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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS � . �. � CONTRA.
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FROM: FAMILY&HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEECOUNTY
DATE: November 3, 1998
SUBJECT: Children's Future Corps (CCFuture Fund)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUS71FICATION
RECOMMENDATIONIS}:
1. ACKNOWLEDGE the Board of Supervisors'March 3, 1998 endorsement of the concept of the
Contra Costa Children's Future Corps (CCFuture Fund) which would be a publiclprivate
community foundation bringing together local government, privatebusiness, foundations,
nonprofit organizations and the community for the purpose of:
�- increasing resources for prevention and early intervention services for children and
families;
supporting integrated service approaches that meet the holistic needs of children and
families; and
increasing the capacity of service delivery system to be accountable for outcomes.
2. ACKNOWLEDGE that the CCFuture Fund is expected to create an investment fund of$10-20
million to support these efforts.
3. DECLARE the Board of Supervisors support for the proposal of the East Bay Community
Foundation before the S. H. Cowell Foundation for a planning grant to develop and implement
CCFuture Fund in Contra Costa County.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR—RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
_APPROVE OTHER
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SIGNATURE(S): Donna r Mark DeSaulnier
ACTION OF BOARD ON Octob7er 27. 71998 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED Z OTHER X
IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the above recommendations are APPROVED with recommendation 7.
amended to add that selection and oversight of the contract staff person shall be a
collaborative process including representatives of the Family and Human Services Committee
and the financing partners.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT_. I TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED
ABSENT* ABSTAIN- ON MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact:San Hoffman,33a-1090
ATTESTED. October 27, 1998
cc: Use Maisano,Cowell Foundation Ptd.BATCHELOR,CLERK OF
Mike Horne,East Bay Community Foundation THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Kathy Armstrong ANDCqflNTY ADM BATOR
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4. DIRECT and AUTHORIZE the directors of County departments, including Social Service, Health
Services, Probation and Community Services to provide data which then will be geographically
mapped during the planning process into an integrated, data system and used to identify
prevention priorities.
5. DIRECT and AUTHORIZE the County department heads and their fiscal staff to work with the
CCFuture Fund planning staff to explore options for increasing revenue generation for children
and family programs both within and among departments.
6. DECLARE the support of the Board of Supervisors for a Children and Families Consensus
Conference to be held in Spring 1999 for the purpose of generating countywide participation in
selecting initial high priority areas for early prevention and intervention investments and DIRECT
and AUTHORIZE County Departments to participate in the Conference.
7. DIRECT and AUTHORIZE the County Administrator to hire a contract staff person for a six to nine
month period to ensure active County participation in the CCFuture Fund planning process.
8. REQUEST financial participation of the Superintendent of Schools and City Managers to support
the contract staff position.
9. COMMIT to CCFuture Fund with an initial good faith investment of $200,000 to be financed
through reallocation of County funds currently dedicated to crisis services lin County Departments,
such as Social Service, Health Services, Probation and the Sheriff. DIRECT the County
Administrator to work with the Department Heads to identify the funding sources.
10. DECLARE the Board of Supervisors commitment to a reinvestment strategy which would leverage
savings from reductions in children and family crisis services by redirecting County funds into
early intervention and prevention programs that have demonstrated positive outcomes for
children and families.
11. DIRECT and AUTHORIZE the County Departments to work with CCFuture Fund staff in
identifying state and federal waivers necessary to maximize funding for the reinvestment strategy
and REQUEST the support of the County's legislative delegation in pursuit of these waivers.
12. REQUEST the Family and Human Services Committee to closely monitor the CCFuture Fund
planning process and to provide direction to County staff to ensure timely, wholehearted
participation in the creation of the children's database, the fiscal analysis, the Census Conference
and in the identification of priority prevention projects.
13. REQUEST the participation of the cities, schools and private business in ensuring the success
of CCFuture Fund and REQUEST that Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier take the lead in establishing
this coalition effort.
