Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Claire Cunningham, Director, Human Services Agency
Subject: Child Care Coordinating Council - CAPP Amendment 1
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution waiving the Request For Proposals (RFP) process and authorizing an amendment to the agreement with Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo, Inc. for California Alternative Placement Program child care services, to extend the term by 12 months for a new term of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025, and to increase funding by $4,085,396 for a new total obligation amount not to exceed $6,852,127.
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BACKGROUND:
The Human Services Agency (HSA) receives federal and state funding from the California Department of Social Services each year to administer the California Alternative Placement Program (CAPP).
The CAPP program helps eligible low-income families arrange childcare services and make payments for those services directly to the child care provider selected by the family. The childcare payment options are intended to increase choice and accommodate the specific needs of each family.
Child Care Coordinating Council (4Cs) is the state permitted Resource and Referral agency and the designated Alternative Payment Provider and is the only agency in San Mateo County (other than HSA) recognized by the State Department of Education (DOE) as qualified to administer state-funded childcare programs such as CAPP. This recognition from the State allows them to have a coordinated continuum of care payment program.
On June 13, 2023, through Resolution No. 079755, this Board authorized the execution of an agreement with 4Cs for CAPP childcare services for the term of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, for a total obligation amount not to exceed $2,766,731.
The original obligation amount was based on the prior year's funding to avoid a gap in services. In July 2023 HSA received the funding co...
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