File #: 21-054   
Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 1/6/2021 In control: Clark County Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 1/19/2021 Final action:
Title: Appoint three qualified individuals to serve as members of the Department of Family Services Citizen's Advisory Committee for a 3-year term ending January 1, 2024, from the list of the following applicants: Incumbents: Donna Smith (foster and adoptive parent member), DaShun Jackson (youth with foster care experience member), and Judge Frank Sullivan (local juvenile probation services member). (For possible action)
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. CAC Applicants.pdf, 3. DFS CAC Members and Terms 123020

CLARK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

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Petitioner:

Tim Burch, Administrator of Human Services

Recommendation: 

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Appoint three qualified individuals to serve as members of the Department of Family Services Citizen’s Advisory Committee for a 3-year term ending January 1, 2024, from the list of the following applicants:  Incumbents: Donna Smith (foster and adoptive parent member), DaShun Jackson (youth with foster care experience member), and Judge Frank Sullivan (local juvenile probation services member).  (For possible action)

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CAC Appointments

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BACKGROUND: 

In accordance with the Clark County Code 2.07.040, the Board of County Commissioners appoints eleven members to the Department of Family Services (DFS) Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) to offer opinions and recommendations concerning the facilities, services and resources provided by DFS. The eleven members represent the following groups: court appointed special advocate (1 member); foster and adoptive parent (1 member); local juvenile probation services (1 member); parent advocate (1 member); private provider of mental health care (1 member); Clark County School District (1 member); youth with foster care experience (1 member); general public (2 members); and child welfare advocates (2 members).

The three vacant positions on the CAC are: one foster and adoptive parent; one youth with foster care experience; and one local juvenile probation services. There are three applicants who are qualified individuals. Donna Smith (who had previously been appointed to the CAC as a foster and adoptive parent member) has requested to be reappointed, DaShun Jackson (who had previously been appointed to the CAC as a youth with foster care experience member) has requested to be reappointed, and Judge Frank Sullivan (who had previously been appointed to the CAC as local juvenile probation services member) has requested to be reappointed 

Staff recommends that Donna Smith, DaShun Jackson, and Judge Frank Sullivan be re-appointed to the positions they previously held, for a three-year term ending on January 1, 2024.