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a. Receive a presentation on the Annual Fiscal Year 2017-18 Report from the Monterey County Children's Council ("Annual Report"), by current Chair Deneen Guss, Monterey County Superintendent of Schools; and
b. Accept the Annual Report.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive a presentation on the Annual Fiscal Year 2017-18 Report from the Monterey County Children's Council ("Annual Report"), by current Chair Deneen Guss, Monterey County Superintendent of Schools; and
b. Accept the Annual Report.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Annual Report provides the community with an update on Children's Council initiatives, goals and accomplishments from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. It also provides the community with data on selected indicators related to child and youth well-being.
The Children's Council provides leadership and policy direction to encourage the development of a comprehensive and collaborative delivery system of services to children and youth in Monterey County. Initiatives that were started by the Children's Council include Community Alliance for Safety and Peace, All Kids, Our Kids, and Child Welfare Redesign, all of which have been sustained and become integral operating activities within existing entities in our County.
The oral presentation will provide an overview of the Children's Council, a profile of Monterey County children and youth, an update on the early childhood development initiative Comienzos Brillantes/ Bright Beginnings, and an update on the cradle-to-career initiative Bright Futures.
Comienzos Brillantes/ Bright Beginnings, previously known as Early Childhood Development Initiative (ECDI), was renamed to align more closely with Bright Futures, the cradle-to-career initiative anchored at California State University at Monterey Bay. Bright Beginnings aims to maximize community efforts to improve early childhood development outcomes through effective coordination, capacity buildin...
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