To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: CSB - Contract #38-111-1 Orantes, LLC, dba Tiny Toes
?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 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, with Orantes, LLC, dba Tiny Toes Preschool and Childcare Center to increase the total payment limit by $38,640 to a new payment limit of $1,077,108 to provide additional funding as result of a rate increase for the Cost of Care Plus Program with no changes to the contract period September 1, 2024, through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% State funded (California Department of Education), of which $38,640 is budgeted in FY 25-26.
BACKGROUND:
The Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) is seeking to amend a contract with Orantes LLC. dba Tiny Toes Preschool and Childcare Center (Tiny Toes) to provide early childhood education services for children aged zero to five.
On December 28, 2023, EHSD issued Request for Proposal (RFP) 1202 to identify Head Start Program Childcare Partners. Tiny Toes was selected through the bidder's process. On December 17, 2024, the Board approved item C.89, authorizing a contract with Tiny Toes for the period from September 1, 2024, to June 30, 2026, with a total payment limit of $1,038,468. This contract provides a minimum of eight (8) to a maximum of 10 childcare program slots for children in the Early Head Start Program, and a minimum of 24 to a maximum of 29 childcare program slots for children in the Head Start Program. Additionally, the Contractor also provides one (1) childcare program slot for State General Childcare and Development Program, and 13 childcare program slots for State Preschool Program.
On July 8, 2025, EHSD received official notification from the California Department of Social Services and California Department of Ed...
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