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FRa�: JOAN V. SPARKS, DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY SERVICES �.Jl�l tra
DEPARTMENT Costa
DATE*. MARCH 14, 19.9 0 CIO^
SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF SUBMISSION OF GRANT APPLICATION TO ACYF FOR 1990 COLA
AND PROGRAM EXPANSION
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION
APPROVE submission of grant application to the Administration
for Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) for the 1990 Cost of
.Living Adjustments and Program Expansion, and AUTHORIZE the
Director, Community Services Department, to sign application
documents on behalf of the County.
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT
None. The action requested is in proposal form only. Funds
will be added to the Department' s County Budget at the time an
award letter is presented to the County.
III. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION
Failure to approve this application will result in the loss of
Head Start funds to the County and Head Start Contractors:
IV. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDED ACTION
On March 1 , 1990 , the Department was notified by the ACYF
Regional Office of the County' s allocations for the 1990 COLA
and Program Expansion.
The County Head Start program will receive a 2 . 5% COLA for FY
1990 in the amount of $58 ,573 . 00 .
Program Expansion will provide $153 ,516 in funding for an
additional 51 Head Start slots. Based on an analysis of
existing and unmet needs in the County, 36 slots will be
allocated to West Contra Costa County, with the remaining 15
slots being allocated to East County.
The grant application is due at the Regional Office April 16 ,
1990 .
The preliminary application was approved by the Head Start
Policy Council on March 15 , 1990 .
A Local Share match in the amount of $52 , 449 will be required.
The Department is not requesting that County funds be used to
fund the Department' s portion of the Local Share requirement,
which is estimated at $29 ,491.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES SIGNATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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ACTION OF BOARD ON APR APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED ^ OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES; NMS* AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED APR 3 1990
Community Services PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY Ci ,DEPUTY
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