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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No. VE-4
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: June 29, 1993
SUBJECT: Child Care Partnership Program
DEPARTMENT: Manager' s Office PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X
ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT:
1 . Smart Start Initiative Manager' s Office
2 . Senate Bill 27 Extension 2300
3 . Child Care Task Force
Responses to TELEPHONE NUMBER-
Commissioners Questions Hillsborough -732-8181
4 . Mission of County Child Chapel Hill -968-4501
Care Partnership Mebane -227-2031
Durham -688-7331
PURPOSE:
To receive a report from the Orange County Child Care Resources Task
Force and consider the Task Forces ' requests.
BACKGROUND:
At the June 7th Commissioners meeting John Walker, Anita Daniels,
and Sue Russell presented a request for Commissioners ' support in
developing a Smart Start program in Orange County. This program
would improve standards and incentives for early childhood program
across North Carolina. As Attachment I (P3) indicates, twelve
initial public-private partnerships would be funded with one county
from each congressional district begin chosen by a state-wide panel.
Based on present information, each of the twelve counties selected
will received approximately 1 million dollars to improve and expand
child care service. A non-profit public-private partnership
embodied in a new private, non-profit 501 (c) (3) would be the entity
to establish a plan and become the conduit for channeling the
funding to appropriate child care service providers. (See
Attachment II Proposed Legislation) .
At the June 7th meeting the, Commissioners requested additional
information and requested responses to specific questions which are
included in Attachment III. In addition, the Task Force has
developed a Mission Statement and a list of Principles to guide the
program planning as provided in Attachment IV.
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In follow-up discussions with Task Force representatives, there was
agreement on the following points:
1. Representation on the Task Force should be broad-based and
reflective of all stake-holders involved in child care services.
2 . There needs to be an assessment of present efforts of
coordinations and networking among child care agencies and
organizations prior to developing new coordination initiatives.
3. As a part of the planning process, the system structure of
future service delivery needs to be identified to include the
Department of Social Services, the new Public-Private
Partnership Non-Profit organization and other existing services
providers.
4 . The planning process includes a venue for public interaction and
comment through public forums, meetings or hearings.
RECOMMENDATION(S) :
The Manager supports the following:
* that 5,000 in County funds be advanced to the Task Force to
initiate program planning and the subsequent application to
the state (these funds would be reimbursed to the County
after the Legislation has been approved) ;
* that funds for program planning may come from the
Commissioners ' contingency fund;
* that Commissioners endorse the four points outlined in the
above background information;
* that the Board consider appointing one Commissioner to serve
on the Child Care Resource Task Force.
ATTACHMENT I
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Smart Start
North Carolina Early Childhood Initiative
Governor Jim Hunt has proposed a comprehensive initiative designed to provide every child in
North Carolina access to affordable, quality early childhood education and other crucial services.
Called Smart Start, the initiative targets children from birth to five years old to ensure they come
to school healthy and ready to Iearn.
The Challenge
North Carolina is failing its children. Our state ranks 39th in the nation—among the 12 worst
states—on the health and well-being of children, according to the national Kids Count Data
Book.
Every day in North Carolina three babies die, 67 children are abused or neglected, 45 families are
started by teens and 38 teenagers drop out of high school, according to the N.C. Child Advocacy
Institute's 1993 Children's Index. Juvenile crime is on the rise, with North Carolina's 6.9 percent
increase being more than twice the national increase of 3.4 percent.
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Nearly 20 percent of North Carolina children under age five live in poverty, the highest rate of
poverty for any segment of our population. Eighty percent of the inmates in our prisons today
grew up in poverty.
More than 65 percent of North Carolina mothers with children under the age of six work outside
the home. That's one of the highest percentages of working mothers in the United States.
The number-one concern of young families today is quality child care.
Current services for children and families are fragmented and often fail to help families take
control of their lives.
What Works
The most important thing we can do for North Carolina's long-term economic development is to
help children get the best start in life. A world-class work force requires world-class skills which,
in turn, require children to come to school ready to learn.
Extensive studies, including a 15-year study by the nationally acclaimed Frank Porter Graham
Child Development Center, have proven that early childhood education works. The Frank Porter
Graham study found that even at age 15, you still can see substantial, meaningful differences in
achievement resulting from quality day care at an early age.
