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Children and Families Advisory Board
| Members Susan Perry, Chair Mary Bruno, Vice Chair Carrie Baird Dr. Willie Kimmons John Shepherd Claudia Roth |
County Staff Dona DeMarsh Community Assistance Director Diana Phillips Housing and Grants Administration Manager Peggy Johnson Children and Community Programs Coordinator |
Upcoming meetings:
May 8, 2012 1:30 p.m.
Volusia County Lifeguard Headquarters and Administration Center
515 South Atlantic Avenue
Daytona Beach, FL
| CFAB minutes | |
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March 13,
2012 February 14, 2012 January 20, 2012 November 17, 2011 November 8, 2011 October 19, 2011 |
September 13, 2011 August 11, 2011 March 9, 2011 February 9, 2011 January 26, 2011 |
Agency funding FY 09/10 [PDF]
Agency Funding FY 10/11 [PDF]Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. 2007-73 [PDF]
The mission of the Children and Families Advisory Board (CFAB) is to promote healthy children and develop strong families, which contribute to their communities.
The board meets a minimum of quarterly, consists of nine members, and is responsible for:
- Assessing and evaluating children and community needs
- Developing strategies to meet these needs
- Establishing program outcomes
- Monitoring program compliance
- Advertising funding availability
- Recommending appropriations for various programs servicing children and families
- Provide advice and recommendations to the County
The following service categories have been identified as service priorities:
- Services for persons with disabilities - providing transition from youth to adulthood and case management
- Infant and maternal health and early childhood development - increasing the availability and affordable quality child care through subsidies, prenatal support and care for pregnant women and developing a centralized system to deliver parenting education systems.
- Services to seniors (age 65+) - providing basic services to include: food, homemaker services, personal care services, transportation and case management, providing home modifications to enable seniors to remain as independent as possible.
- Non-school hour services for school age children/youth development/academic enrichment - providing after-school and income-based and geographically distributed summer care with structure, providing academic enrichment/mentoring/tutoring, provide evening and weekend community programs
- Services for adolescents (ages 10 to17) - providing opportunities for job training and placement including those that enhance vocational opportunities, providing leadership opportunities, developing mentor/mentee groups.
- Family-based intervention/counseling services to prevent-intervene in family violence - providing comprehensive prevention education (to include: financial education, behavior management, life skills, sex education, relationship education, employment), providing accessible community based mental health counseling, providing in-home prevention and intervention services.
- Basic needs services (emergency intervention/ assistance and financial stability) - Providing food assistance - food banks, providing assistance to prevent homelessness, providing accessibility to emergency/transitional shelters.
Grant process: Funding is awarded through a Request for Proposal process (RFP). Recommendations for funding are presented to the County Council for approval. Once approved, the programs enter into a contractual agreement with Volusia County for a specific grant award and a specific service delivery.
For information, please contact:
Peggy Johnson
110 W. Rich Ave., DeLand FL 32720-4213
386-736-5955, ext. 15694
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