State Executive Council for Children's Services
Purpose
The purpose of the State Executive Council for Children’s Services is to provide for the establishment of interagency programmatic and fiscal policies developed by the state management team, which support the purposes of this chapter, through the promulgation of regulations by the participating state boards or by administrative action, as appropriate; oversee the administration of state interagency policies governing the use, distribution, and monitoring of moneys in the state pool of funds and the state trust fund; and advise the Governor and the appropriate Cabinet Secretaries on proposed policy and operation changes which facilitate interagency service development and implementation, communication, and cooperation.
Term
a term not to exceed three years and neither shall be an employee of any public or private program that serves children and families. The Governor's appointments shall be for a term not to exceed three years and shall be limited to no more than two consecutive terms, beginning with appointments after July 1, 2009. Legislative members and ex officio members of the Council shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. Legislative members shall not be included for the purposes of constituting a quorum.
Composition
The Council shall consist of one member of the House of Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the House and one member of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; the Commissioners of Health, of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and of Social Services; the Superintendent of Public Instruction; the Executive Secretary of the Virginia Supreme Court; the Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice; the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services; a juvenile and domestic relations district court judge, to be appointed by the Governor and serve as an ex officio nonvoting member; the chairman of the state and local advisory team established in § 2.2-5201; five local government representatives chosen from members of a county board of supervisors or a city council and a county administrator or city manager, to be appointed by the Governor; two private provider representatives from facilities that maintain membership in an association of providers for children's or family services and receives funding as authorized by the Children's Services Act (§ 2.2-5200 et seq.), to be appointed by the Governor, who may appoint from nominees recommended by the Virginia Coalition of Private Provider Associations; a representative who has previously received services through the Children's Services Act, to be appointed by the Governor with recommendations from entities including the Departments of Education and Social Services and the Virginia Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness; and two parent representatives.
Vacant Seats
No seats are available at this time. If you are interested in joining this board in the future, please submit an application here.
Current Board Members
Melvin Roy
Representative of Recipient of Services Membership expires on 6/30/2026Hon. Chad A. Logan
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judge Membership expires on 6/30/2026Kevin Carroll
Local Government (Board of Supervisors) Membership expires on 6/30/2027Hon. Amelia Ross-Hammond
Local Government (City Council) Membership expires on 6/30/2027Carl Street
Private Provider Membership expires on 6/30/2027John Budesky
Local Government (County Administrator/ City Manager) Membership expires on 6/30/2027Barbara Null
Local Government (Board of Supervisors) Membership expires on 6/30/2027Ronald K. Spears
Private Provider Membership expires on 6/30/2027Jacob Holmes
Local Government (City Manager) Membership expires on 6/30/2027Mrs. Anahita N. Renner
Parent Representative Membership expires on 6/30/2028