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CHILD CARE COMMISSION
6:30 p.m.
March 28, 1991
City Council Chambers COMMISSIONERS
CALL TO ORDER;
Chairman Baker called the Meeting to order at 6:35 p.m.
ROLL CALL;
Present - Chairman Baker, Commissioners Cutler, Gilk,
L'Esperance, and Mead
Absent - Commissioner Mead and Schwei
Staff Members Present:
Jim Hagaman, Research Manager
Lori Lieberman, Assistant to the City Manager
Joni Wiltgen, Management Analyst
Ken Jaffe, International Child Resource Institute
Doris Lipska, Mulberry Children's Center
MINUTES;
The Child Care Commission approved the minutes of
February 11, 1991 as presented.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD;
Christy Smith, 740 Breeze Hill Road #143, Vista, addressed
the Commission and stated that she is representing a
non-profit national Children's ID program. The program
consists of a parent purchasing pre-printed labels at a cost
of $25.00 containing an 800 number which could be called in
case a child is lost, found, or has a medical emergency. The
child's name remains in the databank for one year. Ms. Smith
explained that the program is new to southern California but
has been in operation over a year in other parts of the
country. Most parents are in favor of this type of program
because information is only released to emergency personnel
on request.
Commissioner Mead arrived at 6:37 p.m.
OLD BUSINESS;
There was no old business to discuss.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Review of ICRI's Workplan for Phase Two of the Carlsbad
Child Care Development Program
Jim Hagaman, Research Manager, announced the the Summary
Report would be going to the City Council on Tuesday,
April 2, 1991.
Ken Jaffe, ICRI Executive Director, reviewed the Child
Care Needs Assessment report recommendations and the
timeline and activity steps associated with each
recommendation. The recommendations are:
the expansion of current child care programs;
changes in City planning ordinances;
the development of a refined child care information
system;
• the development of a plan for the expansion of
critical child care;
quadrant specific recommendations;
Baker
Cutler
Gilk
L'Esperance
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March 28, 1991 CHILD CARE COMMISSION Page 2 COMMISSIONERS
special school-age programs;
other City child care policies; and
funding approaches
The goals of these recommendations is to lessen the
distance between the demand and supply of child care in
Carlsbad.
2. Review of Federal Child Care Legislation
Ken Jaffe reviewed potential sources of child care
funding from the federal government. The Act for Better
Childcare (ABC) Bill provides two major sources of
funding through the Child Care and Development Block
Grant Act of 1990 and through the 1990 Child Care
Amendments to Title IV of the Social Security Act.
Funding is provided for states to administer to children
of parents on Aid for Families with Dependent Children
(AFDC), low-income families at risk for AFDC, child care
licensing, monitoring and improvements, social services
block grants and other uses. All Title IV funds are
administered by the Department of Health and Human
Services.
3. Review of State Child Care Legislation
Ken Jaffe reviewed potential sources of child care
funding from the state, as proposed by Governor Wilson
in his budget speech. This includes $50 million to
expand and reform state pre-schools to comply with and
compliment federal Headstart standards. However, this
funding was pulled out of other parts of the budget so
that cuts in existing child care programming or content
will have to be made. Overall, there is no net increase
for child care in the state budget. The state's
Legislative Analyst has recommended an annual $50 family
day care licensing fee. Also under discussion is a
$100-$300 fee for family day care centers. Ken Jaffe
feels that these fees will cause many day care providers
to "go underground" to avoid government regulation.
ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA
At the April 25, 1991 meeting, Ken Jaffe, ICRI Consultant,
will make a presentation on state child care legislation
being proposed in the new legislative session.
COMMISSIONERS' REPORTS
There were no Commissioner reports presented.
ADJOURNMENT;
By proper motion, the meeting of March 28, 1991 was
adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
J7AMES C. HAi
/Research Mana
BETTY BUCKNER
Minutes Clerk
Baker
Cutler
Gilk
L'Esperance
Mead