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Appointments to fill three vacancies on the Child and Family Well-Being Task Force, applicants: Barbie Jimenez, Tilda Doughty, Sarah Kidd, Monika Mahal, Katherine Orlowski, Christina Jackson, Allison Bishop, Abby Franklin, and Netta Darling
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CHILD AND FAMILY WELL-BEING TASK FORCE:
Three partial terms ending 1/31/2025.
Applicants must represent at least one of the following experiences: community members from under-represented communities; community action agency, non-profit housing organization or social service agency; faith community; private school, home school, higher education or child care provider; medical and behavioral health care provider serving young children and families; community members with experience caring for children such as parent, foster parent, grandparent, or guardian; private business, corporation, or philanthropic organization.
The Task Force will continually review Whatcom governmental impacts on children and families, and make specific recommendations for improvements for all departments. The Task Force will consider input from diverse families throughout Whatcom County and evidence-based and promising practices and report on and make recommendations to County Council, Executive, and other appropriate officials regarding implementation of recommendations in the Whatcom Working Toward Well-being: An Action Plan for County Government (Action Plan) as adopted on February 4, 2020
(There are also 3 additional vacancies with terms that expire January 31, 2023. Anyone appointed to one of those positions would have to reapply again in just a few months. Instead, the ad hoc steering committee for the Task Force prefers to leave these positions vacant for now and wait for the annual appointment process in January. Applicants not appointed on Oct. 11 will have their applications included during the annual appo...
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