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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05011990 - IO.1 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS -` Contra FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEECOSta ni S April 26, 1990 ;, , COUrlty DATE: STATUS REPORT ON CHILD CARE ISSUES � "Un� SUBJECT: SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)8 BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Request the County Administrator, Social Services Director and County Counsel to take all actions which are necessary in order to insure that a contract between the County and the Contra Costa Child Care Council for the GAIN Child Care Program has been approved by the Board of Supervisors and is operational by July 1, 1990 or request the County Administrator to indicate to the Board of Supervisors why this is not possible. 2. Request the Community Development Director to put in writing the changes to the Child Care Ordinance which are being considered and forward them to the County Administrator' s Office. Upon receipt of these proposed changes, request the County Administrator' s Office to share them with the Child Care Task Force for their information and comments. 3 . Authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to write to the President of the United States urging that he sign whatever child care bill is approved by the Congress. 4. Authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to write to United States Senators Cranston and Wilson and Congressmen Miller and Dellums, urging that the Conference Committee on H.R. 3 and S. 5, the Child Care bills, meet as soon as possible so that child care legislation can be enacted this year. Yes CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OT ER ZCl � SIGNATURE(S): SUNNE WRIGHT"McPEA TOM POWERS ACTION OF BOARD ON ay 1, 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT I ) 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: ATTESTED D%//�R G/ /, /4 90 Please see Page 3 . PHIL BATCH R,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR M382 (10/88) BY ""'�"""""� DEPUTY 5. Request the Social Services Director to prepare a report on the subject of Child Protective Services Child Care which includes the following information and forward it to the Internal Operations Committee by July 1, 1990: A. A description of the program which includes the statutory basis for the program. B. How the program operates in Contra Costa County. C. The amount of funding received for the program in the 1989-90 fiscal year and a summary of how the money was spent. 6. Request the Social Services Director or his designee to contact Marjorie Danforth, Family Day Care Association of California, 4721 Overend Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804, and discuss with her why she has not been paid for a child who was placed with her by the Social Services Department. BACKGROUND: Our Committee has been following child care issues for sometime and has reported regularly to the Board on the status of various child care related issues. This is the latest in this series of such reports. In our meeting with the Child Care Task Force on April 23 , 1990 we were advised by the staff from the Contra Costa Child Care Council that it has thus far taken several months to complete a contract between the Council and the County to operate the GAIN child care program. We are, therefore, asking that all efforts be made to complete work on this new program by July 1, 1990. We were also pleased to have present at our meeting Councilman John Ziesenhenne from the City of Richmond as well as Diane Roberti representing the County Superintendent of Schools. The City of Richmond is just about to complete and publish a resource directory of child care resources in the City of Richmond. We have also been advised that the Community Development Department is considering changes to the Child Care Ordinance. Unfortunately, Karl Wandry was unable to be at our meeting on April 23 because of a subpoena to testify in court. We are, therefore, asking that Community Development detail the proposed changes in the ordinance in writing and forward those proposed changes to the County Administrator' s Office so they can be shared with all members of the Child Care Task Force. We reviewed pending child care legislation which has passed the House of Representatives and Senate in different forms. There is a very real threat that the President will veto any child care bill coming out of Congress this year. It is essential that the Conference Committee be convened as soon as possible and that the President be urged not to veto whatever the Congress is able to agree on in the way of child care legislation. We have, therefore, asked that the Chair be authorized to send letter to our Congressional delegation and to the President urging that the Conference Committee be convened and that the President not veto the legislation when it reaches his desk. We were also advised by family day care operators that in some cases the Social Services Department has placed children who are in foster care in day care and then have failed to pay the day care operator. Since no one was present from the Social Services Department to answer these allegations, we are asking that the Social Services Department staff contact the Family Day Care Association regarding a specific case involving Ms. Danforth and then prepare an overall report to our Committee on the whole subject of Protective Services day care, how it is financed, whether funding is adequate or not and why it appears that in some cases children are placed in day care situations by the Social Services Department but payment is not made for the services which are provided. Our Committee plans to meet with the Child Care Task Force again in about six months to update ourselves and the members of the Task Force on many of these issues involving child care. cc: County Administrator Social Services Director Community Development Director County Counsel Kate Ertz-Berger, Executive Director Contra Costa Child Care Council Marjorie Danforth Family Day Care Association of California Child Care Task Force (Via CAO)