOT ONLY NEW

KNOWLEDGE, NEW RELATIONSHIPS THAT I BUILD WITHIN THE

TRAININGS, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, BUT WHAT I LIKE THE MOST IS

I WALK OUT OF THERE WITH THE TOOLS THAT I COULD APPLY

IMMEDIATELY WITHIN MY ORGANIZATION.

AND SO FOR ME, WEARING MANY HATS FROM A SMALL ORGANIZATION,

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I NEED TO BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND WHAT I LEARN QUICKLY TO BE

ABLE TO APPLY IT SO THAT OUR ORGANIZATION CAN BE MORE

EFFECTIVE.

I FEEL LIKE I'M A FREQUENT FLIER AS WELL.

[LAUGHTER]

THERE'S NOT MANY PLACES YOU CAN GO AND KNOW THAT YOU'RE

GOING TO INTERACT WITH A HIGH-QUALITY STAFF AND A GROUP OF

INDIVIDUALS THAT KNOW THE NONPROFIT FIELD AS WELL AS CINDY

AND HER STAFF AT THE -- AT THE CENTER, AND SO I KNOW THAT I

AM A BETTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, I KNOW THAT MY STAFF IS

BETTER, I KNOW THAT MY BOARD IS BETTER AND MORE ENGAGED BY

GOING THROUGH THE TRAININGS, THUS IT MAKES MY ORGANIZATION

BETTER AND IT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE BETTER

SERVICES, SO -- AND IT'S REALLY ALL BECAUSE OF OUR

INTERACTION WITH THE NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP CENTER.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

>>MARIA NEGRON: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S ALL.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU.

COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?

LET ME THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL TESTIMONY.

WE HEARD FROM MS. KANE AT OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SOME

SIMILAR KINDS OF RESULTS, SO YOU HAVE JUST VALIDATED TODAY

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE SAID, NOT THAT WE DID NOT

BELIEVE HER, BUT IT IS ALWAYS GOOD --

[LAUGHTER]

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-- TO HEAR FROM THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE GETTING THE BENEFIT

FROM THOSE SERVICES AND THE SUPPORT, AND I THINK FOR US --

MEGAN AND I WERE THERE -- TO HEAR THE FACT THAT YOU

CUSTOMIZE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO MEET

YOUR NEEDS, AND I THINK THAT'S PRETTY POWERFUL, SO THANK YOU

BOTH FOR COMING, THANK YOU, CINDY, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE

DOING, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THE KINDS

OF THINGS -- AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE BOTH OF YOU, WHAT

YOU'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I WISH YOU WELL AS YOU

CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU

VERY MUCH.

AND NOW WE MOVE TO THE ACTION ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

I NEED A MOTION TO -- FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MAY 22nd,

2014, REGULAR BOARD MINUTES MEETINGS.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: SO MOVE.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: ALL RIGHT.

>>SUSAN SCHNEIDER: SECOND.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, BY

SUSAN AND KEVIN.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?

HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[CHORUS OF AYES]

OPPOSED LIKE SIGN.

THE MINUTES, THEN, ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

WE NEED NOW -- AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WILL LOOK AT THE REGULAR

BOARD MEETING AND COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULES FOR THE 2015

YEAR.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT ANYTHING RELATED

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TO THIS PORTION OF THE ACTION ITEM, HERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY

TO ASK QUESTIONS.

YOU HAVE A LIST OF THE BOARD EXECUTIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE

MEETINGS, AND I HOPE THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE OPPORTUNITY --

THEY'RE HELD HERE AT THE CHILDREN'S BOARD AT NOON, AND THERE

IS GOING TO BE AN EXCEPTION FOR THE AUGUST 27, 2015, BUDGET

WORKSHOP, WHICH WILL BE AT 1:00, AND WE HAVE, OF COURSE, THE

ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND I HOPE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO

ARE ABLE TO ATTEND OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES THAT YOU WILL

COME AND JOIN US BECAUSE I THINK IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY

IN A KIND OF INTIMATE SETTING TO GET -- HEAR PRESENTATIONS,

TO HEAR ACTION ITEMS THAT WILL BE COMING AND RECOMMENDED TO

THE BOARD, AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THAT

DISCUSSION.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS RELATED TO THIS -- THE

SCHEDULE?

I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.


>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: AND A SECOND?

>> SECOND.


MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING

DATES AND THE COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THE 2015 YEAR.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[CHORUS OF AYES]

OPPOSED.

IT IS UNANIMOUS.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: MISS EDGECOMB --

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>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: YES.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: -- CAN WE HAVE THIS SENT OUT SEPARATELY

SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS INTO OUR CALENDARS?


WE CERTAINLY WILL DO THAT.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: THANK YOU.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ALL OF US, I'M

SURE, WITH SUCH BUSY SCHEDULES.

WE CERTAINLY WILL DO THAT.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS TONIA -- THERE YOU

ARE -- AND IT'S THE APPROVAL OF THE CHILDREN'S BOARD OF

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FUND BALANCE POLICY.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AT, I THINK -- AT OUR

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

WE HAD KIND OF AN INSIGHT ABOUT IT PREVIOUSLY, AND TODAY IS

THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS.

>>TONIA WILLIAMS: THANK YOU.

I'M TONIA WILLIAMS.

I'M THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

THIS RECOMMENDED ACTION COMES FROM THE EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE

COMMITTEE.

IT IS TO APPROVE THE ATTACHED FUND BALANCE POLICY AND

RESOLUTION.

THIS IS REQUIRED FOR -- FROM GASB 54.

THIS IS -- THE ORIGINAL POLICY WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2012.

THIS HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE 2012.

THERE'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT YOU REVIEW IT AND APPROVE IT EACH

YEAR.

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THE POLICY IS IN ATTACHMENT "A."

THE FIRST SECTION INCLUDES THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY.

THEY GIVE US THE REQUIRED CATEGORIES WE MUST USE WHEN

PRESENTING THE FUND BALANCE IN OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND

IN THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.

CATEGORY 2 GIVES US THE CATEGORIES WE MUST USE AND THE ITEMS

THAT ARE INCLUDED IN EACH ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES.

ON PAGE 2, THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES THE CHILDREN'S BOARD

USES, STARTING OUT WITH THE NONSPENDABLE FUND BALANCE, WHICH

IS OUR VACATION ACCRUALS THAT WE HAVE TO ACCRUE AT THE END

OF EACH FISCAL YEAR.

COMMITTED FUND BALANCE INCLUDES THE CAPITAL RESERVE AND OUR

OPERATING RESERVE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE FIRST COUPLE MONTHS

OF THE YEAR.

THE ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IS THE FUTURE SPEND-DOWN OF THE

FUND BALANCE TO -- FOR OUR COMMITMENTS THAT WE'VE STARTED

IN, LIKE, FISCAL YEAR '15, WHAT WE NEED TO SPEND DOWN IN '16

AND '17 TO CONTINUE THOSE COMMITMENTS.

THE REMAINING AMOUNT IS IN THE UN -- EXCUSE ME -- UNASSIGNED

FUND BALANCE, AND THE BOARD HAS ASKED THAT THAT BE AT LEAST

TWO OR THREE MILLION.

ANY QUESTIONS?

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: JUST A CLARIFICATION.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: YES, MA'AM.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SO, TONIA YOU'RE ACTUALLY SAYING THIS IS

THE SAME FUND BALANCE WE'VE HAD, AND JUST BECAUSE OF THE

GASB RULE, WE'RE NOW ADOPTING IT FORMALLY?

>>TONIA WILLIAMS: YES.

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YOU HAVE TO APPROVE IT EACH YEAR, REVIEW IT AND APPROVE IT.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: OKAY.

THANK YOU.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?

HEARING NONE, A MOTION FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS ITEM?

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SO MOVE.

>>SUSAN SCHNEIDER: SECOND.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I THINK IT WAS -- WHO WAS IT?

I THINK IT WAS MS. SCHNEIDER AND SOMEBODY DOWN AT THIS END.

>> [INAUDIBLE]


ALL RIGHT.


[CHORUS OF AYES]

OPPOSED.

YOU DID YOUR JOB.

THANK YOU.

AND WE HAVE APPROVED THIS UNANIMOUSLY.

YOU'RE NEXT AGAIN.

>>TONIA WILLIAMS: I'M NEXT.

[LAUGHTER]

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: AT THIS TIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE

BUDGET, WHICH IS ALSO ALWAYS A POPULAR SUBJECT AND A

NECESSARY ONE, AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO PROVIDE THOSE

SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE ASKING FOR THE BOARD TO LOOK AT THE PRELIMINARY

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FY 2015 MILLAGE RATES AND BUDGET, AND THAT INFORMATION IS

INCLUDED IN YOUR NOTEBOOKS.

>>TONIA WILLIAMS: RIGHT.

SO YOU HAVE AN UPDATED MEMO IN YOUR -- IN YOUR FOLDER.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: FOLDER.

>>TONIA WILLIAMS: WE GOT A FINAL BASE --


>>TONIA WILLIAMS: -- FROM THE COUNTY TODAY, SO WE HAD TO

CHANGE THIS MEMO.

SO THIS ALSO COMES FROM THE EXECUTIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND

THIS IS TO RECOMMEND PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF THE ROLLED-BACK

MILLAGE RATE OF .4589 IN THE FISCAL YEAR '15 BUDGET OF

$34,608,420.

WE BROUGHT THIS BUDGET TO FINANCE COMMITTEE ON JUNE 12th.

WE LOOKED AT TWO OPTIONS.

OPTION "A" WAS LEAVING THE MILLAGE RATE AT THE CURRENT

MILLAGE RATE, .4828, AND THEN WE LOOKED AT A ROLLED-BACK

MILLAGE RATE.

THE BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSSED PROS AND CONS OF ROLLING BACK

THE MILLAGE OR LEAVING THE MILLAGE AS IS.

SOME OF THOSE ITEMS WERE THE FACT THAT IF WE ROLL IT BACK

THAT THERE WOULD BE NO TAX INCREASE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.

WE HAVE DOLLARS IN THE FUND BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE UP

THOSE DOLLARS WE WILL NOT RECEIVE IF WE TAKE THE FULL

MILLAGE.

AND WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO STILL GIVE A 2% INCREASE TO

CONTINUATION CONTRACTS AND PUT OUT ANOTHER 1.2 MILLION IN

NEW MONEY, EVEN IF WE DO ROLL IT BACK.

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SO WE WENT OVER ATTACHMENT "A" AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING.

KELLEY AND I ALSO REVIEWED THIS WITH EACH BOARD MEMBER

DURING THE BRIEFINGS.