CHILDREMS iIMPACT STATEMENT
The CCFuture Fund will support all five of Contra Costa's community outcomes for children and families:
Children ready for and succeeding in school.
Children and youth healthy and preparing for productive adulthood.
Families that are economically self-sufficient.
Families that are safe, stable and nurturing.
Communities that are safe and provide a high quality of life.
It will increase resources for early intervention and prevention programs and increase the capacity of
communities to help at-risk children and families.
BACKGROUN'I fREASON(S) FOR RE-COM'MENDAT1ONtS .
The Contra Costa Future Corps (CCFuture Fund) is envisioned to be a public/private community
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foundation that would bring together local government, private business, foundations, nonprofit
organizations and the community for the purpose of investing in programs and systems that:
encourage comprehensive, integrated responses to the priority needs of children, youth
and families;
z- focus on prevention and early intervention;
channel savings back into the Fund;
�- improve the capacity and effectiveness of the service delivery system;
�- increase community involvement in improving the well-being of children, youth and
families; and
ensure accountability for outcomes.
Prevention efforts selected would:
✓ target specific population groups which are high users of crisis services, for which there
are categorical funding sources that can be maximized or redirected;
✓ employ program strategies that have high predictability of success;
✓ save public monies now being spent on costly, crisis services;
✓ re-invest these savings into expanding opportunities for children to experience a safe,
healthy nurturing childhood which prepares them to be responsible, contributing members
of the community.
The Fast Bay Community Foundation would be the lead agency and fiscal sponsor for the CCFuture
Fund. A Fund Governance and Allocation Committee would lead the fundraising effort to develop a
CCFuture Investment Fund of$10-20 million.
On March 3, 1998, the Board of Supervisors endorsed the concept of CCFuture Fund. At that time, the
Board of Supervisors also declared their intent to reinvest, to the extent possible, savings in crisis
intervention services that resulted from avoided costs due to CCFuture Fund investment in early
intervention programs. The Board further authorized Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier to act as the Board's
representative to CCFuture Fund.
Significant progress has been made since the March report to the Board of Supervisors. . In cooperation
with Mike Howe, Executive Director of the Fast Bay Community Foundation, !a planning process has
been developed that will lead to the identification of high priority areas for reinvestment as well as
identifying areas to leverage financial resources. The planning process consists of four major steps:
1. Creation of a single integrated, geographically-mapped database from existing sources in
the departments of Social Service, Probation, Health Services and Community Services.
City and/or School District data may be added to further refine the information. Findings
from analyses of this database will guide and inform decision making regarding the best
potential areas of investment in prevention and early intervention services. This database
and the geographical mapping capacity will also allow trackingof the progress of, and
results achieved by, the newly implemented prevention programs.
2. Fiscal analysis of the County's funding sources to identify ways to increase revenue by
better leveraging County, state, federal, education and other public dollars.
3. A Children and Families Consensus Conference in Spring 1999. The outcomes of the
conferenoe will be countywide participation in selecting the one or two high priority areas
for prevention and intervention; and commitments from participants, confirming their
support and willingness to redirect dollars to implement priority prevention programs.
4. Completion of implementation plans for one or two prevention projects, including
identification of necessary waivers from the state and/or federal government to fully
implement planned prevention programs.
The S. H. Cowell Foundation has expressed interest in supporting the planning process. A grant
proposal for$70,00 has been prepared by the East Bay Community Foundation. In addition, the Fast
Bay Community Foundation will be requesting participation by other foundations active in Contra Costa
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County, including the Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation and the Y & H Soda Foundation.
The CCFuture Fund proposal would support the County's overall strategy of expanding ownership of
children and family issues. It would provide the investment capital necessary to shift the concentration
of services from crisis into early intervention. It supports the vision of the Children and Families Policy
Forum, which was adopted by the Board of Supervisors:
"All Contra Costa children will reach adulthood having experienced; a safe, healthy,
nurturing childhood which prepares them to be responsible, contributing members of the
community."
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