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Sep 25 '97 17:13 P.01/04
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN
& FAMILIES
FAX
2811-A Industrial Plaza Drive Tallahassee, Florida 32301
DATE: 9/25
TIME:
Materials following this sheet consist of 3 pages.
TO:
Jennifer. KliNe
PHONE:
FAX: (202) 456-2878
FROM: Ron (ox
PHONE: 850-488-4900
FAX: 850-488-9584
SUNCOM: 278-4900
278-9584
MESSAGE: Per your consersition uf Larry PintacudA
Sep 25 '97 17:13 P.02/04
09.178 Child Care Partnership Act; findings and intent; grant;
limitation; rules.
(1) This section may be cited as the "Child Care Partnership
Act.
(2) (a) The Legislature finds that when private employers provide
onsite child care or provide other child care benefits, they
benefit by improved recruitment and higher retention rates for
employees, lower absenteeism, and improved employee morale. The
Legislature also finds that there are many ways in which private
employers can provide child care assistance to employees:
information and referral vouchering, employer contribution to
child care programs, and onsite care. Private employers can
offer child care as part of a menu of employee benefits. The
Legislature recognizes that flexible compensation programs
providing a child care option are beneficial to the private
employer through increased productivity, to the private employee
in knowing that his or her children are being cared for in a safe
and nurturing environment, and to the state in more dollars being
available for purchasing power and investment.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to promote
public/private partnerships to ensure that the children of the
state be provided safe and enriching child care at any time, but
especially while parents work to remain self-sufficient. It is
the intent of the Legislature that private employers be
encouraged to participate in the future of this state by
providing employee child.care benefits. Further, it is the
intent of the Legislature to encourage private employers to
explore innovative ways to assist employees to obtain quality
child care.
(c) The Legislature further recognizes that many parents need
assistance in paying the full costs of quality child care. The
public and private sectors, by working in partnership, can
promote and improve access to quality child care and early
education for children of working families who need it.
Therefore, a more formal mechanism is necessary to stimulate the
establishment of public-private partnerships. It is the intent of
the Legislature to expand the availability of scholarship options
for working families by providing incentives for employers to
contribute to meeting the needs of their employees' families
through matching public dollars available for child care.
(3) There is created a body politic and corporate known as the
Child Care Executive Partnership which shall establish and govern
the Child Care Partnership Program. The purpose of the Child Care
Partnership Program is to utilize state and federal funds as
incentives for matching local funds derived from local
governments, employers; charitable foundations, and other
sources, SO that Florida communities may create local flexible
partnerships with employers. The Child Care Partnership Program
funds shall be used at the discretion of local communities to
meet the needs of local communities in addressing the child care
needs of working parents. A child care purchasing pool shall be
developed with the state, federal, and local funds to provide
Copyright 1997, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing
Sep
25
'97
17:14
P.03/04
subsidies to low-income working parents who are eligible for
subsidized child care with a dollar-for-dollar match from
employers, local government, and other matching contributors. The
funds used from the child care purchasing pool must be used to
supplement or extend the use of existing public or private funds
and may not be used to supplant the maintenance of effort
presently exerted by the employer or other participant in the
activity funded.
(4) The Child Care Executive Partnership, staffed by the
department, shall consist of:
(a) A representative of the Executive Office of the Governor.
(b) Nine members of the corporate or child care community,
appointed by the Governor, to be known hereafter as the "board."
(ci) One representative from each of the 10 Child Care
Partnership Program pilot purchasing pool counties established by
the board, known hereafter as the "oversight group.'
1. Members of the board shall serve for a period of 4 years.
2. Members of the oversight group and the representative of
the Executive Office of the Governor shall serve at the pleasure
of the Governor.
3. The Child Care Executive Partnership shall be chaired by
a member chosen by a majority vote of the board and shall meet at
least quarterly and at other times upon the call of the chair.
4. Members shall serve without compensation, but may be
reimbursed for per diem and travel expenses in accordance with S.
112.061.
5. The Child Care Executive Partnership shall have all the
powers and authority, not explicitly prohibited by statute,
necessary to carry out and effectuate the purposes of this
section, as well as the functions, duties, and responsibilities
of the partnership, including, but not limited to, the following:
a. Assisting in the formulation and coordination of the
state's child care policy.
b. Adopting an official seal.