THAT'S THE DETAILED BUDGET.

AND ATTACHMENT "B" INCLUDES THE OPTIONS THAT WE REVIEWED.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: MS. ELIA.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I APPRECIATE

THE -- THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY THE EXECUTIVE FINANCE

COMMITTEE IN MOVING TOWARDS -- MOVING US SO THAT THERE WOULD

BE NO TAX INCREASE FOR THE -- FOR THE PEOPLE OF HILLSBOROUGH

COUNTY.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE -- ALTHOUGH WE ARE STARTING TO COME

OUT OF WHAT WAS A PRETTY DEEP RECESSION, I DON'T THINK WE'RE

THERE YET.

THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE, AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM,

AN INCREASE OF ALMOST 10% IN OUR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH

POPULATION.

MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL IN A POSITION WHERE ANY TAX INCREASE,

NO MATTER HOW SMALL IT IS, IS A NEGATIVE THING FOR THEM, AND

I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO REALIZE THAT, SO I

APPRECIATE THE RECOMMENDATION.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: THANK YOU.

I THINK YOU EXPRESSED VERY WELL THE SENTIMENTS OF THOSE OF

US DURING THAT DISCUSSION, THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE

APPROPRIATE THING TO DO.

YOU'RE RIGHT, WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT BUT

NOT AS FAST AND AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO, SO WE NEED TO BE

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SENSITIVE TO THE FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE CITIZENS

IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO -- YES, SO WE VIGOROUSLY,

WHOLEHEARTEDLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL APPROVE THIS

RECOMMENDATION.


>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

>> SECOND.

>> SECOND.


I THOUGHT EVERYBODY WAS GOING TO DO IT.

[LAUGHTER]


VERONICA, I HOPE YOU'RE GETTING THESE MOTIONS AND SECONDS

DOWN.

>>VERONICA BLANCO: [INAUDIBLE]

>> [INAUDIBLE]


THANK YOU.

>>TONIA WILLIAMS: THANK YOU.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: AND TONIA, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR MAKING

SOMETIMES DIFFICULT THINGS SIMPLISTIC ENOUGH FOR US TO MAKE

REAL AND INFORMATIVE DECISIONS ABOUT THEM.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.

>> CAN I ABSTAIN FROM THE LAST VOTE.


DID YOU GET THAT MS. --

>> [INAUDIBLE]


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OKAY.

I THINK IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING THAT THE NEXT ITEM FORWARD

IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE

SECRETARY/TREASURER BECAUSE WITH THE MOVEMENT AND

RESIGNATION OF MR. MIKE CARROLL, WHO WAS PROMOTED TO A

POSITION, AND WE HAD MS. MAYROSE -- RIGHT? --

>>LISA MAYROSE: YES.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: -- MAYROSE IN HIS POSITION, HE LEFT

OPEN THE NEED FOR A SECRETARY/TREASURER.

IN THE PART OF THAT PROCESS, BOARD MEMBERS WERE ASKED TO

NOMINATE THEMSELVES OR OTHERS FOR THE POSITION.

WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE NOMINATION FOR THE POSITION, BUT IN

KEEPING WITH THE ROBERT'S RULES, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE

FLOOR FOR ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.

ARE THERE ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF

SECRETARY/TREASURER?

I THINK I'M SUPPOSED TO ASK YOU THREE TIMES, BUT I'M NOT

GOING TO DO ALL OF THAT.

TWO WILL WORK SUFFICIENTLY.

HEARING NONE, AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO ASK YOUR -- THE ONE

NOMINATION THAT WE DID GET WAS FOR SUSAN SCHNEIDER, AND SO

AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO APPOINT

THE POSITION OF SECRETARY/TREASURER FOR SUSAN SCHNEIDER

BEGINNING JUNE 2014 TO MARCH 2015.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: MOVE TO APPROVE.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: SECOND?

>> SECOND.

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MS. SCHNEIDER, THE POSITION IS YOURS.

WOULD YOU STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

CONGRATULATIONS, AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME FORMS THAT YOU

HAVE TO SIGN AT THE END OF THIS MEETING.

ALL RIGHT.

MS. CHARO, I THINK YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION REGARDING THE

CONTINUATION WITH CIVIL SERVICE, AND THIS, AGAIN, WAS PART

OF OUR DISCUSSION AT THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, AND GOOD

AFTERNOON.

>>TRISH CHARO: GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS TRISH CHARO.

I'M DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION WITH THE CHILDREN'S BOARD,

AND TODAY I HAVE BEFORE YOU A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE

EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACCEPT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

CIVIL SERVICE BOARD PROPOSAL FOR CONTINUING THE HUMAN

RESOURCE SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEARS 2015 AND 2016.

THE PROPOSAL IS IN ATTACHMENT "A" BEHIND TAB 6.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR

YOU'RE JUST --

>>TRISH CHARO: NO, I DON'T.


>>TRISH CHARO: I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS --

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: DISCUSSED --

>>TRISH CHARO: -- DISCUSSED AT THE BOARD FINANCE --

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: YEAH.

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>>TRISH CHARO: -- COMMITTEE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE

CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SERVICES THAT CIVIL SERVICE

PROVIDES.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN THAT IF

THERE'S LIMITED CONVERSATIONS OR QUESTIONS, I THINK IT'S

BECAUSE WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THOSE -- OUR

CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS WITH MS. PARRIS, AND SO I THINK IT

DOES LIMIT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ORDINARILY WOULD BE

ASKING ABOUT.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK YOU WOULD PARTICULARLY WANT

US TO ZERO IN ON OR FOR THE PUBLIC THAT'S VIEWING THIS AS TO

WHY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION?

>>TRISH CHARO: WE'RE -- WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE

RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE SERVICES THAT

ARE PROVIDED TO OUR ORGANIZATION ARE COMPLIMENTARY TO THE

HUMAN SERVICES PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COUNTY IN

GENERAL, SO IT -- IT SAVES THE CHILDREN'S BOARD QUITE A

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: I THINK THAT IN ITSELF REALLY IS A GOOD

REASON FOR DOING SO, AMONG THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU TALKED

ABOUT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN -- YES, CHRIS.

>>CHRISTOPHER BROWN: I JUST WANTED TO ASK STAFF -- AND I

MENTIONED THIS TO KELLEY DURING OUR MEETING.

I ACTUALLY PULLED THE STATUTORY BILL ON THIS, AND IT'S ALL

IN OUR MATERIALS THAT THERE ARE TWO PERIODS WHERE WE CAN

MAKE SOME ELECTIONS.

I WOULD ASK STAFF IF THEY COULD COME BACK IN OUR NOVEMBER

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MEETING, BECAUSE THE NEXT PERIOD AFTER JULY, IT WAS MY

UNDERSTANDING, IS DECEMBER, AND -- AND MAYBE BRIEF US AGAIN,

IF NO SUGGESTIONS ARE WARRANTED OR ASKED FOR, WHY, AND IF

CHANGES ARE WARRANTED, THEN WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT --

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION AND THE ACTION ITEM,

BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE SORT OF KEEP ON TOP OF THAT AND

JUST KEEP MONITORING IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S IN THE BEST

INTEREST OF THIS AGENCY.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: SO I -- MS. ELIA.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SO, CHRIS, IF I COULD JUST GET SOME

CLARIFICATION ON WHAT YOU JUST WERE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE

WHAT ELECTION SERVICES MIGHT WE ACCESS AND --

>>CHRISTOPHER BROWN: WELL, I THINK TRISH CAN ANSWER BETTER

THAN I CAN, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE ARE -- THERE'S A

GREAT NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT WE USE FROM THEM.

THERE'S TWO THAT WE CANNOT OPT OUT OF, BUT ASIDE FROM THE

TWO PARTICULAR SECTIONS, WHICH HAVE TO DO WITH APPELLATE

PROCESSES, I THINK, WE CAN OPT OUT OF EVERYTHING OR LINE

ITEM THINGS, AND AT THIS POINT, IN READING OUR

RECOMMENDATION, ONE OF THE -- THE COMMENTS WAS THE ONGOING

DIALOGUE WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNER AGENCIES TO DEVELOP A

COMMON CORE OF SUGGESTED CHANGES, YOU KNOW, BY JULY MIGHT BE

ASKING A LITTLE MUCH.

BY DECEMBER I WOULD THINK EVERYBODY WOULD EITHER SAY IN

COLLABORATION, HERE'S WHAT WE NEED, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT TO

CHANGE, OR WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE ANYTHING.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: MM-HMM.

AND DOES THAT DECREASE THE COST?

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>> WELL, IF -- ACCORDING TO CIVIL SERVICE, IF WE WERE TO

GO -- THEY CALL IT A LA CARTE, IT EXPONENTIALLY INCREASES

THE COST, WHICH IS SORT OF MY CONCERN THAT I WANT TO KEEP

WATCHING THESE ISSUES AND SEE WHAT OTHER AGENCIES DO AND SEE

IF THAT ACTUALLY PANS OUT AS FAR AS THEIR THOUGHTS ON HOW

MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST US IF WE -- IF WE DON'T TAKE THE

ENTIRE PACKAGE, I GUESS.

>>KELLEY PARRIS: I'D JUST -- IF I COULD JUST COMMENT

BRIEFLY ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH CIVIL SERVICE.

I DO THINK IT OPENS US UP TO A BIGGER POOL OF INDIVIDUALS

THAT MAKE APPLICATION FOR POSITIONS IN THE AGENCY, AND WE

HAVE BEEN SO PLEASED WITH THE LAST THREE WITH SHELTON, PAUL,

AND CEDRICK, AND WE -- WE JUST GET A BIGGER POOL OF VERY

WELL-QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY STAFF

VERY WELL WITH, SO ...


>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SO, COMMISSIONER, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE

COUNTY MOVING OFF OF CIVIL SERVICE; AM I RIGHT?

>>KEVIN BECKNER: WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY -- WE HAVEN'T MADE

ANY FORMAL DECISIONS ON THAT.

WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR OPTIONS, SO RIGHT NOW

THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE -- WE HAVE NOT TAKEN FORMAL ACTION

TOWARDS THAT.

WE MAY BE OPTING OUT OF SOME OF THE SERVICES, BUT, AGAIN, WE

HAVE NOT MADE ANY CLEAR DECISIONS.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SO -- SO THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU JUST

BROUGHT UP, CHRIS, WOULD BE PAIRED WITH WHATEVER THE COUNTY

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MIGHT CHOOSE TO DO; AM I CORRECT?

