February 16, 2011

Members:
Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, or designee Director of Department of Aging and Adult Services, or designee
Mayor, or designee Director of Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families, or designee
President of the Board of Supervisors, or designee Director of Child Support Services, or designee
District Attorney, or designee Director of Domestic Violence Consortium, or designee
Chief of Police, or designee Director of Consortium for Elder Abuse Prevention, or designee
Sheriff, or designee Director of San Francisco Child Abuse Council, or designee
President of Commission on the Status of Women, or designee Chair of Batterer’s Intervention Programs Subcommittee
Chief of Adult Probation, or designee Director of Department of Animal Care and Control, or designee
Chief of Department of Emergency Management, or designee Public Defender, or designee
Director of the Department of Public Health, or designee Superintendent of San Francisco Unified School District, or designee
Director of Human Services Agency, or designee

I. CALL TO ORDER/ AGENDA CHANGES DISCUSSION/ACTION 1 min.
Action: To approve the meeting agenda.

II. INTRODUCTIONS DISCUSSION

A. Announcements 10 min.
1. Natalie Davidson, SFUSD Student Advisory Council

III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES DISCUSSION/ACTION 1 min.
Explanatory document – Minutes from November 17, 2010 Family Violence Council meeting.
Action: To approve the November 17, 2010 minutes.

IV. BUSINESS DISCUSSION/ACTION

A. Updates from Agencies 15 min.
Agency representatives are asked to provide an update on the status of the agency in the wake of January’s leadership changes.

B. Child Abuse Intervention Program Proposal 15 min.
Adult Probation Department and Department of Public Health have been asked to submit a feasibility review of their ability to implement the proposal approved by the Council at the November 17, 2010 meeting.

C. Comprehensive Report on Family Violence in San Francisco 2010 10 min.
Attendees are invited to share the impact that the Report, approved at the November 17, 2010 meeting, has had in their communities.

D. 2011 Council Work Plan 30 min.
Council will review the Work Plan for 2011 developed from the recommendations of the Comprehensive Report on Family Violence in San Francisco, 2010.
Action: To approve 2011 Work Plan.

V. PUBLIC COMMENT DISCUSSION 1 min.
This item is to allow members of the public to comment, for a maximum of 2 minutes each, on matters within the Council’s purview, as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Council’s future consideration.

VI. ADJOURNMENT ACTION 1 min.

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