C. Soliciting, accepting, receiving, investing, and
expending funds from public or private sources.
d. Contracting with public or private entities as necessary.
e. Approving an annual budget.
fi. Carrying forward any unexpended state appropriations into
succeeding fiscal years.
g. Providing a report to the Governor, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and the President of the Senate, on or
before December 1 of each year.
(5) (a) The Legislature shall annually determine the amount of
state or federal low-income child care moneys which shall be used
to create Child Care Partnership Program child care purchasing
pools in counties chosen by the board of the Child Care Executive
Partnership through June 30, 1998, provided that at least two of
the counties have populations of no more than 300,000. After that
date, the Legislature shall review the effectiveness of the child
care purchasing pool program and reevaluate the percentage of
Copyright 1997, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing
Sep 25 '97 17:15
P.04/04
additional state or federal funds, if any, that can be used for
the program's expansion.
(b) To ensure a seamless service delivery and ease of access
for families, the community coordinated child care agencies shall
administer the child care purchasing pool funds.
(c) The department shall issue a request for proposal for the
operation of the pilot child care purchasing pools. In order to
be considered, the community coordinated child care agency must
commit to:
1. Matching the state pilot purchasing pool funds on a
dollar-for-dollàr basis and
2. Expending only those public funds which are matched by
employers, local government, and other matching contributors who
contribute to the pilot purchasing pool. Parents shall also pay a
fee, based upon the department's subsidized child care sliding
fee scale.
(d) Each community coordinated child care agency shall be
required to establish a community child care task force for each
pilot child care purchasing pool. The task force must be composed
of employers, parents, private child care providers, and one
representative each from the district interagency coordinating
council for children's services and the local children's services
council, if they exist in the area of the pilot purchasing pool.
The community cobrdinated child care agency is expected to
recruit the task force members from existing child care councils,
commissions, or task forces already operating in the area of a
pilot purchasing pool. A majority of the task force shall consist
of employers. Each task force shall develop a plan for the use
of child care purchasing pool funds. The plan must show how many
children will be served by the pilot purchasing pool, how many
will be new to receiving child care services, and how the
community coordinated child care agency intends to attract new
employers and their employees to the pilot project.
(6) The *1 Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
shall adopt any rules necessary for the implementation and
administration of this section.
History.-
SS. 4, 5, ch. 88-337; 8. 43, ch. 90-306; S. 85, ch. 96-175.
* Note.-
The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was
redesignated as the Department of Children and Family Services by
S. 5, ch. 96-403.
Copyright 1997, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing
FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
TALKING POINTS FOR MIAMI CHILDCARE EVENT
MIAMI, FLORIDA
OCTOBER 1, 1997
Normally, when I tour hospitals, I see visit them to hear about the quality of care they are
providing their patients. Today, I am pleased to see how a hospital is caring for its
employees by providing quality on-site child care for their children.
As we all know, providing quality child care is not easy. The government and the private
sector both have important roles to play in helping us meet our national child care needs.
That is why I am especially interested in Florida's Child Care Executive Patnership
Board. By combining the resources of both government and private business, Florida
gives us a model of how we can all work together to improve our child care system.
I'm pleased that the CEO's of some of Florida's major corporations are here today. Your
presense sends a strong signal that child care is not only an issue for parents -- it is also of
critical importance to business and the private sector. The investments we make in our
children today will be returned to us in the form of stronger families, better communities,
and a more productive workforce. That is a bottom line we can all appreciate.
As you know, the President and I will be hosting the White House Conference on Child
Care at the end of this month. It is my hope that we will be able to share with the rest of
the country some of the lessons that you have learned here in Florida. We have a great
deal to learn from your successes.
Sep 25 '97 11:06
P. 07/07
Child Care Partnership
Executive Board Members
Mr. Kenneth Beedle
X
Mr. Joseph Chapman, Chairman
Station Manager
Royal American
WFLX
1002 West 23rd Street
4119 West Blue Heron Blvd.
Suite 400
West Palm Beach, Florida 33404
Panama City, Florida 32405
Ph: (561) 845-2929
Ph: (904) 769-8981
Fax: (561)863-1238
Fax: (904) 769-5586
X
Mr. Paul T. Kerins
Mr. Gordon W. Lightfoot
Chief Human Resources Executive
Vice President Training & Education
Barnett Bank, N.A.
