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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 17, 1998 Action Agenda Item # H.; Subject: Request for approval to proceed with "Improving School -Age Quality Care Grant" Department: Orange County Cooperative Extension Public Hearing: Yes _X No Service — 4 -H Budget Amendment Required: Yes _X No Attachment(s): Draft: "Improving School -Age Quality Care Grant" Information Contact: Fletcher Barber, Jr., Ed.D. Iris W. Fuller, WA Telephone Numbers: Hillsborough 732 -8181 Durham 688 -7331 Mebane 227 -2031 Chapel Hill 967 -9251 Purpose: Permission for the Orange County 4 -H program to submit a proposal in the amount of $12,200 to the North Carolina 4 -H School -Age Quality Care program for funds to assist two elementary after- school programs (McDougle and Seawell Elementary) receive accreditation. The monies from this grant will be used to contract with Joint -Orange Chatham Community Action Agency to facilitate a two -year accreditation with two Orange County after- school sites. Background: School -age care has become a major issue across the nation, as well as in Orange County in the past five to ten years. Currently, there are approximately 1,500 youth ages 5 -12 enrolled in Orange County Public Schools Before and After School programs. Approximately seventy - three registered home day care providers are offering a total of 584 slots for school -agers in Orange County. Many of the programs offering care to school -agers are already considered quality sites. However, through this grant we hope to provide the opportunity to add some creativity in programming and to surpass the quality standards previously set, by having two sites participate in national accreditation and by providing educational offerings and professional development to home day care providers. This project is a two -year commitment with two phases. The first year commitment will consist of providing assistance to two after- school sites to improve the quality of programming. The second phase (second year) will consist of the application for accreditation process.