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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES <br />March 21, 2022 <br />1 <br /> <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MET ON TUESDAY: March 21, 2022 virtually <br /> <br />BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS PRESENT: Pat Garavaglia, Oscar Fleming, Jamezetta Bedford, <br />and Ann Wilkerson <br /> <br />GUEST: None <br /> <br />BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS ABSENT: Jane Garrett <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Nancy Coston, Director; Sharron Hinton, Human Services Manager; Crystal Mitchell, <br />Human Services Manager; Brittany Mann, Social Work Program Manager <br /> <br />I. Call to Order and Introductions <br /> <br />DSS Chair, Pat Garavaglia, called the meeting to order at 4:01 pm. <br /> <br />II. Board Comments <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />III. Public Comments <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />IV. Agenda Changes <br /> <br />Pat Garavaglia added Staff Appreciation. <br /> <br />V. Action Items <br /> <br />On a motion by Jamezetta Bedford, the Board approved the minutes of February 21, 2022. Ann <br />Wilkerson seconded the motion. The motion was carried without dissent. <br /> <br />VI. Items for Discussion and/or Decision <br /> <br />1. Staff Appreciation <br /> <br />March is Staff Appreciation month at the agency. There will be a staff appreciation lunch held on <br />Friday, March 25 from 12-2pm. Board members will hand out box lunches to staff. Names will be <br />chosen randomly via a virtual spin wheel for prizes following the lunch. <br /> <br />2. Child Care Subsidy <br /> <br />Tina Clark, Child Care Services Supervisor, presented on the childcare subsidy program. Ms. Clark <br />explained eligibility criteria to include working parents, parents in school, CPS involved families, <br />Adolescent Parenting Program families, and families with children experiencing developmental <br />delays. There is an income scale to be eligible. Depending on income, a parent pays a fee and DSS <br />pays the balance. Each year the childcare subsidy program has an annual budget of $5-6M, which <br />includes a combination of federal, state, and county funds. County funds are used to leverage state <br />and federal funds in order to serve the most children possible annually. County funds offer flexibility <br />to also assist families who are searching for employment. OCDSS identifies priority groups as teen <br />parents, CPS involved families, and Work First. These families do not pay parent fees. Currently,