TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Suzanne Fisher, Director of Parks and Receration
THROUGH: Donald B. Cooper, City Manager
DATE: May 17, 2016
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AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDER AGREEMENT/EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, INC. FOR POMPEY PARK AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to Approve Afterschool Program Provider Agreement/Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County, Inc.
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Background:
The attached agreements are between the Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County. INC. and City of Delray Beach to continue reimbursable funding through the School Readiness Program for the Afterschool Program located at Pompey Park and Community Center. The term of the agreements is July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017. The agreements continue to provide reimbursable funding through the School Readiness program for the afterschool and summer camp programs. Children enrolled through the program will be funded at a reimbursable rate (less the applicable parent fee) to the City at $10.44/child/part-time day and $12.50/full-time day.
The City of Delray Beach Parks and Recreation Department, in conjunction with the Early Learning Coalition through the School Readiness Program, provides and Out of School Youth Program for children ages 5 to 12, with a supervised, Structured program of traditional and non-traditional recreational and sporting activities, and homework assistance from certified teachers.
The program targets “latchkey” children in the community without adult supervision during after school and summer vacation hours. The Out of School Program is a 12 month program and includes: Afterschool Program, Day and ½ Day Camps, and Holiday, Spring, and Summer camps. Some of the programs offered and homework assistance, reading, swimming, tennis, trips to museums, cooking classes, Cub Scout program, etc.
The City has been providing the Out of School Program since 1997 (1...
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