To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Contract # 38-910-24 (CSB) We Care Services for Children 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 a contract with We Care Services for Children, in an amount not to exceed $616,402, to provide state preschool services for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$616,402; 100% State funded (California Department of Education) of which $336,053 is budgeted in FY 24/25, $280,349 of which will be budgeted in FY 25/26
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County receives funds from California Department of Education (CDE) to provide State Preschool services to program eligible County residents. In order to provide a wider distribution of services to County residents, the County contracts with a number
of community-based organizations. This contract with We Care Services for Children will provide childcare services for 24 children enrolled in the We Care Services for Children program.
The last Board approval for this contract was on June 21, 2022 (C.128) for the 22/23 Fiscal Year.
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/contract supports 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."