September 27, 2018 at 1:00 PM - Special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners & Program and Planning Committee

1. ACTION
        Call to Order / Roll Call     
 -  Karla Pleitez Howell, Committee Vice Chair  
   

2. INFORMATION
Review Program & Planning Committee Meeting Transcript – June 28, 2018    
        - Karla Pleitez Howell, Committee Vice Chair
                                       

3. ACTION
       Birth Disparities Outcomes Update: 
        - Lindsey Angelats, Senior Strategic Advisor

3.A.      Approval of Board Resolution 2018-04 to Accept Receipt of Funds in the Amount of $150,000
             From the University of Utah (Pritzker Children’s Initiative) and Authorize the Executive Director
             to Complete Execution of Agreement Upon Approval from the Board for a Period Beginning
             Retroactively September 4, 2018 and Ending August 14, 2020          

3.B.      Approval of Recommended Agreement with Growth Mindset Communication, Inc. for an Amount
            Not to Exceed $310,000 for a Period Beginning Retroactively September 4, 2018 and Ending
            August 31, 2020 Growth Mindset Communications to Address Birth Outcome Disparities  
            (Pritzker Children’s Initiative) and Authorize the Executive Director to Complete Execution of 
             Agreement Upon Approval from the Board for a Period Beginning Retroactively 
             September 4, 2018 and Ending August 14, 2020           

4. INFORMATION
       Telling the First 5 LA Impact Story
       - Armando Jimenez, Director, Measurement, Learning & Evaluation     
       - Steven LaFrance, Founder and CEO, Learning for Action
 

5. INFORMATION
       Review Proposed Strategic Plan Refinement Process for 2019   
       - Christina Altmayer, VP of Programs    
                

6. Break

7. INFORMATION
       Review Draft of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), Including the Independent 
       Auditor’s Report for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2018 
       - Raoul Ortega, Finance Director
       - Sharareh Motamed, Staff Accountant 
       - Roger Alfaro, Partner, Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co. (VTD)

8. INFORMATION
       Information, Resource and Referral Inquiry Update and Waive Governance Guidelines #7 and #9
       to Request to Extend Strategic Partnership with Information and Referral Federation of Los
       Angeles dba 211 Los Angeles County and Authorize First 5 LA Staff to Complete the Contract 
       Amendment
       - Tara Ficek, Director, Health Systems                                

9. INFORMATION
      Health Outcome: Early Identification and Intervention-Help Me Grow Strategy Development
       - Cristina Peña, Senior Program Officer, Health Systems
       - Krystal Green, Program Officer, Health Systems
       - Alexandra Parma, Program Officer, Health Systems

10. INFORMATION
       2017-2018 Annual Report to First 5 California (State Commission)
       -  Armando Jimenez, Director, Measurement, Learning & Evaluation

11. INFORMATION
Public Comment (For items not on the agenda)         

12. ACTION     
  Adjournment