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40 CP s I CHAPTER IV 2 3 FUNDING / FINANCING 4 5 An important component of Children's Services Advisory Committee is recommendation of 6 allocation of funds for programs to provide services based upon identified needs. In light of their 7 goals and objectives, the Children's Services Advisory Committee has the responsibility to 8 evaluate the agencies applying for funding. The Children's Services Advisory Committee has the 9 ability to apply for grants and serve as a resource for other agencies applying for grants. The 10 Children's Services Advisory Committee has the ability, through the Board of Counvj 11 Commissioners, to accept gifts and endowments from individuals to fund programs that are within 12 the goals and priorities of their plan and Needs Assessment. In this chapter funding and financing 13 alternatives are summarized. 14 15 AD VALOREM TAXES 16 17 Ad valorem taxes are based on the appraised value of property. Such taxes are generally assessed 18 in mills; thousandths of a dollar of assessed value. The state mandated millage cap is 10 mills per 19 local government, excluding voted n0age. The Board of County Commissioner's policies allow 20 ad valorem tax revenues to be used for both operating and capital expenditures. The up to 0.125 21 millage in the third year of program funding has been set for children's services by the Board of 22 County Commissioners. 23 24 GRANTS 25 26 Through the approval of the Board of County Commissioners, the Children's Services Advisory 27 Committee may apply for grants. The Children's Services Advisory Committee may apply for 28 grants when there is more than one agency involved in the delivery of the services with funding 29 from a non -taxing source, either private or public. The second possibility that might be used 30 would be the Children's Services Advisory Committee to apply for the funds to pay for specific 31 programs and then request proposals from agencies for this funding. The Executive Office would 32 have the responsibifity of monitoring those agencies receiving grants where the Children's Services 33 Advisory Committee had any involvement in funding grants. The Children's Services Advisory 34 Committee shall not be a provider of services. 35 36 With approval of the Children's Services Advisory Committee, the Executive Office may provide 37 technical assistance to agencies when they are applying for grants, even though they are not 38 applying for grants funded through the Board of County Commissioners. 39 40 41 GIFTS OR ENDOWMENTS 42 43 If at anytime the citizens of Indian River County choose to give gifts or endowments to the 44 Children's Services Advisory Committee through the Board of County Commissioners, then the 45 Children's Services Advisory Committee could accept gifts or endowments to enhance the funding n