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Approve the 2018 Local Subsidy Priorities Report for Monterey County for submission to the California Department of Education
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve the 2018 Local Subsidy Priorities Report for Monterey County for submission to the California Department of Education
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Local Child Care Planning Councils are required to submit a Local Subsidy Priorities report to the California Department of Education (CDE) yearly, by May 30. The report assesses the demand for subsidized child care (population size of children eligible for the subsidy type), and supply of certain subsidized child care (child care slots available for each current subsidy contract type).
The requirements and process of the report and a priority ranking criteria are provided in the CDE Management Bulletin 15-04. Per the bulletin: “The Local Planning Council priorities are used by the CDE to determine funding decisions for new general child care and preschool services.” Any agency applying for new state subsidies must include the priority for each zip code it proposes to serve when submitting its application. Priority 1 zip codes will be considered for award before priority 2 zip codes, and priority 2 zip codes before priority 3. Consideration depends on funding available for the County.
Local councils have the flexibility to apply local knowledge to adjust priority levels to accurately represent real conditions in the county that may not be reflected in the statistically driven ranking criteria. If there are no significant changes to the priorities from year to year, the Planning Council can simply approve and submit the report. If the priorities change significantly, the report must be approved by the Council, the Superintendent of Schools, and the County Board of Supervisors.
After years of making no significant changes to the report, this year, the Monterey County Child Care Planning Council (the Council) undertook an in-depth analysis of the most recent, consistent data and local knowledge for subsidized child care, using new state guidelines for assessing and assigning priorities.
As such, the Council is submitting their recommendations for updated priority zip codes for subsidized child care, noted in Table 1 (attached)
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The priorities for this report were approved by the Council on April 16, 2018 and by the Superintendent of Schools on May 2, 2018.
FINANCING:
There is no fiscal impact to the County General Fund associated with approving this report.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STRATEGIC INITIATIVES:
The availability of subsidized child care impacts economic development at least three ways:
1. It allows parents to join the workforce.
2. It provides jobs for child care educators and administrators.
3. It supports the healthy development of children, preparing them for school and the future workforce.
The opportunity for quality child care - in particular child care subsidized for low-income families - helps minimize the negative outcomes often associated with disparities in family incomes, both in the short term for parents (it increases ability to work and access to child care that is otherwise expensive), and in the long-term as those children receiving quality child care benefit in their social and emotional development (quality child care can increase the resilience of children exposed to poverty-related trauma).
Check the related Board of Supervisors Strategic Initiatives
X Economic Development
__ Administration
X Health & Human Services
__ Infrastructure
__Public Safety
Prepared by: Sonja Koehler, Consultant to MCCCPC, 831-920-8058
Approved by: Elliott Robinson, Director-Social Services, x4430
Attachments:
2018 Monterey County Local Subsidy Priority Recommendations
Monterey County Child Care Planning Council 2018 Local Subsidy Priorities Report Briefer
Attachments to this Board Report are on file with the Clerk of the Board