November 10, 2016 at 1:30 PM - Meeting of the Board of Commissioners

1. ACTION
        Call to Order / Roll Call     
         - Sheila Kuehl, Chair

2. ACTION
        Consent
         - John Wagner, Executive Vice President

2.A. Approve Commission Meeting Summary Action Minutes and Transcript
        - Thursday, October 13, 2016

2.B. Approve the Monthly Financial Statements Month Ending September 30, 2016           

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

2.D. Approve Extension of Strategic Partnership with California Community 
 Foundation for the LA ECE Bridge Fund (aka LA ECE Recoverable Grant Fund)

3. INFORMATION      
        Remarks by the Commission Chair of the Board
         - Sheila Kuehl, Commission Chair

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

5. INFORMATION
Strategic Plan Implementation Update: Status Report (WRITTEN ONLY)
   - Christina Altmayer, VP of Programs

6. INFORMATION
  First 5 LA County Agency Partnerships – Office of Child Protection (OCP) 
 - John Wagner, Executive Vice President                                                      
 - Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Milner Professor of Child Welfare
   USC Suzanne Dworak Peck School of Social Work
 - Carrie Miller, Assistant Executive Director
   Office of Child Protection

7. Break

8. INFORMATION
Best Start Alignment Efforts: Strengthening the Infrastructure       
of the Best Start Community Partnerships
 - Antoinette Andrews, Director of Best Start Communities
 - Jennifer Li Shen, Partner and Co-founder, Blue Garnet

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

10. ACTION     
  Adjournment