Associated Industries of Florida
Mary
50 North Laura Street
P.O. Box 784
White
41st Floor
Tallahassee, Florida 32302
Jacksonville, Florida 32202-3638
Ph: (904) 224-7173
Ph: (904) 791-5394
Fax: (904) 224-6532
Fax: (904) 791-5448
Ms. Loretta A. Rieman, Manager
Ms. Linda L. Shelley
Organization Development Work
Chief of Staff
St. Petersburg Times
Executive Office of the Governor
Human Resources
PL05 The Capitol
490 1st Avenue South
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
St. Petersburg Florida 33701
Ph: (904) 488-5603
Ph: (813) 893-8606
Fax: (904) 922-4292
Fax: (813) 892-2990
Mr. Steven Wagner, Regional Controller
Ms. Elizabeth Wesley
AllState
Retired Educator
780 Carillon Parkway
309 Lincoln Lane
Suite 400
Delray Beach, Florida 33444
St. Petersburg, Florida 33716
Ph: (561) 278-1013
Ph: (813) 573-6840
Fax: (561) 279-1702
Fax: (813) 573-6834
Leslie Chapman-Henderson Chapman 850-574-2412 Henderson
Mr. Robert L. Williams
News Director
TV-20
6220 Northwest 43rd Way
Gainesville, Florida 32653
Ph: (352) 377-2020 ext. 217
Fax: (352) 377-4930
updated 5/97
Sep 25 '97 17:13
P.02/04
409.178 Child Care Partnership Act; findings and intent; grant;
limitation; rules.
(1) This section may be cited as the "Child Care Partnership
Act.
"
(2) (a) The Legislature finds that when private employers provide
onsite child care or provide other child care benefits, they
benefit by improved recruitment and higher retention rates for
employees, lower absenteeism, and improved employee morale. The
Legislature also finds that there are many ways in which private
employers can provide child care assistance to employees:
information and referral, vouchering, employer contribution to
child care programs, and onsite care. Private employers can
offer child care as part of a menu of employee benefits. The
Legislature recognizes that flexible compensation programs
providing a child care option are beneficial to the private
employer through increased productivity, to the private employee
in knowing that his or her children are being cared for in a safe
and nurturing environment, and to the state in more dollars being
available for purchasing power and investment.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to promote
public/private partnerships to ensure that the children of the
state be provided safe and enriching child care at any time, but
especially while parents work to remain self-sufficient. It is
the intent of the Legislature that private employers be
encouraged to participate in the future of this state by
providing employee child care benefits. Further, it is the
intent of the Legislature to encourage private employers to
explore innovative ways to assist employees to obtain quality
child care.
(c) The Legislature further recognizes that many parents need
assistance in paying the full costs of quality child care. The
public and private sectors, by working in partnership, can
promote and improve access to quality child care and early
education for children of working families who need it.
Therefore, a more formal mechanism is necessary to stimulate the
establishment of public-private partnerships. It is the intent of
the Legislature to expand the availability of scholarship options
for working families by providing incentives for employers to
contribute to meeting the needs of their employees' families
through matching public dollars available for child care.
(3) There is created a body politic and corporate known as the
Child Care Executive Partnership which shall establish and govern
the Child Care Partnership Program. The purpose of the Child Care
Partnership Program is to utilize state and federal funds as
incentives for matching local funds derived from local
governments, employers, charitable foundations, and other
sources, SO that Florida communities may create local flexible
partnerships with employers. The Child Care Partnership Program
funds shall be used at the discretion of local communities to
meet the needs of local communities in addressing the child care
needs of working parents. A child care purchasing pool shall be
developed with the state federal, and local funds to provide
Copyright 1997, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing
Sep 25 '97
17:14
P.03/04
subsidies to low-income working parents who are eligible for
subsidized child care with a dollar-for-dollar match from
employers, local government, and other matching contributors. The
funds used from the child care purchasing pool must be used to
supplement or extend the use of existing public or private funds
and may not be used to supplant the maintenance of effort
presently exerted by the employer or other participant in the
activity funded.