High-quality early childhood education is the single-most cost-effective way to ensure our future
economic development and prosperity. Every dollar spent now on early childhood education will
save more than $7 down the road in remedial education, welfare, prisons and crime.
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Smart Start
. The goals of Governor Hunt's initiative are:
• Early childhood education and other crucial services will be available for every child who
needs them.
• Early childhood programs and family services will meet high-quality standards and
performance measures.
>- Parents and families will be involved in early childhood programs. Healthy, nurturing
families are the foundation of positive child development and growth.
Smart Start includes three key components which are designed to ensure that every child has
access to high-quality, developmentally appropriate, affordable early childhood services:
V Immediate, statewide early childhood services for all children
($16.1 million in 1993-'94, $22.8 million in 1994-'95)
The initiative would improve standards and incentives for early childhood programs across North
Carolina and would make child care more affordable for working families. This comprehensive
package would: •
A lower child care staff ratios for infants and toddlers to no greater than the following:
Age Ratio Group size
Birth - 12 months 5 10
12 - 24 months 6 12
2 - 3 years 10 20
>- raise eligibility standards for receiving child care subsidies to provide help for more
families.
>- expand state staff who monitor and assist child care centers/registered homes.
> offer financial incentives for child care providers to meet higher quality AA care
standards.
> help child care teachers improve skills and knowledge by providing tuition/stipends
through the Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (TEACH) program.
> increase (on a sliding scale) the amount of child care tax credit that can be claimed by
families earning less than $40,000.
>- ensure that within three years all children (birth to age 19) are fully immunized (infants
up to one-year-old already covered by Medicaid).
> provide additional matching funds for the federal At-Risk Child Care Grant_
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J North Carolina Partnership for Children
($600,000 in 1993-'94, $600,000 in 1994-'95)
The Governor's initiative would establish a nonprofit public-private partnership to create a vision
for the quality of life of children in North Carolina and to map out a comprehensive blueprint for
improving early childhood education, health care, and other crucial services. The partnership
would bring together North Carolina leaders—from business, government, education, churches,
nonprofits, communities and children and family advocacy groups—outside the framework of
government to develop a collaborative strategy to serve children and families. It would be a
catalyst for bold change in communities through local, nonprofit public-private partnerships.
The partnership would: •
>- create a statewide vision for children.
>- map out a comprehensive blueprint of services for children.
>- develop benchmarks for specific, measurable performance.
>- seek applications from interested counties to serve as demonstration partnerships.
>- showcase existing programs that promote collaboration and quality of services.
>- mobilize public support for change.
>- recommend 12 initial partnerships from among the applications (one in each
Congressional district) based bn recommendations from a panel of early childhood
experts. An additional eight partnerships would be recommended beginning 1994-'95.
The remaining 80 counties would be phased in over the next few years.
A monitor and hold local partnerships accountable for quality services.
>- report to the General Assembly in April 1994 and March 1995 on the progress of the
initiative and recommend a process for future expansion statewide.
J Local Partnerships for Children
($19.4 million in 1993-'94, $39.4 million in 1994-'95)
Local partnerships would receive funds to develop comprehensive early childhood programs
tailored to the individual needs and resources of their communities. The bulk of the money
provided to local partnerships would go toward direct services to children and families:
• funding child development services: developmentally appropriate child care services,
parenting education programs, home visits to help families, start-up funding to meet
building code and licensing standards, quality enhancement of existing services, technical
assistance, technology-based and other innovative educational enrichment efforts.
A raising the subsidy rate received by child care centers to a statewide "market rate" that
more closely reflects actual cost of quality services.
expanding eligibility for subsidies to reach more families. The income ceiling for
eligibility would be raised from its current level of$18,000.
Local efforts would be tied to quality and accountability. An evaluation system would be
developed to assure quality and performance.
Local commitment and involvement, both financially and strategically, would be required. Each
county would bring public and private interests together to develop a plan for all children who
need services, using both existing resources and new resources.
