[Ord. No. 97-152 §1, 10-1-1997; Ord. No. 06-146 §1, 11-1-2006]
There is hereby created the Community and Children's Resource
Board of St. Charles County, which Board shall be the successor board
to the Community and Children's Resource Board. All of the powers
and duties of the Community and Children's Resource Board are transferred
to the Community and Children's Resource Board.
[Ord. No. 97-152 §2, 10-1-1997; Ord. No. 06-146 §1, 11-1-2006]
The Community and Children's Resource Board is created for the
purpose of administration, allocation and distribution of any taxes
or fees authorized by the voters and collected hereafter for the purpose
of providing necessary funds to establish, operate and maintain community
mental health services and for the purpose of providing counseling,
family support, and temporary residential services to persons eighteen
(18) years of age or less and for the purpose of recommending to the
County Governing Body the allocation and distribution of other County
funds appropriated to the benefit of the Community and Children's
Resource Board.
[Ord. No. 97-152 §§3—6, 10-1-1997; Ord. No. 98-142 §1, 7-30-1998; Ord.
No. 04-098 §1, 6-30-2004; Ord. No. 06-146 §1, 11-1-2006; Ord.
No. 12-035 §2, 5-3-2012]
A.
There
shall be nine (9) members of the Community and Children's Resource
Board to be appointed by the County Executive with the approval of
the County Council. The Community and Children's Resource Board shall
meet at least quarterly.
B.
Membership
on the Community and Children's Resource Board shall be limited to
registered voters who have resided in St. Charles County for a period
of not less than one (1) year.
C.
No
member of the Community and Children's Resource Board shall be an
employee, board member or volunteer of an agency receiving assistance
from the funds administered or recommended by the Community and Children's
Resource Board. Nothing in this Article shall be interpreted to disable
persons formerly served by agencies from serving on the Community
and Children's Resource Board. Volunteers serving an agency or agencies
receiving money from the Community and Children's Resource Board twelve
(12) hours a year or less shall be exempt from this Subsection.
D.
Appointments
to the Community and Children's Resource Board shall be made as follows:
three (3) members shall be appointed for a one (1) year term beginning
October 1, 1997; three (3) members shall be appointed for a two (2)
year term beginning October 1, 1997; and three (3) members shall be
appointed for a three (3) year term beginning October 1, 1997. From
and after October 1, 2012, all appointments of Community and Children's
Resource Board members shall be for a term of three (3) years ending
December thirty-first (31st). Appointments as a result of a Board
member's death, resignation or forfeiture shall be made for the remainder
of the three (3) year term of that member.
[Ord. No. 97-152 §7, 10-1-1997; Ord. No. 06-146 §1, 11-1-2006]
The members of the Community and Children's Resource Board may
be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses from funds
appropriated for that purpose and such reimbursement shall be limited
to monies actually and necessarily expended in their performance of
their duties.
[Ord. No. 97-152 §8, 10-1-1997; Ord. No. 06-146 §1, 11-1-2006]
A.
To
qualify for funds allocated and distributed by the Community and Children's
Resource Board pursuant to this Article, an agency shall meet all
of the following requirements:
1.
Be incorporated or authorized to do business in the State as a not-for-profit
corporation or be a governmental entity;
2.
Receive at least twenty-five percent (25%) of its funds from sources
other than funds distributed pursuant to this Article. These other
sources may be public or private, but no more than one-half (½)
of these other sources may include contributions of goods or services,
including materials, commodities, transportation, office space or
other types of facilities or personal services;
3.
Require persons employed by or volunteering services to the agency
to maintain the confidentiality of any information that would identify
individuals served by the agency;
4.
Require that services be provided by the agency regardless of race,
religion, national origin, sex, gender or age; and
[Ord. No. 97-152 §9, 10-1-1997; Ord. No. 98-142 §2, 7-30-1998; Ord.
No. 06-146 §1, 11-1-2006]
A.
Any agency meeting the requirements set out in Section 120.760 above may apply to the Community and Children's Resource Board for funds and may use such funds to establish, operate and maintain community mental health services and for the purpose of providing counseling, family support, and temporary residential services to persons eighteen (18) years of age or less. All applications shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
1.
Evidence that the agency is incorporated or authorized to do business
in this State as a not-for-profit corporation, or is a governmental
entity;
2.
Where appropriate, a list of the directors of the corporation, and
a list of the trustees of the agency if different;
3.
The proposed budget of the agency for the following calendar year,
or other period for which funding is sought;
4.
A summary of the services proposed to be offered in the following
calendar year, or other period for which funding is sought;
5.
A estimate of the number of persons to be served during the following
calendar year as a result of the funds received pursuant to this Article,
or other period for which funding is sought;
6.
Any other information deemed relevant to the application by the Community
and Children's Resource Board;
7.
A detailed report of programs and services provided in a format designated
by the Community and Children's Resource Board.
[Ord. No. 97-152 §10, 10-1-1997; Ord. No. 06-146 §1, 11-1-2006]
After review of the applications for funds from agencies that
meet the criteria set out above, the Community and Children's Resource
Board shall notify agencies in writing whether they are eligible to
receive funds, and if the agency is eligible, specify the amount of
the award.
[Ord. No. 97-152 §11, 10-1-1997; Ord. No. 06-146 §1, 11-1-2006]
All general funds appropriated to be distributed by the Community
and Children's Resource Board shall be distributed only after the
approval of the Board's recommendations by the County Council and
upon the signing of a contract by the agency to whom funds will be
distributed. The contract between the agencies and the County shall
be approved in form by ordinance.
[Ord. No. 97-152 §12, 10-1-1997; Ord. No. 06-146 §1, 11-1-2006]
A.
An
agency that receives funds pursuant to this Article shall file an
annual report with the Community and Children's Resource Board on
or before the fifteenth (15th) day of April for the year following
the year in which funds were received. The annual report shall include
statistics on the number of persons served by the agency as a result
of the funds received pursuant to this Article. The annual report
shall include an external, independent audited financial statement
of the previous closed financial year of the applicant agency; however,
if that statement is not through December thirty-first (31st) of the
previous year, it shall be supplemented by the external independent
audited financial statement covering the period closing December thirty-first
(31st) for the previous year within ten (10) days of its receipt by
the agency. No information contained in the report shall identify
any person served by the agency or enable any person to determine
the identity of any such persons.
B.
An
agency which misses the April fifteenth (15th) deadline for submission
of its agency's report thereby renders itself ineligible for that
year's funding cycle and no funding shall be voted by the Community
and Children's Resource Board for that budget year with regard to
that agency. However, if the agency shows good cause why the agency
cannot submit the audited financial statement, the Community and Children's
Resource Board may make an award contingent upon the submission of
the audit; the funds may be allocated but shall not be disbursed until
the audited financial statement is submitted to and approved by the
Community and Children's Resource Board.
C.
Such
ineligibility for funds due to failure to submit an annual report
shall not be permanent, but in order to be eligible in future funding
cycles, the agency shall:
D.
The
Community and Children's Resource Board shall compile the reports
filed pursuant to this Section annually and transmit the compiled
report to the County Executive and the County Council with its estimate
of the number of persons served by funds the Board has recommended,
its recommendations of programs to aid children residing in the County,
its estimates of the resources necessary to implement and operate
such programs, and shall develop and report like figures with regard
to persons receiving funds from the Board.
[Ord. No. 97-152 §13, 10-1-1997; Ord. No. 98-142 §3, 7-30-1998; Ord.
No. 06-146 §1, 11-1-2006]
The Community and Children's Resource Board shall have the authority
to solicit donations and contributions from the community.
