There is established in the City of Quincy a Commission on the
Family, hereafter referred to as the "Commission."
[Amended 6-1-2020 by Order
No. 2020-012]
The Commission shall have the following duties:
A. To prepare and complete a family needs assessment to determine the
current and future needs of the family.
B. To identify, evaluate and recommend to the families of Quincy those
resources available to meet needs.
C. To provide families with a directory of, and contact with, all those
agencies, public and private, providing services to families.
D. To identify those areas of family need where resources are lacking
and work toward the creation or discovery of those resources at all
levels of the public and private sector to meet those needs.
E. To work specifically with families to explain ways in which the public
school system can be more effective in meeting the changing needs
of families.
F. To work with City departments and the public school system to create
those after-school and evening programs that will provide wholesome
and meaningful educational and recreational opportunities for youth.
G. To work closely with all service provider departments of the City
to create new and innovative ways in which families can be assisted
by those dynamic and growing institutions.
H. To provide families with a sense of family community that breaks
down the sense of isolation that many parents and children feel as
a result of the changing family structure.
I. To work with the Police Department, particularly the drug unit, to
provide the Department with a sense of how families feel about law
enforcement, as it pertains to them, and how it could become more
effective and more sensitive to family needs.
J. To assist new families moving into the City of Quincy in becoming
acquainted with the Commission on the Family and with all services
provided to families in areas such as education, health, recreation
and employment.
K. To create an atmosphere or climate in which people fully understand
the full scope of community resources to keep the family strong.
L. To establish and maintain a channel for Quincy citizens of all ages
to volunteer their efforts in ways to help children and families,
including but not limited to such activities as mentoring and talent
banks.
M. To create an annual calendar of events, family-oriented, nonalcoholic
events. Said calendar shall be distributed free of charge to Quincy
residents. The Commission shall look into private sources of funding,
but public sources shall not be excluded, to publish said calendar.
The Commission shall consist of 17 members, all of whom shall
either live or work in Quincy.
The Commission on the Family shall provide the Mayor and City
Council with an annual report of its activities as well as an audited
financial report of all money received and expended.