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FROM INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Contra
I! Costa
December 12, 1988 �J�'^
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SUBJECT: Status Report, on Various Child Care Issues
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SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Endorse an application to the State Department of Education
by the Community Development Department in an amount not to
exceed $25, 000 for the coordination of local child care
resources, recognizing the need for a 25% match of cash or
in-kind contribution and a commitment to continue the
coordination program after the first year. ,
2 . Request the Director of Personnel to advise employees more
frequently of the availability of the child care resource
and referral services through the Contra Costa Child Care
Council.
3 . Authorize the; Director of Personnel to negotiate a contract
with the Contra Costa Child Care Council to continue the
employee information and referral program and return a.
proposed contract to the Board of Supervisors by not later
than January "31, 1989 .
4. Request the 1:
Director of Personnel to explore various
alternatives to make an available and affordable sick child
care program; available to County employees and return a
proposed program to the 1989 Internal Operations Committee
by the end ofi.' February 1989.
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5 . Request the Director of Personnel to reflect in the next
contract negotiations with employee organizations the
changes which have previously been approved by 'the Board of
Supervisors in the use of personal and family sick leave
which remove the limitations on the use of family sick leave
and allow anl, employee to use his or her accumulated sick
leave interchangeably for either personal or family sick
leave purposes.
6 . Request the Contra Costa Child Care Council to continue to
explore theli possibility of a recreation program for
adolescents which can both help meet the recreational needs
of our young people and, hopefully, provide a source of
revenue for the Child Care Fund.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT; YES SIGNATURE:
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _x RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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APPROYE OTHER
SIGNATUREISI: sunne W. McPeak Tom Torlakson
ACTION OF BOARD ON DPCP_mhPr 13, 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED
Director, Community Development PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Personnel Director �j SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Exec. Director, CC Child Care Council
Child Care Task Force (CAO)
. BY ,DEPUTY
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7 . When information is received on the impact of the proposed
child care tax credit legislation, request the County
Administrator to report his findings and conclusions to the
1989 Internal Operations Committee.
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8 . Remove as referrals to our Committee the following child
care referrals:
( 1) Child care ordinance implementation/monitoring dated
January 26, 1988;
( 2) Sick child care and GAIN participant child care dated
January 26, 1988;
( 3 ) Child care issues dated February 23 , 1988
referring to the 1989 Internal Operations Committee the
proposal for �a sick child care program referenced above' and
the .report from the County Administrator on the impact of
the child care tax credit legislation and the ongoing
responsibility to be a liaison with and provide staff
support to the Child Care Task Force.
BACKGROUND:
On October 4, 1988; the Board of Supervisors approved a number of
recommendations from our Committee relating to child care and
requesting further+I information from County staff. We met with a
number of child care advocates and staff from the Personnel and
Community Development Departments and the County Administrator' s
Office on December 12, 1988 . We reviewed a number of reports,
from which we have formulated the above recommendations.
The State Department of Education has indicated that it will make
at least 10 grants to cities. and counties for child care
coordination programs very similar to the work we are attempting
to carry out withl! the Contra Costa Child Care Council. These
grants, which cannot exceed $25,000 each, must have a 25% match
of cash or in-kind services. There must also be a good faith
effort on the part of the County to continue -the program after
the first year. We believe the County should. apply for these
funds which would help greatly in financing various aspects of
our current child care coordination program with the Contra Costa
Child Care Council�11.
The Personnel Director reported that the first year' s experience
in the child care information and referral program for County
employees has not resulted in as many requests for referrals as
was anticipated. �It was generally agreed that what is needed is
more time and more and better publicity to County employees on
the availability oIf. these services.
The Director of Personnel also noted that the lack of available
licensed vocational nurses and their cost made their use in a
sick child care program impractical. However, other suggestions
are being explored and we expect a report on other alternatives
to be reported t,'o the 1989 Internal Operations Committee in
February.
The Board of Supervisors has already agreed to combine personal
sick leave and family sick leave for employees so that an
employee can take off as much earned sick leave time as is
required for legitimate use in caring for an ill child or other
family member. What is needed now is to include this change in
the contracts thatwill be negotiated with employee organizations
this coming spring and summer. We have been discouraged in
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looking for opportunities to develop a public/private partnership
whereby the County and a private firm could cooperate in
developing a recreational program for adolescents, the proceeds
of which could be used to finance the Child Care Fund. We would
like the Child Care Council to continue to look for such
opportunities and !;bring them to the attention of the Board of
Supervisors if ands when such an opportunity appears to be a real
possibility.
We believe that our Committee has made a great deal of progress
in the area of Child Care during 1988. We look forward to seeing
similar progress made during 1989.
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