1. Fiscal Year 13/14 Budget

2. 1 Message from Our Executive Director Our Board Members Our Organization Our Story Introduction 3. 2 WB continues to be a mission-driven organization, and I strongly believe we will be able to best serve children and families by following the tenets embodied in our mission statement, approved by our Board as part of the 2013-2016 Strategic Plan: The Juvenile Welfare Board invests in partnerships, innovation and advocacy to strengthen Pinellas County children and families. We know we cannot do this work alone, which is why we continue to embrace collaboration. Understanding that Section 1 Message from our Executive Director J Dr. Marcie A. Biddleman, Executive Director 4. 3 many organizations and individuals touch the lives of the children and families we serve, we work as a team with our community partners. We also celebrate the results of our work and the work of our funded agency partners, because the children and families were serving deserve nothing less than the best. We support long-term efforts to bring effective change by identifying areas where needs are not already being met. Then we find or create a community-based support network to turn our investments into real help for young people throughout Pinellas County. JWB has been an innovation leader, utilizing new technologies to better serve children and families, and were going to continue to do just that, because we are not satisfied with the status quo. We use the latest research and professional knowledge to address the needs of children and families in Pinellas County. Most importantly, we value every child. We want them to be ready to learn, to be successful in school and to be healthy and happy every step of the way. The budget presented here reflects our mission and these values. Staff look forward to working closely with the Board and our partners in the community to successfully implement this budget. The past several years have been notable for the evolution of clearly measuring our strategic indicators. We have focused our program portfolio on evidence-based programming and have measured the results child by child. Our mission is clear and our strategic goals are established: every child will be ready for school, successful in school and free from abuse and neglect. Together, through collective impact, we will reach these goals. Moving forward, our shared vision will continue. Our vision is for Pinellas County children to have more 5. 4 successful and satisfying lives because of the efforts of JWB and its partners. Thanks to you all for being a part of this community, working to make life better for children and families. Dr. Marcie A. Biddleman a5 t Executive Director 6. 5 Section 2 Our Board Members Elise Minkoff Chair Gubernatorial Appointee Maria Edmonds Vice Chair Gubernatorial Appointee The Honorable Bernie McCabe State Attorney Dr. James Sewell Secretary Gubernatorial Appointee Ray Neri Gubernatorial Appointee The Honorable Raymond Gross Judge of the Sixth Judicial Court The Honorable Karen Seel Pinellas County Commissioner Angela Rouson Gubernatorial Appointee Brian Aungst, Jr. Gubernatorial Appointee Dr. Michael A. Grego Pinellas County Schools Superintendent The Board is comprised of 11 members. Six gubernatorial appointees and five who serve by virtue of the office they hold. The Honorable Bob Dillinger Public Defender Executive Committee 7. 6 Section 3 Organizational Chart EXECUTIVE OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT & SUPPORT Juvenile Welfare Board The Childrens Services Council of Pinellas County 2013 Organizational Chart www.JWBPinellas.org www.AboutPinellasKids.org www.Facebook.com/JWBPinellas www.Twitter.com/JWBPinellas www.YouTube.com/JWBPinellas 14155 58th Street North Clearwater, Florida, 33760 727-453-5600 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC POLICY FINANCE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ORGANIZATION PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH & ANALYTICS COMMUNITY PLANNING & ENGAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS HUMAN RESOURCES 8. 7 Section 4 Our Story The legacy of Pinellas Countys Juvenile Welfare Board began in 1945, following World War II. A local attorney named Leonard Cooperman worked with a juvenile court judge named Lincoln Bogue to create an organization that would give troubled youth a better option than going to jail. Cooperman drafted legislation to establish an independent body of citizens and community leaders and organizations, like the Junior League, that would have as its sole interest the well-being of children in Pinellas County. 9. 8 That same year, the Florida Legislature passed a local bill allowing Pinellas County to establish a special district for children called a Juvenile Welfare Board, and levy an ad valorem tax, subject to voter approval. Approved in 1946by an 80% to 20% margin the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County became the states first Childrens Services Council. Today, there are seven other Childrens Services Councils CSCs throughout Florida. These CSCs now fund services to more than 60% of Floridas most vulnerable children. Today, the Juvenile Welfare Board invests in partnerships, innovation and advocacy to strengthen Pinellas County children and families. Our vision is that children in Pinellas County will have a future of more successful and satisfying lives because of the efforts of JWB and its partners. We value every child. We want each one to be ready to learn, successful in school and healthy and happy every step of the way. We embrace collaboration. We work as a team with our community partners. We celebrate results. We support long-term efforts to bring effective change by identifying areas where needs are not being met. Then we nd, or create a community-based support network that can turn our investments into real help for young people throughout Pinellas County. We pursue innovation. We are not satised with the status quo. We use the latest research and professional knowledge to address the needs of Pinellas County children and families. JWB Values 10. 9 JWB Focus The Juvenile Welfare Board strives to be a public agency which leads the nation in creating a model of public service that supports the positive development of children. We work to strengthen and encourage individuals, families, neighborhoods, and communities through a variety of research informed strategies. We support an accessible social service system based on family strengths. To accomplish our mission, JWB funds an array of prevention and early intervention services centered around the three focus areas adopted by the Board of Directors in 2006. The goal of the first focus area, school readiness, is to ensure Pinellas children enter school with the skills needed to learn and thrive in an academic environment. The second area, school success, focuses on academic success in school, a key to economic stability in adulthood. Interventions supported in this focus area reach youth at-risk of dropping out of school, and also fund meaningful out-of-school time programming. The final focus area is preventing child abuse and neglect, enabling Pinellas children to reside within safe and nurturing families. The future of poor families, as well as at-risk children in our community, is not at all certain. We need to expand community awareness and build community connections to keep children safe and help their families remain intact. 11. 10 About Pinellas County Pinellas County, located on Floridas West Coast, is a 280-square mile peninsula surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay. As of the 2010 census, there were 916,542 people, 415,876 households and 234,268 families residing in the county. When compared with Floridas other 66 counties, ours is the most densely populated county in the state with over 3,300 people per square mile. Pinellas is in the top 1% for density of all counties in the U.S. In Pinellas County, there are 415,876 households of which just over 22% had children under the age of 18 living there. The median income for a Pinellas County household in $42,852, and median income for a family is $57,164. A record 5,435,000 people visited Pinellas County in 2012, according to Research Data Services Inc. Thats 200,000 more people, or 4% more people than visited in 2011. The estimated economic impact of tourism in 2012 was valued at $7.8 billion. Thats $521 million more than Pinellas tourism generated in 2011, setting another record for the county. 12. 11 #6 in total population Of Floridas 67 counties Pinellas County ranks: 0.0# 5.0# 10.0# 15.0# 20.0# 25.0# 30.0# 35.0# 40.0# 45.0# 50.0# 120,000# 130,000# 140,000# 150,000# 160,000# 170,000# 180,000# 190,000# 2005# 2006# 2007# 2008# 2009# 2010# 2011# 2012# 2013# 2014# 2015# 2016# Percent'of'Children'in'Poverty' Number'of'Children'