To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Professional Services Agreement to Administer Childcare Grant and Loan Program
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Authorize the Chair of the Board to sign a professional services agreement with the Arcata Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) for $4,899,166 to provide financial and technical support to the local childcare industry (Attachment 1);
2. Authorize the County Administrative Officer (CAO) to approve budget modifications to AEDC's project proposal through the term of the agreement; and
3. Authorize the CAO, or a designee thereof, to execute any and all subsequent amendments to the professional services agreement with AEDC, after review and approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
American Recue Plan Act (3232-120200), State and Local Fiscal Relief Fund (SLFRF) via Federal - Disaster Relief Line Item (4535)
DISCUSSION:
On Aug. 10, 2021, your Board reviewed a proposed spending plan for ARPA funding in the amount of $13.1 million and directed staff to enter into sole source agreements with outside agencies for administration of an economic impact grant program. That spending plan detailed three broad categories as follows:
Recommendations #1 and #2
At the Aug. 10, 2021, meeting your Board also adopted priority funding areas for the economic impact grant program as follows: childcare, housing, telehealth and broadband. Since that meeting, staff have worked with AEDC, First 5 Humboldt, Changing Tides Family Services and the Department of Health & Human Services to develop a project proposal that provides economic support to the local childcare industry within the allowable uses set forth by the US Treasury for State and Local Fiscal Relief Funding (SLFRF), authorized by ARPA. The project background (Attachment 2) The agreement before yo...
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