COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

Human Services Agency

DATE:

June 15, 2004

BOARD MEETING DATE:

June 29, 2004

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

Maureen D. Borland, Director, Human Services Agency

Mark Lane, Director, Children and Family Services

SUBJECT:

Agreement with the City of Daly City, Jefferson Elementary School District, Bayshore School District, South San Francisco Unified School District and Brisbane Elementary School District

Recommendation

Adopt a Resolution authorizing the execution of a two-year Agreement with the City of Daly City, Jefferson Elementary School District, Bayshore School District, South San Francisco Unified School District and Brisbane Elementary School District in the amount of $430,000. The term of the Agreement is July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2006.

Background

The Daly City Peninsula Partnership Collaborative was formed in 1995, with the mission to promote and facilitate collaborative efforts to ensure young children and their families have access to the health, education, and social services needed to be successful in school and in life. Services focus on families with young children pre-natal to third grade.

Discussion

During the next two fiscal years, the Collaborative plans to continue offering after school and kindergarten readiness services by serving all sixteen Daly City public elementary schools. Program components include kindergarten readiness, tutoring, homework assistance, enrichment classes, and neighborhood involvement through volunteers in partnership program. A full-time program supervisor and four full-time program coordinators provide direct oversight of the program activities.

This Agreement has been reviewed and approved as to form by the County Counsel’s Office.
Risk Management has reviewed and approved the Contractor’s insurance coverage.

Performance Measure

Contractor is in compliance with the Human Services Agency Outcome Based Management (OBM) Program plans. Below is the Recommended Performance Measures included in the OBM plans. The desired outcomes of the Collaborative are that children will be successful in school and in life.

Performance Measures

Source of Data

Actual

FY 2003-04

Projected

FY 2004-05

Projected

FY 2005-06

Percent of children in tutoring program will be performing at grade level by the third grade

California Standards Test

34%

5% increase in reading comprehension scores

5% increase in reading comprehension scores

Percent of children in homework assistance program will be developing a positive work habits

Survey taken from teachers and parents

60%

5% increase in homework completion rate

5% increase in homework completion rate

Percent of children in enrichment classes will be expanding their scope of learning and gaining positive life-long enrichment experiences

Survey taken from teachers

90%

2% increase in school

attendance rates

2% increase in school attendance rates

Percent of children in kindergarten readiness program will be developing appropriate classroom behavior and experiencing comfort in the classroom

Standardized kindergarten readiness test

77%

5% increase in kindergarten readiness test scores

5% increase in kindergarten readiness test scores

Vision Alignment

The Agreement with the City of Daly City, Jefferson Elementary School District, Bayshore School District, South San Francisco Unified School District and Brisbane Elementary School District keeps the commitment of: Providing equal access to educational opportunity and goal number 3: All Children in San Mateo County ages 0-5 years have access to child care/early learning opportunities that contribute to their entering kindergarten ready to succeed. This Agreement contributes to this commitment and goal since the City of Daly City, Jefferson Elementary School District, Bayshore School District, South San Francisco Unified School District and Brisbane Elementary School District will be providing the educational tools that children need to be successful in school and in life.

Fiscal Impact

The term of the Agreement is July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2006. The total obligation through this Agreement is $430,000, of which $129,000 is funded through the Child Welfare Services Allocation and $301,000 is Net County Cost. This cost is included in the Recommended Budget for FY 2004-05 and FY 2005-06.