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Committee approves plan to use $1.9 million reserve to backfill childcare slots cut by state
Summary
The committee advanced an ordinance to appropriate $1.9 million (amended to $1,843,125) from the children's fund to DCYF/HSA to preserve roughly 196–200 subsidized childcare slots for the remainder of FY2011‑12; supervisors emphasized the funds are one‑time and pressed for longer‑term plans.
The Budget and Finance Committee advanced an ordinance to appropriate one‑time funds from the city's children's contingency to backfill state cuts to Title V contractors, preserving roughly 196–200 subsidized child‑care slots and avoiding immediate classroom and staff closures.
Michelle Rutherford, program manager for child‑care policy at the Human Services Agency, said 15 of the city's 30 Title V contractors applied for local support and that the…
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