Trusted People Neighborhood Engagement Steering Committee

The purpose and intent of the Trusted People Neighborhood Engagement Steering Committee is to connect human service providers and residents of the neighborhoods for greater awareness and access to available resources.  Additionally, the focus group will serve as a fact-finding source of community input and technical resources for use by County, City, CSC, and UWBB staff in developing staff recommendations to those governing bodies regarding means to strengthen engagement with neighborhoods experiencing the highest rates of food insecurity to build relationships; improve access to and knowledge of available resources; and reduce barriers to healthy and nutritious food as well as overall economic prosperity.

 The Steering Committee will perform the following tasks:

• Conduct quarterly meetings with agencies funded by the County, City, CSC, UWBB, and Big Bend Continuum of Care (CoC) to become familiar with the services available to support residents and how the services are accessed and delivered (CoC provides support services to homeless individuals and families in the Big Bend region). 
• Conduct quarterly meetings with neighborhood stakeholders to gather information on the human services needs of residents and disseminate information about the available services through frequent community contacts such as churches, HOAs, youth sports team coaches, barber shops, beauty salons, Title I school counselors, etc.
• Gather feedback from residents to assist the County, City, CSC and UWBB in developing recommendations for consideration by the respective Boards to improve the residents’ access to information and services thereby reducing or eliminating barriers to basic services that support economic prosperity.
• Assist County, City, CSC, and UWBB staff in planning and implementing programs and events that engage neighborhood leaders and stakeholders to raise awareness of available resources to the community. 
• Participate in the review of Community Human Services Partnership (CHSP) outcome measures and provide feedback on programmatic success and challenges of funded programs to improve outcomes for residents that utilize human services agencies. 
• Participate in the development and implementation of diversity, economic, and inclusionary training for CHSP agencies to improve cultural sensitivity and awareness to expand access and delivery of human services to residents in the targeted neighborhoods.  

Leon County Board of County Commissioners Resolution No. 22-48 adopted on September 13, 2022.

Focus Group

Members must be at least 18 years old and resident of Leon County, with demonstrated knowledge, experience, capacity and cultural awareness necessary to engage children, families, and households within neighborhoods that struggle or are reluctant, to access nutritious food and meals, as well as available human services resources in Leon County.

At least five (5) of the members shall be residents of the following neighborhoods and shall include at least one resident from each neighborhood:  Bond, Frenchtown, Griffin Heights, Providence, and South City.

To be determined.

12 Members:

• 3 appointed by the County Administrator
• 3 appointed by the City Manager
• 3 appointed by the Executive Director of the Childen's Services Council
• 3 appointed by the President and CEO of the United Way of the Big Bend

3-Year(s) Expiring December 31
Maximum Number of Terms: 3
No member shall serve more than three full consecutive terms.  Vacancies are filled for the remainder of the unexpired term.

To be determined.