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BOARD OF ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BOCC) <br />GOALS — 2015 UPDATE <br />FOR DISCUSSIONS PURPOSES <br />GOALS/PRIORITIES <br />ONGOING EFFORTS <br />SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS <br />children and adults from abuse and neglect and <br />staff has worked hard to minimally impact <br />assisted them to live safely in family settings <br />clients during this transition. <br />when possible. <br />• In 2013 staff managed the provision of <br />• Staff provides access to other services such as <br />services to persons impacted by flooding in <br />foster care, group care or in -home aide services. <br />the southern part of the county. This <br />• Social Services has developed and enhanced <br />involved providing emergency support <br />partnerships to support innovative <br />immediately after the flood and assisting <br />programming; staff work with the Second <br />with long term needs for housing and <br />Family Foundation to support older youth in <br />social work services. The agency was the <br />foster care and with the Orange County <br />fiscal agent for funds provided by the state. <br />Partnership for Young Children on prevention <br />• A series of job fairs resulted in <br />of child abuse and neglect through intervention <br />employment opportunities for more than <br />with at -risk families. <br />600 people. <br />• After a legal change several years ago, the <br />• When the state provided additional funding <br />Social Services Director became the only <br />after the recession occurred, Social <br />available public guardian. <br />Services operated a very effective <br />• Cases from other agencies such as mental <br />subsidized employment program until <br />health were transferred to DSS and those <br />those funds ended. All of these <br />individuals are now being served by agency <br />employment programs are now coordinated <br />staff. Any new cases requiring guardianship are <br />which allows for sharing of resources and <br />now the responsibility of DSS. <br />more effective programming. <br />• Provides preventive services for high -risk <br />• Until the recent funding change, the agency <br />families and individuals (homelessness <br />provided social work services in the <br />prevention, school social work, adolescent <br />Orange County schools. <br />parenting). <br />• DSS was chosen to administer $1 million <br />• The Adolescent Parenting Program continues to <br />over three years to prevent homelessness <br />operate in each school system and helped <br />and to rehouse those who were homeless. <br />approximately forty teens per year to stay in <br />Although those funds have now ended, the <br />school and delay additional pregnancies. <br />agency continues to administer the <br />• The agency administers federal and county <br />Emergency Solutions Grant for rapid <br />funds to alleviate crises for all low income <br />rehousing, although this is a much smaller <br />populations. These funds are mostly used for <br />amount of funding. <br />utilities and rent to prevent homelessness and to <br />• Management at the agency reworked the <br />