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1 r • ^ • "' <br /> • t ,;L:7 A' 00 <br /> • <br /> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br /> This ad hoc committee report is in response to a request from the Orange <br /> County Board oil Commissioners to examine alternative means of delivering enhance, <br /> • day care servic0 to meet needs outlined in the report of the Child Care Subcom- <br /> mittee of the Orange County Human Services Advisory Commission. <br /> • The Child Care Subcommittee report cited the current state of day care <br /> service delivery in Orange County as fragmented and stated that a number of <br /> child care need S in the community are not being addressed by existing service <br /> delivery agencies . <br /> This ad ho committee report examines the potential of four models to coor- <br /> dinate service lelivery and address unmet needs. These models are: <br /> Model #1 Maintenance of the Day Care Unit in DSS at its current <br /> service level <br /> Model #2 Maintenance of the Day Care Unit in DSS and enhancement of <br /> its current service level <br /> Model #3 Oreation of a new county governmental agency, independent <br /> of DSS, to deliver enhanced day care services <br /> Model #4 Creation of a private non-profit corporation to deliver <br /> enhanced day care services <br /> All models re predicated on the assumption that all direct Title XX staff <br /> funds currently used to support Day Care Unit (Model #1) will be available for <br /> transfer to and Use in the other models. <br /> Models #1 ad #2 would continue to receive policy direction from the Orange <br /> County Board of Social Services . Policy direction would come from a Board of <br /> Commissioners appointed advisory board in Model #3 and from a corporate Board of <br /> Directors in Model #4. <br /> Models #2 and #3 would require additional estimated current day care staff <br /> levels and additional estimated expenditures of $30,300 and $36,500 respectfully. <br /> Model #4 would require the procurement of an additional S65,000 to meet estimated <br /> operating expendAures. <br /> Implementatipn of model #2 would require procurement of funds to hire addi- <br /> tional staff and specific policy direction from the MS Board. <br /> Model #3 would require action by the Board of Commissioners creating a new <br /> county agency and: authorizing the DSS Board to enter into a contract with this <br /> agency for the delivery of current day care services, the procurement nf Addi- <br /> tional firnele - 1 . <br />