The Firm shall perform the following: A. Policy: 1. Assist the County in the development of federal priorities. 2. Draft legislative concepts, amendments and provisions to support the County’s federal priorities. 3. Identify emerging issues/situations that will affect the County in beneficial or harmful ways. 4. Secure Legislative and Executive Branch support for approval of the County’s positions. 5. Maintain effective communications to and between appropriate federal and County personnel. 6. Promote the County’s efforts within Florida’s congressional delegation, federal agencies, and national organizations, with a special emphasis on the Central Florida congressional delegation. 7. Prepare strategies to ensure County positions, requests, and interaction with federal officials are timely, articulate, complete, and presented per accepted processes, procedures, protocols and practices. B. Funding 1. Identify funding opportunities that assist the County in providing services to its citizens, particularly in the areas of: transportation, affordable housing, mental health and substance abuse, and security. 2. Advance County priorities in Congressional authorization and appropriations legislation. 3. Achieve inclusion of County priorities in Executive Branch funding decisions. 4. Assist the County in finding and securing appropriate federal grant opportunities
