Appropriating $30,000.00 Community Development Block Grant Fund

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CITY of SOUTH BEND PETER J. NEMETH, Mayor COUNTY -CITY BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Carl Ellison Director Jon R. Hunt Deputy Director M E M O R A N D U M TO: Members of the Common Council FROM: Carl Ellison SUBJECT: Day Care Appropriation Program CD -77 -801 DATE: November 9, 1977 219/284 -9335 A primary objective of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 is to provide decent housing and a suitable living environment and to expand economic opportunities principally for persons of low- and moderate- income. The proposed day care subsidy project takes this objective into account by lending incentive to single parents who prefer to work through the pro- vision of a financial subsidy to alleviate the burden of excessive day care cost. It is hoped that this saving can "free up" income for housing related costs. Presently, some families receive day care assistance through Indiana Title XX funds. Those families below fifty (50) percent of the state median income receive full subsidy while families in the fifty (50) percent to seventy (70) percent range receive subsidies according to a sliding fee scale table. However, the number of local families eligible for Title XX assistance exceed the number of available Title XX slots. Consequently, the proposed project is designed to assist Title XX eligible families in the fifty (50) percent to eighty (80) percent range who do not receive aid from Title XX monies. A sliding fee scale table will be used to determine partial subsidies to clients qualifying for the project. The seven non - profit day care agencies in the City of South Bend have a combined total licensed capacity to serve two hundred ninety -two (292) youngsters. Of that number, there are a possible two hundred twenty -nine (229) Title XX slots with sixty- three(63) slots remaining for Non -Title clients. This figure of sixty -three (63) may be adjusted upward when all Title XX slots are not filled. Community Development staff believes that even at the sixty- three(63) figure, there is a justifiable target population to be served by this project.