>>CHRISTOPHER BROWN: IT WOULD WITH -- WHILE RECOGNIZING

THAT THE COUNTY, I THINK, ADMINISTRATOR HAS MAYBE 4,000-ISH

EMPLOYEES ON CIVIL SERVICE AND WE HAVE 25-ISH, SO, I MEAN, I

CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WE COULD HAVE DIFFERENT IMPACTS AND

DIFFERENT NEEDS, BUT I JUST THOUGHT JULY MIGHT BE ASKING A

LOT.

I THINK THE COUNTY'S PROBABLY GOING TO DO A PRETTY GOOD

ANALYSIS.

I SUSPECT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL DO SOMETHING SIMILAR.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: THEY HAVE NOT MADE ANY DECISIONS YET,

THEN, CHRIS?

>>CHRISTOPHER BROWN: RIGHT.

AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE -- BETWEEN THOSE TWO AGENCIES,

THAT'S 7,000 EMPLOYEES.

CERTAINLY LOOKING AT WHAT THEY DO IS SOMETHING I'D LIKE THE

OPPORTUNITY TO DO AND THEN, AGAIN, HEAR BACK FROM OUR STAFF

TO -- RIGHT NOW THE FEEDBACK I GOT IN MY MEETING WAS IT WAS

WORKING WELL AND NO ISSUES.

IF THE SAME IS IN NOVEMBER, THAT'S FINE, BUT IF WE SIMPLY

TABLE IT AND DON'T COME BACK TO IT, WE LET THE PERIODS RUN,

AND I THINK NOW IT'S GOING TO BE EVERY DECEMBER AFTER THIS

JULY PERIOD, AND SO I JUST THOUGHT WE OUGHT TO COME BACK AND

AT LEAST REVISIT IT AND NOT OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: WELL, AND I WOULD CONCUR THAT IF, IN

FACT, THE COUNTY AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM

IT, I THINK THAT HAS TO BE A MAJOR DISCUSSION WITH US

BECAUSE WHATEVER THE COUNTY WOULD GO TO, I WOULD IMAGINE

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THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT SINCE WE'RE AN AGENCY

IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PIGGYBACK FOR YEARS

ON WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY EVEN

MORE IMPORTANT IF THE COUNTY IS, IN FACT, MOVING AWAY FROM

CIVIL SERVICE, OR CHOOSING TO STAY, WHATEVER, I THINK IT'S

IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: I THINK HERE'S WHAT I HEARD IN TERMS OF

THE APPROVAL FOR THIS ITEM, THAT THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION

FOR US TO MONITOR THIS, STAY AWARE OF IT, AND AT SOME POINT

IN TIME TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT THE COUNTY'S DOING AND

THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, PERHAPS, AND THEN LOOK AT OUR OWN

SPECIFIC NEEDS AS -- AS CHILDREN'S BOARD TO SEE WHAT PART OF

THIS DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE, TO ADD ON, OR TO LEAVE OR -- AS

PART OF THE CIVIL SERVICE OFFERINGS.

IS THAT WHAT I HEARD, CHRIS?

>>CHRISTOPHER BROWN: AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, I'D SPECIFICALLY

ASK FOR IT TO BE ON THE NOVEMBER MEETING BECAUSE THE NEXT

ELECTION PERIOD IS JULY, RIGHT --

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: NEXT --

>>CHRISTOPHER BROWN: -- NEXT MONTH, AND THEN I THINK IT'S

GOING TO BE EVERY DECEMBER AFTER THAT, AND I DON'T GET THE

IMPRESSION THAT THE COUNTY'S GOING TO DO ANY -- OR THE

SHERIFF'S GOING TO DO ANYTHING BY JULY, BUT I'D LIKE IT TO

BE BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER BECAUSE BY THAT TIME I

THINK WE'LL KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY'S DOING.


SO TO -- WOULD YOU AMEND THIS RES -- THIS ACTION BECAUSE I

THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS WE

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APPROVE IT.

>>CHRISTOPHER BROWN: IF YOU'D LIKE.


>>CHRISTOPHER BROWN: ALL RIGHT.

THEN I WOULD SIMPLY SUGGEST THAT WE ADD AS TO THIS ACTION

ITEM THAT IT BE AGENDAED FOR THE NOVEMBER 20th? -- I JUST

HAD IT.

WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT THOSE DATES.

-- THE NOVEMBER 20th, 2014, MEETING TO REEVALUATE AND

REDISCUSS OUR POSITION ON -- ON THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: THERE'S A MOTION.

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: AND A SECOND?

>>KATHERINE ESSRIG: MY ONLY QUESTION IS WE DON'T HAVE A

DECEMBER MEETING; RIGHT?

>>CHRISTOPHER BROWN: CORRECT.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: RIGHT.

>>KATHERINE ESSRIG: SO DO WE WANT TO JUST BRING IT UP AT

THE OCTOBER MEETING SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN

BRING THEM BACK TO THE NOVEMBER MEETING TO BE ANSWERED?

I KNOW THAT DOESN'T GIVE US AS LONG A TIME TO UTILIZE IT,

BUT I'M JUST AFRAID IF SOMETHING COMES UP AT THE NOVEMBER

MEETING, THEN WE'RE STUCK.

>>CHRISTOPHER BROWN: I DON'T HAVE ANY PARTICULAR

PREFERENCE, I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GET IT LOST IN THE

SHUFFLE.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: SO WE'RE GOING TO AMEND IT TO ACCEPT

THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THAT -- YOUR MOTION?

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>>CHRISTOPHER BROWN: DO I HAVE TO GO BACK AND FIND THE

DATE?

OCTOBER 23rd?

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: TO OCTOBER.

>>CHRISTOPHER BROWN: THAT'S FINE WITH ME.


ANY OTHER --

>> THE OTHER BOARD MEETING IS OCTOBER 23rd.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS

MOTION?

HEARING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[CHORUS OF AYES]

ALL OPPOSED.

THANK YOU.

AND TRISH, YOU'LL KEEP US ABREAST AND INFORMED.

>>TRISH CHARO: YES, ABSOLUTELY.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL REPORTS FROM OUR

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MS. PARRIS.

>>KELLEY PARRIS: YES.

WE WERE THINKING THINGS WOULD SORT OF SLOW DOWN AS WE MOVED

INTO SUMMER, BUT WE HAVE KICKED OFF THIS SAFETY CAMPAIGN,

AND WE ARE IN THE FULL THROES OF PREVENTING CHILD DEATH FROM

DROWNING, UNSAFE SLEEP, AND RESPONSIBLE CAREGIVER, SO WITH

THAT, I WILL HAVE TO SAY THAT IT'S A LOT OF BUZZ AROUND

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ABOUT DCF, THE CHILDREN'S BOARD, AND OUR

PARTNERS ALL JOINING TO COMBAT CHILD DEATH FROM DROWNING,

AND OUR STAFF HAS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD.

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BUDDY HAS GOT A WHOLE SECOND CAREER GOING FOR HIM NOW, I

THINK.

YESTERDAY HE WAS AT THE HILLSBOROUGH FIRE AND RESCUE

FILMING.

HE'S EITHER GOING TO BE A DIRECTOR OR -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT

HE'S GOING TO DO, BUT HE HAS -- THE STAFF HAS WORKED REALLY,

REALLY HARD.

AND I APPRECIATE THE BOARD MEMBERS' PARTICIPATION IN THE

WORLD'S LARGEST SWIM DAY.

I HAVEN'T HEARD IF WE BROKE THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD YET,

BUT I HOPE THAT WE DID.

THE ECKERD, DCF, AND I WERE ON A 30-MINUTE RADIO SHOW THIS

PAST WEEK, AND -- A LOT OF TALK AROUND ALL WE'RE DOING ABOUT

SAVING CHILDREN'S LIVES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND ALSO THE

UPCOMING REFERENDUM, WHICH WE WERE REALLY -- 30 MINUTES IS A

LONG TIME TO GET YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS, AND WE APPRECIATED

CLEAR CHANNEL FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THAT AND INFORMING AND

EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON OUR ACTIVITIES AND WHAT WE DO FOR

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

WE ARE IN THE PRODUCTION OF A WATER SAFETY DVD.

WHEN WE WERE DOING THE WORLD'S LARGEST SWIM LESSON, YOU

NEVER KNOW WHO LIVES -- WHOSE LIVES YOU TOUCH, AND

MS. SHEILA JOHNSON, WHO'S THE GRANDMOTHER OF THE CHILD THAT

SO TRAGICALLY DROWNED ON MOTHER'S DAY, CAME OUT TO THE

BRANDON AQUATIC CENTER TO TELL US FROM THE CHILDREN'S BOARD

THAT SHE WANTED TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS MOVEMENT TO SAVE

CHILDREN, SO SHE'S GOING TO BE FEATURED ON THE DVD, AND WE

LOOK FORWARD TO THAT COMING OUT.

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WE ALSO RELEASED A HEALTH GRANT.

WE HAVE A PSA TO SHOW YOU ON THAT TODAY, AND I THINK THIS IS

A WONDERFUL THING THAT JOANNA'S DOING AND MARIA IS DOING

ALSO TO GET THE WORD OUT TO AREA AGENCIES OF WHERE WE HAVE

OPPORTUNITIES TO -- FOR THEIR AGENCIES TO SERVE OUR CHILDREN

AND FAMILIES.

THE COMMISSION TO ELIMINATE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT -- THE

PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION WILL BE MEETING HERE JULY 10th, SO WE

WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE TO THE CHILDREN'S BOARD TO LISTEN TO

OPPORTUNITIES AND ALL ASPECTS OF CHILD WELFARE TO ADOPT BEST

PRACTICES, SO THEY WILL BE HERE JULY 10th.

WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT.

I HAD 46 ENGAGEMENTS THIS MONTH, AND SO IT'S BEEN A BUSY

MONTH FOR THE CHILDREN'S BOARD IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

WE'VE GOTTEN OUR SECOND-QUARTER DATA IN FOR OUR OPERATIONAL

STRATEGIC PLAN.

I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THAT AND HOW THAT IS GOING, HOW THE

STAFF HAS ADOPTED AND ACCEPTED THAT.

WE'LL BE DOING A FORMAL PRESENTATION ON THAT IN AUGUST.

IT'S PRETTY RAW RIGHT NOW, SO WE'LL POLISH THAT UP A LITTLE

BIT AND PRESENT IT TO OUR PARTNERS AND THE BOARD AT THAT

PERIOD OF TIME.

AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: SO WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL DATE RIGHT

NOW, A FIRM DATE FOR THAT -- FOR THE WORKSHOP YET?

>>KELLEY PARRIS: NO.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: IT'S AUGUST.

