RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment & Human Services Department Director, or designee, to accept funding in the amount of $197,000 and execute an agreement, including an indemnification clause, from Contra Costa County Office of Education for Quality Matters programs for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This agreement is 100% funding from Contra Costa County Office of Education. There is no County match. The county agreement number is 39-200-3.
BACKGROUND:
The Department's Community Services Bureau (CSB) submitted a grant application to Contra Costa County Office of Education to receive funding to implement a Quality Matters program through stipends for the following childcare centers: Balboa, Bayo Vista, Crescent Park, George Miller-Concord, George Miller III - Richmond, Las Deltas, Lavonia Allen, Los Arboles, Los Nogales, and Riverview. Stipends will also be granted to childcare partners: Little Angels Country School, and First Baptist Head Start - Fairgrounds. Stipends will be used to fund professional growth training for staff implementing the program.
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