Vote — approved

Thomas Galvin	yes
Steve Gallardo	yes
Kate Brophy McGee	yes
Debbie Lesko	yes
Mark Stewart	yes

50.GRANT APPLICATION TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR HEAD START/EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS (Supervisory District: All) Request approval for the Maricopa County Head Start program to submit a grant funding application to the U.S. Department of Health and Human (HHS)/Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Head Start (OHS), for the five (5) year project period beginning July 1, 2026, Fiscal Year 2027, through June 30, 2031, Fiscal year 2031 (FY27 - FY31 or 

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50. GRANT APPLICATION TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR HEAD START/EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS (Supervisory District: All) Request approval for the Maricopa County Head Start program to submit a grant funding application to the U.S. Department of Health and Human (HHS)/Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Head Start (OHS), for the five (5) year project period beginning July 1, 2026, Fiscal Year 2027, through June 30, 2031, Fiscal year 2031 (FY27 - FY31 or project period). The grant funding application is due on April 1, 2026. The Grant application is to request estimated funding in the amount of $22,323,586 and the funding period of availability is July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027 (budget period), which is the 1st year of a five (5) year project period for the Grant, awarded under federal Assistance listing number (ALN) 93.600. The Maricopa County Human Services Department administers the Head Start/Early Head Start programs. The County is the current recipient of the stated grant, and the funding opportunity is non-competitive. The Head Start Program goals are: 1. Better physical, cognitive, and social and emotional development in children 2. Improved Parent and Child Interactions that lead to Decreased Rates of Child Abuse and Neglect 3. Increasing Parent Self-Reliance and Empowerment 4. Expand and Improve the Quality of the Early Childhood Workforce Also request authorization for the Chair to sign documents related to the funding application, including the application SF-424, upon Board approval to submit this application. The Office of Head Start requires the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chair to sign all grant applications, applications for additional funds, as well as amendments and budget revisions to the Grant. Amendments are required if the program needs to transfer funds between budget line items in an aggregate amount of $250,000 or more. The Grant requires a 20% non-federal share (NFS) match of the total approved project costs. The total required NFS for FY2027 is $5,580,897 for the budget period of July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. NFS is generated through in-kind donations of goods and services as well as parent volunteering. The services provided under this grant are not a mandated function but provides a benefit to the citizens by providing eligible children with high quality care and education by integrating federal Head Start performance measures. Maricopa County has been providing Early Head Start services since 1997. The purpose of the Maricopa County Head Start Program is to promote school readiness by educating children and supporting families. Once notified of funding award by OHS, the Human Services Department will seek approval for the acceptance of funds from the Board of Supervisors in a separate agenda item. (C-22-26-031-X-00)

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70. ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDS FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS (Supervisorial District: All) Approve the receipt of grant funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)/Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Head Start (OHS), Grant No. 09CH013635-01-00 for year 1 of the new 5-year grant for Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27 Budget Period), in the amount of $22,463,452.00 under Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 93.600 for the delivery of Head Start and Early Head Start program services. The funding amounts are comprised of $13,241,487.00 for Head Start and $8,924,454.00 for Early Head Start program operations and $126,164.00 Head start and $171,347.00 Early Head Start training and technical assistance. The Budget Period funding availability is July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The grant term (Project Period) is July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031. Also request authorization for the Chair to sign documents related to the grant administration upon Board approval of this action and acceptance of funds. The Office of Head Start requires the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chair to sign all federal grant form SF-424, applications, as well as certification of governance and health and safety certification of compliance upon acceptance of award. Amendments are required if the program needs to transfer funds between budget line items in an aggregate amount of $250,000 or more. The Grant Award is recurring and requires a 20% non-federal share (NFS) match of the total approved project costs. The total County required NFS for FY2027 is $5,615,863.00. NFS is generated through in-kind donations of goods and services as well as parent volunteering. The total Federal and Non-Federal amount for the Budget Period is $28,079,315.00. The total Federal and Non-Federal amount for the Project Period is now $28,079,315.00 The Human Services Department provisional indirect rate of 24.0% by the US Department of Health and Human Services for FY2027 is for salaries and employee related expenses. The total grant amount is $22,463,452 of which $13,078,904 is for salaries, ERE and substitute teachers. The total estimated indirect costs are $3,138,937 and are fully recoverable and shall be effective July 1, 2026. Budget adjustments will be made when the Indirect rate costs have been fully negotiated and shall be effective as of July 1, 2026. This FY2027 Grant Award is non-competitive and awarded to the County because the County is a current Head Start program operator and recipient of Head Start funds. In April, the Head Start program submitted to OHS an application for Year 1 (budget period /Fiscal year 2027) funding. Receipt of the grant funds does not require future or ongoing contributions by the County at the end of the Project Period. The services provided under this grant are not a mandated function but provide a benefit to the citizens by providing eligible children with high quality care and education by integrating Head Start performance measures. The approved Head Start enrollment is 715 for 3–5-year-old and the Early Head Start enrollment is 368 infants, toddlers and pregnant women. Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore, expenditure of the revenues is not prohibited by the budget law. This Grant award does not alter the budget constraining expenditures of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant to A.R.S. 42-17105. The overall budget will be adjusted as necessary to accommodate the grant funding through a future reconciliation. Acceptance of the grant funds will not impact the County General Fund. (C-22-26-031-X-01)

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113. AMENDMENT TO IGA WITH MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MEAL SERVICE DELIVERY (Supervisorial District: 1 and 2) Approve financial Amendment No. 4 to the Intergovernmental Agreement (Agreement) between Mesa Unified School District (District) and Maricopa County (“County”), administered by its Human Services Department. The purpose of this Agreement is for the District to provide full-service food catering for the Maricopa County Head Start Program. The District shall provide meals and snacks that meet the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) guidelines and contain at least one-third (1/3) of the daily-recommended dietary allowances for children. The current Agreement term is October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The purpose of Amendment No. 4 is to address the following: A. Extend term of the Agreement through September 30, 2027. B. Revise 5.0 (Funding) to reflect the County shall reimburse the district an amount not-to-exceed $175,633.75 for meals provided from October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027. C. Revise 29.3.1 (Point of Contact) to change Head Start Service Delivery Point of Contact. D. Revise 29.12 (Meal Count and Costs) to reflect Budget period October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027. III. Revise (Compensation) and (Funding) by replacing 30.1.2 and 30.1.3 to reflect the October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, timeframe. IV. Revise and replace 31.0 (Notices) to change Early Education Division Head Start Point of Contact. This Agreement is funded through a recurring grant from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Office of Head Start (OHS) (C-22-26-031-X-00/09CH013635-01-00), and funding from the Arizona Department of Education/CACFP USDA funded Program (C-22-14-027-G-00). (C-22-23-021-X-04)

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