>>KELLEY PARRIS: I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE OPERATIONAL

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STRATEGIC PLAN SECOND-QUARTER INFORMATION AT THE BOARD

MEETING --


>>KELLEY PARRIS: -- SO -- YEAH.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ANY QUESTIONS FOR

KELLEY OR COMMENTS?

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY.

>>KELLEY PARRIS: IT'S BEEN A BUSY MONTH.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: WELL, GOOD.

THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROGRAM REPORTS.

AM I RIGHT, MARIA, SINCE I WENT TOO FAST THE LAST TIME?

OKAY.

>> [INAUDIBLE]


ARE YOU READY?

[VIDEO PLAYED]

>>NARRATOR: THE CHILDREN'S BOARD HAS OPENED A REQUEST FOR

PROPOSALS FOR QUALIFYING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY-BASED

ORGANIZATIONS, FOCUSING ON IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY

OF CHILDREN.

A UNITING GRANT SHOULD SERVE ALL CHILDREN FROM BIRTH THROUGH

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE THROUGHOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,

INCLUDING UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOOD SETTINGS.

IT SHOULD BE A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO FAMILY-FRIENDLY

SERVICE THAT ADDRESSES EMERGING HEALTH NEEDS.

THIS CAN INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF

UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES AND DECREASE VULNERABILITY TO

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CONTRACTING DISEASES THAT CAN BE PREVENTED BY VACCINES.

THE CHILDREN'S BOARD IS SEEKING TO INVEST AND FUND THE

HIGHEST-QUALITY PROJECTS IN PREVENTION SERVICES AND EARLY

INTERVENTION SERVICES THAT WILL KEEP ALL CHILDREN AND THEIR

FAMILIES HEALTHY AND SAFE.

CHILDREN'S BOARD FUNDING IS ELIGIBLE FOR CORPORATIONS, NOT-

FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS, AND GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT

ARE LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE IN FLORIDA.

APPLICATIONS SHOULD SUPPORT PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE HEALTH AND

QUALITY OF LIFE WITH A COUNTYWIDE APPROACH, MAKE A STRONG

CASE FOR NEED RELATED TO THE POPULATION TO BE SERVED,

DEMONSTRATE INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO SOLVING HEALTH-RELATED

ISSUES, AND DEMONSTRATE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES.

THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL IS AVAILABLE NOW.

THE DEADLINE FOR WRITTEN QUESTIONS IS 4:00 P.M. ON

JUNE 20th, 2014.

THE DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS 4:00 P.M. ON JULY 25th, 2014.

YOU CAN ACCESS REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS BY GOING TO

WWW.CHILDRENSBOARD.ORG.

FOR MORE INFORMATION E-MAIL [email protected].

[END OF VIDEO]

[SECOND VIDEO PLAYED]

>>911 OPERATOR: 911, WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY?

>>CALLER: I CAN'T FIND MY SON, HE'S MISSING.

I THINK SOMEONE TOOK HIM.

>>911 OPERATOR: WHERE DID YOU SEE HIM LAST?

>>CALLER: HE WAS WITH ME OUTSIDE OF OUR APARTMENT.

I -- I WAS TALKING ON THE PHONE, AND WHEN I TURNED AROUND,

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HE WAS GONE.

>>911 OPERATOR: HOW OLD IS HE?

>>CALLER: HE'S THREE YEARS OLD.

OH, GOD, PLEASE HELP ME.

>>911 OPERATOR: I'M SENDING HELP RIGHT NOW.

HAVE YOU SEARCHED THE COMPLEX COMPLETELY?

>>CALLER: I'M DOING THAT NOW.

JUSTIN!

JUSTIN!

OH, MY GOD, HE'S IN THE POOL.

I CAN SEE HIM IN THE POOL.

HE'S FACE DOWN.

SOMEBODY HELP ME!

HELP ME!

>>NARRATOR: YOU CAN'T HEAR THEM ...

YOU CAN'T SEE THEM ...

THEY CAN'T SCREAM FOR HELP ...

>>KELLEY PARRIS: I'M KELLEY PARRIS WITH THE CHILDREN'S

BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

THE REASONS WE ENJOY LIVING IN TAMPA BAY IS EXACTLY WHY WE

HAVE TO BE WATER SMART FROM THE START.

WATER SAFETY'S EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY, WHETHER AT THE

BEACH OR AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD POOL.

CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF ONE AND FIVE HAVE THE HIGHEST

RATES OF DROWNING.

IN FACT, FLORIDA'S 300% HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE

NATION.

FORTUNATELY, DROWNING IS 100% PREVENTABLE, WITH SWIMMING

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SUPERVISION, BARRIERS TO WATER ENTRY, AND EMERGENCY

PREPAREDNESS.

THE WATER SAFETY DVD IS FULL OF VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR

YOU, YOUR FAMILY, AND YOU MAY EVEN RECOGNIZE SOME FACES

ALONG THE WAY.

REMEMBER, WATER SAFETY'S KEY, AND IT'S UP TO YOU AND ME.

[END OF VIDEO]

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: [INAUDIBLE] ANOTHER CAREER.

>>KELLEY PARRIS: IT'S GOING TO BE BUDDY, I'M TELLING YOU.

[LAUGHTER]

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: MARYELLEN.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE

SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED A DISTRICTWIDE

FLU MIST VACCINE DISPERSAL TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

PARENTAL SUPPORT IS REALLY CRITICAL IN THIS, BUT ALL OF OUR

STUDENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO A FLU MIST VACCINE AT SCHOOL

WITH PARENTAL SUPPORT, SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING

TO KNOW IS WE'RE PUTTING OUT THE HEALTH RFP AND LOOKING AT

WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE AGENDAS.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHERE WE HAVE VOIDS AND WHERE

OTHER AGENCIES HAVE PICKED UP, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT

NEW PROGRAM.

IT WILL START THIS -- THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

AND SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS

INDICATED IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A VERY BAD FLU SEASON,

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE WERE ENCOURAGING IN

THIS EFFORT BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WITH US AS PARTNERS

TO GET THIS DONE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

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>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: THOUGH THAT'S A SCHOOL SYSTEM PROJECT

AND EFFORT, I HOPE PARENTS WILL GIVE FULL ATTENTION AND

SUPPORT TO THAT.

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW THOSE OF YOU WHO LIVE IN

THIS COMMUNITY, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF -- THE

POSSIBILITY OF A FLU SEASON THAT WE COULD ALL DO THE RIGHT

THINGS BY GETTING VACCINATED OURSELVES BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY

FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ALSO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

KELLEY, WOULD YOU, AGAIN, EMPHASIZE HOW THE DVD IS GOING TO

BE USED BECAUSE I TELL YOU, AS I LOOKED AT THE AUDIENCE'S

FACE AFTER LOOKING AT THIS, IT WAS ATTENTION GETTING.

THOSE ARE POWERFUL WORDS, AND SO I HOPE THAT MEMBERS -- THE

ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WILL GIVE A LOT OF ATTENTION TO

THEIR ROLE IN THIS KIND OF PREVENTION -- PREVENTIVE WAY.

>>KELLEY PARRIS: WE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE DISTRIBUTED

WITH EVERY POOL PERMIT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WE WOULD LIKE

IT TO GO TO ALL PARKS AND REC CENTERS, TO APARTMENT

COMPLEXES, AND, OF COURSE, ANYONE THAT DESIRES TO VIEW IT,

THEY'LL BE IN TOOLKITS THAT THE REALTORS WILL GIVE OUT WITH

EVERY NEW HOME SOLD, SO WE HOPE TO BLANKET HILLSBOROUGH

COUNTY.

WE HAVE ORDERED 10,000 COPIES OF THE LENGTHY -- SEVEN

MINUTES, I THINK -- DVD THAT COVERS ALL -- ALL AREAS OF

WATER SAFETY.

BUDDY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE AREAS THAT IT COVERS.

>>BUDDY DAVIS: [INAUDIBLE]

YES.

WE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT --

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>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: BUDDY, WOULD YOU ANNOUNCE WHO YOU ARE

FOR THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE.

>>BUDDY DAVIS: YES.

BUDDY DAVIS AT THE CHILDREN'S BOARD.

WE TRIED TO CREATE SCENARIOS THAT WOULD APPEAL TO ALL

ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY IT PERSONALLY, WE

HAVE EXPERTS WHO CAN GIVE DATA ON HOW TO REACT AND RESPOND.

YESTERDAY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE HAS PROVIDED

SITUATIONS WHERE WE COULD VIDEOTAPE, YOU KNOW, DROWNING

VICTIMS IN OPEN WATER AND RESCUES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS,

SO IT'S REALLY CHOCK WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE HOPE

WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR FOLKS TO USE IN THEIR DAILY LIVES.


THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS?

>>SUSAN SCHNEIDER: IS IT ON OUR WEB SITE?

>>BUDDY DAVIS: NO, IT'S NOT DONE YET.

WE ARE IN PRODUCTION.

WE ALSO HAVE -- BROOKE BENNETT HAS ALSO VIDEOTAPED A SEGMENT

FOR IT, SO IT'S -- IT'S GOING TO HAVE A VARIETY OF FOLKS.

WE HAVE BEEN -- IT'S SORT OF DEJA VU, I GUESS.

IT SEEMS LIKE WHENEVER WE GO SOMEPLACE, WE MAKE A

CONNECTION.

MONDAY I WAS ATTENDING A MEETING THAT WAS ORGANIZED BY

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH LANDLORD/TENANTS,

AND THERE WERE FOLKS WHO WERE THERE FROM APARTMENT COMPLEXES

AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND IRONICALLY, THE GENTLEMAN WHO

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WAS FACILITATING THE MEETING, AFTER I INTRODUCED MYSELF AND

TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, HE VOLUNTEERED THAT HE WAS A

NEAR DROWNING VICTIM AS A CHILD AND WENT ON FOR ABOUT FIVE

MINUTES ABOUT HIS SITUATION AND HIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, AND

HE'S AGREED TO DO A SEGMENT ON THE VIDEO ALSO, SO ...

>>KELLEY PARRIS: BUDDY, WILL YOU SHARE WITH THEM WHAT HE

TOLD YOU THAT HE REMEMBERED MOST ABOUT THAT.

>>BUDDY DAVIS: A FEW THINGS.

IT WAS AT A POOL PARTY, AND HE WAS ABOUT FOUR YEARS OLD AT

THE TIME, ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS

OF PEOPLE AROUND THE POOL BUT NOBODY WATCHING IN PARTICULAR.

THE POOL HAD A SLIDE ON IT THAT WAS VERY APPEALING TO HIM,

AND SO HE JUST ENDED UP SAUNTERING UP THERE.

NOBODY PAID ATTENTION TO HIM, AND HE ENDED UP ON THE SLIDE,

DOWN IN THE WATER, AND THEN HE WAS THERE.

