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CSC Backup 09/06/1991Ch'ildren's Services Council of Collier County Backup September 6, 1991 JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP Southwest Florida June 10, 1991 Private Industry Council JTPA SDA #20 Charlotte County Office Mr. Paul Pinson, Executive Director 312 Nesbit Street Children's Services Council Punta Gorda, Florida 33950 of Collier County 813/637-1311 Grand Central Station Collier County Office 366 Goodlette Road 46 Tenth Street South Naples, Florida 33940 Naples, Florida 33940 813/261-0553 Dear Mr. Pinson Hendry -Glades Counties Office 931 W. Sugarland Highway Post Office Box 596 Clewiston, Florida 33440 813/983-6138 I am writing to express my apology for not attending the Planning meeting on June 6, 1991. I had an unexpected meeting that lasted until nearly 5:00 P.M. My office is very much interested in learning about the services offered to the children of this community; as well as defining those services that are needed. Please keep us informed and if we can be of any assistance, please do not hesitate to call upon US. Sincerely osep Paterno Executive Director JP/hcl Children's Services Council of Collier Counter Orand C44t. IL Simeon *366 Goodlette load N-Ples Florida 33940 June 11, 1991 ifFvTl 1 y luautg P•31;rSet. +;Te're cnm?- smn Arena nn;%hle to attend the Tuzle 6th meeting of the Childi-eds Senrices Council of Collier County (CSCoCC). We would ver,.7 much like you to participate as a Planning Partner in developing, a. role for the CSCoCC. Ear "Planning Pwtner";,nee mean you are either a service provider, or a member of society -at -large, where the impact of services vTM be reaalirecd; a famil;r member of a. t.sl'iLd seeking service, or a potential recipient of services the Council could, prrJAri e. In all. likelihoods you fit more thari one role as a Planning Partner". At the meeting}', we disussed the significant differences existing in -,dewing Collier Counter in terms of ENDS rather than ME.a.NS. The needs assessment is employing a "results; ends" orientation. The enclosed packet includes materials listed below in order of use: "Condlacting a t •ounty=lgide Children's Services Needs Assessment" - .4.brief overview of the project's fm ework, objectives arYd processes; Mean and Ends - T4uo pages of examples; Our C'hangingsWorld - bxamples of possible focuses; Guidelines - Please complete this by describing your purpose for a strategic plan for the CSCoCC; Examples of Mission Objectives: Ideal Visim'Pr7eferzed Future (and) Ends/Results - Please complete these #opus; Usefi:d Sen*kes - Please complete this on the reverse side; Examples of Beliefs and Values -An overview; Beliefs and Values - Please complete this also. Please read this information, complete the forms and return theirs in the pre -paid envelope. 'Ole very much wish to include your particular advice and concerns as we shape a collective vision for CSCoCC. From this information, we AC prepare a survey, collecting attittulinal acid "hard-" data (e.g. number of pregnant teens in 1990). The Plarnniria Partners will reconvene in the fall to contrast the ideal vision with current realities. The needs assessment data. will define the extent of the gaps between what we hr-Ald as the preferred future and Where we are cm-mantly. . The P1anzaing Partners will then prioritize the needs and set the a erYda for what the CSCoCC must contribute to make abetter world for today's arid. i0morrc s children. If Vou have questions, please call Dr. P1-& Grise' of CNAP at 904-644-64 35 or me at 649-8222. 6' �, eg,= L fji-la to se-4 c_ `� n� `� 1, t Tito Cv-, E Sinoerel)r, Patel Pinson, Executive Director Officers Board Members ExectdWe Director Chaiircerl. N edSlousseau Paul C=.Iiwm F,eamal ei .0 Taintzidge M 5164SL6222 Vice haiinan Delolei G. MY c:t7QCm&sioneI RiChwd Sbaradhan School Bowd.c aiin-an 14eko tA. Faeibei, J1. Seaetai j-Tlewmel iaveslt tav= Mary r IYrL Z1rfiFe1-1- c uncilrfan John rwidomo lcdkiol 5tipelirttendent L:2. Thoires L. P,ichq %diuJ U re t ... 1 Utrdy S litCahrl - 1 UI(IUIIU W bF AUU11 bY Children's Services Council of Collier County Grand Central Station :356 000dlette Road Naples, Florida 33940 Tune 11,14541 Dear Planning Partner: TY,,ark you far attending the Tune 6th Planning Partners Meeting, Your continuing participation is vital in achion g an understanding of childrerA issues in Collier Count%r. At the iT,eetin& we distrbuted a fonn entitled "Ideal Vision/Preferred Future". Some pasticipasits Y,wre responded, prozriding us '-Adth what they see as an ideal vision_ A r u2�h d .raft , egatin , #Yieir contributions folloAs-. Preferred Future for the Citizens of Collier County A world %rhere all families wid communities provide a positive, cooper dk-re envinauTient, 'where all children Will become self-gc)%fernin& self-sufficient, health. prodtutiue merdoers of ssociet 5t as 1x- - -ated by N0 e-bild abuse; illitenf 1 dropouts; nnerapkmpaen#; #eena%ge Pzegival-1 .