DATE: August 19, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nerland, County Administrative Officer
Fabiola Gonz?lez, Executive Director
Children and Families Commission of Fresno County
SUBJECT: Present Children and Families Commission's Proposed 2025-2030 Strategic Plan
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Accept presentation by the Children and Families Commission of Fresno County on the Commission's Proposed 2025 - 2030 Strategic Plan.
REPORT
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no alternative action as this is a presentation requiring no action from your Board.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action.
DISCUSSION:
In accordance with California's Health and Safety Code Section 130100-130155, the Children and Families Commission of Fresno County (also known as First 5 Fresno County) is required to adopt a strategic plan for the support and continued improvement of the early childhood system of care within the County. Your Board took action to revise the County ordinance governing the local First 5 Commission in September 2014, to add a new requirement, among other revisions, for First 5 Fresno County to present its proposed strategic plan to your Board, as a regular item on the agenda of a regularly scheduled board of supervisors meeting (2.38.030 (B)). In addition, a 45-day public comment period is to begin following this presentation, for the local First 5 Commission to receive and consider any comments on the proposed strategic plan.
The scope of the 2025 - 2030 Strategic Plan outlines the process undertaken to develop this plan, the framework that describes the mission and vision, the agency's roles in the community, the focus areas and the community indicators of progress that help inform and guide partnerships and funding decisions by First 5 Fresno County. The local First 5 Commission reviews and adopts the strategic plan in a public meeting. Once adopted by the local First 5 Commission, the strategic plan ...
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