To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Early Head Start Budget Revision
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to submit an Early Head Start budget revision to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start, to reprogram unobligated costs in the amount of $1,500,000 to the contractual object category for the project period ending August 31, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
On September 19, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved submission of the Head Start and Early Head Start grant application through June 30, 2024 (D. 5). On December 8, 2023, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) issued an award of the Head Start (HS) and Early Head Start (EHS) grant for the term of January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2024. ACF issued consecutive awards on June 16, 2024 and July 18, 2024, extending the grant through August 31, 2024. This request is for the approval to request a no-cost budget amendment to reprogram unobligated funds budged under the EHS grant's Other object category to the Contractual category which is necessary to meet program requirements of operating the EHS for the extended term. The Head Start Policy Council is anticipated to approve the budget revision on January 15, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The County will not be in compliance with Head Start program requirements, which may jeopardize funding and the success of the program.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
The services provided under this contract support all five of Contra Costa County's community outcomes: (1)"Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; (2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; (3) "Families that are Economically Self-Sufficient"; (4) "...
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