(4) The Child Care Executive Partnership, staffed by the
department, shall consist of:
(a) A representative of the Executive Office of the Governor.
(b) Nine members of the corporate or child care community,
appointed by the Governor, to be known hereafter as the "board." "
(ci) One representative from each of the 10 Child Care
Partnership Program pilot purchasing pool counties established by
the board, known hereafter as the "oversight group."
1. Members of the board shall serve for a period of 4 years.
2. Members of the oversight group and the representative of
the Executive Office of the Governor shall serve at the pleasure
of the Governor.
3. The Child Care Executive Partnership shall be chaired by
a member chosen by a majority vote of the board and shall meet at
least quarterly and at other times upon the call of the chair.
4. Members shall serve without compensation, but may be
reimbursed for per diem and travel expenses in accordance with S.
112.061.
5. The Child Care Executive Partnership shall have all the
powers and authority, not explicitly prohibited by statute,
necessary to carry out and effectuate the purposes of this
section, as well as the functions, duties, and responsibilities
of the partnership, including, but not limited to, the following:
a. Assisting in the formulation and coordination of the
state' child care policy.
b. Adopting an official seal.
C. Soliciting, accepting, receiving, investing, and
expending funds from public or private sources.
d. Contracting with public or private entities as necessary.
e. Approving an annual budget.
f. Carrying forward any unexpended state appropriations into
succeeding fiscal years.
g. Providing a report to the Governor, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and the President of the Senate, on or
before December 1 of each year.
(5) (a) The Legislature shall annually determine the amount of
state or federal low-income child care moneys which shall be used
to create Child Care Partnership Program child care purchasing
pools in counties chosen by the board of the Child Care Executive
Partnership through June 30, 1998, provided that at least two of
the counties have populations of no more than 300,000. After that
date, the Legislature shall review the effectiveness of the child
care purchasing pool program and reevaluate the percentage of
Copyright 1997, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing
Sep 25 '97 17:15
P.04/04
additional state or federal funds, if any, that can be used for
the program's expansion.
(b) To ensure a seamless service delivery and ease of access
for families, the community coordinated child care agencies shall
administer the child care purchasing pool funds.
(c) The department shall issue a request for proposal for the
operation of the pilot child care purchasing pools. In order to
be considered, the community coordinated child care agency must
commit to:
1. Matching the state pilot purchasing pool funds on a
dollar-for-dollàr basis; and
2. Expending only those public funds which are matched by
employers, local government, and other matching contributors who
contribute to the pilot purchasing pool. Parents shall also pay a
fee, based upon the department's subsidized child care sliding
fee scale.
(d) Each community coordinated child care agency shall be
required to establish a community child care task force for each
pilot child care purchasing pool. The task force must be composed
of employers, parents, private child care providers, and one
representative each from the district interagency coordinating
council for children's services and the local children's services
council, if they exist in the area of the pilot purchasing pool.
The community cobrdinated child care agency is expected to
recruit the task force members from existing child care councils,
commissions, or task forces already operating in the area of a
pilot purchasing pool. A majority of the task force shall consist
of employers. Each task force shall develop a plan for the use
of child care purchasing pool funds. The plan must show how many
children will be served by the pilot purchasing pool, how many
will be new to receiving child care services, and how the
community coordinated child care agency intends to attract new
employers and their employees to the pilot project.
(6) The *1 Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
shall adopt any rules necessary for the implementation and
administration of this section.
History.-
SS. 4, 5, ch. 88-337; S. 43, ch. 90-306; S. 85, ch. 96-175.
* Note.-
The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was
redesignated as the Department of Children and Family Services by
S. 5, ch. 96-403.
Copyright 1997, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing
Sep-29-97 02:29P Royal American
850 7695586
P.01
Fax
To:
Jennifer Kline
Of:
White House
Fax:
202-456-2878
Pages:
3, including this cover sheet.
Date:
September 29, 1997
Attached is the bio on Mr. Joe Chapman. If you need any additional information please advise.
