To: Dale K. Weighill, Governmental Operations Committee Chairperson
From: Anthony McDowell, Friend of the Court
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RE: Approve travel to ERICSA Training Conference
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
The Friend of the Court respectfully requests approval to send three (3) employees to the ERICSA Conference in Grand Rapids from April 7, 2024, through April 11, 4024.
BACKGROUND:
The Eastern Regional Interstate Child Support Association (ERICSA) is holding their annual training conference and exhibition in Grand Rapids, MI from April 7 - 11, 2024, to provide high quality training for child support professionals east of the Mississippi River.
DISCUSSION:
The Friend of the Court would like to send three (3) employees to the ERICSA training conference and exhibition. This includes one (1) presenter, Tony McDowell, Friend of the Court, one (1) Casework Supervisor, and one (1) Caseworker. Attendees were selected based on the relevance of the topics that will be covered and their job duties at the Friend of the Court. Expenses covered include the cost of conference registration, meals, and overnight lodging. The Friend of the Court’s cooperative reimbursement grant covers this training 100%, which greatly reduces the county expenditure for employees to attend.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
No additional impact.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
The total cost for registration and attendance for this conference is not expected to exceed $3500.00. The expense to attend this conference is 100% covered by our cooperative reimbursement grant which reduces the County expenditure for employees to attend this conference to approximately $1190.00. This training cost is included in the current budget in account 2150-290.00-913.004. No additional appropriation is required.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
No additional impact.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
No additional impact.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
Friend of the Court trainings further all County priorities by helping create Healthy, Livable, and Safe communities by learning about new resources to be able to communicate. The training will include topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion. When families are provided services in an inclusive and collaborative way, it leads to Community Growth and Long-Term Financial Stability for all families in Genesee County.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Friend of the Court to send three (3) employees to the Eastern Regional Interstate Child Support Association Training and Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from April 7, 2024, through April 11, 2024, at a cost not to exceed $3,500.00 to be paid from account 2150-290.00-913.004, said training to be fully covered 100% by the FOC’s cooperative reimbursement grant, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and support documentation being on file with the official records of the February 7, 2024 meeting of the Government Operations Committee of this Board).