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y TO: Board of County Commissioners FROM: elP B . Lyons DATE: March 23, 1982 FILE: SUBJECT: Funding for Day Care Centers REFERENCES: It is not often that you will find me asking for grants in the welfare area. However, here is a way to save welfare money and get people out of the welfare rut by spending a little money. Turner's and Moore's Child Care Centers provide care to young children so that parents can work.. Currently, 25 slots are funded through Title 20_ as follows: 122% Local March 75% Federal (Title 20) The program started here in 1979-80 and the local match was provided by Coca Cola - $4,800. Coca Cola withdrew in this area last year and the 122% was funded as follows: 64% United Fund and 64% (about $2,400) by fund raising from the citizens of Gifford. This was to last through September 1982. The State has now moved up its budget year and asks that the 1982-83 budget requests be filed in April with new local match. This creates a big strain on the Gifford fund raisers. The 25 slots provided by this program lets people who were on welfare, or who would be on welfare, have child care while they work or go back to school The hours of the centers are from 6':30 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. so that the parent can work. This gets people out of the welfare rut and gives`them a chance to begin helping themselves. In the long run we all save money. I hope you will see fit to authorize $2,400 to this program. Motion was made by Commissioner Lyons, seconded by Commissioner Bird, to authorize $2,400 local match from the coming budget for the Day Care Program, the funds to come from the County Commission Contingency Fund, Account No. 001-199-513-99.91. Commissioner Bird noted that the 122% and 75% -do not add up to 100%, and Commissioner Lyons explained that the State comes up with the other 122%. Finance Officer Barton assumed this is merely a commitment toward's next year's budget and that we will not 67 APR 7 1982 . faf-,