Chair Gutiérrez asks about 2K seats per provider and extended day
Gutiérrez asks about 2K seats per provider and extended day options. Liss says it's a mix of existing and new providers, and extended day is available for many 2K seats.
For just a question on networks, how are networks funded if there is no cost?
We provide the funding for the networks for both their administrative costs as well as the child care costs.
So that's baked into the funding.
So that's what you mean when you're saying they should charge?
Right.
They're not charging the providers.
They should not be charging the providers to participate.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Got it.
Can I, I think Council Member Brewer had raised this question with,
How do I say this?
The amount of 2K seats per provider having an established 3K or pre-K seat, right?
I think you all said that those were the qualifications essentially that you looked at for 2K designations, that they were kind of an existing contract already with the city and that maybe some of them already had a 3K or a 0 to 2.
It was a mix.
We brought, so the 2K, the folks who are offering 2K this fall, that includes providers who already were working with the city to serve 3K or pre-K.
It also includes providers who contracted with the city for the first time.
Okay.