To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: CSB - Interagency Agreement 38-284-12 San Ramon Valley Unified School District State Preschool Services
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute an agreement amendment, effective July 1, 2025, with San Ramon Valley Unified School District, to increase the payment limit by $121,440 to a new payment limit not to exceed $1,199,066, to provide additional funding as a result of a rate increase for the Cost of Care Plus Program with no changes to the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% State funded (California Department of Education) of which $121,440 is budgeted in FY 24/25 and $604,549 is budgeted in FY 25/26.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County receives funds from the California Department of Education (CDE) to provide State Preschool services to program eligible County residents. To provide a wider distribution of services to County residents, the County contracts with a number of community-based organizations. This inter-agency agreement with San Ramon Valley Unified School District provides childcare services for forty-eight (48) children enrolled in the childcare program. This vendor was selected per procurement requirements outlined in Administrative Bulletin 600.3.
The last Board approval for this agreement was on June 13, 2023 (C.105), for the 23/24 Fiscal Year. The agreement contains a clause for the Agency to indemnify the State.
On July 8, 2025, EHSD received official notification from CDE stating that “Childcare centers not represented by Child Care Providers United (CCPU) or covered by the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) would receive an updated Cost of Care Plus rate. According to Welfare and Intuitions Code (WIC) section 10277.2, as amended by Senate Bill (SB) 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 an agreement amendment to increase the rate from $211 to $230 per child enrolled each month. The new total payment limit is $1,199,066, with no change to the term.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the proposed action not be approved by the Board of Supervisors, the County will be limited in offering childcare availability through partnership with community-based agencies.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This agreement supports three (3) 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"; (4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing."