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Consent-General Government # 10.
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| Board of Supervisors Meeting |
County Administrator |
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| Approve agreement with Yolo Crisis Nursery, Inc. for a one-time grant of $100,000 from the fiscal year 2015-16 Pomona Funds allocation for the purpose of operating the Crisis Nursery in fiscal year 2015-16. (No general fund impact) (Blacklock/Dickinson) |
| Recommended Action |
| Approve agreement with Yolo Crisis Nursery, Inc. (YCN) for a one-time grant of $100,000 from the FY 15-16 Pomona Funds allocation for the purpose of operating the Crisis Nursery in FY 15-16. |
| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
Collaborate to maximize success
Enhance and sustain the safety net
Provide fiscally sound, dynamic and responsive services |
| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
Background
On March 27, 2014 EMQ Families First formally announced that it did not plan to continue operating the Yolo Crisis Nursery effective June 30, 2014. EMQ Families First was the parent organization for the Yolo Crisis Nursery program, which has been in operation in Yolo County for fourteen years and works towards the goal of preventing child abuse by offering a safe and healthy place parents can voluntarily place their young children (ages 0-5) for child care during difficult times.
Services provided by the Crisis Nursery include the following:
- Crisis respite overnight care for children ages 0-5
- Crisis respite daycare for children ages 0-5 from 7am-7pm
- Respite daycare for foster parents of children ages 0-5 from 7am-7pm
- Subsidized preschool for children ages 2-5 from 9am-12pm
- Case management for parents
- Referrals to community resources
- Emergency transportation of clients
- Assessment and referrals for children
- Care packages
Following the announcement of EMQ, members of the Yolo community expressed significant concern over the potential loss of the program, and a large community effort was undertaken to save the program. EMQ Families First agreed to continue operating the program through FY 14-15, in order to allow the program to conduct fundraising, develop an operating plan and establish independent 501©3 status. Yolo Crisis Nursery, Inc. was officially established as an independent non-profit (separating from EMQ Families First) on July 1, 2015.
In FY 14-15 the County provided $80,000 to the Crisis Nursery to ensure the continued operations of the program, with the requirement that the Nursery provide data on program usage to the County. No usage data is included in this report. Staff is working with the Crisis Nursery to ensure the accuracy of the data, which is expected to be complete in early August. Staff will send the data to the Board when it is ready. County staff will also work with the Crisis Nursery staff over the next year to look at a substantive approach to performance measures.
Recommended Action
The Board for Yolo Crisis Nursery, Inc. has requested a one-time grant of $100,000 in FY 15-16 to assist the program in maintaining its programming during its transition to independent status. The organization intends to begin applying for additional grants (from sources other than the County) to ensure the financial stability of the program in future years, but was not able to pursue grants for the organization until its 501©3 status was officially approved. It now has achieved non-profit status.
On June 16, 2015 the Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to approve the 2015-16 Recommended Budget, including a one-time grant of $100,000 from the Fiscal Year 15-16 Pomona Funds allocation to Yolo Crisis Nursery, Inc. for the purpose of operating the Crisis Nursery from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016.
At this time, staff recommends that the Board approve the agreement with Yolo Crisis Nursery, Inc. (see Attachment A) for a one-time grant of $100,000. |
| Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies) |
| Yolo Crisis Nursery, Inc. |
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