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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra
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FROM: JOAN V. SPARKS, DIRECTOR
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COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT ? s
County
DATE: MAY 23, 1995
SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF 1995-1996 EARLY HEAD START GRANT APPLICATION
SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)6 BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Community Services Director or her designee to execute grant
applications on behalf of the Board for the 1995-1996 Early Head Start Program to the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT
The maximum amount of Federal funds being requested in this Application is an amount not to
exceed $400,000. If approved, these funds will be allocated by ACF to the County in the 1995-
1996 calendar years. The grant is for Head Start services to 12 infant/toddlers and families in
Richmond, California. The project will begin January 1996 and run for one year. The goal is to
setup Family Child Care Homes in West County to serve.the 0 - 3 year old Head Start eligible
population.
It is anticipated that the County will be notified of funding approval by ACF in late September of
1995. 1995 Early Head Start funds resulting from this application process will be made available
to the County by ACF in October of 1995 and will be added via Appropriation Adjustment to the
Department's 1995-96 County budget. There is no General Fund involvement.
The Community Services Director or her designee will contract these funds with four family child
care providers in the North Richmond area.
III. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION
A decision not to approve would result in the loss of needed Early Head Start services to the
children and families of West Contra Costa County.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _RYES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BO COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): /
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
IUNANIMOUS(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.
CONTACT: Joan Sparks, 313-7350
CC: CAO ATTESTED
CSD PHIL BATCHE R,CLERK F THE BOARD OF
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IV. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDED ACTION
The Department was notified by ACF in March of 1995 that program instructions were being
issued to Grantees in mid-March inviting them to submit applications for the Early Head Start
program.
The Grant Application package was approved by the Head Start Policy Council on Thursday, May
18, 1995. The due date for ACF is May 30, 1995.
If approved by ACF, the Grant Application will provide funds to allow the Department to begin an
Early Head Start program in the North Richmond area. The Early Head Start program will be
provided in a similar manner as the Family Child Care Demonstration Project in Pittsburg. Unlike
the Regular Head Start program administered by the Department, Early Head Start serves
children from 0- 3 years of age.