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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) ...
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