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Miscellaneous Resolution 3364 December 8, 1983
Chairperson
IN RE: OAKLAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CAIr. (4c PROGRAM)
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Health and Human Resources Committee has reviewed a presentation
by Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) on behalf of the Oakland County
Community Coordinated Child Care Program (known as 4C); and
WHEREAS your Committee has determined that the work of the Oakland County
Community Coordinated 611d Care Council begun in 1974 should continue; and
WHEREAS this effort includes training, coordination and technical assistance
to child care providers intended to reinforce and strengthen the family; and
WHEREAS the 4C Council, through the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency,
is requesting that the amount of $6,503 be authorized for the 4C Program for the
period October 1, 1983 through September 30, 1984; and
WHEREAS the requested amount of $6,503 represents the identical funding
request as for the 1982-83 period; and
WHEREAS the funding request for the 1983-84 period will not require a future
increase in the currently budgeted $90,000 OLHSA line item; and
WHEREAS the requested amount is a portion of the total needed for local
match for the State agency purchase of service agreement through the State 4C
Council; and
WHEREAS 4c will be securing the balance of monies needed from other community
resources.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
authorize release of up to $6,503 to the Oakland County Community Coordinated
Child Care (4C) Program for the period October 1, 1983 through September 30, 1984,
Mr, Chairperson, on behalf of the Health and Human Resources Committee, I
move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
REPORT
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, DR. G. WILLIAM CADDELL, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: OAKLAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COORDI7AT7.7) CHILD CARE (4C PROGRAM)
TO THE.OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Finance Committee has reviewed the Oakland County Community
Coordinated Child Care (4C Program) for the period October 1, 1983 through
September 30, 1984 and finds that:
1) The Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLSRA) is re-
questing County continued participation in the 4C Program in
the amount of $6,503 for the period October 1, 1983-September
30, 1984,
2) These funds are released on a quarterly basis,
3) Of the $6,503, $1,625.75 is for the period October 1, 1983
through December 31, 1983 and is available within the 1983 appro-
priation for the Human Service Agency,
4) The $4,877.25 for the period January 1, 1984 through September
30, 1984 has been considered by the [Gina :ommittee in the 1984
Budget and has been included in the 1984 Recommended Budget for
final consideration of this Board,
Funding beyond September 30, .1984 shall require proper action of
this Boa -rd.
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dward P. ReVts, Exec ive Director
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October, 1983
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT: Match Funds for Department of Social Services
4C Purchase of Service
INTRODUCTION
The Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) is requesting that the Oakland
County Board of Commissioners, Health and Human Resources Committee, approve the
reauthorization of $6,503 to support the FY 84 Community Coordinated Child Care (4C)
Program in Oakland County. This support will serve as match to the annually . funded'
40 grant, through the Michigan Department of Social Services (MDSS) at a continua-
tion level of $32,928 (this amount includes the county's match).
In addition to maintenance of existing services, 4C intends to implement a 7c7monity
Work Experience Program (CWEP) Day Care Support component in the FY 84 procce7.
Federal dollars, locally matched within the 4C budget, will allow for a 4C-CEP
Specialist and expenses to train 100 CWEP registrants in quality child care techniques,
as well as, the monitoring of their on-the-job training. This component will coordinate
with the Community Work Experience and Training Program (CWEP) that Oakland County DSS
is currently participating in. The goal of the program is to increase the number of
ind -Niduals who achieve self-support status while applying for or receiving assistance.
Self-support as used here, refers to entering employment, retaining employment, reduc-
ing dependency on assistance resulting in welfare grant reductions and cost avoidance.
The primary focus of NEP is on development of work habits, work attitudes, and under-
standing of the employee-employer relationship. For those individuals who have been
self-supporting, the program provides the opportunity to retain regular work habits.
The combined total of the aforementioned program components is $47,083.
BACKGROUND
Community Coordinated Child Care (4C) is a network of eleven (11) coordinating agencies
throughout Michigan. 40 was created by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 in order
to advocate for effective service delivery to children. In 1972, the funding base
for 4C operation was established through the Michigan Department of Social Services.
