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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 15, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _ <br />SUBJECT: Accept Report from Social Services Board Regarding Day Care Funds and To <br />Consider A Request to Release the Remaining $50,000 Appropriated far Day <br />Care in the Social Safety Net Fund <br />DEPARTMENT: Social Services PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Day Care Task Force Report <br />(Under Separate Cover) <br />Examples of Use of Trust Funds <br />Letters of Support from Task Force <br />Members <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Rosetta Wash <br />Dee Gamble <br />Nancy Coston, ext 2802 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To accept a report from the Social Services Board regarding day care funds and to <br />consider a request to release remaining $50,000 appropriated for day care in the Social Safety <br />Net Fund. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County Commissioners, in recognition of the growing need for <br />affordable childcare for families whc live in Orange County, identified funds that could be used <br />to provide additional subsidy. The Commissioners requested that the Social Services Board <br />develop a plan for the use of $100,000 in Social Safety Net Funds designated for this purpose. <br />The Social Services Board formed a day care task force representing day care providers, the <br />Orange County Partnership for Young Children, the Social Services Board, Child Care Services <br />Association, the Board of County Commissioners, the County Manager's office and Social <br />Services staff to explore needs and resources. The Social Services Board requested in <br />December that these fiands be released to the Department of Social Services to provide <br />services to children currently waiting for day care. At the December Board of County <br />Commissioners' meeting, the Commissioners released $50,000 from the safety net and decided <br />to hold the other funds until the Social Services Board presented more information about the <br />planned use for these funds. As of March 1, 2005, Social Services had obligated $40,000 to <br />provide services tc children. <br />Since the December meeting, the Day Care Task Force has continued to meet to study the <br />varicus isstaes related to day care and the families who need assistance. The full report of the <br />Task Farce was accepted by the Social Services Board on Febniary 21, 2005 and is attached.. <br />