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Broward County Children’s Services Council Monthly Meeting & Annual Budget Retreat 6600 W. Commercial Blvd. Lauderhill, FL 33319 May 16, 2013 9:30 a.m. MEETING AGENDA I. Call to Order Robin Bartleman, Chair II. Roll Call Amy Jacques, Executive Assistant III. Chair’s Comments Robin Bartleman, Chair IV. President’s Report Cindy Arenberg Seltzer, President/CEO a. FYI – Good of the Order b. FYI – OMB Performance Partnership Pilots Update V. Consent Agenda Robin Bartleman, Chair a. Approve Council Minutes of April 18, 2013 (Tab A) b. Approve Raters for Voice & Data Services RFP (Tab B) c. Approve Youth FORCE Health & Wellness Research (Tab C) d. Approve WPBT/KidVision Match Funding (Tab D) e. Approve Acceptance of A.D. Henderson Grant to Expand PBS (Tab E) f. Approve Interim Financial Statements and Budget Amendments for April 2013 (Tab F) g. Approve Invoices, P.O.s & Contracts (Tab G) VI. PAOD Report Sandra Bernard-Bastien, Director a. FYI – Prosperity Campaign Update (Tab H) Ronald W. Albert, Territory Manager, IRS b. FYI – Legislative Update (Tab I) VII. Public Non-Budget Comments Robin Bartleman, Chair (2 Minutes Per Person) VIII. Council Member Non-Budget Comments Robin Bartleman, Chair IX. For Your Information (Tab J) Robin Bartleman, Chair a. Funders Forum Minutes b. CSB Minutes c. CSC In The News d. Correspondence e. Attendance Report X. FY 13/14 Program Budget Discussion Robin Bartleman, Chair a. Setting the Stage/Program Budget Overview (Tab K) Cindy Arenberg Seltzer b. Public Comment on Program Budget (By Tab; 2 Minutes Per Person) c. Council Discussion of Program Budget d. Approve Draft FY 13/14 Program Budget e. Approve FY 13/14 Program Renewals NEXT COUNCIL MEETING: JUNE 20, 2013; 9:30AM 5/8/13 Tab A CHILDREN’S SERVICES COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY 6600 W. Commercial Blvd. Lauderhill, FL 33319 Minutes April 18, 2013 9:30 A.M. Members in Attendance: School Board Member Robin Bartleman; Governor Appointee Charlene M. Désir, Ed.D.; Judge Martin R. Dishowitz; DCF Circuit 17 Community Development Administrator Kim Gorsuch; Broward County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger; Governor Appointee Tara R. Philipp; School Superintendent Robert W. Runcie; Governor Appointee Maria Schneider; Governor Appointee Ana Valladares Counsel Present: Garry Johnson, Esq. Counsel Absent: Governor Appointee Emilio Benitez; Health Department Director Paula Thaqi, M.D. Staff in Attendance: Cindy Arenberg Seltzer, President/CEO; Monti Larsen; Karen Swartzbaugh Ghezzi; Audrey Stang; Sandra Bernard-Bastien; Sue Gallagher; Marlando Christie; John Jeyasingh; Amy Jacques; Andrew Leone; Angie Michel; Beverly Sanders; Carl Dasse; Catherine Baez; Cynthia Reynoso; Ellis Chapman; Jasset Smith; Katrina Louis; Laura Ganci; Madeline Jones; Meg Wallace; Melissa Stanley; Monica King; Nancy Cohn; Travis Johnson Guests in Attendance: Attached Agenda: I. Call to Order: Chair Robin Bartleman called the meeting to order at 9:30 A.M. II. Roll Call: The roll was called and a quorum was established with the presence of Ms. Bartleman, Dr. Désir, Judge Dishowitz, Ms. Gorsuch, Commissioner Gunzburger, Ms. Philipp, Ms. Schneider, and Ms. Valladares. III. Chair’s Comments: a) Council Minutes: ACTION: Commissioner Gunzburger made a motion to approve the Council minutes of March 21, 2013, as presented. The motion was seconded by Ms. Gorsuch and passed with no opposing votes. b) May Budget Retreat: Ms. Bartleman reminded Council members that the May CSC meeting was also the annual Budget Retreat and that they should schedule their morning and afternoon for the Retreat. Box lunches from ARC Broward Culinary Institute may be purchased in advance through CSC’s Executive Assistant, Amy Jacques. 1 IV. President’s Report: a) Good of the Order: The CSC-powered “Broward AWARE! Family Fun & Resource Day” was held April 13th, with close to 400 attendees and 45 agencies sharing their resources. Eleven parents began the KidCare application process at the event, which also included the ChildNet Forest of Families project, and mini workshops on issues impacting children and families. Corporate partners included Coca-Cola, Humana, Humana/Medicaid, Amerigroup, Jet Pizza, and the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. The YMCA of Broward County recently recognized CSC as its 2012 Partner of the Year. The CSC-funded STEP program was highlighted at the recognition ceremony and youth shared their experience in the program prior to the presentation of the award. Ms. Arenberg Seltzer served as a judge for the Boys & Girls Clubs’ Youth of the Year competition. It Takes a Village RFP, containing the CSC program areas of “Kinship Initiatives for Supportive Services” (KISS) and “Preparing Youth for Independent Futures” (Future Prep), was released on March 18th. A pre-bid conference was held on April 4th, and the RFP closes at Noon on Monday, April 29th. CSC is supporting ChildNet’s campaign to recruit foster parents in Broward County. An informational flyer was included in the meeting information