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Local partnerships would be charged with strengthening and empowering families through
. parenting education, literacy training, improved family health care and hygiene, and other
strategies. Funds would be provided only after long-range plans have been approved for high-
quality early childhood education and related services to all children in the community.
Statistics:
North Carolina children
Total Number in poverty Percent in poverty
468,676 86,628
18.5
Poor children under five not receiving subsidies
Statewide 12 counties/FY 93-94 cost 20 counties/FY 94-95 cost
36,000 4,320 $2.9 million , 7,200 $8.3 million
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Children now receiving subsidies which would be increased
Statewide 12 counties/FY 93-94 cost 20 counties/FY 94-95 cost
33,000 3,960 $2.6 million 6,600 $7.6 million
Children under five, not in poverty, whose parents earn less than $23,000
Statewide 12 counties/FY 93-94 cost 20 counties/FY 94-95 cost
69,900 8,390 $5.6 million 13,980 $16.2 million
The Cost
While new funding will be necessary to assure high-quality programs, the initiative will work to
bring about a collaboration of existing services, such as libraries, health and mental health
departments, Head Start, volunteers, mentors, and public school services like speech therapy. It
will seek the most effective use of existing resources. In turn, the state will work with local
counties, businesses, foundations, and nonprofits to defray overall costs of the initiative. Federal
dollars will also be used.
The Governor's initiative requests a total of$36.1 million in 1993-'94 and $62.8 million in 1994-
'95 in state funds. A specific breakdown of costs follows:
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Immediate early childhood measures to
benefit children in all counties 1993-'94 1994-'95
Lower child care staff/child ratios for infants & toddlers S2.8 million $2.8 million t
Raise eligibility standards for families receiving child $1.8 million $1.8 million k
care subsidies to reach more families
Expand staff who monitor& provide assistance to child $328,300 5704,000
care centers and homes
Offer financial incentives for child care providers to meet $1.4 million $1,4 million
higher quality AA standards
Increase amount of child care tax credit that can be S3.7 million* S4 million*
claimed by families earning less than $40,000
Help child care teachers improve skills & knowledge Si million $1 million
through tuition/stipends (Teacher Education &
Compensation Helps—TEACH)
Ensure that all children are fully immunized $5 million $10.9 million �+
Provide matching funds for federal At-Risk Child Care $126,000 $186,200
. Grant
Subtotal $16.1 million $22:8 million
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* Estimated revenue loss
N.C. Partnership for Children/ Local
Partnerships for Children 1993-'94 1994-'95
Direct Services $12.9 million $33.8 million
12 counties $11.1 million 522.2 million
8 counties 0 59.9 million
One-time shut-up costs $1.2 million 0
County administration for direct services $600,000 51.7 million
N.C. Partnership for Children $600, 5600,000
(staff& operational expenses)
Local Partnerships for Children $1.9 million $2 million
(staff& operational expenses)
12 counties 51.2 million $1.2 million
8 counties 0 $800,000
Strategic planning process 5720,000 0
Quality & Accountability $4.6 million $3.6 million
Evaluation system 5660,000 5300,000
Resource & referral services $150,000 5500,000
State administration* $500,000 $500,000
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Assessments of local needs & resources' $1.5 million p
Automated payment system* $500,000 $1.2 million
Technology-based education & innovative learning $240,000 $160,000
Leadership development* $580,000 $580,000
Staff development* $450000 $360000
Subtotal $20 million
540 million
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*Services for all counties
` Total for N.C.Early Childhood Initiative l $36.1 million l $62.8 million 1
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Smart Start Legislative Package
✓ Early Childhood Initiatives: HB 718, S 676
Primary sponsors: Easterling, Nye, H. Hunter (House); Walker (Senate)
✓ Expand Child Care Credit:.HB 720, S 675
Primary sponsors: G. Miller (House), Walker (Senate)
✓ Universal Child Immunization: HB 719, S 674
Primary sponsors: H. Hunter, Easterling, Nye (House); Walker(Senate)
(5/7/93)
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Attachment 1
Examples of subsidy impact
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in local demonstration partnerships
Providing half-day developmental child care program to poor children not now
being served
Family of 4: single, unemployed parent
One preschool-aged child
Minimal annual income
Child care subsidy: $140 per month or $1,260 for nine-month period
Parent financial contribution: Minimal (less than $15 per month)
>- Increasing the payment rate for poor children already receiving subsidy
Family of 4: single parent
