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FROM: Scott Tandy, Interim DirectorCosta
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SUBJECT: Authorize the Chair of Board of Supervisors to Sign A 90-Day Certificate of
Compliance Letter
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SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
AUTHORIZE the Chair of Board Of Supervisors to sign a 90-day Certificate of Compliance
Letter to the Federal Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children
and Families (ACF) certifying on behalf of Community Services Department that all areas of
non-compliance identified in the October 2004 federal review had been corrected. These
corrected non-compliance areas are in governance, ongoing monitoring, and facilities.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No net County cost.
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S):
In October 2004, the Contra Costa County Community Services Department Head Start
Program had a special Federal Review. During the review, it was determined that the
Department had areas of non-compliance unrelated to a deficiency in Program Review
Instrument for Systems Monitoring (PRISM) Core Question one-Program Governance, Core
Question five-Ongoing Monitoring, and Core Question seventeen-Facilities, Material, and
Equipment. The areas of concern were: communication between the grantee's program
management and the governing board, the grantee's written procedure for monitoring failed
to prevent child safety incidents, and the physical environment at Fairgrounds infant facility
and the Brookside modular needed improvement to be conducive to learning.
The Certificate of Compliance Letter addresses the non-compliance areas noted above and
that corrective steps were taken to ensure continuing compliance with local, state, and federal
rules and regulations, including Head Start Performance Standards.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION D COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED OTH R
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
V' UNANIMOUS(ABSENT![,� � AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
AYES: NOES:
ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
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CONTACT: Pat Stroh,6-5458 JOHN SWEETEN'/CLERK OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CC: CSD Contracts Unit '
County Administrator .
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