What is the MCCF?
Local Commissions on Children and Families (LCCFs) were created with a state Commission on Children and Families (OCCF) in 1993 by House Bill 2004.
The Malheur Commission on Children and Families (MCCF) is a State and Federally funded agency whose primary purpose is to assist in the collaboration effort for planning for children and families in Malheur County. The Malheur Commission on Children and Families is guided by County Court and the Oregon Commission on Children and Families. Furthermore, the Commission maintains a Board of both professionals and lay citizens. A lay citizen is a person who is not employed by or receiving income from a public or private agency offering direct services to children and families.
The Malheur Commission on Children and Families has many functions. Some of the things MCCF does are:
- Provides grants through contract providers for local programs which provide services to children and families; and
- Coordinates the development of the Comprehensive Plan for Malheur County; and
- Assists in program development as needed; and
- Assists in the coordination of local events; and
- Advocates for the needs of children and families in Malheur County; and
- Coordinates the Early Childhood Team and the effort to introduce Healthy Start to Malheur County; and
- Coordinates the Cultural Awareness Committee.
MCCF participates with the following planning processes:
- Juvenile Crime Prevention Planning; and
- Social Service Planning; and
- Assists with locally coordinated projects or events; and
- Reduce Adolescent Pregnancy Partnership; and
- SafetyNet; and
- Mentor Program; and
- Cultural Competency and Gender Specific Programming; and
- 40 Assets/Asset Building; and
- Community Partnership Team; and
- Child Care Resource and Referral Advisory Board; and
- Family Literacy; and
- Local Chamber of Commerce
For information on Board Members responsibilites click here.