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County updates board on Head Start: federal scrutiny of childcare funding, monitoring results and vendor changes
Summary
Employment & Human Services staff reported on Head Start program monitoring, federal 'defend the spend' requirements and a pause in some state childcare draws; the county reached full enrollment for Head Start, identified vendor meal quality issues and anticipates a modest monitoring finding related to staff qualifications that is being corrected.
Marla Stewart, director of Contra Costa’s Employment & Human Services Department, briefed the Board of Supervisors on the county’s Head Start and early‑childhood programs, highlighting federal and state developments, monitoring results and program operations.
Stewart summarized several federal actions: litigation that temporarily enjoined the Administration’s directive restricting use of DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) language in Head Start…
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