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Maricopa County Human Services Department Early Education Division Andrea Harvey Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Head Start 90 7th Street, 9th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Gabriella Aranda Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Grants Management, Region IX 90th Street, Suite 9-100 San Francisco, CA 94103 April 25, 2019 Award No. 09HP000105 Dear Program Specialists, Non-Federal Share is a statutory requirement of the Head Start Act Head Start Act Section 640(b). As stated in the Act, a grantee agency must provide 20 percent of the total costs of the Head Start program through Non-Federal match unless a waiver has been granted. The Maricopa County Head Start program is projected to collect $217,724.82 (45%) of the required $483,833of Non-Federal share and is requesting a waiver as follows: Early Head Start Expansion and Child Care Partnership Reduction/Waiver of $266,108.15 for the period of the 12 month award August 1, 2018 to July 31, 2019. The following factor(s) have affected the program's ability to collect the required full amount. Impact of cost an agency may incur in the early days of the program The Early Head Start Expansion and Child Care Partnership had a delay in opening a toddler classroom due to issues with the selected partner not being able to deliver a licensed classroom. The delay caused the classroom to open in March 2019. While the program was successful in generating nearly half of the NFS, it does not anticipate that the program will be able to capture enough to meet the NFS requirement. Human Services Department Early Education Division 2150-1 S Country Club Drive, Suite 7 Mesa, AZ 85210 Maricopa County Human Services Department NFS Waiver Request The program does have a robust plan for generating and collecting additional NFS throughout the remainder of the 4 month of the program year and ongoing through the remaining project period with some of the following activities: The program currently secured the services a web-based portal, Learning Genie that will partners and families to capture at home activities. Literacy activities and classroom volunteer hours on their smart phones or on a computer. Child Care providers have been trained on how document discounts and expenses from goods and services that benefit the Early Head Start participants. Identifying and valuing services from Quality Rating system that is supporting some child care partners. The program will continue to track and monitor progress towards meeting the NFS requirement and make adjustments as needed to remain on a schedule of compliance. This waiver request and accompanying budget revision documentation has been approved with Board signature on the revised Federal Forms, and by Policy Council as reflected in the April 29, 2019 Minutes. Sincerely, Eve Del Real, M.Ed. Assistant Director, Maricopa County Human Services Human Services Department 234 N. Central Avenue, 3rd Floor Phoenix, AZ 85004