Hillsborough County, Florida
CAPTIONING
JUNE 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 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 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.
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.
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 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 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 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.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, 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]
-- 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 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.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: SO MOVE.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: AND A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
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 --
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: YES.
>>MARYELLEN ELIA: -- CAN WE HAVE THIS SENT OUT SEPARATELY SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS INTO OUR CALENDARS?
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
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.
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.
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]
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[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
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 --
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
>>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.
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 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.
>>KEVIN BECKNER: SO MOVE.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
>> SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
I THOUGHT EVERYBODY WAS GOING TO DO IT.
[LAUGHTER]
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
VERONICA, I HOPE YOU'RE GETTING THESE MOTIONS AND SECONDS DOWN.
>>VERONICA BLANCO: [INAUDIBLE]
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: YES.
DID YOU GET THAT MS. --
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: ALL RIGHT.
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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
>>TRISH CHARO: I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS --
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: DISCUSSED --
>>TRISH CHARO: -- DISCUSSED AT THE BOARD FINANCE --
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: YEAH.
>>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 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?
>> 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 ...
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: MS. ELIA.
>>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 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 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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
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 APPROVE IT.
>>CHRISTOPHER BROWN: IF YOU'D LIKE.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: YES.
>>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?
>>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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
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.
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.
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 STRATEGIC PLAN SECOND-QUARTER INFORMATION AT THE BOARD MEETING --
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
>>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]
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
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 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..
FOR MORE INFORMATION E-MAIL GBROWN@.
[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, 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 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.
>>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 --
>>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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
>>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 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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
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.
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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: MARYELLEN.
>>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 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.
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.
>>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 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 [INAUDIBLE] COUNTY TOO, YES.
>>MARIA NEGRON: 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.
>>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 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 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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
IN AUGUST?
>>MARIA NEGRON: YES.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
>>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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>>MARIA NEGRON: I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: YES.
>>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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
MAYBE -- LET ME MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR REQUEST.
AND FIRST OF ALL -- A DECISION THAT WAS MADE AT OUR PREVIOUS 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?
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: MARYELLEN.
>>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 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 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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: MS. ELIA.
>>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 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 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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: OKAY.
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?
>>MARIA NEGRON: YES.
THIS IS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.
>>MARYELLEN ELIA: SO THE SAME GROUPS THAT WE WERE -- THAT SUSAN'S MENTIONING ARE INCLUDED IN THIS DATA?
>>MARIA NEGRON: YES, MA'AM.
>>MARYELLEN ELIA: OKAY.
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.
>>MARYELLEN ELIA: OKAY.
>>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.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: YES.
OKAY.
>>MARIA NEGRON: YES.
>>DORETHA EDGECOMB: ALL RIGHT.
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.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[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.
>> 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 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.
NO OTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
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