Before implementing the local subsidy plan, the City and County of San Francisco, in consultation with the department, shall develop an individualized county childcare subsidy plan for the city and county that includes the following four elements: (a) An assessment to identify the city and countyâs goal for its subsidized childcare system. The assessment shall examine whether the current structure of subsidized childcare funding adequately supports working families in the city and county and whether the city and countyâs childcare goals coincide with the stateâs requirements for funding, eligibility, priority, and reimbursement. The assessment shall also identify barriers in the stateâs childcare subsidy system that inhibit the city and county from meeting its childcare goals. In conducting the assessment, the city and county shall consider all of the following: (1) The general demographics of families who are in need of childcare, including employment, income, language, ethnic, and family composition. (2) The current supply of available subsidized childcare. (3) The level of need for various types of subsidized childcare services including, but not limited to, infant care, after-hours care, and care for children with exceptional needs. (4) The city and countyâs self-sufficiency income level. (5) Income eligibility levels for subsidized childcare. (6) Family fees. (7) The cost of providing childcare. (8) The regional market rates, as established by the department, for different types of childcare. (9) The standard reimbursement rate or state per diem for centers operating under contracts with the department. (10) Trends in the countyâs unemployment rate and housing affordability index. (b) Development of a local policy to eliminate state-imposed regulatory barriers to the city and countyâs achievement of its desired outcomes for subsidized preschool. (1) The local policy shall do all of the following: (A) Prioritize lowest income families first. (B) Follow the family fee schedule established pursuant to Section 8252 of this code or Section 10290 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, as applicable, for those families that are income eligible, as defined by Section 8213 of this code or Section 10271.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, as applicable. (C) Meet local goals that are consistent with the stateâs childcare goals. (D) Identify existing policies that would be affected by the city and countyâs childcare subsidy plan. (E) (i) Authorize any agency that provides childcare and development services in the city and county through a contract with the department to apply to the department to amend existing contracts in order to benefit from the local policy once it is adopted. (ii) The department shall approve an application to amend an existing contract if the childcare subsidy plan is approved pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8285, or modified pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 8285. (iii) The contract of a department contractor who does not elect to request an amendment to its contract remains operative and enforceable. (2) (A) The city and county shall, by the end of the first fiscal year of operation under the approved childcare subsidy plan, demonstrate an increase in the aggregate child days of enrollment in the county as compared to the enrollment in the final quarter of the 2004â05 fiscal year. (B) The amount of the increase shall be at least equal to the aggregate child days of enrollment in the final quarter of the 2004â05 fiscal year for all contracts amended as provided in subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1), under which the contractor receives an increase in its reimbursement rate, times 2 percent. (C) The amount of the increase shall also be proportional to the total contract maximum reimbursable amount to reflect the changes in the budget allocation for each fiscal year of the plan. (3) The local policy may supersede state law concerning preschool subsidy programs with regard only
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