packet. Ms. Arenberg Seltzer and youth in CSC-funded programs addressed the April meeting of the Juvenile Justice Board. Youth representing YMCA, HANDY, and Urban League programs talked about how these CSC-funded programs impacted their lives. Ms. Arenberg Seltzer thanked Ms. Kerry-Ann Royes (YMCA), Mr. Kirk Brown (HANDY), and Ms. Courtnee Biscardi (Urban League) for their efforts in organizing the youth’s participation in the presentation. Council members felt the presentation served as a model for future CSC information presentations in the community and encouraged Ms. Seltzer and CSC-funded youth to speak in similar venues. Members should let Ms. Seltzer know of any other community organizations that would be receptive to such a presentation. It was also suggested that such presentations be filmed, with permission releases from the minors and participants sharing their personal stories. In seeing information in the meeting packet about corporate sponsors, leveraged funds, and other community resources secured by the CSC, Judge Dishowitz requested staff to calculate the total amount of resources invested in the community beyond the money from the property taxes. He felt it would be beneficial for the public to know that for every $1 they give in property taxes, they are receiving a specific dollar amount in return. Ms. Seltzer replied that staff does have that number and it can be highlighted on future financial statements. Mr. Runcie arrived. b) Social Impact Bond (SIB) Feasibility Study: Ms. Arenberg Seltzer explained the concept of Social Impact Bonds and how they could possibly be used to secure additional dollars to bring some programs to scale, as CSC is 2 currently unable to meet all of the needs in the community. Simply, Social Impact Bonds are used to look at solutions to social ills and bring them to scale using investors’ dollars, similar to local bonds used to build roads or infrastructure. She emphasized that the investors bear the risk, but they also have the potential to be rewarded with repayment on their investment, plus a premium if the program is high-performing and results in savings to a participating government entity. Intrigued by the concept, Council members discussed benefits and concerns, and tried to understand how the concept would work in reality for CSC-funded programs. Ms. Seltzer explained that the decision before the Council today was solely approval of a bid instrument to have an expert look at CSC programs and the community to see if it could possibly work here. These experts would explore the myriad of components, such as the likelihood of a government entity being willing to participate and pay off the bond, defining the universe, determining the capacity, and outlining the best way to structure the deal. She further explained that the action item before the Council was whether they wanted to invest a few thousand dollars today for the purpose of seeing if millions could be accessed to expand successful CSC programs currently in the community. She acknowledged that it’s a cutting-edge and bold idea. As such, Council members requested more information, as well as time for staff to explore the possibility of a foundation funding the feasibility study. ACTION: Judge Dishowitz made a motion to direct staff to explore other non- CSC avenues of funding for the feasibility study and bring back to the Council. The motion was seconded by Ms. Valladares. Ms. Gorsuch offered, and Judge Dishowitz accepted, a friendly amendment to table the approval of the feasibility study and direct staff to further explore the concept and bring back to the Council with details, concrete examples using CSC-funded programs, and any possible non-CSC funding sources for the feasibility study. Commissioner Gunzburger made a substitute motion to table approval of the feasibility study until September at a minimum to allow for a guest speaker to address the Council on the concept. Judge Dishowitz withdrew his motion. The substitute motion was seconded by Ms. Schneider and passed with no opposing votes. V. CPO Report: a) KISS/Future Prep RFP Source Experts: Ms. Swartzbaugh Ghezzi corrected a scrivener’s error in the name and title of one of the proposed raters. It should correctly read “Eileen E. Rathery, City Commissioner, City of Lauderdale Lakes.” It was also noted that Judge Hope Bristol had been removed from the list of raters due to a potential conflict of interest. Ms. Valladares requested to be added as a rater. ACTION: Ms. Gorsuch made a motion to approve the source experts for the RFP Rating Committees, as amended above. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Gunzburger and passed with no opposing votes. b) MOST Summer Allocation Adjustments: ACTION: Commissioner Gunzburger made a motion to approve the Community After School allocation correction for Summer 2013, as presented. The motion was seconded by Ms. Valladares and passed with no opposing votes. 3 c) Multisystemic Therapy (MST) Award Presentation: Ms. Melissa Stanley, CSC Program Specialist, introduced Dr.

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