Fiscal Note
The Resolution reallocates $30,101 in Community Resources funding that has been included in the 2008 OCS operating budget. There is no impact on cost controls or levy.
Title
Authorizing the City of Madison, through the Office of Community Services, to terminate a contract with Dane County Parent Council and reallocate the remaining unused funds to the Bridge Lake Point Waunona Neighborhood Center to serve elementary age children from the Great Gray neighborhood.
Body
WHEREAS, the 2008 City of Madison operating budget allocated $307,523 to Dane County Parent Council, of which $34,101 was for the Wexford Family Center to provide infant & toddler child care for low income families in the Wexford neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, Dane County Parent Council decided to close the Wexford Family Center on March 31, 2008 due to a lack of enrollment in the program;
WHEREAS, from January 1, 2008 through March 31, 2008 Dane County Parent Council expended $4,089.84 for the Wexford Family Center leaving a balance of their appropriation of $30,101.16 to be reallocated;
WHEREAS, the Early Childhood Care and Education Board (ECCEB) indicated that they would like to reallocate the funds in such a way that meets their highest priority goal of funding infant and toddler child care for low income families; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Community Services for several years has provided stabilization funding to City accredited child care centers that serve large numbers of low-income infants & toddlers in an effort to maintain full-time child care slots for those children when other funding is disrupted; and
WHEREAS, in the Spring of 2008 the City of Madison through the Police Department, Office of Community Services and the Mayor’s Office became aware of emerging issues in the Great Gray neighborhood on Madison’s southeast side. Issues ranged from increased police calls, behavioral issues related to the children & youth attending Glendale, Sennett and LaFollette, and ...
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