To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: CSB - Contract #39-997-1 California Department of Education
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Department Director, or designee, to accept funding in an amount not to exceed $4,129,915 from California Department of Education and the California Department of Social Services for a reimbursement rate supplement and temporary rate increases to California State Preschool Program contractors caring for children receiving a state childcare subsidy, and AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller, or designee, to pay six contracted partner agencies in an amount not to exceed $805,374.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$4,129,915: 100% Federal funds, of which $318,682 is funded by California Department of Social Services and $3,811,233 is funded by the California Department of Education, all of which is budgeted in FY-24-25.
BACKGROUND:
This Staff Report seeks to accept a total of $4,129,915 from the California Department of Education (CDE) and authorize the Auditor-Controller to make one-time payments to licensed childcare centers and the six contracted childcare partners. The allocation of these funds are as follows: $318,682 is designated to CalWORKs Stage 2 (C2AP) and the California Alternative Payment Program (CAPP); $2,594,920 is allocated for California State Preschool Program (CSPP) as well as EHSD directly operated centers; and $1,216,313 is also allocated for CSPP and EHSD directly operated centers.
On January 3, 2023, the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) received temporary reimbursement rate supplements from CDSS for licensed childcare centers who accept subsidy vouchers for C2AP and CAPP, pursuant to California Senate Bill (SB) 115 (Chapters 21, 26 and 240, Statutes of 2021). This total funding of $318,682 is provided to childcare providers based on their ...
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