Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Claire Cunningham, Director, Human Services Agency
Subject: Second Amendment to the Agreement with Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo for Stage 2 Child Care and Development Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing a waiver of the Request for Proposals (RFP) process and approving execution of a second amendment to the agreement with Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo for Stage 2 child care and child development services, to increase funding by $658,459 for a revised amount not to exceed $890,000 and extend the term 12 months for a revised term of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025.
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BACKGROUND:
Recipients of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) grant program are required to engage in work or work preparation activities. CalWORKs programs provide an array of welfare-to-work services including child care. The program helps a family access immediate, short-term child care as the parent works or performs their welfare-to-work activities. The purpose of this program is also to support parents with stable, long-term child care necessary for the family to become self-sufficient and remain off aid. Child care is provided with state and federal funds in three stages: Stage 1, Stage 2, and Stage 3.
Stage 2 is administered by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) through designated Alternative Payment Providers (APPs). Child Care Coordinating Council (4Cs) is the State-permitted resource and referral agency and designated APP, and is the only agency in San Mateo County, other than the Human Services Agency (HSA), recognized by the State Department of Education (DOE) as qualified to administer state funded child care programs. This recognition from the State allows 4Cs to have a coordinated continuum of care payment program.
On June 13, 2023, by Resolution No...
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