From the desk of
Gina Armstrong
Administrative Assistant
Royal American
1002 W. 23rd Street, Suite 400
Panama City, Florida 32405
904-769-8981
Fax: 769-5586
Sep-29-97 02:29P Royal American
850 7695586
P.02
Joseph F. Chapman, III
1956
Graduation from Bay High School, Panama City, Florida
President of Senior Class
Bay High School Hall of Fame
1960
Graduation from University of Florida B.A. (Political Science)
Vice President Freshman Class
Justice University of Florida Honor Court
General Chairman University of Florida Religion in Life Week
Florida Blue Key
President Social Fraternity
University of Florida Hall of Fame
1963
Graduation from University of Florida Law School
1965
General Council for Governors Office (Governor Haydon Burns) youngest in
states history
1968-1972
Member Florida House of Representatives, did not run for re-clection
1968-1972
Law Practice - Panama City, Florida Urquhart and Chapman
1972-Present
Owner/President
Royal American Construction
Royal American Development
Royal American Management
Developed, constructed. managed over 150 apartments, office buildings and
subdivisions in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina.
1983-Present Organized and served as Chairman of Peoples First Community Bank.
Peoples First Community Bank has Twenty-three branches with approximately
720,000 in assets from Pensacola to Jacksonville down to Orlando.
Major Community Activities
Bay Medical Center. our local County Hospital, Board of Trustees for sixteen
years, twelve years as Chairman of the Board
Bay County Education Foundation, President
Florida Government Accountability to the People Commission, Member
Florida Childcare Executive Partnership, Chairman
Florida Council of 100
Salvation Army National Outstanding Service Award
Numerous local awards for contributions to community
Sep-29-97 02:30P Royal American
850 7695586
P.03
Joseph F. Chapman. III
Page 2
Recognized as one of 10 outstanding young men in Florida by Junior
Chamber of Commerce
Benefactor
Joseph F. Chapman, III Out Patient Center - Indigent Care
Joseph F. Chapman, Jr. Boys and Girls Club
Married to Jeannette Chapman in 1964. We have four children and seven grandchildren.
Jeannette has been very active in community affairs, primarily effecting children. She currently
serves as Chairman of the Gulf Coast Community College Board of Trustees, as well as
Chairman of the Board of Early Childhood Services.
Sep 24 '97 12:52
P.01/03
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN
B
& FAMILIES
FAX
2811-A Industrial Plaza Drive Tallahassee, Florida 32301
DATE:
9/24
TIME:
Materials following this sheet consist of 7 pages.
TO:
Jennifer Kline
PHONE:
FAX:
FROM: Larry Pintacude
PHONE: 850-488-4900
FAX: 850-488-9584
SUNCOM: 278-4900
278-9584
MESSAGE: Per request
Sep 24 '97
12:52
P.02/03
Child Care Partnership Act
Summary of Program
Department of Children & Families
Florida Children's Forum
Sep 24 '97
12:52
P. 03/03
Purpose
Stimulate public-private partnerships to serve
children of working poor parents who are on
the waiting list and are currently the last
priority for receiving Subsidized Child Care.
Provide incentives through matching funds for
employers, local governments, and charitable
foundations to help share the cost of child care
for low-income employees who are eligible for
Subsidized Child Care.
Funds may not be used to supplant
maintenance of effort presently exerted by
the employer or other participant in the
activity funded
Department of Children & Families
Florida Children's Forum
Sep 24 '97
12:54
P.01/05
Employers may choose to participate by
contributing funds to cover a portion of the
child care benefit for their own low-income
employees eligible for Subsidized Child Care.
In this case, the state would contribute a dollar
for every dollar the employer provided.
The employer's contribution would be treated
as a business expense.
Department of Children & Families
Florida Children's Forum
Sep 24 '97
12:54
P.02/05
Types of Partnerships
Employers, foundations, and local
governments may also contribute to a
general Child Care Purchasing Pool used to
serve children on the waiting list.
In this case, the state would contribute a
dollar-for-dollar match.
Because the employer's own employees
would not necessarily receive assistance
through the fund, the contribution would be
treated as a charitable deduction.
