To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Revenue agreement # 39-1000-1 (CSB) California Department of Social Services
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to accept funding in an amount not to exceed $107,799 from the California Department of Social Services through Child Development Associates for redistribution of unspent stipend funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to childcare providers caring for children receiving a state childcare subsidy, and AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller, or designee, to pay partner agencies in a total amount not to exceed $107,799.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$107,799: 100% Federal funds all of which will be budgeted in FY-24-25.
BACKGROUND:
On June 27, 2023, the Board approved item C.36 to accept funding from the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) for one-time stipends for childcare providers caring for children receiving a state childcare subsidy. The payment amount was $1,453,276.44, in accordance with Assembly Bill (AB) 179 (Chapter 249, Statutes of 2022).
On December 12, 2023, the Board approved item C.52 to accept funding from the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) for one-time stipends of $440 per child for childcare providers caring for children receiving a state childcare subsidy under AB 110 (Chapter 4, Statutes of 2023).
On November 27, 2024, EHSD received $107,798.40 from CDSS, pursuant to AB 179 and AB 110, for unspent American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) stabilization funds, distributed through several rounds of flat-rate, one-time, per-child stipends to childcare providers who served children receiving a state childcare subsidy. A survey, available until August 15, 2023, indicated that $26 million in ARPA funding remained with Alternative Payment Programs statewide. Payments will be redistributed based on April 2022 enrollment and completion of the ARPA survey, as follows:
|
Agency Type |
Agency Name |
Amount |
|
Contractor |
KinderCare Learning Centers LLC |
$2,128.00 |
|
Contractor |
Orantes, LLC dba Tiny Toes Preschool |
$152.00 |
|
Contractor |
Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of the East Bay |
$7,448.00 |
|
County operated |
Directly operated centers (of which $7,630.40 are administrative costs) |
$21,766.40 |
|
Contractor |
Alternative Payment Providers |
$76,304.00 |
|
TOTAL |
|
$107,798.40 |
This staff report is to accept $107,798. 40 from CDSS and authorizes the EHSD Director to accept the funds and the Auditor-Controller to disperse the funds by making one-time payments to the licensed childcare centers noted above. These stipends are intended to provide financial relief to childcare providers facing hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic because of increased costs and reduced income.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the proposed action not be approved by the Board of Supervisors, additional funding for childcare providers throughout Contra Costa County will be forfeited.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This agreement supports three of the community outcomes established in the Children’s Report Card: 1) “Children Ready for and Succeeding in School” 3) “Families that are Economically Self-sufficient”: and 4) Families that are Safe, Stable, and nurturing” by offering comprehensive services, including high quality early childhood education, nutrition, and health services to low-income children throughout Contra Costa County.