��; lone birthweigiit babies; ps7chia be consultations; drrorr•es; incarcerations; abortion:; sexual diseases; violence asexual, domestic, drq&%, racdperiminatin; suicides; sraokir,,v;'self-r3estr.;ctkre health patterns. This is a. beginning. Much more care be expressed, based on Your perceptions arid a divice. Please send. your coraments � n. a preferred. future to The � :enter for Needs Assessi7,ent axid Plzawiirl;.;, using the enclose: � forms and return envelope. Another set of forms in the pakkage addresses the issue of Beliefs an5d;values. 'hie would like Irour comments. Some of the Beliefs and Values expressed include: results of this study sliould be useable and made public; children are ever7one's concern, coordinate existing services arid: inter -agency relations, concern is lazgpr thaLt just Collier Cod nr-,r; home and. fainibr are importaxi#; provide service for: latch -key kids, respite care. after -school, daysaxe, get 3-noney; be credible with -voters; br'eal! the c7 le4s;; establish specific goals for using resources- provide primm T prevention to a;T.r1C3. problems later. These issues influence out children, comraunit;f. and world. E=rer�,r participant's comments are fundamental in understanding the Collier Countywe all desire. se,.fc,! YLvr-C*>�awl-s �oA SiYiceYe$i, PaLul Pirnon, Executive Director Officers Board Members Executive Director cliaiiinwE Tu{,wig TedBiowseau Maul,--{. PaLson Pea Hai?I AilhaL C alnl ige 61 3A549 L22' vice- chdifflYin Delores G. My v olitlitr�sicael Picl aA IGItltan St a jai padId itauri t i Tei;��rt }.. F'ieli�ef, TI . eCIefaIV-TIeWI.UeI Laysrt Gaynoi I-e%rr Men zurL Felde ccainC ilnau Tohn r idr-Tw sduaol -tIpeiint rident DI. Ttu was L. RiCti y "Children ... Today's Dream - Tor orrow's Reality" Jun 07,91 17:51 No.003 P.02 t'h1!.A ` r C__H,�LbRE��V IC„�,�5 COU'NC�.�t /.•?�!�'' ,; 5,� :,,,r. 'sr PLANNING P- RT1 ERS Directions for Using These Materials We're sorry that you were unable to attend the June Gth meeting held by the Children's Services Council of Collier County (CSCOCC), but would very much like you to participate as a Planning Partner in developing a vision for the role of the CSCoCC. By Punning Partner, we mean you are either a potential reed nt of services the council could provide -.. or a family membee r for a child seeking service(s); a s_�.rvic.e rovi a ., or a member of aoGiety,;at-lajrge where the impact of these interventions will ultimately be realized, In all likelihood, you may fit into more than one of these roles as a planning Partner. At the meeting, we discussed the significant differences there is in viewing Collier County in terms of ENDS rather than MEANS. The needs assessment being conducted for CSCoCC is applying a results/ends orientation. Your packet should include several materials, listed in the order in which you should use them! "Conducting A County -Wide children's Services Needs Assessment - a brief overview of the project's framework, objectives and processes; Means and Ends - two pages of examples; Our Changing World - examples of possible focuses; guidelines - Fill this in to describe the purposes you have for a strategic plan for the CSCocc; Examples of Mission Objectives; Ideal vision/Preferred Future (and) Ends/Results - Fill in these topics; Useful Services - on the reverse side, fill this in too; Examples of Beliefs and Values - an overview; Beliefs and Values - a few pages of topical fill-ins Please read though this information and complete the forms. We very much wish to include your particular advice and concerns as we shape a collective vision for CSCoCC. A pre -paid envelope has been included for your return of filled in forms. TEL: Jun 07,91 17.50 No.003 P.01 Provide service for - .latch -key kids, respite care, school, daycare +« get money be credible with vo`�;�'r'�"i^'' tars �;Yy•., ti, break the cycle(s) establish specific goals for us1119 resources - value added a provide primary prevention to void problems later Ultimately, these issues influence our children, community and, world and will take all of us working together. Every participant's input is fundamental toward an understanding of the Collier County we all want to be part of. Thank you for your continued assistance. Sincerely, Paul Pinson CSCOCC TEL: Jun 07,91 17:48 No.002 P.04 Dear Thank you for attending the June Meeting. Your participation, now and contributions are vital to achieve an issues in Collier County. p 41�' 6th Planning Partners continuing, and understanding of children's At the meeting we distributed a package of information which included a form entitled ideal vision/Preferred Future. Some conference participants have already responded, providing us with what they see is an ideal vision. A rough draft which aggregates their contributions is as follows: Preferred Future for the Citizens of Collier County A world where all families and communities provide a positive, cooperative environment in which all children will become self-governing, self-sufficient, healthy, productive members of society as indicated by no: child abuse illiteracy dropouts unemployment teenage pregnancy low birthweivht babies psychiatric consultations divorces incarcerations abortions sexual diseases violence (sexual, domestic, drug) discrimination suicides smoking/ other self-destructive health patterns This is only a beginning. There is much more