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12. DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS <br />9:15 E Office of Management and Budget <br />a.m. <br />1. Children's Services — Funding Allocation for Fiscal Year <br />2016/2017 <br />(memorandum dated March 1, 2016) 74-75 <br />--------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <br />County Management and Budget Director Jason Brown <br />presented the Children's Services Funding Allocation for Fiscal <br />Year (FY) 2016/2017. He said that for the current FY <br />2015/2016, the County approved a matching program where <br />each dollar raised by the community would be matched dollar <br />for dollar up to $200,000, in addition to the base funding <br />amount of $651,965, resulting in a total County funding of <br />$851,965. <br />Director Brown provided four (4) alternatives for funding <br />consideration and recommended Alternative 1 based on ongoing <br />funding constraints of the County. Alternative 1 would provide <br />funding for Children's Services agencies in the amount of <br />$698,255, an increase of 7.1% for the current year base funding <br />level, in addition to a dollar for dollar match up to $200,000. <br />The Board sought and received information from Director <br />Brown. <br />Chairman Solari opened the floor for public input. <br />Hope Woodhouse, 199 Island Creek Drive, handed out a <br />brochure, "Crisis for Indian River County Children's Services", <br />(a copy on file in Clerk's Office), an analysis on the amount of <br />money spent per child on the Treasure Coast with Indian River <br />County being at the lowest amount of $33 per child. She added <br />that she was part of the Funders Forum of Indian River <br />County, the group who had written the Commissioners urging <br />them to allocate the full $1,051,965 to Children's Services out of <br />the FY 2016/2017 Budget without a match. She added that the <br />Funders Forum of Indian River County, as a group, has raised <br />over $1 million and currently allocated those funds to non- <br />profits through their grant processes. <br />The following spoke passionately on the needs in the <br />Community for Children, expressed the importance of investing <br />in children and asked the Board for their support of Alternative <br />4 funding for FY 2016/2017 in the amount of $1,051,965: <br />Dr. David Griffin, 650 Lagoon Road, Vero Beach <br />Board of County Commission Minutes Page 5 <br />March 8, 2016 <br />