HE REALIZED HE COULDN'T TOUCH THE BOTTOM, AND THE FACES OF

THE ADULTS AROUND THE POOL, HE STILL REMEMBERS SEEING THEIR

SHOCK, ONE, THAT HE'S IN THE POOL, AND THEN FINALLY SOMEONE

JUMPED IN AND SAVED HIM, BUT HE VOLUNTEERED THAT.

IT WASN'T -- I DIDN'T PAY HIM TO DO THAT AT ALL AT THE

MEETING, BUT IT WAS JUST IRONIC.

AND IT SEEMED THAT THIS -- THIS TOUCHES A CHORD WITH PEOPLE

AND PEOPLE REACT TO IT.

ONE OF THE LADIES IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT MEETING ALSO IS A

PROPERTY MANAGER, AND SHE SAID THAT THEY DEFINITELY WOULD BE

INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT MOBILE SWIM LESSONS IN THEIR

COMPLEX, AND THEY ALSO -- THEIR COMPLEX IS ALSO BY THE

HILLSBOROUGH RIVER, SO THERE ARE PERFECT OPPORTUNITIES FOR

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EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITIES TO GET KIDS INTO SWIM LESSONS

AND LEARNING HOW TO SWIM, SO THAT'S WHAT OUR INTENT IS, TO

TRY AND BE AS COMPREHENSIVE AS POSSIBLE AND COVER A WIDE

AREA OF SITUATIONS.

>>KEVIN BECKNER: DID YOU SAY THAT YOU ALSO REACHED OUT TO,

LIKE, THE POOL SUPPLY STORES, LIKE THE PINCH A PENNIES AND

PLACES LIKE THAT?

>> YES.

>>BUDDY DAVIS: IRONICALLY, AT OUR WATER SAFETY EVENT, MANY

OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS CAME TOGETHER TO HELP SUPPORT

THAT.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE DID CPR DEMONSTRATIONS AS

WELL AS -- AND A COUPLE OF THE GROUPS THAT CAME WERE THE

FLORIDA POOL SUPPLIER ASSOCIATIONS WERE PRESENT.

THEY'RE THE FOLKS WHO SELL THE SUPPLIES THAT HELP SUPPORT

FAMILIES' RESIDENTIAL POOLS, ET CETERA.

THEY'VE BEEN ALSO PART OF THE WATER SAFETY TEAM.

SO IT'S BROUGHT IN -- THIS HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF FOLKS TO THE

TABLE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CAPITALIZING ON THE RESOURCES

THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO PUT A SYSTEM -- PUT

MULTIPLE THINGS IN PLACE TO HELP -- HELP FAMILIES AND

CHILDREN.

OKAY.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: IT SOUNDS LIKE A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT

MORE IMPORTANT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A GREAT NEED AND THAT

THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES, AS YOU SAID, FOR PEOPLE TO

GET INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS WAYS -- NUMEROUS WAYS, THEIR OWN

PERSONAL STORIES BUT ALSO OUR COMMUNITY AGENTS AND THE OTHER

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MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT -- GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES BRING --

COMING IN, SO I THINK IT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE.

INTERESTING, THIS MORNING, THE "TODAY SHOW" HAD A BIG

SEGMENT ON WATER SAFETY AND SWIMMING AND HOW EARLY -- IT IS

IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS -- CHILDREN TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM

EARLY ON, BUT THE KEY THING THAT SHE SAID, SOMETHING THAT

YOU SAID, THAT THE EYES OF THE ADULTS REALLY CAN MAKE A

DIFFERENCE.

NO MATTER HOW WELL WE EXPECT THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED

TO SWIM, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE ADULTS TO BE THAT

SAFETY NET FOR THEM.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS REGARDING THIS?

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT'S GONE INTO

THIS.

I THINK IT'S VALUABLE, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE WELL

RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY.

MARIA, YOU'RE ON NOW.

>>MARIA NEGRON: GOOD AFTERNOON.

MARIA NEGRON.

THE THREE REPORTS THAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT ARE ALL SOMEWHAT

RELATED TO EACH OTHER.

THEY ALL HAVE TO DO WITH DATA, AND I'M A LITTLE BIT OF A

DATA GEEK, SO IF I START TALKING REALLY FAST, JUST TELL

ME --

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: WE'LL STOP YOU.

>>MARIA NEGRON: -- TO SLOW DOWN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH 2013, ACTUALLY, SO WE'RE

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GOING TO GO BACK IN HISTORY A LITTLE BIT.

I JUST WANT TO KIND OF DEMONSTRATE, IN GENERAL, THE IMPACT

AND THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH WE COLLECT DATA.

SO IN 2013, YOU'LL RECALL THAT MANY OF OUR PROVIDERS WERE

STARTING SERVICES FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, SUCH AS YOU HEARD

TODAY WITH FAMILY LITERACY ACADEMY.

OKAY.

SO NOT ALL OF THEM HAD A FULL YEAR IN WHICH THEY WERE

OPERATING, PROVIDING SERVICES TO FAMILIES.

SO THAT VERY FIRST BULLET ON YOUR REPORT UNDER FY 2013,

PARTICIPANTS SERVED, UNDER TAB "A," YOU'LL SEE THAT IT SAYS

16,497 PARTICIPANTS WERE ENTERED INTO OUR DATA COLLECTIONS

SYSTEM LAST YEAR.

THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN AND ADULTS.

THAT IS AN ENTIRE WORTH OF DATA.

ALL OF THE CHILDREN SERVED BY THE PROVIDERS THAT WE FUND

CANNOT POSSIBLY BE ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM.

THEY SERVE FAMILIES IN MANY WAYS, NOT SIMPLY IN THE -- IN

THE WAYS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR OUTCOMES.

AND SO LISTED BELOW ARE THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH

ADDITIONAL FAMILIES ARE SERVED BY OUR PROVIDERS.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE -- I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF

THEM THAT STAND OUT.

WE HAVE SEVERAL PROVIDERS THAT HAVE LETTERS OF AGREEMENTS

WITH US, NOT TRADITIONAL CONTRACTS; THEREFORE, THERE WERE

265 ADDITIONAL ADULTS AND/OR CHILDREN SERVED BY SOME OF

THESE PROVIDERS, WHICH INCLUDED THE SPRING, COMPUTER

MENTORS, AND COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES AND WHEELS FOR

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SUCCESS.

SO WHAT WE WOULD DO, NATURALLY, IS TAKE THOSE 16,497 THAT WE

ACTUALLY ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM AND THEN ADD ALL OF THESE

OTHER ONES THAT WE IMPACTED TO GET OUR TOTAL REACH, AND OUR

TOTAL REACH LAST YEAR IS ESTIMATED TO BE 98,486.

I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT THAT NUMBER'S 100% ACCURATE.

IT'S PROBABLY NOT.

I BELIEVE WE PROBABLY SERVED MORE.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PROVIDERS TO MAKE SURE

THAT WE GET THE BEST DATA POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS WE CLEARLY FUND THE CHILDREN'S BOARD

FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS TO PROVIDE VERY SPECIFIC SERVICES

TOWARDS SPECIFIC OUTCOMES, SO, AGAIN, BY VIRTUE OF HAVING

COMMUNITY-BASED RESOURCE CENTERS IN SIX LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT

THE COUNTY, PEOPLE GO INTO THOSE RESOURCE CENTERS ALL THE

TIME LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF RESOURCES.

AND THERE ARE OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED AT THOSE RESOURCE

CENTERS THROUGH OTHER COLLABORATIONS, ET CETERA.

SO THEY TOUCH MUCH -- MANY MORE FAMILIES THAN WE COULD,

AGAIN, CAPTURE IN OUR DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM.

SO THE RESOURCE CENTERS LAST YEAR INDICATE THAT THEY SERVED

42,613 CHILDREN AND/OR ADULTS, SO, AGAIN, WE CAN ADD THAT

NUMBER TO THE NUMBER THAT WE CAPTURED IN OUR SYSTEM.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT?

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: MARIA, YOU TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO

CAPTURE THOSE NUMBERS, AND YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A

GREATER EFFORT.

MAYBE NOT NOW, BUT MAYBE AT THE WORKSHOP IN AUGUST, WOULD

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YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STRATEGIES AND SOME OF THE

WAYS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT INTO PLACE IN ORDER FOR OUR

PROVIDERS TO CAPTURE THOSE NUMBERS?

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

I'M SURE THAT MANY MORE PEOPLE RECEIVE SERVICES, BUT I THINK

THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A SENSE OF HOW

WIDESPREAD OUR SERVICES ARE, HOW WE'RE CONNECTING AND

SUPPORTING AND TOUCHING THE LIVES OF FAMILIES, SO IF YOU'VE

GOT SOME IDEAS OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE

PROVIDERS TO DO THAT, MAYBE AT THAT AUGUST WORKSHOP --

>>MARIA NEGRON: I HAVE IT NOW.

WE ACTUALLY --

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: YOU DO?

>>MARIA NEGRON: YES.


GO RIGHT AHEAD THEN.

>>MARIA NEGRON: WHAT WE DID IS -- THIS WAS SOMEWHAT OF A --

THIS CREATED A TEMPLATE FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW FAR-

REACHING WE CAN GO.


>>MARIA NEGRON: SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO -- I THINK THAT MORE

PROVIDERS THAN THE ONES LISTED HERE SERVE FAMILIES, AND WE

HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE IT, SO IT'S JUST IN OUR

DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR PROVIDERS, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE TO

HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM IN TERMS OF WE WANT TO MAKE

SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING BEYOND THE

OUTCOMES AND THAT THEY'RE REPORTING THAT TO US.

WE MIGHT HAVE A WAY -- WE CERTAINLY HAVE AN INFORMAL WAY OF

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DOING IT, BUT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT ADDING A FORMAL WAY OF

DOING IT THROUGH GEMS AND COLLECTING AN AGGREGATE DATA ASIDE

FROM THOSE PARTICIPANTS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY ANSWERED.

SO THAT'S ONE THING.

THE SECOND THING THAT WE'RE DOING IS -- YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE

VERY INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, IN THE TIMES OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND

FACEBOOK AND JUST SIMPLE WEB SITES, WE HAVE A LOT OF REACH

THROUGH THERE, AND THROUGH OUR BRANDING EFFORTS, ALL OF OUR

PROVIDERS CREATE A LINK ON THEIR WEB SITES TO US OR POST OUR

LOGOS, AND SO I STARTED COLLECTING PRELIMINARY DATA RIGHT

NOW IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR REACH IS THROUGH OUR WEB SITES, AND

SO THAT'S DATA THAT WE'RE GOING TO START COLLECTING FROM OUR

PROVIDERS IN THE FUTURE.