One preschool-aged child, two sch&ol-aged children
Annual income: $15,000
Monthly expense for quality child care: $365
Parent financial contribution: $85 per month; $1,020 annually
Typical current child care subsidy payment (depending on county rate): $180 per month;
$2,160 annually
New child care subsidy payment (new state market rate): $280 per month; $3,360 annually
Annual subsidy increase for quality care: $1,200
> Raising the family income eligibility level for subsidies
Family of 4: two parents
One preschool-aged child
Annual income: $21,000
Monthly child care expense: $365
Parent financial contribution: $185 per month; $1,665 for nine-month period
New child care subsidy payment: $180 per month; $1,620 for nine-month period*
* Not currently eligible for subsidy
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Attachment 2
• Example of new & expanded services
in a typical demonstration county
Increased and expanded subsidy program $1.85 million
Poor children under five not now receiving subsidies
360 children $473,000 estimated cost
Children now receiving subsidies which would be increased
330 children $436,400 estimated cost
Children under five, not in poverty, whose parents earn less than $23,000
690 children $924,000 estimated cost
One-time start-up money (12 counties)
$100,000
Local partnership for children
$100,000
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Strategic planning process
$36,000
Resource Sr. referral services
$25,000
Assessment of local needs and resources
$15,000
Technology-based learning programs for children
$20,000
Total services and funding for one year
$2.13 million
Leadership development and staff training to occur throughout first year.
State technical assistance would be provided throughout planning and implementation process in
coordination with staff training and development. Feasibility study would be conducted for an
automated payment system to counties.
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Attachment 3 ._
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Business
Representatives ( nprottts CIvic.Group
Library
Recreation
Department /
1 Mental Health
\ Department
Untted Way BRINGING
Family Literacy
rganlzatlon
Churches °A
Private Child
Care Provider
EVERYONE
Health
Departmen City-County
Government
Housing
Authority TO THE TABLE
Communtty
Colleges
Schools
JTPA
Department o Family Cooperative
Social Services Representatives Extension 4-H
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ATTACHMENT II 12
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'-• GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 1993
1 Requested by: Representative Easterling
_ 2 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES
3 Sec. 254. (a) Article 3 of Chapter 143B of the. General Statutes is
4 amended by adding a new Part to read:
5 "Part 10B. Early Childhood Initiatives.
,'> 6 "§ 143B-168.10. Early childhood initiatives; findings.
7 The General Assembly finds, upon consultation with the Governor, that every
?: 8 child can benefit from, and should have access to. high quality childhood education
9 and development services. The economic future and well-being of the State depend
10 upon it. Throughout the State. however, a shortage of high quality, comprehensive
11 programs is approaching crisis proportions. The effects of this crisis cut across all
12 boundaries of race, sex, and income.
13 "§ 143B-168.11. Early childhood initiatives; intent; North Carolina Partnership for
14' Children, Inc.
15 It is the intent of the General Assembly, upon consultation with the Governor, to
4; 16 support through financial and other means, the North Carolina Partnership for
17 Children, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, which has as its mission the development of a
18 comprehensive, long-range strategic vision for early childhood development and the
,, 19 provision, through public and private means, of high quality early childhood
20 education and development services for children and families.
21 "§ 143B-168.12. Early childhood initiatives; North Carolina Partnership for Children,
22 Inc.; conditions; powers and duties; local demonstration projects; statewide needs and
23 resource assessment; rule making; reporting requirements.
24 (a) As a condition for receiving funds appropriated to the North Carolina
25 Partnership for Children, Inc., members of the Board of Directors of the North •
26 Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., shall consist of four ex officio members and
27 25 appointed members. The four ex officio members shall be the Secretary of the
d,' 28 Department of Human Resources, the Secretary of the Department of Environment,
29 Health, and Natural Resources, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and .the
30 President of the Department of Community Colleges. The appointed members shall
31 be appointed as follows: four by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, four
32 by the President Pro Ternpore of the Senate, and 17 by the Governor.
