To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Revenue agreement # 39-1000-1 (CSB) California Department of Social Services
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to accept funding in an amount not to exceed $107,799 from the California Department of Social Services through Child Development Associates for redistribution of unspent stipend funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to childcare providers caring for children receiving a state childcare subsidy, and AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller, or designee, to pay partner agencies in a total amount not to exceed $107,799.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$107,799: 100% Federal funds all of which will be budgeted in FY-24-25.
BACKGROUND:
On June 27, 2023, the Board approved item C.36 to accept funding from the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) for one-time stipends for childcare providers caring for children receiving a state childcare subsidy. The payment amount was $1,453,276.44, in accordance with Assembly Bill (AB) 179 (Chapter 249, Statutes of 2022).
On December 12, 2023, the Board approved item C.52 to accept funding from the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) for one-time stipends of $440 per child for childcare providers caring for children receiving a state childcare subsidy under AB 110 (Chapter 4, Statutes of 2023).
On November 27, 2024, EHSD received $107,798.40 from CDSS, pursuant to AB 179 and AB 110, for unspent American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) stabilization funds, distributed through several rounds of flat-rate, one-time, per-child stipends to childcare providers who served children receiving a state childcare subsidy. A survey, available until August 15, 2023, indicated that $26 million in ARPA funding remained with Alternative Payment Programs statewide. Payments will be redistributed based on...
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