STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance & Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: March 8, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Jack Ireland
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement for a term of one year with a one-year renewal option with Dallas AfterSchool Network for the administration of a grant program for eligible Early Childhood Providers and Afterschool/Out of School Time Providers in the city of Dallas in the amount of $500,000 per year, for a total not to exceed amount of $1,000,000 - Total amount not to exceed $1,000,000 - Financing: Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund ($1,000,000) (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This agreement will provide for the administration of a city-wide grant program for Early Childhood Providers and Afterschool/Out of School Time Providers (ECOST Providers) in the City of Dallas, who have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Office of Community Care has sought nonprofit organizations through an open application process. The subrecipient will administer a city-wide grant program for eligible childcare programs that serve city of Dallas residents, and can be used for, but is not limited to rent, utilities, staff salaries and benefits, and program supplies.
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit childcare services providers particularly hard. The comparatively low wages of childcare services staff make it difficult to maintain staffing in a competitive environment, while programs are limited in the ability to increase salaries or other costs without increasing the costs to families and clients. This program will provide support, training, professional development, resources, and other needs to local childcare centers through a grants program.
Eligible childcare programs include Early Childhood and Out of School Time / Afterschool Provider...
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