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C. 27

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	September 22, 2020

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

2021 Head Start Continuation Grant

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/22/2020

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Elaine Burres 608-4960

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: September 22, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Department Director, or designee, to accept grant funding in an amount not to exceed $17,608,086 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start, for Head Start Program services for the period January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 and AUTHORIZE the Chair Board of Supervisors to sign the grant application.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Funding for the period January 1 through June 30, 2021 is included in the Department’s FY 2020-21 budget. Funding for the period July 1 through December 31, 2021 will be included in the Department’s proposed FY 2021-22 budget. The County, as Grantee, is required to generate a 20% non-federal match of the total project budget. For 2021, the match amount equates to $4,402,022, which will be achieved through collaboration with State Child Development programs and the volunteer hours accrued by Head Start parents and community partners. The application includes $2,293,865 requested funding for the County's Head Start Delegate Agency, First Baptist Church of Pittsburg, California. CFDA #93.600. (100% Federal)

BACKGROUND:

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth through five years old from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social and emotional development. Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains: language and literacy; cognition and general knowledge; physical development and health; social and emotional development; and approaches to learning.

Head Start also provides comprehensive services which include health, nutrition, social and other services determined as necessary via family needs assessments. Services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage. Services are provided through a variety of service models including: centers or schools that children attend part or full day, family childcare homes and/or the children's own homes wherein a Head Start staff visit once per week to provide in-home services. Children who receive home-based services gather periodically with other enrolled families for group learning experiences facilitated by Head Start staff.

Contra Costa County submits an application annually to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start, as the Head Start grantee. The annual application includes newly identified goals and objectives for the program. This is year 3 of a 5 year funding cycle. This application was reviewed for approval by the Head Start Policy Council on 08/19/20. Approval of this Board order will allow the continued provision of Head Start services to program eligible children and families

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If not approved, County will not receive funding to operate Head Start childcare centers.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

The Head Start grant funding supports three of the community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card:: 1) “Children Ready for and Succeeding in School, 3) “Families that are Economically Self-sufficient” and, 4) “Families that are Safe, Stable, and Nurturing" by offering comprehensive services, including high quality early childhood education, nutrition, and health services to children from low income families throughout Contra Costa County.