To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: CSB - Contract #38-111-1 Orantes, LLC, dba Tiny Toes
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment, effective July 1, 2025, with Orantes, LLC, dba Tiny Toes Preschool and Childcare Center to increase the total payment limit by $38,640 to a new payment limit of $1,077,108 to provide additional funding as result of a rate increase for the Cost of Care Plus Program with no changes to the contract period September 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% State funded (California Department of Education), of which $38,640 is budgeted in FY 25-26.
BACKGROUND:
The Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) is seeking to amend a contract with Orantes LLC. dba Tiny Toes Preschool and Childcare Center (Tiny Toes) to provide early childhood education services for children aged zero to five.
On December 28, 2023, EHSD issued Request for Proposal (RFP) 1202 to identify Head Start Program Childcare Partners. Tiny Toes was selected through the bidder’s process. On December 17, 2024, the Board approved item C.89, authorizing a contract with Tiny Toes for the period from September 1, 2024, to June 30, 2026, with a total payment limit of $1,038,468. This contract provides a minimum of eight (8) to a maximum of 10 childcare program slots for children in the Early Head Start Program, and a minimum of 24 to a maximum of 29 childcare program slots for children in the Head Start Program. Additionally, the Contractor also provides one (1) childcare program slot for State General Childcare and Development Program, and 13 childcare program slots for State Preschool Program.
On July 8, 2025, EHSD received official notification from the California Department of Social Services and California Department of Education stating that “Childcare centers not represented by Child Care Providers United or covered by the Memorandum of Understanding would receive an updated Cost of Care Plus rate. According to Welfare and Intuitions Code section 10277.2, as amended by Senate Bill 120, centers shall receive the increased Cost of Care Plus payment commencing July 1, 2025, and through June 30, 2026.”
This action seeks to approve a contract amendment to increase the Cost of Care Plus rate from $211 to $230 per child enrolled each month. The new total payment limit is $1,077,108, with no change to the contract term.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
County will not be able to fund childcare slots for its community-based agency partner, Orantes, LLC, dba Tiny Toes Preschool and Childcare Center.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This agreement/contract supports all five of the community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card: (1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; (2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; (3)"Families that are Economically Self-Sufficient"; (4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and (5) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families,” by supporting staff working directly with families and children.