TO: The Honorable Board of County Commissioners
THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator
Michael C. Zito, Deputy County Administrator
Cynthia Emerson, Community Services Director
FROM: Megan Kendrick, Human Services Administrator
DATE: February 10, 2026
SUBJECT: Children's Services Strategic Plan - 2025 Update
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BACKGROUND
On February 11, 2025, the Board of County Commissioners accepted the Children’s Services Advisory Committee (CSAC) Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2025-2030, establishing a five-year framework to guide Children’s Services staff priorities, operations, and accountability.
The CSAC Strategic Plan is structured around three core focus areas:
Community Impact
Communication and Engagement
Fiscal Responsibility and Governance
The plan was developed in collaboration with the CSAC Main Committee, informed by the 2024-2027 Children’s Services Needs Assessment and community feedback.
This report serves as the annual Strategic Plan Update, summarizing progress achieved during the most recent reporting period and demonstrating how strategic goals are being translated into measurable outcomes.
ANALYSIS
This update demonstrates measurable gains across all three strategic focus areas: Community Impact, Communication and Engagement, and Fiscal Responsibility and Governance.
Under Community Impact, staff emphasized data-driven decision-making to better identify and respond to community needs. Between FY 2022-2023 and FY 2024-2025, the percentage of CSAC-funded programs fully meeting all outcome measures increased from 61% to 93%. This substantial improvement reflects targeted investments in evidence-based programming, enhanced needs assessment tools, and professional development opportunities designed to strengthen agency capacity and program performance.
In Communication and Engagement, CSAC focused on increasing transparency, public awareness...
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