Oakland County established the program in 1974 at the request of OLHSA after the need
for service was established by the county funded needs assessment conducted by
Moncrief Cochran.
PROBLEM STATEMENTS
The need for continuation of 4C services (Section A) and the expansion to include
CWEP Day Care Support (Section B) can be seen in the following delineation.
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, Conducted by Dr. Moncrief Cochran, and as a result, the 4C component was
established to meet the following needs identified:
1) Training for child care providers
2) Increased child care services for low income families
3) Linkage of child care providers and consumers to community
resources by establishing neighborhood sub-systems
4) Advocacy on behalf of parents and child care programs
5) Strengthening parenting programs for high-school age parents
6) Establishment of a child care information and referral service.
The methods of service delivery include: workshops, newsletters, informational
publications, on-site technical assistance, development of supportive networks
and consultation.
The 4C Council is the citizen participation component of the program. It is com-
posed of providers, parents and community representatives who share a concern for
child care. The Council is a working council, actively involved in impacting
upon the needs identified by the Moncrief Cochran Report.
The Head Start Program and 4C often coordinate efforts in meeting the needs of
low income families with young children.
The purpose of the CWEP component addresses the OLHSA mission to reduce the causes
and effects of poverty, and improve the well-being of special groups such as the
poor, near poor, socially isolated, economically and educationally disadvantaged.
Recognizing OLHSA's mission, as well as its programmatic background with child
care, Head Start, employment and training, the Oakland County HS requested that
the OLHSA 4C component implement CWEP. The implementation of the 4C-CWEP com-
ponent can provide a vehicle for self-sufficiency for a segment of Oakland County's
welfare recipients by training them to become employed in the child care field.
It should be noted that the 4C-CWEP training is consistent with the Child
Development Associates Credential (CDA) training currently available to Head
Start parents under the Education component of Head Start. The educational
thrust for Head Start traditiOnally includes parents, as well as children.
Parents are offered educational opportunities via Career Development, conferences/
workshops,.and CDA. Through CDA, parents are educated in quality child care com-
petencies to enhance their role as the principle influence on their child's educa-
tion, additionally providing them with employability skills within the area of
child care. This philosophy is carried over to the CWEP component.
Specifically, 4C plans to train 100 CWEP registrants in, among others, the follow-
ing child care areas: 1) Safety, 2) Health, 3) Learning through Play, 4) Nutri-
tion, 5) Professionalism and 6) Child Growth and Development. Twenty-seven (27)
hours of classroom instruction will be provided, as well as, '240 hours of moni-
tored on-the-job training. Through this program, the cycle of poverty can be
broken by; self-employment; employment in a child care center; and by providing
child care to additional CWEP clients while working towards self-sufficiency.
Among the strengths of the 4C network, is its ability to work effectively with com-
munity groups and agencies concerned with children and families. A natural link has
existed between the 4C program and programs within the Education/Child Care Depart-
ments of OLHSA, such as Head Start. The direction for 4C has been to expand upon,
mobilize resources, and link the educational services of OLHSA and other community
based services, with child care centers and family day care homes that serve low
income families. To this end, resources from many programs are shared to assist in
providing quality services to the economically disadvantaged.
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#83364 December 8, 1983
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ALLEN
County Clerk/Register of Deeds
Moved by Gosling supported by Caddell the report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Gosling supported by Fortino the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Caddell, Calandro, Doyon, Foley, Fortino, Gosling, Hobart, Jackson,
R. Kuhn, S. Kuhn, Lanni, Law, McConnell, McDonald, McPherson, Moffitt, Moore, c
Nelson, Olsen, Page, Perinoff, Pernick, Price, Rewold, Wilcox, Aaron. (26)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY or OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a seal,
do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
MiaLella4aGu_s_Lesallution 1183364 adopte,d ._by the 0J1kland County Board of
Commissioners at their meetrng held on December 8, 1983
with the orginial record thereof now remaining in my office, and
that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the
whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan