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INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND The Children's Services Advisory Committee of Indian River County was formed by Indian River County Ordinance 99.01, Chapter 103, as an advisory board to the Indian River County Board of Commissioners. Section 103.20. Purpose. The purpose of the Children's Services Advisory Committee is to promote healthy children in a healthy community. The term "healthy" encompasses socioeconomic, physical, environmental, educational and behavioral health. Section 103.21. Objective. 1) The objective of the Children's Services Advisory Committee is to provide a unified system of planning and delivery, within which children's needs can be identified, targeted, evaluated and addressed by the Children's Services Advisory Committee. 2) Definition of a child. Any person who has not attained the age of eighteen (18) years, also minor. The Children's Services Advisory Committee recommends funding for programs to the Board of County Commissioners. The final decision for funding will be made by the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners. The Children's Services Advisory Committee is seeking programs that provide services to the children and families of Indian River County; and are documented as needed in the 2014/15 Indian River County Community Needs Assessment. Applications are accepted from: governmental agencies, for-profit, and not-for-profit organizations; and from individuals. MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Children's Services Advisory Committee is to facilitate and coordinate the planning and development of an effective and collaborative health and human services delivery system to meet the needs of the children and families of Indian River County. The Children's Services Advisory Committee strongly supports cultural diversity and encourages its funded programs to demonstrate the inclusion of all children and families in program development and implementation. VISION STATEMENT The efforts of the Children's Services Advisory Committee will insure the development of a shared vision for the health and human services delivery system in Indian River County enabling funding sources and providers to define and perform their roles in a dynamically changing environment. OVER -ARCHING OUTCOMES Improve the capacity of children in Indian River County to succeed to adulthood in a safe, healthy and productive manner. Support caregivers — a child's most important resource — to be and do what is needed to shepherd children to adulthood in a safe, healthy and productive manner. V P63