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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No..062=—k <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 19, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: Child Day Care Subsidy Program Status Report <br /> DEPARTMENT: Social Services PUBLIC HEARING: YES NO X <br /> INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> Marti Pryor-Cook, Ext. 2802 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To provide an update on child day care programs due to recent legislation. <br /> BACKGROUND: Due to Welfare Reform, federal legislation consolidated funding sources for <br /> child care into what is now called the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). The majority of <br /> these funds are to be used to support employment for welfare recipients, those transitioning off <br /> welfare, and families at risk of going on welfare. At the state level, CCDF funds are combined with <br /> Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) and state funding to comprise Orange County's day care <br /> allocation. This consolidation facilitates seamless policy and procedures regarding prioritization of <br /> families for child care subsidy,parent fees and income limits, and market rates. <br /> ALLOCATION <br /> Orange County received an allocation for the current fiscal year of$1,751,110.00. While <br /> this appears to be a very large allocation, it is just above our expenditure level for the past <br /> fiscal year of$1,505,533.00. Until passage of the Welfare Reform Legislation by Congress, <br /> there was uncapped funding for families who qualified for the various Public Assistance <br /> Programs (AFDC and JOBS); therefore, there was no allocation for these families and they <br /> were able to receive child care subsidy as an entitlement benefit. The result is that the <br /> agency will now have to prioritize the needs of these families with the needs of the families <br /> who have been eligible under other funding sources. <br /> WAITING LIST PRIORITIES <br /> DSS has always prioritized abused and neglected children and foster children and our plan is <br /> to continue to prioritize these children to protect them and to support permanent plans for <br /> them. Federal funds prioritize working families who are on welfare, transitioning off <br />