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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 21, 2015 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 7 -c <br />SUBJECT: Child Care Budget Planning Information <br />DEPARTMENT: Social Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Orange County Child Care Budget <br />Planning Information <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Nancy Coston, 919 245 2800 <br />Tina Clark, 919 245 2800 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss funding needs and possible strategies for meeting the need for child <br />care subsidy for Orange County families. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County Department of Social Services (DSS) has offered <br />subsidized child care to all children placed on the waitlist prior to January 1, 2015, as directed <br />by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) using funds in the Social <br />Services current fiscal year budget, state reallocations and funds made available by the BOCC. <br />A new waiting list was started on January 1, 2015. Staff was asked to come back to the BOCC <br />and present funding proposals for different child care subsidy scenarios for FY 2015 -16. <br />Although some scenarios were developed for the March 5, 2015 work session that was <br />cancelled due to inclement weather (see attached), additional trend analysis has now been <br />included in the information being presented. <br />The original cost estimate for Fiscal Year 2014 -2015 was based on an expectation of 820 <br />children per month receiving subsidy. Due to some of the changes implemented for part time <br />care and due to the time needed to enroll new children, the expenses for this year will be below <br />the $5,023,956 and 820 children originally anticipated. The new estimate for children served <br />during this fiscal year will be 724 per month and currently 807 are receiving subsidy. <br />Although the original estimate for state child care revenue was $3.4 million, DSS has actually <br />received $4.4 million after several reallocations. With these changes, the agency anticipates <br />approximately $150,000 in county funds remaining in the child care fund on June 30, 2015. All <br />estimates in this abstract also include the cost to continue serving the children impacted by the <br />change in income eligibility and family composition implemented by the North Carolina General <br />Assembly last year (school age children below 133% of the Federal Poverty Level and children <br />living with relatives other than parents). <br />