REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
JUNE 11, 2024
FROM
JEANY ZEPEDA, Director, Children and Family Services
SUBJECT
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Contracts for Emergency Childcare Services for Foster Youth
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve contracts with the following agencies to provide emergency childcare services, in a combined amount not to exceed $9,427,617, for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025:
1. Child Care Resource Center, Inc. in the amount of $7,406,694.
2. Pomona Unified School District, including non-standard terms, in the amount of $2,020,923.
(Presenter: Jeany Zepeda, Director, 387-2792)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
Pursue County Goals and Objectives by Working with Other Agencies and Stakeholders.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
This item does not impact Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The total cost of these contracts will not exceed $9,427,617 for the contract period and is funded 100% with state funds and federal funds. Adequate appropriation and revenue are included in the Human Services Administrative Claim 2024-25 Recommended Budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Under the terms of the recommended contracts, Child Care Resource Center, Inc. (CCRC) and Pomona Unified School District (PUSD) will collaborate with Children and Family Services (CFS) to provide emergency child care services to eligible families, in an effort to increase the number of foster children successfully placed in home-based family care.
A primary barrier to placing foster children with families is the lack of immediate access to childcare. The passage of California Senate Bill 89 (Chapter 24, Statutes of 2017) established the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program (Bridge Program), which requires Counties to enter into an agreement with the local Child Care Resource and Referral Pr...
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