March 8, 2018 at 1:30 PM - Meeting of the Board of Commissioners

1. ACTION
        Call to Order / Roll Call     
  - Judy Abdo, Vice Chair

2. ACTION
        Consent
         - John Wagner, Executive Vice President

2.A. Approve Commission Meeting Transcript and Summary
Action Minutes - Thursday, February 8, 2018

2.B. Approve the Monthly Financial Statements Month Ending January 31, 2018

2.C. Contract: Approve One New Agreement and Authorize Staff to Complete Final Contract
Execution Upon Approval from the Board

2.D. Approve the Long Term Financial Projection

2.E. Waive Governance Guideline #7-Expiration of Grant/Contract and Approve
Extension of Current Agreement with Information and Referral (IR&R) Federation of Los
Angeles County, Inc. (211) for an Additional 6 Months (through December 2018) for an
Amount not to Exceed $620,000 to Inform Consideration of First 5 LA’s IR&R
Strategy and to Align with LA County CEO’s IR&R Procurement Process Timeline

2.F. Approve a Strategic Partnership with Southern California Grantmakers, Fiscal
Sponsor for the Center for Strategic Public Private Partnerships/LA County
Office of Child Protection to Support Technical Assistance through Gita
Murthy Cugley and Associates to LA County Department of Mental Health
to Operationalize Mental Health Services Act/Prevention and Early
Intervention Funds for Prevention Efforts, And Authorize Staff to Execute
A Contract for the Period April 1, 2018 -March 30, 2019 in the Amount of $75,000

3. INFORMATION      
Remarks by the Commission Chair of the Board
        - Commission Chair

4. INFORMATION
Executive Director’s Report
       - Kim Belshé, Executive Director

5. INFORMATION
FY 2017-18 Mid-Year Budget Adjustments
- Raoul Ortega, Finance Director             
- Daisy Lopez, Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst/Budget Manager

6. INFORMATION
 First 5 LA – LA County Partnerships:
 Partnering to Advance Policy and Systems Change

Details to Item 6:

Introduction/Context Setting for Break-Out Sessions – 5 minutes
(Room: Multi-Purpose Room (MPR))
- John Wagner, Executive Vice President    

Transition from MPR to Breakout Rooms/Break – 15 minutes                                                

Concurrent Breakout Sessions 1 – 25 minutes
Breakout 1:  Prevention/ Office for Child Protection (OCP) Prevention Plan
(Room: Family Supports)         

Breakout 2:  System & Policy Change/Early Identification & Intervention
(Room: Communities)
         
Breakout 3:  Broad Impact and Scaling Evidenced-Based Practices/Home Visiting
  (Room: Early Care & Education)

Transition to Breakout Rooms  – 5 minutes         

Concurrent Breakout Sessions 2 – 25 minutes                                                                        
Breakout 1:  Prevention/Office for Child Protection (OCP) Prevention Plan
(Room: Family Supports)

Breakout 2:  System & Policy Change/Early Identification & Intervention
(Room: Communities)

Breakout 3:  Broad Impact and Scaling Evidenced-Based Practices/Home Visiting
(Room: Early Care & Education)

Transition from Breakout Rooms and Reconvene in MPR – 5 minutes                                   

Commissioner Reports and Final Comments – 20 minutes                  

7. INFORMATION  
  Public Comment (for items not on the agenda)       

8. ACTION     
  Adjournment