STATE OF CALIFORNIA BRICE W. HARRIS, CHANCELLOR
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE
1102 Q STREET , SUITE 4554
S
ACRAMENTO
, C
A
95811-6549
(916) 445-8752 http://www.cccco.edu
August 5, 2015
TO: EOPS Directors and CARE Coordinators
FROM: Janet Fulton, Specialist, EOPS and CARE Programs
SUBJECT: Notification of Fiscal Year 2015-2016 CARE Allocations
Synopsis: The fiscal year 2015-16 State Budget provides the Cooperative Agencies
Resources for Education (CARE) program with $15,619,000 from Proposition 98 funds specifically to assist EOPS students, who are welfare-dependent single parents, with supplemental educational support services that will enhance their academic success. State funds are allocated to support 114 CARE programs throughout
California, including the El Camino College Compton Community Educational Center.
In agreement with EOPS/CARE program constituencies throughout the system, the
Chancellor’s Office temporarily suspended the Board of Governors-approved CARE allocations funding formula until such time when the state appropriation for CARE is fully restored to the FY 2008-2009 funding level. The 2015-16 State Budget Act accomplishes this. Consequently, the allocation formula will be restored in 2016-17, reflecting recommendations from the reconvened EOPS allocations task group.
Audit penalties from prior years will be implemented in 2015-16 for some programs.
However, most CARE programs are funded at an increase of 67.37% of their prior year’s allocation. Special attention should be paid to the effective use of this restored funding, to increase both the number of students served and student outcomes.
College CARE programs should provide educational support services to as many eligible students as its funding and staff resources will allow.
CARE funds are restricted specifically for the purposes for which they were intended, with no relief of program requirements or flexibility in the use of program funds. CARE funds must be expended for over-and-above services and activities in compliance with
Title 5 regulations, sections 56200 through 56298, CARE Program Guidelines, and
CARE Auditing Guidelines.
The CARE Allocations will be available on the Chancellor’s Office CARE webpage and included in the First Principal Apportionments Report (P1) on the C hancellor’s Office
Fiscal Services Division webpage in February 2016.

Action Requested / Date of Response: The Student Services Automated Reporting for
Community Colleges (SSARCC) is fully operational for EOPS and CARE programs. All
CARE programs must therefore submit the CARE budget reports for state approval through the use of the SSARCC-EOPS web-based application. To operate SSARCC-
EOPS, EOPS directors and CARE coordinators must utilize the same SSARCC-EOPS user ID and password assigned by the Chance llor’s Office. There is no need to obtain a second user ID and password to submit CARE budget reports. Requests for user ID and passwords, if they have not yet already been provided to the EOPS director, and assistance related to the technical operation of SSARCC-EOPS may be directed to this address ssarcc-eops@cccco.edu
.
As a supplemental component of EOPS, all CARE program services, activities and staff time assignments must be accurately described and integrated within the current year
EOPS Program Plan. Because EOPS and CARE are two separate and distinct funding streams, the FY 2015-16 CARE proposed budget approval request must be submitted via SSARCC-EOPS on or before Friday, November 15, 2015 (postmark). A hard copy of the proposed CARE budget signature page with required original signatures must also be mailed to the Chancellor’s Office by this date.
The CARE budget and program report forms as well as the annual calendar of reporting deadlines and dates for CARE statewide meetings and training are posted on the
Chancellor's Office CARE webpage under “Forms” and “Annual Calendar” at this address http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/StudentServices/CARE.aspx
.
Contact: Questions concerning the CARE allocations may be addressed to Janet
Fulton, EOPS/CARE Specialist, at jfulton@cccco.edu
or telephone (916) 323-5275. For questions concerning the EOPS allocations, Program Plan and submitting EOPS and
CARE budget reports through SSARCC-EOPS, please contact Kelly Gornik,
EOPS/CARE Specialist, at kgornik@cccco.edu
or telephone (916) 323-4281.
Thank you. cc: Vice Chancellor Denise Noldon
Dean Sarah Tyson
Superintendent/Presidents
Chief Student Services Officers
Chief Business Officers

