REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
March 14, 2023
FROM
JACQUELYN GREENE, Director, Preschool Services Department
SUBJECT
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Purchase Orders for Head Start Educational Equipment
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue Purchase Orders to the following vendors, in a total combined amount of $750,000 to purchase science, technology, engineering, and mathematics educational equipment for Preschool Services Department's Head Start outdoor classrooms:
1. Community Products LLC, in an amount not to exceed $400,000 to purchase educational equipment.
2. Chalk Spinner LLC, DBA Kodo Kid, in an amount not to exceed $350,000 to purchase educational equipment.
(Presenter: Jacquelyn Greene, Director, 383-2005)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
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 amount not to exceed $750,000 to purchase science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational equipment is funded by Head Start one-time COVID-19 grant funds from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF). Adequate appropriation and revenue have been included in Preschool Services Department's (PSD) 2022-23 budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
PSD operates the Early Head Start, Early Head Start - Child Care Partnership, Head Start, and State Preschool programs and serves more than 3,800 children under these programs through direct services in San Bernardino County. These programs provide education, health, cognitive, social/emotional, physical growth and development, and parent involvement services for children ages 0 to 5 with the overall goal of increasing family engagement and the...
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