to be unearthed using the perceptions and advice you and other planning partners can provide. if you haven't already, please furnish The Center for Needs Assessment and Planning with your comments on an Ideal vision/Preferred Future using the enclosed forms and return envelopes. Another set of forms included within the handout package addressed the issue of Beliefa and Values. We would also like your thoughts. Some of the Beliefs and Values expresses so far include: results of this study should be used useable and made public children are everyone's concern coordinate existing services and inter -agency relations concern is larger than just Collier County home and family are important From this information, we will prepare surveys, collecting attitudinal and "hard" data (e.g. numbers of pregnant teens in 1990). The Planning Partners will be reconvened in the Fall to contrast the ideal vision with current realities. The needs assessment data will define the extent of the gap, in results between what we hold as the preferred future and where we currently are. The Planning Partners will then prioritize the needs and essentially set the agenda for what the CSCoCC must contribute to make a better world for today's and tomorrows children. If you have any questions, please call Dr. Phil G1isLG of CHAP at 904-644-6435 or myself at 649-8222. Sincerely, 1-2 . l;Y� Paul Pinson CSCoCC Children's Services Council of Collier County Grand Central Station 366 Goodlette Road Naples, Florida 33940 June 12, 1991 Dear Planning Partner: COUNTY MA OUTING DATE42-6 ACTION: INFO: FILE: _ STAFF FILE.: BY: -- We're sorry you were unable to attend the June 6th meeting of the ChiFdien s ervi Council of Collier County (CSCoCC). We would very much like you to participate as a Planning Partner in developing a role for the CSCoCC. By "Planning Partner", we mean you are either a service provider, or a member of society -at -large, where the impact of services will be realized; a family member of a child seeking service; or a potential recipient of services the council could provide. In all likelihood, you fit more than one role as a Planning Partner. At the meeting, we disussed the significant differences existing in viewing Collier County in terms of ENDS rather than MEANS. The needs assessment is employing a "results/ends" orientation. The enclosed packet includes materials listed below in order of use: "Conducting a County -Wide Children's Services Needs Assessment" - a brief overview of the project's framework, objectives and processes; Mean and Ends - two pages of examples; Our Changing World - examples of possible focuses; Guidelines - Please complete this by describing your purpose for a strategic plan for the CSCoCC; Examples of Mission Objectives: Ideal Vision/Preferred Future (and) Ends/Results - Please complete these topics; Useful Services - Please complete this on the reverse side; Examples of Beliefs and Values - an overview; Beliefs and Values - Please complete this also. Please read this information, complete the forms and return them in the pre -paid envelope. We very much wish to include your particular advice and concerns as we shape a collective vision for CSCoCC. From this information, we will prepare a survey, collecting attitudinal and "hard" data (e.g. number of pregnant teens in 1990). The Planning Partners will reconvene in the fall to contrast the ideal vision with current realities. The needs assessment data will define the extent of the gaps between what we hold as the preferred future and where we are currently. The Planning Partners will then prioritize the needs and set the agenda for what the CSCoCC must contribute to make a better world for today's and tomorrow's children. If you have questions, please call Dr. Phil Grise' of CNAP at 904-644-6435 or me at 649-8222. Please complete the enclosed forms and send them today. Sinc , V Paul Pinson, Executive Director Officers Board Members Executive Director Chairman Judge Ted Brousseau Paul C. Pinson Bea Harper Alma Cambridge 813/649-8ZZZ Vice Chairman Delores G. Dry Commissioner Richard Shanahan School Board Chairman Nelson A. Faerber, Jr. Secretary -Treasurer Lavern Gaynor Mary Ellen ZumFelde Councilman John Passidomo School Superintendent Dr. Thomas L. Richey "Children ... Today's Dream - Tomorrow's Reality" CONDUCTING A COUNTY -WIDE CHILDREN'S SERVICES NEEDS ASSESSMENT INTRODUCTION The Children's Services Council of Collier County (CSCoCC) intends to identify the needs and perceptions of required services to better assist the children of that county. There are more demands than money, more requirements than personnel, more suffering than resources. A properly conceived needs assessment will identify the gaps between the current status and condition of Collier County clients, and what is required to measurably improve their self-sufficiency, self-reliance, and quality of life. While the best measures for the success of CSCoCC's interventions will be years away as children become productive, contributing adults, some short-range indicators of impact are available or can be created. CSCoCC cannot afford to squander resources on quick - fixes, or even "popular" solutions which, while well-meaning, will not deliver critical results. This project will collect and compile information identifying and classifying the requirements of children in Collier County in order to: 1. establish preferred goals for Collier County's children; 2. create a better understanding of existing children's services and their impact; 3. improve the local community's understanding of those services for children deemed to be "under -identified and unidentified" at present; 4. identify those services where duplication of effort consumes resources, and 5. identify possible new and modified interventions. This proposed effort defines needs assessment as the harvesting of the gaps between current RESULTS and required and desired ones. It does not use a model which only looks at gaps in resources and interventions without first determining what RESULTS must be delivered. It has a focus on ends, not resources or means, although it will serve to identify and justify required, priority services for current and future identified, under -identified, and unidentified clients. 11 In conducting the needs assessment for CSCoCC, the Center for Needs Assessment and Planning (CNAP), of the Florida State University will identify the perceptions and impacts data which describe existing and future resources, currently perceived areas of concern, and potential future areas for concern. Using a methods/means analysis, CNAP and Fraser & Mohlke will assist a Planning Partners group from Collier County, along with the CSCoCC in prioritizing the issues with regard to what results are desired, based upon resources. The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats used to achieve the desired results will be presented, and the CSCoCC, working with CNAP, will create a plan of action to be shared with the Collier County voters. First, the rationale for our approach. It is one which is currently accepted and used throughout the world, in forward looking public and private sector organizations. THE BASICS OF NEEDS ASSESSMENT RECOMMENDED FOR THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF COLLIER COUNTY What a needs assessment is. Needs and wants. Results and processes. Consequences and methods. Children's self-sufficiency and social services interventions. While these pairs are related, they are different. What they do have in common is that the first in each pair is an end and the second are means. If you want to select a useful destination (an end) you best proceed by defining the gap between where you are now and where you want to be. The process of defining those gaps in results and selecting the most important ones for reduction or closure is called needs assessment. Selecting where to go. Most social service agencies, unfortunately, start with a problem to resolve, or a deficiency to fix. Those using this approach are primarily concerned with resolving problems. As important as such re air efforts are, invariably it is more important to first identify and justify the actual problems and opportunities. Before setting program objectives, it is vital to make certain that the objectives are the right ones and that their accomplishment will lead to individual children's competence, safety, success and usefulness for themselves and society as a whole. Needs assessments provide the direction for useful problem solving through identifying, documenting, and selecting appropriate problems. Absolutely vital to needs assessment is the definition of what is a need. For the purposes of planning, we operate with the following definition: A need is the gap between current results and desired or required results. 2 A need is not a gap in resources, processes, methods, or how -to -do -its (such as counseling, spending, incarcerating, etc.). A gap in a method, resource, or process is called a quasi -need. A needs assessment identifies gaps between current results and desired (or required) ones, and places them in priority order. PROJECT OBJECTIVES • Identify the preferred future of Collier County citizens, with representatives of the citizens of Collier County; • Determine the general service requirements of children residing in Collier County; • Identify any "service gaps" (which result in poor impacts) in addressing the existing and future requirements of local children; • Eliminate service redundancy and duplication of effort, and • Focus the limited fiscal and human resources available locally to identify, justify, underwrite, and administer effective and efficient service delivery programs for children, and enhance conditions generally benefitting youth in Collier County. WHY BOTHER? Act in haste and repent in leisure, the old adage tells us. And so it is with needs assessments. If you are in a hurry to get going, it will be tempting to fall into some convenient (and conventional) traps. Here is a list of potential hazardous short-cuts, and some reasons why you might want to avoid them: 1. Start with a problem analysis, and just identify current performance discrepancies. While you will identify performance deficits, their resolution might not have any impact at the upper organizational or societal levels, at the macro and mega levels ... we might supply services to some children and never deal with underlying causes. 