AND THESE PROVIDERS -- IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

I MEAN, THEY'RE -- THESE PROVIDERS ARE GETTING 100,000

VISITORS A YEAR ON THEIR WEB SITES, MULTIPLE PROVIDERS

ALREADY GAVE ME THAT KIND OF DATA, SO IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE

HOW FAR WE CAN GO.


THANK YOU.

SUSAN.

>>SUSAN SCHNEIDER: JUST HAD THE THOUGHT.

MS. EDGECOMB, YOU MENTIONED ONCE ABOUT HAVING A BILLBOARD

WITH INFORMATION ABOUT MYON, AND IT SAYS HERE 1.6 MILLION

BOOKS READ, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED WITH YOUR

IDEA ABOUT PUTTING THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: I THINK -- YEAH.

THANK YOU.

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I'M NOT SURE.

I THINK THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AFTER THAT SUGGESTED IDEA

AT THE BOARD MEETING.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOU ARE IN TERMS OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S

MULTIAGENCY, SO WE'VE GOT TO, I GUESS, BRING THEM ALL

TOGETHER.

YOU WANT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE?

>>KELLEY PARRIS: I HAD REQUESTED THAT MYON GET WITH THE

PARTNER AGENCIES ABOUT DOING SOME PUBLIC AWARENESS BECAUSE I

WAS CONCERNED ABOUT PRIVATE SCHOOLS' AND HOMESCHOOLS' USAGE

RATES OF MYON, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY MONEY IN THEIR

BUDGET TO DO PUBLIC AWARENESS OR ADVERTISING.


>>MARYELLEN ELIA: YEAH.

I RECENTLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON BRIGHT HOUSE AND DID

AN INTERVIEW FOR ALMOST 45 MINUTES OR HALF HOUR, AT LEAST,

ON MYON AND WHAT THAT DOES TO CONNECT OUR STUDENTS TO GOOD

READING AVAILABILITY KIND OF AT THE END OF THEIR HAND,

RIGHT, SO ANY DEVICE ANYWHERE, IN A CAR, ON A CELL PHONE IS

ACCESSIBLE.

THE NUMBER IS ACTUALLY -- WE HAVE READ -- SINCE WE BECAME

PARTNERS AS A COMMUNITY WITH MYON, WE'VE READ OVER FOUR

MILLION BOOKS.

>> WOW!

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: AND THAT DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR ANY BOOKS

THAT'LL BE ACCESSED THIS SUMMER, SO MAYBE AT THE END OF THIS

WE CAN DO A BIG PRESS RELEASE AND MAYBE HAVE A PRESS

CONFERENCE ON THE EFFECTS OF THIS IN THE SUMMER READING AND

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THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, SO -- BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME PRESS THAT

WENT OUT, AND, OF COURSE, THE PARTNERSHIP GROUP THAT MET

AT -- WAS -- AT MOSI?

YES, THERE WAS A PARTNERSHIP GROUP THAT MET AT MOSI WITH,

REALLY, A NUMBER OF PRESS AGENCIES THAT WERE THERE TALKING

ABOUT THE ACCESS, AND IT WAS WITH, ACTUALLY, SOME OF OUR

COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT HAVE PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN IN THE

SUMMER, SO ANY -- ANY CHILD THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT, IF

THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CODE TO GET ON, THEY COULD.

AND I ALSO DID SOMETHING AT CHANNEL 13 PARTICULARLY ABOUT

MYON, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A FOLLOW-UP THERE.

SO THERE IS SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN OUT THAT DON'T

COST ANYTHING.

I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BILLBOARD,

BUT AT THE END OF THIS SUMMER, I THINK THAT NUMBER OF FOUR

MILLION IS ONLY GOING TO GROW SUBSTANTIALLY.

AND THERE'S CONTESTS FOR THE USE OF IT ALL OVER THE

COMMUNITY, SO I THINK STUDENTS ARE -- ARE REALLY GETTING

CAUGHT UP IN THAT.

LAST YEAR THE WINNER WAS A BLIND STUDENT WHO HAD READ MORE

THAN 490 BOOKS.

>> WOW!

>>KEVIN BECKNER: WOW!

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND WITH MYON THERE'S

AN AUDIO AND THERE'S ALSO THE CAPACITY TO FLIP TO OTHER

LANGUAGES, AND SO IT REALLY IS A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THIS

COMMUNITY, AND THE PARTNERS COMING TOGETHER EVEN MAKE IT

MORE POWERFUL.

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THE ISSUE OF HOMESCHOOL AND PRIVATE SCHOOL CHILDREN, THAT

HAS BEEN SENT OUT TO THEM AT THE SCHOOL SITES, SO WE

ANTICIPATE THAT, ACTUALLY, THEY'RE ACCESSING IT, BUT, YOU

KNOW, TO KNOW IS VERY DIFFICULT, BUT THE -- THE PUBLIC

LIBRARY SYSTEM HAS BEEN VERY PROACTIVE WITH THIS, SO I THINK

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TRACK FOR US.

AND, OF COURSE, WE DO TRACK READING ABILITY, SO I CAN TELL

YOU IT'S GOING UP.

HOPEFULLY THE FOUR MILLION BOOKS HELPED.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: I APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE.

WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE, I'M GOING TO STAY MAYBE IF THE

BILLBOARD CAN'T BECOME A REALITY THAT WE FIND SOME OTHER

WAYS, BUT I -- AND I THINK THOSE PUBLIC APPEARANCES AND THE

OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO PEOPLE AND TO BE ON TELEVISION, MAYBE

YOU CAN GET A PSA AND GET SOME SUPPORT THAT WAY, BUT I DON'T

WANT US TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT I THINK THIS

COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE, FIRST OF ALL, AWARE OF THIS AND HAVE

AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THIS KIND OF PARTNERSHIP

BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE THE ONE -- FIRST IN THE NATION --

>>KELLY PARRIS: THAT'S CORRECT.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: -- TO HAVE THIS COLLABORATION OF

PARTNERS, AND I THINK IF OUR CHILDREN ARE BENEFITING,

THEY'RE LEARNING, THEY'RE IMPROVING THEIR READING AND

READING FOR ENJOYMENT AND JUST FOR THE LOVE OF READING, IT'S

SOMETHING THAT WE NEED -- WE NEED TO TELL THE STORY, SO I'M

GOING TO DEPEND ON YOU TWO LADIES TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

[LAUGHTER]

THANK YOU.

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>>MARYELLEN ELIA: AS THE CHAIR, YOU CAN GIVE DIRECTIVES.

[LAUGHTER]

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: I JUST DID.

OKAY.

MARIA.

>>MARIA NEGRON: ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SECTION "B."

THAT'S THE -- WE'RE COMING INTO THE PRESENT TIME, FY 2014

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA REPORT.

THIS IS AN UPDATE.

AS YOU KNOW, WE IMPLEMENTED A NEW DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM

THIS YEAR.

IT'S OUR PILOT YEAR, AND SO IT WAS NOT READY ON OCTOBER 1st,

WHICH IS THE START OF THE CONTRACT YEAR, SO WE HAD TO

PROVIDE OUR AGENCIES WITH A TIMELINE FOR WHEN THEY COULD

START ENTERING DATA, AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE A FEW MONTHS

AGO, AND THEY HAD TO ENTER DATA FROM THE BEGINNING,

OCTOBER 1, THROUGH FEBRUARY BY MAY 23rd, AND SO ALL

PROVIDERS DID THAT WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS BECAUSE THE

SYSTEM MAY HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEIR CONTRACT OR THERE

MAY HAVE BEEN OTHER -- OTHER ISSUES AND NEEDS, BUT THOSE

HAVE ALL BEEN RESOLVED, AND ALL PROVIDERS ARE ENTERING DATA

NOW.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, ON MONDAY, JUNE 30th, THE NEXT BATCH OF

DATA IS DUE, SO BY NEXT WEEK WE SHOULD HAVE DATA UP-TO-DATE,

SO ALL DATA SHOULD BE IN THROUGH APRIL.

SO THIS IS GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE FIRST -- THAT FIRST FIVE

MONTHS OF DATA THAT HAS -- THAT WAS ENTERED BY MAY 23rd, AND

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TO THAT POINT, A TOTAL OF 12,515 PARTICIPANTS HAVE BEEN

ENTERED.

THOSE ARE CHILDREN AND ADULTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY BEING SERVED

TO MEET ONE OR MORE OF OUR OUTCOMES.

WHY THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT IS IF YOU REMEMBER, JUST A FEW

MINUTES AGO I TOLD YOU THAT LAST YEAR FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR

PROVIDERS ENTERED 16,497, SO WE'RE VERY CLOSE IN A FIVE-

MONTH PERIOD TO REACHING THE TOTAL NUMBER THAT WAS ENTERED

IN AN ENTIRE YEAR LAST YEAR.

SO, AGAIN, REMEMBER, NOT ALL PROVIDERS WERE COMPLETELY UP

AND RUNNING, PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE FULL YEAR, AND IN

ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO OPENED UP OUR OUTCOMES, SO NOW

THERE'S MORE OF A MENU SELECTION OF OUTCOMES INSTEAD OF THE

FOUR OR FIVE THAT WERE RESTRICTED IN THE -- EACH PARTICULAR

AREA LAST YEAR.

THE PAGE RIGHT AFTER THAT, 2 OF 3, JUST SHOWS YOU SOME

PRELIMINARY BREAKDOWNS IN TERMS OF GENDER, RACE, AND

ETHNICITY, SO, AGAIN, REMEMBER THESE ARE CHILDREN AND

ADULTS.

WE'RE PRIMARILY SERVING WOMEN.

AND I THOUGHT THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY

INTERESTING IN TERMS OF THE ETHNICITY WAS WE -- WE'RE

SERVING -- 35% OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS SERVED ARE REPRESENTING

THEMSELVES AS HISPANIC OR LATINO.

I THINK THAT THAT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER AND, REALLY,

THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE DIVERSITY THAT WE FIND IN THIS

COMMUNITY.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: AND THE GROWING POPULATION OF OUR

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[INAUDIBLE] COUNTY TOO, YES.


AND THEN PAGE 3 OF 3 OF THE REPORT IS A BREAKDOWN BY AGE, SO

AS YOU CAN SEE, 45% OF THE CHILDREN ARE BIRTH TO AGE EIGHT,

AND THEIR CORRESPONDING PARENTS MAKE UP THE OTHER 45%.