>' 33 As a further condition for receiving funding, the North Carolina Partnership for
34 Children, Inc., shall agree that it shall adopt procedures for its operations that are
t 35 similar to those of Article 33C of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, the Open
36 Meetings Law, and Chapter 132 of the General Statutes, the Public Records Law, and
,s 37 provide for enforcement by the Department. The State Auditor shall, at the expense
38 of the corporation, conduct an annual audit that was discretionary under G.S. 159-
39 40(b).
40 (b) As a condition for receiving funding appropriated to it the North Carolina
;. 41 Partnership for Children, Inc., shall oversee the development and implementation of
::: 42 12 local demonstration projects: Each demonstration project shall be coordinated by
43 a new local, private. nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization responsible for developing a
44 comprehensive, collaborative, long-range plan of services to children and families in
45 the service-delivery area. The board of directors of each local nonprofit organization
46 shall consist of no more than 20 members, including representatives of public and
°' 47 private nonprofit health and human service agencies, day care providers, the business
48 community. foundations, county municipal governments, local education units,
4 49 and families. The Department of Human Resources, in cooperation with the North
50 Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., may specify in its requests for applications
51 the local agencies that shall be represented on the Board.
52 The Department of Human Resources shall develop a statewide process, in
_ 53 cooperation with the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., to select the local
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1 demonstration projects. The 12 local demonstration projects developed and
2 implemented shall be located in the 12 congressional districts, one to a district.
3 An existing local, private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization in the community may
4 apply to serve as the coordinator of a demonstration project if the governance of the j;
5 project meets the objective of decision making by a broad range of public and private
6 health and human services providers. --,
7 (c' Funds appropriated to be allocated to the local demonstration projects for :
8 services to children and families shall be used to expand coverage and improve the
9 quality of services. These funds shall not be allocated to any local demonstration
10 project until the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources, upon r:
11 recommendation of the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., has approved A;
12 its final local plan.
13 (d) Funds appropriated to support the local strategic planning process and
14 activities of the North Carolina Partnership for Children. Inc„ the local nonprofit
15 organizations, and start-up and related activities shall be available for these purposes
16 upon the effective date of enactment of this Part.
17 (e) Communities shall be given the maximum flexibility and discretion practicable d
18 in developing their plans. Depending on local, regional, or statewide needs, funds,
19 may be used to support such activities and services as day care services, start-up
20 funding, conforming to licensing and building code requirements, in-home visitation,
21 parent training programs, quality enhancement, technical assistance, needs and L a.
22 resource assessments. infant tracking, evaluation, child care resource and referral
23 services, educational enrichment, staff and organizational development, leadership
24 and administrative development, technology assisted education, strategic `visioning'
25 and 'tannin. .rocesses and other a. •ro i riate services includin! local administrative
26 support.
27 (f) The Department of Human Resources, in cooperation with the North Carolina
28 Partnership for Children, Inc., shall develop a needs and resource assessment for each
29 of the counties unserved by the demonstration projects. Of the funds appropriated to
30 it to implement this Part, the Department may make available up to ten thousand
31. dollars ($10,000) per county for one year to an appropriate private nonprofit entity or
32 to the county to perform this assessment.
33 (g) The Department of Human Resources, in cooperation with the North Carolina
34 Partnership for Children. Inc., shall adopt any rules necessary to implement this
35 section.
36 Sh) The Department of Human Resources shall report to the General Assembly
37 and the Governor by April 1, 1994. and by March, 1, 1995, on the results of all the ,
38 local demonstration projects' work, including all details of the use to which the
39 allocations were put, and on the continuing_plans of the North Carolina Partnership
40 for Children, Inc.. and of the Department of Human Resources, together with
41 legislative proposals. including proposals to implement the program statewide, and
42 including appropriations requests."
