Hillsborough County Public Schools Business
Action Item

DATE: Thursday, April 1, 2010
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Approve Amendment #0002 to Contract #LK920 with the State of Florida Department of Children and Families, Refugee Services (Student Services and Federal Programs Division)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The three-year cost reimbursement contract (October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2012) provides child care services for refugee families resettling in Hillsborough County. Refugee clients are referred for service by local resettlement agencies under contract to the Department of Children and Families. Amendment #0002 corrects the provider name and adds language regarding the American with Disabilities Act requirement to provide support to the deaf or hard-of-hearing.

ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)

* Align financial resources to support the district’s strategic goals

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)

The total contract amount of $5,040,000, to be allocated over a three-year period at $1,680,000 annually, is not changed by Amendment #0002.

EVALUATION

This contract and any amendments and/or renewals made a part thereof are audited by the State of Florida Department of Children and Families, Refugee Services during the performance of said contract. Funding originates with federal dollars allocated to the Department of Children and Families, Refugee Services and passed on to the Early Childhood School Readiness Programs to purchase child care in Hillsborough County for refugee children. There is no district-generated revenue used for this purchase.

SUBMITTED BY: Beverly Wickson, Ed.D., Director, Early Childhood & HOST Programs

Gwendolyn L. Luney, Assistant Superintendent
Student Services and Federal Programs
(813) 272-4879
Gretchen Saunders
Chief Business Officer
(813) 272-4270
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