REPORT TO SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

BOARD MEETING DATE:  June  19, 2018
CATEGORY:  Consent - Health and Human Services-7.

SUBJECT:

Amendment to agreement with Shasta County Office of Education

Supervisorial District No. :  All

DEPARTMENT CONTACT:  Melissa Janulewicz, Branch Director, HHSA Regional Services, (530) 245-7638

STAFF REPORT APPROVED BY:  Melissa Janulewicz, Branch Director, HHSA Regional Services

RECOMMENDATION

Approve and authorize the Chairman to sign an amendment, effective date of signing, to the agreement with the Shasta County Office of Education to provide Stage One Child Care services to decrease the maximum compensation during the entire term of the agreement from $6,000,000 to $5,540,000, and retain the term for the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020.

SUMMARY

Since August 1998, Shasta County Office of Education (SCOE) has been consistently providing quality services to Shasta County families. The proposed amendment will reduce compensation due to declining caseloads and corresponding state funding.

DISCUSSION

As a part of the CalWORKs Program supportive services, families actively participating are offered no cost child care resources to support their participation in job or educational activities.  For many years, Shasta County has collaborated with SCOE to provide these services on behalf of CalWORKs recipients in what is termed “Stage One Child Care.” In addition to this Stage One Child Care agreement, SCOE has historically received related CalWORKs funding (Stages Two and Three Child Care) through the State Department of Education to provide additional child care and related parent support services for former CalWORKs participants.  Child care services are crucial to maintaining stable employment, and the cost would otherwise be out of reach for many working parents in the CalWORKs Program. Stage One Child Care services are a mandated component of the CalWORKs Program, providing valuable assistance to parents in obtaining and maintaining work. Additionally, SCOE contracts with numerous child care providers, which spreads the financial benefit of these resources throughout the community.

ALTERNATIVES

The Board could choose not to approve the amendment and the department would monitor and ensure expenditures during the affected Fiscal Years (FY) remain within state allocations.

OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT

County Counsel has approved the amendment as to form.  Risk Management previously approved the original agreement.  There is no change to liability or insurance provisions in this amendment. This recommendation has been reviewed by the County Administrative Office.

FINANCING

For FY 2017-18 there are transfers between budget line items but no change to the maximum compensation of $2,000,000. For both FYs 2018-19 and 2019-20 maximum compensation is being decreased by $230,000 (from $2,000,000 to $1,770,000) for each FY; there are budget line item shifts as well. No additional County General Funds are requested.