43 (b) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Human Resources,
44 the sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the
45 sum of twenty-eight million four hundred forty thousand dollars ($28,440,000) for the
46 1994-95 fiscal year to implement subsection (a) of this section. From the funds
47 appropriated by this subsection, the Department shall provide funds for services
48 prescribed in subsection (a) of this section for necessary State, regional, and local
49 administration of this Part, and for the activities of the North Carolina Partnership for
50 Children, Inc., consistent with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
51 (c) Effective January 1. 1994, G.S. 110-91(7) reads as rewritten:
J7 "(7) Staff-Child Ratio. -- In determining the staff-child ratio, all
J3 children younger than 13 years shall be counted. The Commission
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1 shall adopt rules regarding staff-child ratios, group sizes and multi-
2 age groupings for each category of facility other than for infants
3 and toddlers, provided that such these rules shall
4 be no less stringent than those currently required for staff-child
5 ratios as enacted in Section 156(e) of Chapter 757 of the 1985
6 Session Laws. The staff-child ratios and group sizes for infants and
7 toddlers shall be no less stringent than as follows:
8 Age Ratio Group Size
9 0 to 12 months 5 10
10 12 to 24 months 6
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2 to 3 years 10 20."
12 (ci) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, religious
13 sponsored facilities operating under G.S. 110-106, and not receiving any State or federal
14 child care subsidies, including subsidies paid by the State or local service agency directly
15 to the facility or to the parent of a child enrolled in the facility, shall have until June 30,
16 1994 to comply with the lower staff-child ratios for children under age 3 if the religious
• 17 sponsored facility files with the Department of Human Resources a notice of intent to
18 delay compliance with the ratios and a statement of assurance that the facility will not
'' 19 accept any public child-care subsidy funds until compliance with the ratios is achieved.
20 All religious sponsored facilities shall comply fully with the provisions of G.S. 110-91(7)
21 by July 1, 1994.
22 (d) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Human Resources
23 the sum of one million seven hundred fifteen thousand two hundred six dollars
24 ($1,715,206) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of two million two hundred
25 sixteen thousand two hundred ninety-three dollars ($2,216,293) for the 1994-95 fiscal
26 year, shall be used to increase the reimbursement rate for day care providers to
27 implement subsection (c) of this section.
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29 Requested by: Representatives Nye and Easterling
30 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES PLAN
31 Sec. 255. Counties participating in the Early Childhood Education and
r` 32 Development Initiatives authorized by Part 10B of Article 3 of Chapter 143B of the
`.}F., 33 General Statutes, if enacted by the 1993 General Assembly by the effective date of
34 this act, may use the county's allocation of State and federal child care funds to
35 subsidize child care according to the county's Early Childhood Education and
- 36 Development Initiatives Plan as approved by the Department of Human Resources.
; 37 The use of federal funds shall be consistent with the appropriate federal regulations.
38 Day care providers shall, at a minimum, comply with the applicable requirements for
39 State licensure or registration pursuant to Article 7 of Chapter 110 of the General
40 Statutes, with other applicable requirements of State law or rule, including rules
41 adopted for nonregistered day care by the Social Services Commission, and with
'1'+ 42 applicable federal regulations.
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44 Requested by: Representatives Easterling and Nye
45 CHILD DAY CARE REVOLVING LOAN FUND
46 Sec. 256. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, funds budgeted for
,', 47 the Child Day Care Revolving Loan Fund may be transferred to and invested by the
;i 48 financial institution contracted to operate the Fund. The principal and any income
49 to the Fund may be used to make loans, reduce loan interest to borrowers, serve as
50 collateral for borrowers, pay the contractor's cost of operating the Fund, or to pay the
;w 51 Department's cost of administering the program.
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53 Requested by: Representatives Nye and Easterling
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ATTACHMENT III
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CHILD CARE RESOURCES TASK FORCE
RESPONSES TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ' QUESTIONS
1. WHO IS ON THE TASK FORCE?
The following agencies and organizations are represented on the Task
Force:
United Way of Greater Orange County
Child Care Networks
Day Care Services Association
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
Orange County Department of Social Services
First Citizens Bank
OPC-Mental Health Center
Orange County Schools
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Head Start - Chapel Hill Training Outreach
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(A list of the membership, by name, is attached. )
In addition to the membership, the Task Force intends to include, in
the final organization, representatives of County and Municipal
governments, additional public and private non-profit health and
human services agencies, day care providers, foundations, and
families (as required by the law) and religious and business service
organizations.
2. WHAT ORGANIZATION WILL RECEIVE, COORDINATE, AND BE ACCOUNTABLE
FOR FUNDS?
