^RDER NO. 20888
ACCEPTANCE OF MONTHLY REPORT
On this the 27th day of April 1992, came on to be considered
by the Court the report of the County and Precinct Official
of Kerr County, Texas and having heard and considered by the
Court, finds that said report should be accepted and flied
with the County Clerk for future reference and subject to
audit.
Motion was made by Commissioner Oehler, seconded by
Commissioner Lackey, the Court unaniteou~ly aaa~ptad the
monthly report of:
JACK N. BURCH, J. P. PRECT ~ 5
Report for March 91,754.00
ITEM NO. 2. 1
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Child Care in the Kerrville - Ingram - Center Point Area. We
wish to present a copy of recently completed study report.
We will briefly highlight parts of the story.
Summary Conclusions: There are no facilities that are open
24 hours or on weekends. Parents on shift work have no
access to organized child care outside ordinary weekday work
hours. There are no facilities devoted to the child with
special needs. Only a few developmentally delayed children
are mainstreamed into some of the day-care centers. Not all
such children are being served. There are no facilities to
care for children who become ill. Day-care budgets range
from S20,000 for registered homes to 5150,000 for day care
centers. Virtually all day-care centers need some type of
subsidy to remain open. There are no for-profit day-care
centers in the Kerrville area. Only two day-centers, Kerr
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County Day Care Center and Sunshine Inn Day Care Center,
accept state subsidized children. Fifteen Precent (15%) of
applicants for the federally funded JOBS program cannot begin
training because of a lack of child care. Child Care
Services of the Alamo Area Council of Governments has a child
care waiting list containing names of 90 children of low
income working parents who need child care. The Texas
Department of Human Services in Austin has delayed payment by
up to three months to caregivers in the self-arranged care
program. This discourages eligible persons from entering the
program. Only 30X of registered homes are inspected annually
after the initial inspection. Staff/Child Ratio ie too great
to allow for quality care. Staff trainiing ie minimal and
difficult to receive because of lack of local training
programs. There ie a high tunover in day-care staff.
Seventy-three (73%) of caregivers in the five largest
day-care centers earn between 95,000 and 810,000; of these,
76% have been in their current employment two years or less
with 48X being employed one year or less. Businesses are not
currently involved in working with their employees to take
advantage of tax benefits through dependent care programs.
ORDER NO. 20889
^ APPROVAL OF HIRING REPLACEMENT SECRETARY AT
GRADE 12, STEP 2, FOR THE JUVENILE
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
On this the 27th day of April 1992, upon motion made by
Commissioner Oehler, seconded by Commissioner Morgan, the
Court unaniaouely approved by • vot• o! 4-0-0, to approve the
replacement secretary, Olga Ozuna at Grade 12, Step 2,
because of her expanded duties, effective May 1, 1992, in the
Juvenile Probation Department.
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