State of California

  M E M O R A N D U M

  REFERENCE CODE:
  2003-015

  DATE:
  March 25, 2003

  TO:
  Personnel Officers
  Employee Relations Officers
  Work and Family Department Representatives

  FROM:
  Department of Personnel Administration
  Policy and Operations Division

  SUBJECT:
  Work and Family Dependent Care Grant Program

  CONTACT:
  Rosanne McHenry, Work and Family Program Coordinator
  (916) 327-0522
  FAX: (916) 324-0524
  Email: RosanneMcHenry@dpa.ca.gov


  The Department of Personnel Administration, through the 
  Work and Family Labor Management Committee (Committee), is 
  launching the State Employee Dependent Care Grant Program.  
  This program includes the Child Care Start-Up Grant and the 
  Program Expansion Grant for existing dependent care 
  centers.  
  
  GRANT AWARDS AND ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
  
  Grant awards will be limited to a total of $50,000 per 
  applicant.  To be eligible for funding, interested 
  employees must meet established grant criteria, including 
  incorporating as a nonprofit corporation, establishing a 
  corporate membership to consist of at least 51% State 
  employees, conducting a needs analysis, adopting 
  standardized fiscal control and accounting systems, and 
  obtaining required licensing.  A memo is attached to this 
  Personnel Management Liaisons (PML) Memo which outlines the 
  grant application process.   
  
  PROGRAM BACKGROUND
  
  The Committee was established as a result of the contract 
  negotiations in 1999 between the administration of 
  California Governor Gray Davis and the employee 
  organizations representing the State's 21 bargaining units.  
  The mission of the Committee has been to identify, 
  recommend, and advocate family friendly policies and 
  programs that support California State employees in 
  balancing their work and family needs.  Through this new 
  grant program, it is expected that dependent care will 
  become more available to State employees.  As the program 
  progresses and new centers are developed, we will keep you 
  advised of the outcomes.  
  
  COMMUNICATION TO DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
  
  Your help is needed to advise State of California employees of this 
  grant program opportunity.  Please forward this PML and the attached 
  memo to employees in your department through all appropriate venues.  
  Inquiries about Child Care Start-Up Grants or Program Expansion Grants 
  can also be directed to Work and Family Program Coordinator, Rosanne 
  McHenry, as listed above.
  
  
  
  
  Bob Painter, Chief
  Policy and Operations Division
  
  Attachments will be distributed via mail.