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DATE: November 30 1992 "y
SUBJECT:
REPORT ON MEETING WITH THE CHILD CARE TASK FORCE
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1 . Amend the Board Order dated August 13, 1991 on the subject of
the "Proposed Plan for the Expenditure of Federal Child Care
and Development Block Grant Funds in Contra Costa County" to
amend the final point under Recommendation #2 to read:
10% to children of any age group of teen parents in any
region of the County. At the point of certification,
eligibility should be guaranteed for one year.
(The second sentence is added) .
2 . Amend the "Federal Block Grant Local Priorities for Direct
Services" document approved by the Child Care Task Force on
August 5, 1991 and by the Board of Supervisors on August 13,
1991, Attachment B5, "Justification for Direct Services
Priority # 4" to add at the end of the first paragraph the
following:
At the point of certification, eligibility should be
guaranteed for one year.
3 . Authorize the County Administrator to forward this change to
the State Department of Education.
4 . Authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to write to
the State Department of Education on behalf of both the Board
of Supervisors and Child Care Task Force and request a list of
all child care contracts which the State Department of
Education has in effect in Contra Costa County.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINI OR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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ACTION OF BOARD ON DEC 1992 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
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Contact: PHIL BATCHELOR.CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
CC: County Administrator SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Child Care Task Force (Via CAO)
BY DEPUTY
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5 . Remove this item as a referral to the 1992 Internal Operations
Committee and instead refer it to the 1993 Internal Operations
Committee for the purpose of continuing to provide oversight
on the subject of child care in Contra Costa County and for
the purpose of maintaining a liaison with the Child Care Task
Force.
6 . Authorize the 1993 Internal Operations Committee to meet with
the Child Care Task Force on the following dates :
January 25, 1993
March 22, 1993
May 24, 1993
July 26, 1993
September 27, 1993
November 22, 1993
BACKGROUND:
Our Committee has had on referral throughout 1992 the subject of
child care for the purpose of meeting with the Child Care Task
Force and maintaining a liaison between the Board of Supervisors
and the Task Force. Our Committee met with the Task Force on
November 23, 1992 . The above recommendations came out of the
discussion at the Task Force meeting.
The amendment to the priorities for the federal child care block
grant was requested by the Social Services Department in an effort
to provide additional stability for young children of teenage
parents . Under the more rigid current wording of the priorities,
whenever a child becomes ineligible for child care because of the
child' s age, the child would have to be immediately disenrolled.
This could occur two months after the child started in child care,
causing more disruption in a situation which is already considered
risky. This change will allow the child to remain in child care
for a full year from the date eligibility is determined, as long as
the child is eligible when enrolled, regardless of whether the
child exceeds the maximum age limit at some point during that year.
All other eligibility factors would have to continue to be met.
The waiver applies only to the question of the child' s age.
The request for a list of all child care contracts the State
Department of Education has in effect in Contra Costa County is
information which the Task Force needs for planning purposes . Thus
far, the State Department of Education has been unable or unwilling
to provide that information to the Contra Costa Child Care Council .
It was felt that if both the Board of Supervisors and the Task
Force were to make such a request it might carry more weight.
We also believe that the 1993 Internal Operations Committee should
continue to provide liaison and oversight on behalf of the Board of
Supervisors to the Child Care Task Force and the whole subject of
child care in Contra Costa County and have, therefore, recommended
that the Board refer this matter to next year's Internal Operations
Committee.
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