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FAMILY & HUMAN SERVICES

COMMITTEE

June 13, 2016
1:00 P.M.
651 Pine Street, Room 101, Martinez

Supervisor Candace Andersen, Chair
Supervisor Federal D. Glover, Vice Chair

Agenda Items:

Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the Committee

Introductions

Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes).

No members of the public asked to speak under public comment.

RECOMMEND the Board of Supervisors the appointment of Douglas Knowles to the Member at Large Seat #11 on the Advisory Council on Aging for a term expiring September 30, 2017.

Accepted recommendation and directed staff to forward to the Board of Supervisors.

AYE:	Chair Candace Andersen, Vice Chair Federal D. Glover
Passed

Attachments:

D.Knowles Application

ACCEPT and recommend to the Board of Supervisors the following proposed program model changes that will result in a reduction of 150 Head Start slots and an increase of 168 new State slots:

A reduction in class size of seven Head Start classrooms in an effort to enroll more three year olds; and
The conversion of select classrooms from part-day, part-year to full-day, full-year to best meet community need; and
The elimination of 72 preschool home based slots to meet the growing demand of center-based care; and
An increase of 168 new State preschool slots to fully earn the State contract and generate additional revenue through partnerships in Antioch, Pittsburg, San Ramon and Concord.

ACKNOWLEDGE that the following proposed program model changes will have the following staffing impacts:

Six of the seven Early Childhood Educator - Project positions, recommended by the department and approved by the Board of Supervisors on April 12, 2016 (D.5), to be re-established effective August 22, 2016 due the summer lay-off period of staff for the part-year preschool home based program model, will no longer need to be re-established; and
Six of the seven former Early Childhood Educator - Project employees would not return to work on August 22, 2016, as requested by the department on March 25, 2016, and would remain in lay-off status; however, the department will provide the six impacted former Early Childhood Educator - Project employees the opportunity to bid and be placed in other vacant project positions they qualify for to prevent any of them from losing employment beyond August 21, 2016.

ACKNOWLEDGE the department's plan to minimize impacts to families and children by case managing each impacted family to ensure them the opportunity to receive classroom based preschool services in other classrooms at nearby child care facilities.

Accepted recommendation and directed staff to forward to the Board of Supervisors, contingent on the department finalizing the necessary Labor processes.

AYE:	Chair Candace Andersen, Vice Chair Federal D. Glover
Passed

Attachments:

CSB Slot Reduction Model Justification

ACCEPT the local funding priorities for Contra Costa County, as reviewed and approved by the Executive Committee of the Local Planning Council at the meeting held on May 9, 2016, and reviewed and discussed at a Public Hearing held on May 23, 2016 at the Contra Costa County Office of Education Building in Pleasant Hill, CA and forward the report to the Board of Supervisors for their information.
ACKNOWLEDGE receipt and sign, as a representative of the Board of Supervisors, the California Department of Education’s Local Priority Setting Reporting Form which certifies that the LPC recommended zip code priorities were reviewed and approved by the Family and Human Services Committee.

Accepted recommendation and directed staff to forward to the Board of Supervisors.

AYE:	Chair Candace Andersen, Vice Chair Federal D. Glover
Passed

Attachments:

LPC Report

The next meeting is currently scheduled for July 11, 2016.

Adjourn

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Enid Mendoza, Committee Staff
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