COOPERATIVE AGENCIES RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION
College
Alameda
Allan Hancock
American River
Antelope Valley
Bakersfield
Barstow
Berkeley City
Butte
Cabrillo
Canada
Canyons
Cerritos
Cerro Coso
Chabot
Chaffey
Citrus
Clovis*
Coastline
Columbia
Compton
Contra Costa
Copper Mountain
Cosumnes River
Crafton Hills
Cuesta
Cuyamaca
Cypress
De Anza
Desert
Diablo Valley
East Los Angeles
2015-16
CARE
Allocations
79,611
354,036
237,871
314,157
165,393
119,168
54,350
383,130
130,301
50,458
72,945
102,929
161,429
94,042
122,042
188,864
10,000
31,996
37,440
677,259
166,616
72,945
167,728
79,192
101,234
119,168
182,882
126,135
112,923
120,418
204,355

College
El Camino
Evergreen Valley
Feather River
Folsom Lake
Foothill
Fresno City
Fullerton
Gavilan
Glendale
Golden West
Grossmont
Hartnell
Imperial Valley
Irvine Valley
Lake Tahoe
Laney
Las Positas
Lassen
Long Beach City
Los Angeles City
Los Angeles Harbor
Los Angeles Mission
Los Angeles Pierce
Los Angeles Southwest
Los Angeles Trade Technical
Los Angeles Valley
Los Medanos
Marin
Mendocino
Merced
Merritt
Mira Costa
Mission
Modesto
61,419
271,433
185,286
130,413
118,968
56,563
167,294
294,070
106,675
123,561
62,312
66,134
256,797
186,721
95,644
103,293
2015-16
CARE
Allocations
247,635
120,418
69,197
62,951
56,704
247,648
174,138
192,878
60,452
75,444
235,644
167,892
237,852
76,694
30,469
282,501
50,033
195,318

College
Monterey Peninsula
Moorpark
Moreno Valley
Mt. San Antonio
Mt. San Jacinto
Napa Valley
Norco
Ohlone
Orange Coast
Oxnard
Palo Verde
Palomar
Pasadena City
Porterville
Redwoods
Reedley
Rio Hondo
Riverside
Sacramento City
Saddleback
San Bernardino Valley
San Diego City
San Diego Mesa
San Diego Miramar
San Francisco
San Joaquin Delta
San Jose City
San Mateo
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara City
Santa Monica
Santa Rosa
Santiago Canyon
Sequoias
129,838
261,407
47,476
124,445
100,913
70,446
49,209
97,931
342,884
112,011
36,716
100,430
111,978
93,465
73,882
30,469
2015-16
CARE
Allocations
152,900
39,215
64,201
171,266
165,350
82,133
32,968
50,460
141,657
260,338
64,201
131,805
124,899
132,150
179,773
67,947
177,411
213,239

College
2015-16
CARE
Allocations
148,354 Shasta
Sierra 167,479
Siskiyous 71,987
Skyline 50,796
Solano 79,415
Southwestern 188,447
Taft 38,996
Ventura 78,995
Victor Valley 345,290
West Hills Coalinga 129,132
West Hills Lemoore 83,463
West Los Angeles 115,408
West Valley 46,460
Woodland 72,592
Yuba 241,674
TOTAL
SUMMARY
15,605,369
Average Allocation:
Median Allocation:
FY 2015-16 CARE Allocations
$136,889
$119,168
$677,259
$10,000
Compton College
Clovis College
Highest Allocation:
Lowest Allocation:
*As a new college that didn’t serve CARE students in 2014-15, Clovis College is entitled to receive its base CARE allocation of $10,000, as mandated in the Board of Governors approved allocations funding formula.