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FROM: IDA DANIEL BERK, DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY SERVICES Contra
DEPARTMENT Costa
DATE: October 4, 1988 Cwurty
SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF 1989 HEAD START BASIC GRANT APPLICATION
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION
APPROVE submission of the 1989 Head Start funding application
to the Department of Health and Human Services, in the amount
of $2,170,862 ( federal) and $537,065 (non-federal share) , and
AUTHORIZE the Director, Community Services Department, to sign
appropriate application documents.
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT.
County contribution of $102,479 is in the approved department
budget for FY 88-89. ' Head Start subcontractors (delegate
agencies) provide the matching share of twenty percent ( 20%)
for their individual contracts.
III . CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION
Low-income children enrolled in the program throughout the
County would be denied the opportunity to have preschool
services available after December 31, 1988.
IV. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDED ACTION
The County Head Start Program has been in continuous operation
since the summer of 1965 and now provides services for 645 low-
income preschool children and their families throughout Contra
Costa County. The program provides comprehensive child
development services including education, medical, dental,
nutritional, parent involvement and social services.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT% YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD .COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE S :
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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 _
OCT 11 1988
Auditor-Controller PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Community Services 'SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Department of Health & Humas Svcs
via Comm. Svcs .
M382/7-83 BY ,DEPUTY
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