THERE'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN BEING SERVED BETWEEN

THE AGES OF NINE TO 18, AND THAT'S BECAUSE, IF YOU RECALL,

LAST YEAR WE RELEASED A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT GRANT, AND WE HAVE

THREE CONTRACTS AT THIS TIME SERVING YOUTH BETWEEN THAT AGE

GROUP.

AND THEN RIGHT BEHIND THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY, AGAIN, A

PRELIMINARY MAP BASED ON THE FIVE MONTHS OF DATA THAT SHOWS

YOU WHERE FAMILIES ARE BEING SERVED.

SO THE LARGER BUBBLES MEAN LARGER PEOPLE SERVED IN THOSE

PARTICULAR AREAS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE TRULY PROVIDING SERVICES

COUNTYWIDE.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?

FUN STUFF.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

WHAT I THINK THIS SHOWS IS THE IMPACT OF THE SERVICES AND

THE PROVIDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT I THINK THE STORY THAT IT

TELLS IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH AS MANY

LIVES AS POSSIBLE, PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY SERVICES, AND TO --

I THINK THE OTHER THING IS IS YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE

IDENTIFYING WHO THEY ARE TO ENSURE THAT WE REACH COMMUNITY

MEMBERS NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE.

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>>MARIA NEGRON: ABSOLUTELY.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: I THINK THIS IS THE STORY I THINK THIS

TELLS.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

ANY MORE?

>>MARIA NEGRON: ONE MORE.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: ONE MORE.

ALL RIGHT.

GO AHEAD.

>>MARIA NEGRON: SO WE GO TO SECTION "C."

WE HAVE COMPLETED PART ONE OF OUR EVALUATION OF ALL FUNDED

AGENCIES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CONTRACTS THAT HAVE LETTERS

OF AGREEMENT.

WE MONITOR THOSE CONTRACTS, BUT IN A LITTLE BIT OF A

DIFFERENT WAY IN TERMS OF THE DELIVERABLES THEY'RE EXPECTED

TO MEET.

SO THERE IS A LIST OF ALL OF THE AGENCIES, THEIR PART ONE

SCORE, WHICH LOOKED AT GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS, ARE THEY SERVING

THE FAMILIES WHERE THEY SAID THEY WOULD CONCENTRATE THEIR

EFFORTS, THEIR SERVICE LEVEL, SO ARE THEY ENROLLING FAMILIES

IN THEIR PROGRAMS IN -- AT THE RATE IN WHICH THEY EXPECTED.

WE ALSO LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITIES, ARE

THEY GETTING THEIR INFORMATION IN ON TIME TO RECEIVE

REIMBURSEMENTS AND ARE THEIR REIMBURSEMENTS ACCURATE WHEN

THEY SEND THEM IN.

SO THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT DURING

PART ONE OF THEIR EVALUATION, AND THE REASON WE DO IT BY

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THIS TIME IS BECAUSE IF THERE IS ANY TYPE OF CONCERN AT ALL,

IT GIVES US ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER, TO DEVELOP

A PLAN ACCORDINGLY, AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT THE END OF THE

YEAR.

SO THIS REPORT IS BROKEN DOWN BY THE ACTUAL SCORE THAT THEY

RECEIVED, THE FUNDING AMOUNT FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR, AND

THEN, BASED ON THE SCALE, ARE THEY IN GOOD STANDING, NEED

IMPROVEMENT, OR ARE THEY A PROGRAM OF CONCERN.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE TWO PROGRAMS HIGHLIGHTED IN

GREEN.

THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN BECAUSE THEY WERE ONE-TIME

FUNDING GRANTS FOR 2014, SO THOSE ARE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE

IN 2015 BUT, NONETHELESS, ARE BEING MONITORED THROUGH THIS

EVALUATION TOOL.

SO ALL THE PROGRAMS ARE DOING VERY WELL.

WE DO HAVE THREE PROGRAMS THAT MAY NEED IMPROVEMENT.

THEIR SCORES WERE VERY CLOSE, HOWEVER, TO BEING IN GOOD

STANDING, AND WE DO HAVE ONE PROGRAM THAT'S AT RISK FOR

PROGRAM OF CONCERN.

BEFORE WE COMPLETED THIS PART ONE EVALUATION, THE AGENCY

THAT WAS A PROGRAM OF CONCERN WAS ALREADY IN COMMUNICATIONS

WITH US BECAUSE OF SOME INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT THEY WERE

HAVING WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION.

WE TALKED WITH THEM.

THEY HAVE BEEN PLACED ON A PROVIDER IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND,

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THAT WAS ALL DONE WELL BEFORE THIS

REPORT EVEN CAME OUT.

SO WE ARE MONITORING ALL CONTRACTS, AND I'M REALLY VERY

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EXCITED ABOUT MOVING FORWARD AND SHOWING YOU SOME GREAT DATA

IN A FEW MONTHS AND THEN AGAIN AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: QUESTIONS?

AM I CORRECT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US THE MORE CURRENT

DATA AT THE AUGUST -- THIS WILL BE SOME OF THE INFORMATION?

>>MARIA NEGRON: YOU'LL RECEIVE ANOTHER UPDATE.


IN AUGUST?



>>MARIA NEGRON: AND THEN THE LAST WOULD BE THE END OF THE

YEAR, THAT INFORMATION THAT COMES IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE WE

HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL ALL DATA IS SUBMITTED AND ANALYZED AFTER

OCTOBER 30th.


THANK YOU.

>>MARIA NEGRON: I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.


>>MARIA NEGRON: AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, IT WAS SUGGESTED

THAT WE HAVE A BOARD WORKSHOP TO REVIEW SOME PROGRAMS IN

DETAIL, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASKED THAT WE WAIT UNTIL THIS

PART ONE EVALUATION REPORT WAS REVEALED SO THAT YOU COULD

DETERMINE IF YOU FELT THAT THAT WORKSHOP OR MEETING WAS

STILL NECESSARY.


MAYBE -- LET ME MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR

REQUEST.

AND FIRST OF ALL -- A DECISION THAT WAS MADE AT OUR PREVIOUS

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BOARD MEETING.

YOU'RE ASKING TO DELAY THAT UNTIL --

>>MARIA NEGRON: I'M JUST ASKING IF WE STILL -- WE HAD NOT

PLANNED YET BECAUSE WE WERE WAITING FOR THESE PART ONE

SCORES --

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: RIGHT.

>>MARIA NEGRON: -- TO BE DELIVERED, SO I WANTED TO KNOW,

BASED ON THIS INFORMATION, ARE YOU STILL INTERESTED IN

HAVING A MEETING WHERE WE DISCUSS PROGRAMS IN MORE DETAIL?


>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SO I THINK MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT

DISCUSSION WAS THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW YOUR THIRD COLUMN

UNDER INITIAL RESULTS.

>>MARIA NEGRON: MM-HMM.

CORRECT.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SO WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY WOULD

BE IN ANY ONE OF THE CATEGORIES OR HOW MANY WE MIGHT HAVE

THAT ARE AT-RISK OR NEED IMPROVEMENT, AND I -- I, FOR ONE,

DON'T BELIEVE THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT WE NEED TO

HAVE THE WORKSHOP; HOWEVER, IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY

QUESTIONS, THEY CERTAINLY CAN CALL KELLEY OR MARIA TO GET

THAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION, BUT THERE'S SO FEW FROM YOUR

PRELIMINARY DATA THAT LOOK LIKE THERE'S ANY ISSUES THAT I

DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE A FULL WORKSHOP ON

THAT.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: SUSAN.

>>SUSAN SCHNEIDER: THE REASON I HAD REQUESTED THE WORKSHOP

ORIGINALLY WAS BECAUSE OF THE OUTCOMES THAT WE GOT FROM OUR

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NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED INITIATIVES, AND THOSE WERE CONCERNING,

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT -- I DON'T SEE THAT TIED IN HERE

SPECIFICALLY, SO I CAN'T COMMENT, BUT THAT WAS MOST

CONCERNING, THAT OUR -- OUR NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED INITIATIVES

WERE NOT PRODUCING THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WERE HOPING TO SEE.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SO WHICH ONES ARE THOSE --

>>SUSAN SCHNEIDER: I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT TIES IN.

>>MARIA NEGRON: AT THIS TIME, NONE OF THE PLACE-BASED

INITIATIVES ARE ON IMPROVEMENT PLANS, NEITHER OF THESE

IDENTIFIED HERE IN TERMS OF NEEDING IMPROVEMENT ARE PLACE-

BASED INITIATIVES.

A FEW OF THEM THAT WERE, WE DID MEET WITH THEM AS PART OF AN

INTENSIVE FOLLOW-UP.

WE MET WITH THEM IN JANUARY.

WE MET WITH THEM AGAIN IN MAY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-

UP AND MONITORING, AND THOSE PROGRAMS, AT THIS POINT, ARE

DOING VERY WELL.

WE ACTUALLY REPORTED SOME PROGRESS AT A RECENT NEIGHBORHOOD

OF PROMISE MEETING IN SULPHUR SPRINGS NOT TOO LONG AGO WITH

ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES THAT WAS OF CONCERN LAST YEAR, AND,

AGAIN, THIS YEAR WITH A NEW START, WITH NEW TRAINING AND

CLARITY ON THE WORK THAT THEY -- THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN, THEY

STARTED THE YEAR OFF VERY STRONG AND ARE DOING VERY WELL.

BUT, AGAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THEM.

WE WILL -- THIS IS ONLY PART ONE, SO IT DOES COME IN THREE

PHASES, PART TWO AND PART THREE.

PART TWO WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A BETTER IDEA OF HOW

AGGRESSIVE WE NEED TO BE TO TRY TO REMEDY ANYTHING, BUT AT

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THIS TIME, IT'S ALL IN GOOD CONDITION.

>>SUSAN SCHNEIDER: I WAS JUST CONCERNED BECAUSE THE REPORT

THAT YOU GAVE US LAST MONTH OR THE MONTH BEFORE WAS

SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED INITIATIVES, AND

WE WERE NOT GETTING THE OUTCOMES THAT WE HAD HOPED FOR.

THEY WERE NOT POSITIVE, THEY WERE NOT -- AND OUR -- OUR

WHOLE INTENT IN DOING THE NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED INITIATIVE WAS

TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IF WE PUT MONEY IN A VERY CONCENTRATED

AREA WITH INTENSE SERVICES THAT WE WOULD SEE POSITIVE

OUTCOMES, AND THAT'S WHAT IS MOST CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE I

WANTED IT TO, OF COURSE, SHOW WHAT OUR PROMISE WAS --

>>MARIA NEGRON: OF COURSE.