2. Just send out questionnaires and ask people "what they 'need.` Getting the involvement of others is important, but simply asking them such questions will end up in a dump of preferred methods and solutions... using "need" as a verb encourages people to 3 provide solutions to problems which they probably have not calibrated in terms of results and payoffs. Solutions are best considered after you have identified the needs -- gaps in results to be closed -- and selected the high priority problems to resolve. Such an approach as this, while being quick, and solicitous, can raise unreasonable expectations, confuse means (solutions, methods, procedures, resources) with ends. 3. Use soft -- opinion -- data only. Opinions are perceived reality. They can and should be tempered by performance, accomplishments, and consequences. 4. Use hard -- verifiable -- data only. We often collect performance data on the easy -to -measure. Usually, people's observations, feelings, and perceptions provide additional clues to performance problems and opportunities. CNAP will combine both hard and soft data sources in the needs assessment. S. Restrict your needs assessment to the micro/product level. When you do this, you assume that the individual splinters of positive performance will integrate and add - up to organizational efficiency and children's/societal payoffs. A risky assumption. 6. Confuse needs and wants, ends and means ... use the term "need" as a verb. Ends are not means. Means are most sensibly selected on the basis of ends to be accomplished. Conducting a results -oriented needs assessment doesn't have to be expensive or time consuming. Outcome -- societal impact -- data is readily available, as are many forms of output and product data. Needs -sensing information can be collected by using or modifying a number of instruments on the market or in the literature, or custom surveys can be constructed. Deriving and using needs assessment and Planning Partner groups may seem a bit bothersome, but modern management techniques increasingly promote such quality activities, and partnership groups represent the growing trend towards involving significant others -- your associates and others in the community, including recipients of services -- in organizational decisions and activities. Empowering flows from working together, finding a common set of purposes, and trusting each to make appropriate contributions. Needs assessments provide cost-effective alternatives to designing interventions which, while meeting only building-block level objectives, often fail to contribute to the organization's value to its clients, communities, and employees. It seems less expensive to find out where your community should be headed, why it should go there, and tailor interventions to accomplish this than it is to fail and have to determine what went wrong and try again. 4 Examples of Beliefs and Values I believe that all children should develop an understanding of democracy. I believe that parents should set high expectations for their children. I believe that teachers counselors and the community should meet the individual needs of their children. I believe that schools must be an integral part of the community. I believe values should be taught and modeled in the schools. I believe that all learners can be successful. CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF COLLIER COUNTY PLANNING PARTNERS MEETING June 6, 1991 Agenda WELCOME Paul Pinson, Executive Director INTRODUCTIONS Center for Needs Assessment & Planning Florida State University Tallahassee, FL Fraser & Mohlke Associates Naples, FL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED: AT THIS MEETING • Partners provided with an understanding of Needs Assessment • Description of "What Is" developed • Description of "What Should Be"/Preferred Vision developed • Describe what isn't taking place that should be • Background materials obtained to develop surveys • Why Bother! FOR THE PROJECT OVERALL • Obtain common North Star vision • Determine general service requirements for Collier County's children • Identify gaps in results for children's safety, health and well-being, related to existing and future requirements • Eliminate service redundancies and duplication through five synergies • Provide focus on the limited resources available and the desired/required results which are required, which will lead to maximum utility Describe the World in which you want your children and grandchildren to live: Roger Kaufman, 1991 Means and Ends: What's the Difference? MEANS are the ways in which we do something. They are processes, resources, methods or techniques which we use to deliver a result. ENDS are the results, impacts or accomplishments we get from applying the means. They are what is achieved. Please classify each item on the list below as MEANS or ENDS. Put an X in the appropriate column. ITEM 1. All EMH students in the 3rd grade scored above grade level on standardized achievement tests given in the Spring. 2. The current CSC budget of $60,000.00 must be spent by June, 1990. 