Department of Children & Families
Florida Children's Forum
Sep 24 '97
12:55
P.03/05
Governance, State Level
Child Care
Executive Partnership Board
Composed of:
- nine representatives chosen by the Governor
from the corporate or child care community
- one representative from each of the 10 Child
Care Purchasing Pool counties chosen by the
Board
- staffed by the Department
Department of Children & Families
Florida Children's Forum
Sep 24 '97
12:55
P.04/05
Functions of the Board
Assist in the formulation and coordination of
the state's child care policy.
Accept, receive, invest and expend funds from
public or private sources.
Provide expertise in recruiting employer
contributions on the local level.
Select the local Community Coordinated Child
Care agencies to administer the Partnership
Act funds (at least two counties chosen must
have populations less than 300,000).
Approve an annual budget.
Carry forward any unexpended state
appropriations.
Provide a report to the Governor, the Speaker,
and the Senate president before December 1
of each year.
Department of Children & Families
Florida Children's Forum
Sep 24 '97
12:55
P.05/05
Child Care Partnership
Executive Board Members
Mr. Kenneth Beedle
Mr. Joseph Chapman, Chairman
Station Manager
Royal American
WFLX
1002 West 23rd Street
4119 West Blue Heron Blvd.
Suite 400
West Palm Beach, Florida 33404
Panama City, Florida 32405
Ph: (561) 845-2929
Ph: (904) 769-8981
Fax: (561) 863-1238
Fax: (904) 769-5586
Mr. Paul T. Kerins
Mr. Gordon W. Lightfoot
Chief Human Resources Executive
Vice President Training & Education
Barnett Bank, N.A.
Associated Industries of Florida
Mary
50 North Laura Street
P.O. Box 784
White.
41st Floor
Tallahassee, Florida 32302
Dr. of
Jacksonville, Florida 32202-3638
Ph: (904) 224-7173
Work force
Ph: (904) 791-5394
Fax: (904) 224-6532
Fax: (904) 791-5448
Der.
Ms. Loretta A. Rieman, Manager
Ms. Linda L. Shelley
Organization Development Work
Chief of Staff
St. Petersburg Times
Executive Office of the Governor
Human Resources
PL05 The Capitol
490 1st Avenue South
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
St. Petersburg Florida 33701
Ph: (904) 488-5603
Ph: (813) 893-8606
Fax: (904) 922-4292
Fax: (813) 892-2990
Mr. Steven Wagner, Regional Controller
Ms. Elizabeth Wesley
AllState
Retired Educator
weslie
780 Carillon Parkway
309 Lincoln Lane
Suite 400
Chapmao
Delray Beach, Florida 33444
St. Petersburg, Florida 33716
Ph: (561) 278-1013
Henderson
Ph: (813) 573-6840
Fax: (561) 279-1702
Fax: (813) 573-6834
Mr. Robert L. Williams
News Director
TV-20
*
Recoruing by Mother MO
6220 Northwest 43rd Way
Gainesville, Florida 32653
Ph: (352) 377-2020 ext. 217
Fax: (352) 377-4930
Mag.
updated 5/97
Sep 25 '97 11:04
P.01/07
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN
& FAMILIES
FAX
2811-A Industrial Plaza Drive Tallahassee, Florida 32301
DATE: 9/25
TIME:
Materials following this sheet consist of 6 pages.
TO:
Jennifer Kline
PHONE:
FAX:
FROM: Larry Pintecuda /Sheila
PHONE: 850-488-4900
FAX: 850-488-9584
SUNCOM: 278-4900
278-9584
MESSAGE: Per request.
Sep 25 '97 11:04
P.02/07
Child Care Partnership Act
Summary of Program
Department of Children & Families
Florida Children's Forum
Sep 25 '97
11:04
P.03/07
Purpose
Stimulate public-private partnerships to serve
children of working poor parents who are on
the waiting list and are currently the last
priority for receiving Subsidized Child Care.
Provide incentives through matching funds for
employers, local governments, and charitable
foundations to help share the cost of child care
for low-income employees who are eligible for
Subsidized Child Care.
Funds may not be used to supplant
maintenance of effort presently exerted by
the employer or other participant in the
activity funded.
