REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
July 13, 2021
FROM
JACQUELYN GREENE, Assistant Director, Preschool Services Department
SUBJECT
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Amendment to Contract with Child Care Resource Center to Provide Subsidized Childcare Through the Early Head Start - Child Care Partnership Program
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve Amendment No. 3, effective July 1, 2021, to Contract No. 20-493 with Child Care Resource Center to provide subsidized childcare as part of the Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Program, increasing the total contract amount by $923,811, from $4,634,706 to $5,558,517, for cost-of-living adjustments, facility projects, and continued childcare services, with no change in the total contract period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023.
(Presenter: Jacquelyn Greene, Assistant Director, 383-2025)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
This item does not impact Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The increase of $923,812 for subsidized childcare is 100% federally funded by supplemental grant funding from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF). Adequate appropriation and revenue have been included in the Preschool Services Department's (PSD) 2021-22 budget and will be included in the 2022-23 recommended budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The overall goal of Early Head Start programs is to increase the health and school readiness of disadvantaged children and increase the self-sufficiency of low-income families. The recommended amendment to the contract will enable Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) to provide a 1.2% COLA for its personnel and complete facility projects for the installation of shade structures at Family Child Care centers that were delayed due to Safer at H...
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