3. Applicants for CSC -related services are up 12% over last year. 4. Nutrition 5. Special Education instruction will be the focus of teacher workshops this term. 6. We should increase budgets 7. Access ramps should be built near our schools. 8. All of our CSC clients will earn a good, honest living. MEANS END "OUR CHANGING WORLD" WHAT IS WHAT SHOULD YEAR (1991) BE 75% GRADUATION RATE 99% 1995 COLLEGE ENTRANTS VIOLENT EVENTS INVOLVING CHILDREN DROPOUTS CHILD ABUSE RATES MERIT SCHOOLS/SCHOLARS LOW BIRTHWEIGHT BABIES PREGNANT STUDENTS NATIONAL NORMED TESTING AVERAGES EMPLOYMENT RATES FOR YOUTH SEEKING JOBS COMMUNITY PROGRAM ATTENDANCE PTO/PTA ATTENDANCE Guidelines On the lines below, please write one thing that you feel the strategic plan must accomplish and one thing it must not do. The strategic plan must The strategic plan must not Examples of Mission Objectives Increase to 100% the number of children in Collier County who get and keep jobs within five months of leaving the school program. Increase to at least 85% the number of children, students, completers or leavers who maintain stable family relations as indicated by divorce rates, abuse rates, reported domestic violence, living with family, etc. Reduce to a maximum of 1 % the number of students completers or leavers who have been adjudicated, or arrested and convicted of any crime. Mission Objectives �4 On the lines below please list the mission objective(s) that you developed. Remember, these are the purposes of the support system for children related to creating the type of community in which we want our children and grandchilren to live. Keep in mind the beliefs and values we have agreed on. Examples of Beliefs and Values I believe that all children should develop an understanding of democracy. I believe that parents should set high expectations for their children. I believe that teachers counselors and the community should meet the individual needs of their children. I believe that schools must be an integral part of the community. I believe values should be taught and modeled in the schools. I believe that all learners can be successful. i Beliefs and Values On the lines below write down some of your personal feelings about people in our society, our county and what you think our community should achieve. We believe: that children: that parents or guardians: that a good teacher: growing up in Collier: Beliefs and Values � that a successful graduate of Collier County Schools: that the Collier County I want my children and grandchildren to live in: that dropouts: child infractions with the law: that Beliefs and Values a good community delivers: that leaders: that children prior to school age: the schools must: Beliefs and Values -, Below, write down some of your personal feelings about people in our society and what you think should be achieved. Mission To create, design, and develop concepts, techniques, and tools of needs assessment, planning and policy crea- tion and analysis, performance improvement, and evalu- ation. To research the validity, reliability, and utility of these techniques and tools in operational fields of organizational and educational improvement. To assist agencies in the development of more useful approaches to needs assessment, planning and evaluation in order to improve their internal and external impact. Introduction The Center for Needs Assessment and Planning is part of the Learning Systems Institute of The Florida State Uni- versity. The Center shares in the Institute's mission to provide applied and developmental research activities to improve human and organizational performance. Since 1977, the Center for Needs Assessment and Planning has provided a broad range of services to state and national agencies, organizations, and institutions, in- cluding: • National Institute of Education: Planning for a South- eastern Regional Education Laboratory. • Florida Office of the Governor, Office of Planning & Budgeting: Develop a Needs Assessment Guide and Prototype State Agencies Management Plan. • National Institute of Education, National Consortium for Bilingual Education: Study of Significant Bilingual In- structional Features common to success with major ethnic groups served by U.S. education. • Florida Department of Administration: Improved Ac- countability and Effectiveness in Senior Management by identifying characteristics and related professional development requirements. • Florida Division of Vocational Education: -- Vocational Educator's Needs Assessment Project (the development and validation of vocational edu- cator competencies); -- Personnel Development and Planning Project ( the development of vocational education planning, pro- cedures, and manuals); -- Society Impact Planning Process; - Development and Testing of Decision Rules Among Alternative Vocational Education Programs; Center for Needs Assessment andPlanning -- Context Evaluation and Status Studies of Voca- tional Education in Florida ; -- Development of a Master Plan for Improving Com- petency Based Vocational Education (CBVE) in Florida; -- Conduct research on Adult Education and GED programs and their graduates;. -- Provide technical assistance in the development of Florida's Adult Literacy Plan; -- Developtraining program forthe GED essaywriting component. Florida Division of Public Schools: -- Develop exemplary strategies for identification of educable mentally handicapped students; -- Produce the Florida Needs Assessment Profile for science, mathematics, foreign languages and com- puter learning to meet the Federal requirements of P.L. 98-377; -- Replicate the Second International Mathematics Study for grades 8 and 12; - Conduct research on Certificate of Completion impact; -- Evaluate the impact of educational reform legisla- tion. Florida Board of Regents: Educational Technology and Cost Reduction: Scenarios for Alternative Futures in Education. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Serv- ices: -- Training of trainers to include internal and external impact evaluation and needs assessment tech- niques and procedures; -- Children Youth and Family:strategic planning. Related Experience In addition to serving on these research projects, Center staff members regularly serve as research and develop- ment consultants to local, state, national and international educational institutions, as well as to business, industrial, and military agencies and organizations throughout the world. The Center utilizes an interdisciplinary approach and related methodologies including: • Needs Assessment • Policy Creation and Analysis • Formative, Summative, and Goal -free Evaluation • System Planning • Training • Research Design and Measurement • Educational and Instructional Psychology • Human Resource Development • Context Evaluation and Applied History The Center's resources provide a unique combination of experience, scholarship, and capability in research and development that leads to increased personal and organ- izational performance as well as societal utility. The Center for Needs Assessment and Planning can thus assist a variety of organizations in diverse settings to develop a better linking of resources and procedures with organizational and societal results. For further information please contact the Center at (904)644-6435 (Suncom 284-6435). 'n CENTER FOR NCIP�/ NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 Roger Kaufman, Ph.D. (New York University). Professor and Director. Author of more than 21 books and 125 journal articles on needs assessment, planning, manage- ment, and evaluation. He has been principal investigator for numerous Research and Development projects; president of the National Society for Performance and Instruction and is an Honorary Life Member of that organization; consultant to U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; a member' of the Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Board on Education & Training; a member of the Florida Governor's Coastal Resources Management Advisory Committee and 1983 Hadyn Williams Fellow at the Curtin University of Technol- ogy, Perth, Australia. lie consults widely with national and international industrial and governmental organizations. Philip Gris6, Ph.D. (The Florida State University). Research Associate. Has authored articles and presented scholarly works on topics including: adult literacy compe- tency testing for regular, exceptional, and adult students; GED; assessment of beginning school programs and at -risk students; as well as policy development and evaluation. Before joining CNAP in 1984, he was the coordinator of the Florida Statewide Assessment Program's special tests for handicapped students and adults. He has produced multi- media instructional programs and microcomputer modules, and conducted research on instructional applications of microcomputers for hearing, visually impaired, and learning disabled persons. Leon Sims, Ed. D. (University of Florida). Research Associate. Before joining the Center in September 1989, he contributed over 33 years in vocational and adult education within Florida. During these years he worked as a teacher at the school district level, teacher educator at the university level and at the State Department of Education, Division of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education, with assign- ments in program planning, evaluation and budgeting, and ten years as Assistant Director. Areas of interest and exper- tise include administration and supervision of vocational and adult education, planning and budgeting. Other experiences includes project field consultant and review panelist for the National Center for Vocational Education at the Ohio State University. Also, a member of the Governor's Committee for Florida Educators for two Florida Governors. loverl Kathleen Natters (Florida State University). Assis- tant in Research. Has experience with the training and education of emotionally, mentally, and leaning disabled individuals. Her focus has been on the education and motivation of unique populations. She has worked as a consultant, houseparent for the Association for Retarded Citizens and as a substitute instructor in the public schools. Her interests are in communication and instructional theo- ries. Irvin Sobel, Ph.D. (Chicago). Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Professor of Economics (Emeritus). Eco- nomic analysis, human capital theory, organizational per- formance, industrial relations, collective bargaining, phi- losophy. t% BUSINESS REPLY MAIL FIRST CLASS PERMIT NO. 68 TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY ADDRESSEE Florida State University Center for Needs Assessment and Planning 916 West Jefferson St. B-103 Tallahassee, Florida 32310-9988 IfI111111111,111111111111111111111111,11111111111„ II • ANNE GOODNIGHT COMMISSIONER BURT L. SAUNDERS COMMISSIONER COLLIER COUNTY COURTHOUSE COMPLEX NAPLES, FLORIDA 33962-4977 (813) 774-8097 RICHARD S. SHANAHAN COMMISSIONER MICHAEL J. VOLPE COMMISSIONER June 17, 1991 Mr. Paul C. Pinson Children's Services Council of Collier County Grand Central Station, Suite 366 Goodlette Road Naples, FL 33940 Dear Paul: MAX A. HASSE, JR. COMMISSIONER JAMES C. GILES CLERK Thank you very much for your update of the June 8, special gathering. I am sorry that I was not able to attend. I have already marked my calendar for the October 3, 1991, "Second Special Gathering" and barring any unforeseen problems, I will be in attendance. In the meantime, please let me know if there is anything else that I can do to assist you and the Children's Services Council as we prepare for the 1992 referendum. Very ruly o s, Burt L. Saunders Commissioner, District 4 BLS: sf cc: Mrs. Bea Harper Board of County Commissioners BURT L. SAUNDERS COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT OFFICE 3301 TAMIAMI TRAIL EAST (813) 774-8392 NAPLES, FLORIDA 33962 kov Abused A SAFE HAVEN June 18, 1991 Paul Pinson Children Services Council Grand Central Station - Suite 366 460 Goodlette Road. Naples, FL. 33940 Dear Paul, P.O. Box 10102 • Naples, Florida 33941 I want to take this time to express my thoughts and to thank the Children Services Council (CSC) for all it's work to benefit the children of Collier County. I felt that the June ath experience provided a great deal of networking and we were able to visualize community power during the morning session. I believe we must coordinate services by working together and educating ourselves to the services available in the county to avoid duplication. I expressed my appreciation and concerns to Michael McNally about the stereotyping of single Moms and I found him to be very open and sincere. Somehow in the afternoon it didn't come together. I'm not sure I can exactly identify why or what was missing, but I felt I was "left hanging". Had CSC goals been shared? Short term/Long term? Identify problems? Discussion? Plan of Action? Maybe these questions will be answered in Oct. '91. I appreciate this opportunity to express myself and am looking forward to continuing our work with the Children Services Council and providing our ongoing support. Sincerely, SHELIi2 FOR ABUSED WOMEN OF COLLIER COUNTY, INC. inda A. Winston, Executive Director Sponsored by the Shelter for Abused Women of Collier Funded in Part by: United Way, Collier County, County, Inc. and funded in part under an agreement with State of Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Service. State of Florida Department of Labor and Employment Security (VOCA). 7DkCOLLIER COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE 3301 E. TAMIAMI TR. NAPLES, FL 33962 (813) 774-8383 FAX (813) 774-4010 June 26, 1991 A CERTIFIED BLUE CHIP COMMUNITY Mr. Paul Pinson, Executive Director Children's Services of Collier County Grand Central Station 366 Goodlette Road Naples, FL 33940 Dear Paul, Recently I indicated that I would be unable to participate as a Children Services Council Planning Partner. As a result, I am returning the information for you to redistribute. Again I thank you for thinking of me and wish you very much success. Very truly yours, Thomas W. 011i Assistant To The County Manager TWO/eal "Children... Today's Dream - Tomorrow's Reality" OFFICERS Chairman: Bea Harper Vice Chairman: Richard Shanahan Secretary -Treasurer: Mary Ellen zumfelde COUNCIL MEMBERS Judge Ted Brousseau Alma Cambridge Delores G. Dry Nelson A. Faerber, Jr. Lavern Gaynor John Passidomo Dr. Thomas Richey EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Paul C Pinson (,OUNCI( O� �O cn r" Z \� FST. 199� / GRAND CENTRAL STALION SUllf '66 GOODLETTE ROAD, NAPLES, I OPII;A 11,14) TEL: (813)649 8229 July 24, 1991 Brenda Wilson, Esq. Collier County Assistant County Attorney 3301 Tamiami Trail, E. , Bldg. F. Naples, FL 33962 Dear Brenda: As a follow-up to your conversation with Kay Campbell on ballot language, enclosed is a copy of ballot lang- uage which we would like to have on the ballot. I shall look forward to your reply. Kindest personal regards. pcp : kmc enc . Sincerely, Paul C . Pinson CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF COLLIER COUNTY BALLOT LANGUAGE V . Ballot language selected "Children's Services Council of Collier County Ad Valorem Authorization "Shall the Children's Services Council of Collier County be granted the authority to fund the improvement of children's developmental, health and other juvenile wel- fare services by the levying each year of an ad valorem tax not to exceed one half (1/2) mill for services for children. rr Yes No