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Approve a contract with Solano Family and Children's Council, Inc. for $435,297 to provide emergency subsidized child care, child care navigator services and trauma-informed training to child care providers for the period beginning May 8, 2018 through June 30, 2019; and Authorize the County Administrator to execute the contract and any subsequent amendments that remain within budgeted appropriations
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION
The Department of Health & Social Services (H&SS) recommends that the Board approve a contract with Solano Family and Children's Council, Inc. for $435,297 to provide emergency subsidized child care, child care navigator services and trauma-informed training to child care providers for the period beginning May 8, 2018 through June 30, 2019; and Authorize the County Administrator to execute the contract and any subsequent amendments that remain within budgeted appropriations.
SUMMARY
One of the primary barriers for potential families seeking to take in a foster child is the lack of access to child care immediately following the removal of the child. The passage of Senate Bill (SB) 89 established the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program (Bridge Program) which allows eligible resource families to receive a time-limited monthly payment or voucher for child care and a child care navigator. The Bridge Program consists of the following three components: Emergency child care voucher, child care navigator, and trauma-informed care training and coaching for child care providers. This proposed contract with Solano Family and Children's Council for $435,297 for the period beginning May 8, 2018 through June 30, 2019 aims to increase the number of foster children successfully placed in home-based family care settings, increase capacity of child care programs to meet the needs to foster children in their care, and maximize funding to support t...
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