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VISION The efforts of the Children's Services Advisory Committee will ensure 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 GOALS ■ 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 into adulthood in a safe, healthy and productive manner. FUNDING CRITERIA The Children's Services Advisory Committee is seeking programs that provide services to children and families of Indian River County. Proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the Grant Review subcommittee which consists of members of the Children's Services Advisory Committee and other citizens of Indian River County. Proposals are accepted from government agencies, for-profit and not- for-profit organizations, and from individuals. Evaluations of agencies submitting funding applications shall include, but not be limited to, site visits, interviews, and application review. Applications received will be assessed on the basis of specified criteria and will include, but not be limited to, the following items: a. Organization's capability. The qualifications and experience of the applicant in providing quality human services and the agency's financial capability. b. Evidence based outcomes from prior years. c. Need for service. Appropriate goals and objectives in response to the advertisement of funding availability. d. Soundness of methodology. The goal and objectives, description of services with timeline and documented coordination with other service providers. e. Evaluation. The program's process and outcome objectives, data collection system and evaluation design. f. Cost effectiveness. The proportion of budget applied to direct services, funds from other sources, funds requested, current and projected long-range efficiency. g. Children and families served. The extent to which the application addresses services to meet identified needs of the target population. h. Neighborhood -based initiatives. The extent and degree to which the application focuses on a local area or neighborhood. i. Response to a specified strategy. The applicant's identification of and appropriate response to a specified primary strategy. j. Application. The relative completeness, clarity and conciseness of the response to all required items in the funding announcement and application. 2024-2025 CSAC RFP - 2 162