TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Suzanne Fisher, Parks and Recreation
THROUGH: Mark R. Lauzier, City Manager
DATE: July 17, 2018
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RESOLUTION NO. 81-18; CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL (CSC) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM LOCATED AT THE POMPEY PARK COMMUNITY CENTER WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OR PALM BEACH COUNTY, INC.
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to Approve renewal of the agreements between Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County, Inc. and the City of Delray Beach.
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Background:
The attached agreements are between the Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County, Inc. and the City of Delray Beach to continue reimbursable funding through Children's Services Council (CSC) Scholarship Program for the Afterschool Program located at the Pompey Park Community Center. The term of the agreements is July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. The agreements continue to provide reimbursable funding through CSC Scholarship 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 $11.00/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 CSC Scholarship Program, provides an 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 1/2 Day Camps, and Holiday, Spring and Summer camps.
The City has been providing the Out of School Program since 1997 (21 years) and Summer Camp for over 30 years. Enrollment is ...
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