Title
Approval - Mecklenburg County Child Care Subsidy Waiting List Local Policy
Action
ACTION:
Approve the state-approved child care subsidy Waiting List Local Policy for Mecklenburg County.
Staff Contact: Kimberly Henderson, Director - Child, Family and Adult Services
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
Mecklenburg County contracts with Child Care Resources, Inc. (CCRI) for the administration of both State and County-funded child care subsidy programs. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) sets the guidelines and rules for administering State subsidy, which includes a program policy manual. Part of the policy manual covers how to manage a waiting list for State subsidy funding, and requires maintaining a Waiting List Local Policy. The purpose of this policy is to specify how a wait list will be managed should the need arise, as well as to clarify which populations will be prioritized for subsidized child care services.
While CCRI has maintained a consistent Waiting List Policy for years, this policy must be reviewed and approved on an ongoing basis. The first step in the process is a State review, where Mecklenburg County’s Waiting List Policy was approved by the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE). The final step is approval and sign-off by the local governing board per the regulations in the State policy manual.
The two-page Waiting List Local Policy is included here as an attachment.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
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POLICY IMPACT:
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FISCAL IMPACT:
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