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The Children's Services Advisory Committee Guide is to be used as the primary document that contains the standards, policies, and procedures creating a unified system of planning and delivery within which children's needs can be identified, targeted, addressed and evaluated by the Children's Services Advisory Committee. With respect to the Guide, The Board of County Commissioners will have the approval authority on its adoption and revisions. The Children's Services Advisory Committee will maintain the Guide and act as an advisory committee to the Board of County Commissioners. The Children's Services Advisory Comittee will also recei mve and review proposals for allocation of funds for targeted children's services and make recommendations regarding funding to the Board of County Commissioners. County staff will be made available at the direction of the County Administrator. Although the Children's Services Advisory Committee Guide will be the primary source for policy and procedural guidance, the Indian River County Comprehensive Plan, as well as the Comprehensive Plans of municipalities in the County, will be used where they contain goals, policies, and objectives relating to children's services. The Children's Services Advisory Committee Guide serves as a reference for the Children's Services Advisory Committee throughout the continuing planning process. The main principles contained in the Guide are to: 1. Recommend providing and maintaining services for children as the Children's Services Advisory Committee determines the needs for the general well-being of the children in the county. 2. Collect information and statistical data and conduct research that will be helpful to the Children's Services Advisory Committee and the county in deciding the needs of children in the county. 3. Consult, collaborate, and coordinate with other agencies dedicated to the well-being of children to end duplication of services. 4. Recommend the allocation of funds for programs that provided services for the benefit of children in the county. 5. Recommend standards for measurable outcomes within the Request for Proposal and monitor the agencies for actual performance on agreed upon standards.