MEETING DATE: 1/24/2017
DEPARTMENT: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY
DEPT HEAD/DIRECTOR: Enrique Arreola
AGENDA ITEM PREPARER: Andi Anderson
SBC DEPT FILE NUMBER: 130
SUBJECT:
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY - J. RYDINGSWORD
Approve new appointment of Ellen Laitinen to the Community Action Board (CAB), as the Representative for the Private Sector for District# 1 to the CAB for a three-year term effective November 8, 2016 through November 8, 2019.
SBC FILE NUMBER: 130
AGENDA SECTION:
CONSENT AGENDA
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
The Community Action Board requests the appointment of Ms. Ellen Laitinen as the District #1 Representative of the Private Sector. The CAB requests that the appointment be effective November 8, 2016.
CAB's tripartite board reflects and promotes the unique anti-poverty leadership, action, and mobilization responsibilities assigned by law to community action agencies. CAB is responsible for assuring that it assesses and responds to the causes and conditions of poverty in their community, achieve anticipated family and community out comes, and remain administratively and fiscally sound.
As a tripartite boards, its membership consists of 1) One-third of tripartite board membership must be democratically elected representatives of low-income individuals and families who reside in neighborhoods being served; 2) One-third must be elected officials, holding office at their time of selection, or their representatives; and 3) The remaining board members must be chosen from "business, industry, labor, religious, law enforcement, education, or other major groups and interests in the community served.
BUDGETED: