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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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FROM Mark DeSaulnier
Costa
DATE: August 15, 2006
County
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SUBJECT: Advocacy Award Presentation from CCDAA
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION: Accept Advocacy Award Presentation from CCDAA (California Child
Development Administrators Association)to the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors.
BACKGROUND: CCDAA presents its 2006 Conference Award for Advocacy to the Contra
Costa County Board of Supervisorsifor its leadership on behalf of providers of center-based child
development services for low-income families in high-cost counties throughout the state. These
centers are paid reimbursement rates well below what private centers, family day care, and even
unlicensed care are paid by the state through its.childcare voucher programs.
In January 2005,the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors became the first elected body to
pass a resolution stating the problem and asking that state legislators remedy this unfair situation,
.by increasing the Standard Reimbursement Rate(SRR)to an amount not less than that paid to
providers of voucher services in high-cost counties. At that time, letters were sent to all
members of the Contra Costa state legislative delegation, and the Governor, explaining the
resolution and asking for budget and legislative remedies to this problem.
In the months following, other counties,cities and county offices of education:have passed
resolutions or sent letters supporting this campaign,with the result that great attention has been
given to this,and some improvement has been made for the SRR for this budget year. CCDAA
believes that Contra Costa's outstanding leadership was instrumental in bringing about this
change. The CCDAA State Board thanks the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, and
also thanks Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier for proposing the resolution, and his staff member,
Laura Case,for her work in putting together the letters of support and sending them to the state
legislators.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES I SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF C OUNTV ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMI.1'1'EE
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SIGNATIJRE S:
ACTION OF BOARD ON 1 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED U Y,ER
VOTE,OF SUPERVISORS
I IIERERV CERTIFY THAT TINS IS A TRUE
V IJNANIMOUS(ABSENT ' AND CORRECT CONY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THF.'MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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JOHN CU :N,CLERK OF IME BOARD OF
SUPERVIS RS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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