To fulfill our department’s responsibilities as defined by the County Executive and the NYS Office of Children and Family Services 

• Be a member of the Health & Human Services Cabinet. 
  
  
• Receive full reimbursement of OCFS’ 2009 grant funds. 
  
  
• File all required OCFS reports. 
  
  
• Administer and monitor the County’s grants to Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Voluntary Action Agency.   
  
  
• Support the staff’s commitment to the Youth Bureau’s mission through joint staff meetings; have each staff member participate in a training events; and each staff represents the department at a minimum of one community event annually.
  
  

• Monitor the program through attendance of YSU staff meetings, presentations, and review of reports and fiscal claims. (150 general counseling, 25 PINS/30 JD referrals and 40 Project Return youth). 
  
  
• Support the ongoing systems changes as identified by the Juvenile Justice Taskforce and YASI implementation. 
  
  • Supervising Youth Worker will participate in the YASI Quality Assurance Workgroup
    
    
• The Supervising Youth Worker will participate in Juvenile Task Forces Committee 
  
  • Send a representative to the Court Involved Youth Committee 
  • Send a representative to the Children Providers Committee 
  • Send a representative to the Coordinated Children Services Initiative, Tier I & Tier II Committees 
  • Send a Project Return staff to the Youth Treatment Court 
    
    
• Monitor Project Return & PINS reimbursement of DSS’ Child Welfare Finance funding. 
  
  
• Provide leadership for the collaborative implementation of the 40 Developmental Assets to schools and communities.  
  
  

• Represent the Youth Bureau on the DC Health &Human Services Executive Cabinet: 
  
  • Send a representative to the Performance Evaluation Workgroup. 
  • Send a representative to the Public Awareness Workgroup. 
  • Send a representative to the Housing Workgroup |
    
    
• Continue implementing the Child & Family Services Plan strategies regarding the Youth Bureau Tasks and provide OCFS an update when requested. 
  
  
• Participate on the Children’s Services Council’s Executive Committee. 
  
  • Send a representative to the CSC Full Council Committee 
  • Send a representative to the CSC ICP Workgroup 
  • Send a representative to the CSC Integrated Assessment Workgroup 
  • Send a representative to the DC Fairgrounds Youth Festival Committee 
  • Send a representative to the CSC Transition – Ad Hoc Workgroup 
    
    
• Participate in the implementation of the Child and Family Services plan. 
  
  • Monitor the updates to OCFS and (new website will be provided shortly) 
  • Meet quarterly to monitor the status of the Plan’s strategies. 
  • Review results of other cross systems needs assessment reports. 
    
    
• Represent the Youth Bureau in the Criminal Justice Council’s Executive Committee 
  
  • Send a representative to the CJC Full Council Committee
    
    
• Send a representative of the Youth Bureau in the Workforce Investment Board’s, Youth Council Committee 
  
  

• Assist Youth Board in reviewing their priorities for OCFS allocations. 
  
  
• Organize the 2011 OCFS Request for Proposals process. 
  
  
• Submit the 2011 Resource Allocation Plan for OCFS approval. 
  
  
• Participate in the review of other funding proposals to promote CFS Plan’s priorities. 
  
  

• Review and file 2009 Annual Program Reports with OCFS. 
  
  
• Report 2009 OCFS program outcomes in the June Annual Report to the Community. 
  
  
• Review agency reports bi-annually and annually, and summarize them for the Board. 
  
  
• Review the fiscal status of the grants with the Board, quarterly. 
  
  
• Monitor all contracted/municipal agencies on-site. 
  
  
• Assist the Youth Board and sub-committees in fulfilling their tasks. 
  
  

• Offer technical assistance and fiscal training to youth agencies. 
  
  
• Meet with municipal Supervisors, Mayors and Recreation Directors for input. 
  
  
• Arrange bidder conferences on funding opportunities. 
  
  
• Publish the Youth Bureau newsletter and the annual report to the community every June. 
  
  
• Maintain the Youth Bureau web page with current program and resource information. 
  
  
• The RHYS Coordinator will be housed in the Youth Bureau to address specific runaway homeless youth issues to the ICP Workgroup. 
  
  

• Coordinate the Youth Council as the countywide leadership program and promote forums to share youth concerns. 
  
  
• Provide articles, points of interest and speak on developmental youth assets.  
  
  

• Support the Youth Board in their advisory role and maintain membership/officers. 
  
  
• Promote developmental assets through community events/speaking. 
  
  
• Organize the 2010 YEA awards and annual Youth Board Luncheon. 
  
  
• Membership on the Association of New York State Youth Bureaus.  
  
  
• Participate in the Taconic Region Youth Bureau Directors Committee. 
  
  
• Support legislation that promotes youth development, developmental assets, and community/school collaboration.