Until the local not-for-profit partnership is established (probably
in August) , Day Care Services Association has agreed two receive and
administer funds as requested by the Task Force. When the local
partnership is established as a separate 501 (c) (3) organization in
accordance with the new General Statutes amendment, its Board of
Directors will assume that responsibility.
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3. WHEN ARE FUNDS NEEDED?
The Task Force has received a conditional commitment from United Way
of Greater Orange County for $3,000 in start-up funds. Included in
the General Statues amendment is $10,000 (now $15, 000) for each
county for an early childhood services inventory. The Task Force
needs a $5000 advance on these funds now to hire a part time
manager, establish the liaison with all the agencies and institu-
tions whose approval of the Smart Start application must be
obtained, begin preparations for the services inventory and for the
application. An initial budget is included.
4. WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END OF THE TWO YEARS FOR WHICH STATE FUNDING
IS APPROVED?
The honest answer is that, although the Governor and many members of
the legislature have intentions to continue, and we have hopes no
one really knows. Continuing funding is dependent on many factors,
chief among which will be the successes produced by these
initiatives. However, many factors limit the risk of non-
continuance of funding:
The intent of the State initiative is to prototype a variety of
initiatives in many parts of the state and then to spread the
successful ones throughout the state on a continuing basis. In this
regard, the five year kindergarten program is a model. It is
clearly intended to continue state funding if the initiative is
successful.
Locally, the Child Care Resources Task Force has committed itself to
the realization of the early childhood education and development
vision produced by the May 1993 Symposium regardless of whether or
not its application for state funding is successful. Those parts of
the vision which were identified as of highest priority can be
achieved with minimal funding. These include:
1. Coordination and collaboration of and between existing
agencies and institutions, both in existing services and in
the development of new services to meet emerging needs.
2 . The development of public/private partnerships.
3. The education of the public and of its various communities
in the importance of early child care and development and
the vital stake which all of us have in its improvement.
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So, at worst, we would have to return to the further improvement of
our initial priorities if virtually all funds were to be withdrawn
at the end of two years. And in the meantime, much would have been
accomplished in Orange County for the Community and its future.
5. WHAT IS NEEDED FROM THE COUNTY?
1. An expression of support for the Task Force to develop the
application for Smart Start funds, conduct the services
inventory, establish liaison with other public and private
organizations, and develop a non-profit structure to serve
as a local partnership.
2 . Appointment of one Commissioner to serve on the Task Force.
3. Active support of Orange County' s Smart Start application
in all the forums in which the County Commissioners and
staff participate.
4 . An advance of $5,000 on the planning/services inventory
funding.
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ATTACHMENT IV
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MISSION OF ORANGE COUNTY CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIP :
To develop long range collaborative commitments among all organizations, agencies,
and providers contributing to 0-5 child care to maximize their comprehensiveness,
effectiveness, quality, access, delivery, and improvement.
ORGANIZATIONAL PURPOSE :
To act as a planning, coordinating, inspirational, and supporting body, rather than a
service provider
PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM PLANNING
The recommended program(s) will:
Be collaborative in design and execution
Be Family-focussed and child-centered (as opposed to agency-, program-, or
problem-centered)
Address all elements of the Symposium Vision (or identify those which it is decid-
ed not to include)
Be inclusive of all institutions, agencies, and providers concerned with the securi-
ty, health, nutrition, education, well-being and welfare of children 0-5.
Be designed to build upon the combined strengths and contributions of existing
services, agencies and institutions, rather than creating new ones where
satisfactory capability already exists
Concentrate on improving coordination, quality, delivery, access, and comprehen-
siveness rather than merely channelling resources.
Devote an appropriate portion (e.g., @40%?) of new resources to the enhancement
of existing services where the need can be satisfied within the guiding
principles of collaboration and comprehensiveness.
Provide equity in service delivery for all children in the County.
Design delivery systems to ensure that no child will be denied services because of
lack of access or resources
Recognize the value of service deliverers
Be of high quality and replicable in other counties and communities
Respect the diversity of young children and their families and be inclusive of that
diversity
(6/15/93 - Draft 3)