RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with KinderCare Learning Centers LLC in an amount not to exceed $886,662.56 to provide Head Start and Early Head Start childcare program services as well as State General Childcare program services for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$886,662.56: This contract is 39% funded by federal grant funds from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) (Head Start and Early Head Start programs) and the remaining 61% of the contract is State funded through the California Department of Education, all of which is already budgeted in FY 2022-23. There is no County match requirement. CFDA/AL No. 93.600.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County receives funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to provide Head Start and Early Head Start Child Care Partnership services to program eligible County residents. The Employment and Human Services Department, in turn, contracts with a number of community-based organizations to provide a wider distribution of services.
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