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P • Attachment 2 5 DRAFT CHARTER Orange County Child Poverty Council (OCCPC) May 8,2014 Orange County Poverty Council The Orange County Child Poverty Council will advise and make non-binding advisory recommendations on resource allocations, program planning, and policy changes to ensure a pipeline of high-quality services to reduce the detrimental effects of poverty for children and families living in the County, including: • Identify geographically defined priority areas of high-need to pilot a focused collective impact approach to provide a pipeline of success from birth to college/career for children and families in the County; • Serve as a convening body, known as a backbone organization,to catalyze and coordinate partnerships among government agencies, non-profits, and individuals around the pipeline to success in the County; • Assist in the development of a shared set of goals and standard set of quantitative and qualitative indicators to target activities and measure progress; • Recommend specific,evidence-based programs and policies to fill gaps in the pipeline through coordination of existing services or development of new initiatives; and • Pursue funding and development opportunities to meet identified needs that cannot be addressed by coordination of existing policies, programs, or services. The Importance of Addressing Poverty Orange County is a leader in the state and nation in innovative programs and policies to address the needs of the County's residents. Recent local indicators point to increasing numbers of children living in poverty in the County. This is important because we know that the experiences of children in socio- economically disadvantaged communities have long-term negative effects. Mitigating the effects of poverty on children in Orange County will promote a thriving economy, healthy people, and a strong community for all residents. Charge of the Council The Council is not charged with creating or administering new programs or services to the Orange County community. Instead,the Council is charged with building on and leveraging the existing networks of service providers, policy makers,and community advocates to coordinate a substantial infrastructure of resources around the common goal of a high-quality pipeline of services from early childhood to college or career for children in areas of high-need in Orange County. The OCCPC is charged with sharing information, identifying gaps and need, prioritizing evidence-based and promising strategies, and making policy and program recommendations that encourage the accomplishment of shared goals identified by the Council. The OCCPC will serve to bridge sometimes disparate committees,commissions, boards, departments and communities whose work can be better coordinated to achieve a greater collective impact by identifying and acting on a set of specific,shared goals. Membership The OCCPC will include 15-20 members that represent perspectives from a cross-section of the community, local government agencies,and non-profits. Organizations on the membership list developed by the Board of County Commissioners will appoint a representative to attend meetings and whenever possible, make commitments and decisions for their organization. Members shall live and/or work in Orange County and shall serve without compensation.