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Head Start: county to pursue vendor meals as kitchen relocation funding unavailable; continuation grant and budget changes approved
Summary
EHSD told the board it must vacate its central Head Start kitchen by Sept. 30, 2025 and that federal capital funds are unlikely; county staff will seek vended meal contracts to sustain meals while the board approved a $25.7 million continuation grant application and a related budget revision.
Contra Costa County’s Employment and Human Services Department updated the Board of Supervisors March 25 on Head Start operations, enrollment and a pressing kitchen relocation issue.
Director Marla Stewart and interim bureau chief Scott Thompson told supervisors the department must vacate its long‑running central kitchen by Sept. 30, 2025 after a neighboring agency received state funding for a mental‑health project at the site. Public Works and EHSD reported informal cost estimates of $4–5 million to buy and renovate a replacement facility; Office of Head Start (OHS) staff told county staff federal capital funding is…
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