>>SUSAN SCHNEIDER: -- AND WE WEREN'T SEEING THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WITHIN A MONTH OR SO THAT WE'VE SEEN A BIG

DIFFERENCE IN THAT, SO I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.


>>MARYELLEN ELIA: WELL -- SO IF -- SO THE ONE I'M HEARING

ABOUT IS SULPHUR SPRINGS; IS THAT RIGHT?

>>MARIA NEGRON: THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: THAT'S ONE OF THEM.

WHAT WERE THE OTHER ONES?

>>MARIA NEGRON: SO THERE -- SO THE THREE PLACE-BASED

INITIATIVES ARE SULPHUR SPRINGS, SO ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS

IN THERE -- THERE WAS EAST TAMPA, SO THE CONCERN -- I DON'T

WANT TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN AND NAME NAMES IN CASE I SAY

SOMETHING INCORRECTLY --

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SURE.

>>MARIA NEGRON: -- AND I DON'T HAVE THAT REPORT IN FRONT OF

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ME.

WHAT I DO WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD OF IS THAT DATA WAS FY 13

DATA, AND BACK IN JANUARY WE HAD PROVIDED THE FULL REPORT,

AND I FELT THAT THE BOARD DESERVED AN EXTRAPOLATED DATA FOR

EACH OF THE PLACE-BASED INITIATIVES BECAUSE OF THE EFFORT

THAT YOU ALL PLACED IN THAT, BUT IT REALLY WAS A REFLECTION

OF THE LARGER FY 13 REPORT THAT WAS SHARED IN JANUARY, SO,

AGAIN, THERE'S -- IT'S BEEN DRILLED DOWN, WE'VE MET WITH ALL

OF THE PROVIDERS.

THERE WAS A LOT OF REASONS WHY, LATE STARTUP, PROBLEMS WITH

STAFFING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WE -- WE DELIVERED CONTRACTS SOMEWHAT DELAYED FOR SOME

PROJECTS, SO THAT DELAYED THEIR STARTUP.

SO, AGAIN, THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A FULL YEAR'S WORTH.

A LOT OF THEM NEEDED TRAINING THAT WAS REQUIRED, AGAIN, OF

OUR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES.

THAT WAS SOMETHING, AGAIN, THAT THE BOARD WAS VERY ADAMANT

ABOUT, THAT WE START TO REALLY STEP UP THE ACCOUNTABILITY IN

UTILIZING EVIDENCE-BASED MODELS, AND THAT REQUIRED TRAINING.

THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO NECESSARILY SECURE THOSE TRAININGS

UNTIL FUNDING AND CONTRACTS WERE COMPLETE, SO -- SO THERE

WAS MULTIPLE REASONS, AND SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT

WE'VE DONE WITH PROVIDERS IN SHARING AND BEING TRANSPARENT

ABOUT WHAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN, ABOUT BEING MUCH MORE

UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT -- WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE AN OUTCOME

AND WHAT IT MEANS TO PRACTICE THAT IN DAILY LIFE, SO I THINK

THAT EVERYONE IS DOING VERY WELL, BUT IF WE -- WE CAN

CERTAINLY DRILL DOWN THE INFORMATION SO THAT THIS BOARD'S

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SATISFIED.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SO -- SO I GUESS MY POINT IS I WOULD MOVE

THAT WE HAVE -- WHEN IS YOUR NEXT EVALUATION?

>>MARIA NEGRON: PART TWO IS DUE AUGUST 1st.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SO AS A RESULT OF THE AUGUST 1st -- AFTER

THAT, IF THERE WERE ANY THAT WERE ORIGINALLY FROM LAST

YEAR'S DATA STILL ISSUES FOR US THAT YOU WOULD PROVIDE THAT

FOR US AND THEN PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO

HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: IS THAT A MOTION, MS. ELIA?

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: IT'S A MOTION.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: DO I HAVE A SECOND?

>>KEVIN BECKNER: SECOND.


ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

>>SUSAN SCHNEIDER: I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR THE AUGUST REPORT

TO SORT OF UPDATE THE PREVIOUS REPORT THAT YOU GAVE US ON

THE PLACE-BASED INITIATIVES TO SEE IF THERE IS IMPROVEMENT,

IF THERE -- WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS SO WE CAN LOOK AT THE

DATA AND COMPARE IT.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SO JUST LET ME CLARIFY FOR A SECOND.

SO WHAT YOU GAVE US THAT SUSAN'S TALKING ABOUT WAS FY 13

DATA; RIGHT?

>>MARIA NEGRON: CORRECT.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: FY 14 DATA IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE?


THIS IS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SO THE SAME GROUPS THAT WE WERE -- THAT

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SUSAN'S MENTIONING ARE INCLUDED IN THIS DATA?

>>MARIA NEGRON: YES, MA'AM.


SO I GUESS WE HAVE IT, SUSAN.

I'M NOT SEEING THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT.

>>SUSAN SCHNEIDER: I JUST WANT IT TRANSLATED INTO OUTCOMES,

JUST LIKE YOU DID -- JUST LIKE YOU DID PREVIOUSLY.

JUST AN UPDATED REPORT.

>>MARIA NEGRON: IT WILL BE A PRELIMINARY -- IT WILL BE

PRELIMINARY PROJECTIONS, BUT ABSOLUTELY, BY THAT TIME WE'LL

BE ABLE TO DO -- TO ISSUE A REPORT MORE LIKE THAT.

>>SUSAN SCHNEIDER: THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AFTER AUGUST?

>>MARIA NEGRON: IT WOULD BE PRESENTED AT THE AUGUST BOARD

MEETING.


>>MARIA NEGRON: BUT AT THIS TIME, IT WOULDN'T -- YOU KNOW,

I JUST WANT TO CAUTION THE BOARD IN UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU

KNOW, THOSE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS WERE EXTRAPOLATED FROM A

LARGER REPORT, AND THEN YOU WOULD ONLY BE GETTING AN UPDATE

ON THOSE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS, BUT THERE WERE OTHER PROGRAMS

THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY MEET THEIR OUTCOMES THAT WEREN'T A

PLACE-BASED INITIATIVE.

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: RIGHT.

>>MARIA NEGRON: OKAY.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: SO WILL YOUR REPORT BE MORE

COMPREHENSIVE?

>>MARIA NEGRON: I WOULD PREFER IT TO BE.

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OKAY.



SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE IN TERMS OF THE MOTION

THAT WAS MADE THAT WE EXTEND THE TIME UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE

GATHERED ALL THE INFORMATION AND THAT WILL [INAUDIBLE] AND

REQUEST THAT YOU HAVE.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.


[CHORUS OF AYES]

OPPOSED.

OKAY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT INFORMATION, AND THANK YOU, LADIES.

>>MARIA NEGRON: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OH, CAN I ALSO JUST THANK ALL THE PROVIDERS THAT DID AN

INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

THEY GOT ACCURATE DATA IN.

WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT IT, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.

IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT A NEW DATA COLLECTION

SYSTEM FOR THIS TYPE OF VOLUME, BUT I AM VERY IMPRESSED AT

THEIR COOPERATION AND THEIR DEDICATION TO FAMILIES AT THE

SAME TIME.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: WELL, I THINK WE OUGHT TO THANK YOU AND

APPLAUD THEM BOTH.

[APPLAUSE]

>>MARYELLEN ELIA: AND THANK YOU, MARIA.

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>> YES, NICE JOB.

>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS MY

COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND I GUESS

I -- AS I THINK ABOUT IT AND LOOK OVER THE ACTIONS THAT WE

TOOK AT THAT JUNE 26th, 2014, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, I HAVE

INTERSPERSED SOME OF THE THINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT

WE'VE BROUGHT FORTH TO THE BOARD TODAY, SO THERE'S NOTHING

VERY DIFFERENT.

THERE WAS AN UPDATE ON THE FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S BOARD

ACTIVITIES GIVEN BY OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; SEVERAL ACTION

ITEMS THAT WE RECOMMENDED COMING TO THE BOARD WERE APPROVED

TODAY; WE TALKED ABOUT THE MEETING SCHEDULE, WHICH WAS AN

ITEM THAT WAS ALSO APPROVED; WE NOMINATED AND ELECTED OUR

NEWEST SECRETARY/TREASURER, SUSAN SCHNEIDER; AND WE'RE GOING

TO MOVE FORWARD WITH -- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY

IMPORTANT, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION

THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED ON SEPTEMBER THE 8th BY THE

NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP GROUP, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL GET AN

INVITATION FOR ALL OF THAT AND THAT THOSE WINNERS -- THE

WINNER WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING, AND

SO THAT'S ALWAYS AN EXCITING TIME TO HEAR ABOUT THE WORK OF

GROUPS AND THEIR BUSINESS PLAN AND THEN THE REALIZATION OF

HOW TO MOVE THAT FORWARD, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT MEETING

IN SEPTEMBER.

I -- IS THERE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS OR OLD BUSINESS?

AT THE LAST MEETING I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE SOMETHING THAT

HAPPENED TO ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND STAFF MEMBERS, AND

JOANNE CHESHIRE, WHO IS OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR, WAS

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RECENTLY A MEMBER OF THE TAMPA CONNECTION AND WAS NAMED TEAM

MEMBER OF THE YEAR.

JOANNA, STAND UP SO WE CAN SEE YOU.

[APPLAUSE]

AND IT'S A YEAR-LONG LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AND IT

GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPOSE THE CLASS MEMBERS TO

NONPROFIT AGENCIES WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND AFTER

THAT SUCCESSFUL VENTURE, JOANNA WAS THEN -- JOINED THE TAMPA

CONNECTION, SO THAT MEANS GOOD STUDENTS HAVE MORE WORK TO

DO.

[LAUGHTER]

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FROM ALL OF US.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

NEW BUSINESS?

OLD BUSINESS?

I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT OUT IN RECORD TIME.

PETE, I'M NOT SURE THAT YOUR PRAYER DID IT, BUT I THINK

WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR NOTEBOOKS, I

THINK IT -- IT ADDS TO EFFICIENCY AND IT CONSERVES ALL THE

INFORMATION THAT WE CAN THROW AWAY AND RECYCLE AND USE --

AND RECYCLE THE USE OF OUR NOTEBOOKS, SO IF YOU WOULD DO

THAT, I THINK THAT STAFF WOULD BE VERY APPRECIATIVE.

TO ALL OF YOU WHO JOINED US THIS AFTERNOON, THANK YOU; TO

OUR PROVIDERS WHO MADE THE PRESENTATIONS; TO OUR LISTENING

AUDIENCE, THE CHILDREN'S BOARD WORKS IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND

WE THANK YOU FOR VIEWING IT.

I THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY.

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NO OTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

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