Department of Children & Families
Florida Children's Forum
Sep 25 '97
11:05
P.04/07
Types of Partnerships
Employers may choose to participate by
contributing funds to cover a portion of the
child care benefit for their own low-income
employees eligible for Subsidized Child Care.
In this case, the state would contribute a dollar
for every dollar the employer provided.
The employer's contribution would be treated
as a business expense.
Department of Children & Families
Florida Children's Forum
Sep 25 '97 11:05
P.05/07
Governance, State Level
Child Care
Executive Partnership Board
Composed of:
- nine representatives chasen by the Governor
from the corporate or child care community
- one representative from each of the 10 Child
Care Purchasing Pool counties chosen by the
Board
- staffed by the Department
Department of Children & Families
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Functions of the Board
Assist in the formulation and coordination of
the state's child care policy.
Accept, receive, invest and expend funds from
public or private sources.
Provide expertise in recruiting employer
contributions on the local level.
Select the local Community Coordinated Child
Care agencies to administer the Partnership
Act funds (at least two counties chosen must
have populations less than 300,000).
Approve an annual budget.
Carry forward any unexpended state
appropriations.
Provide a report to the Governor, the Speaker,
and the Senate president before December 1
of each year.
Department of Children & Families
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STATE OF FLORIDA
WINNER
Office of the Governor
THE CAPITOL
TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA 32399-0001 690-5600
LAWTON CHILES
GOVERNOR
FAX COVER SHEET
The following fax transmittal contains 3 page(s), including this cover sheet. Please
call our office immediately if there is 2 problem with the transmission.
DATE:
September 9, 1997
TO:
Jennifer Klein
PHONE:
202-456-2599
FAX:
202-456-2878
FROM:
Mary Bryant, Special Assistant to the Governor for Children's
Issues/Children's Coordinator
PHONE:
850/488-1372
FAX:
850/488-9578
E-MAIL:
[email protected]
COMMENTS:
Jennifer:
I hope the attached information is helpful. If the Office of External Affairs may be
of assistance in planning for the First Lady's visit, please do not hesitate to contact
us.
Mary Bryant
Gov's Executive
Child Care Partnership
Royal Carribean Cruises, Richard Fein
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MIAMI
Adolescent Outreach Program
BACKGROUND: This program identifies teens who are pregnant and teens who are at high risk of
teen pregnancy and works with them as they transition from elementary and middle school. The
program is unique in that it targets not only the at-risk adolescent but also works with the parents of
the teen, the other parent of the teens child. the child of the teen, and the siblings of the teen parent.
This family approach allows the program to address other risk behaviors and provides for prevention
strategies. The program includes home visitation as a service delivery component and other services
are provided at a central site. This program is being touted as a revolutionary approach to issues and
is being looked at for replication in other states including New York. This program is very involved
with the WAGES implementation.
FORMAT: Program site visit; Home visit; A roundtable conversation with teens and families
involved.
CONTACT: Gloria Simmons (305) 696-8682
The Miami Resource Mobile
BACKGROUND: The Resource Mobile is a collaboration among several governmental, educational
and non-profit organizations. The major collaborators are the Junior League and Miami-Dade
Community College. The Resource Mobile targets family child care homes in poor areas of Dade
County and goes to the homes to provide training, support and resources to the caregivers in the
communities. Family Day Care Providers provide care to primarily infants and toddlers (birth to age
3) and are often of poor or marginal quality because of the lack of resources, training and support.
This is a model that other communities are looking at to improve the quality of care being provided
to babies. I am sending some background material on this.
FORMAT: Possibly go to a family child care home with the Resource Mobile and see the work that
is done with the providers and children.
CONTACT: Rachel Blechman 305-789-7708
Recapturing the Vision
BACKGROUND: This is a mentoring initiative for girls that has been recognized as a successful
teen pregnancy prevention and juvenile criminality prevention program. The program works on
building self esteem, teaching life skills and methods to resolve conflict. The program targets at-risk
adolescent girls that exhibit risk factors associated with teen pregnancy. crime and academic failure,
Recapturing the Vision encompasses the home and the community environment. It provides
parenting workshops, job skill training, home visits, and referral services to stabilize the home.
