To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: Side Letter to AFSCME, Local 1 for a Hiring and Retention Incentive
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT a resolution approving the Side Letter between Contra Costa County and AFSCME, Local 1, on behalf of its Community Services Bureau Unit and Community Services Bureau Site Supervisors Unit, providing for a hiring incentive for specified Head Start teaching staff in the Community Services Bureau.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This action will be funded with additional federal revenue of $2,773,200, which is 100% Federal funded by the Administration for Department of Health and Human Services - Children and Families (ACF). Additional revenue and expenditures will be reflected in future Appropriations and Revenue Adjustments.
BACKGROUND:
The core function of the County's Head Start program is to provide services directly to students in a classroom setting. As is the case with many programs of its type, the County's Head Start Program continues to have a high vacancy rate, hovering around 28%, which can lead to issues with service delivery.
The County is committed to taking measures to strengthen this program by ensuring that classrooms are filled with qualified staff who can provide services to children and families. The County is proposing a series of aggressive hiring and retention bonuses for CSB teaching staff. The incentive structure will apply to employees in the following classifications:
Associate Teacher-Project (CJW1)
Infant Toddler Master Teacher-Project (CJT2)
Infant Toddler Associate Teacher-Project (CJW2)
Infant Toddler Teacher-Project (CJN2)
Master Teacher-Project (CJT1)
Teacher-Project (CJN1)
Site Supervisor I - Project (CJH2)
Site Supervisor II - Project (CJG1)
Site Supervisor III - Project (CJF1)
Teacher-Project Substitute (CJN3)
Associate Teacher-Project Substitute (CJW3)
Teacher Assistant Trainee-...
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