FORMAT: Program site visit; roundtable discussion with participants.
CONTACT: Jacqueline Jones Del Rosario (305) 235-1185
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Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)
BACKGROUND: HIPPY is a family based education program and is in operation in 10 school sin
Dade County. The project is funded through federal Chapter I funds.
FORMAT: Site visit; discussion with adult participants.
CONTACT: Mabelline Truesdell (305) 995-1704
First Book Giveaway
BACKGROUND: The First Book Giveaway is a partnership between WLRN (the PBS station in
Miami) and Child Care Centers serving Prekindergarten children in Dade county. This project is
operated with funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Peacock Foundation.
The Program is designed to enhance family literacy skills and distributes 600 books per month
through the child care centers serving children in poverty. The program is connected to PBS
programs to build and sustain interest.
FORMAT: Site visit during a give-away; discussion with center staff.
CONTACT: Cathy Powers, WLRN-TV, (305) 995-2195
Florida First Start
BACKGROUND: The Florida First start Program is a state funded home school partnership
program designed to give children with disabilities and at risk of school failure a better educational
start. The program serves children birth to three years of age and their families and is modeled after
the Parents as Teachers program. The program includes home visitation as a method to deliver
family education and a parent resource center to provide information and support to families.
FORMAT: Meeting with parent groups at Parent Resource Centers
CONTACT: Dr. Beryl Watnick (305) 995-7633
Even Start Family Literacy Program
BACKGROUND: The Even Start Family Literacy program is a federally funded program designed
to improve the literacy skills of parents and children. The Dade County program is operated in
conjunction with the Dade County Public Schools through a grant to the Florida Department of
Corrections and provides literacy development to inmates. This is a unique Even Start Family
Literacy Program because of its link with the prison system.
FORMAT: Visit with parents in prison; observe session with children.
CONTACT: John Johnson (305) 995-1704 (Dade County School District)
Anthony Poole (850) 488-6903 (Department of Corrections)
Gold Seal Child Care Centers
(Accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs)
riny Govis on aducation Comm.
Jack
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Corporate
Center
Director
Address
City, State. Zip
Phone
Coral Gables Congregational Church Early Childhood Cent
Barbara Watson
3010 De Soto Blvd.
Coral Gables, FL 3313
305-444-9792
Florida Power and Light Child Development Center
Lessie Champion
10190 SW 344th Street
Florida City, FL 33031
305-246-7342
Paradise Christian School and Development Center
6184 West 21st Court
Hialeah, FL 33013
305-828-7477
Redlands Christian Migrant Association
16085 SW 293rd Drive
Homestead, FL 33030
305-245-1080
Redlands Christian Migrant Association
13600 SW 312 Street
Homestead, FL 33030
305-248-0838
* school linked
Child Care Center YWCA
Carol Glassman Donaldso
112 NW 3rd Street
Miami, FL 33128
305-375-3222
Vann Academy Incorporated
Dr. Adriana Vann
400 NW 112th Avenue
Miami, FL 33172
305-223-3241
The Creative Learning Center
Mary Davis
12455 SW 104th Street
Miami, FL 33186
305-274-4006
Victory Homes Head Start
Emily Thompson
395 NW 1st Street, Suite 103
Miami, FL 33128
305-758-2533
The Children's Center at Baptist Hospital
Corey Gold Duisy Acosta
8900 N. Kendall Drive
Miami, FL 33176-2197
305-596-6523
Kings Meadow Day School
Jona Ferrante
9911 SW 142nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33186
305-386-0008
Greater Miami Hebrew Academy
Alida Bunder
2400 Pine Tree Drive
Miami Bch, FL 33140
305-532-6421
Little Dividends Child Development Center
5875 NW 163rd Street
Miami, FL 33014
305-820-7319
Holy Redeemer Head Start
Janie Varner
395 NW 1st Street, Suite 103
Miami, FL 33128
305-694-2704
Carrie P. Meek Head Start
Janie Varner
1900 NW 75th Street
Miami, FL 33147
305-694-2769
Little Cruisers
1080 Port Boulevard
Miami, FL 33132
305-539-4080
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305-248- 3232
Advance ,Jim
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