BRIGHT SPOT AWARD FROM NHSA.PDF

STATEMENT OF WORK NO. 1
This Statement of Work (“SOW”) dated ____________, 20___ is entered into between Maricopa
County Head Start (“Program”) and the National Head Start Association (NHSA) effective
_______________.
1. Description of Project / Scope
a. The Bright Spot Award (“Award”) in the amount of $1,500.00 is awarded to the
Program in recognition of its effective implementation of the essential elements of
Head Start, which has created a strong identity and defined value in their community.
i. The Award supports NHSA’s “Standing Strong, Staying United:
Strengthening Every Head Start Community” project (“Project”). The purpose
of this project is to evolve the Head Start narrative to encompass the changing
early childhood landscape, which aligns with NHSA’s strategic objectives of
advocating for policy changes that ensure all children and families have what
they need to succeed and to linking those most at-risk to Head Start's window
of opportunity.
ii. The Project is made possible through a grant from the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation.
2. Deliverables
a. The Program will provide the following deliverables:
i. By January 15, 2019, the Program will designate a project leader who will
serve as the point of contact with NHSA.
ii. Using the language and techniques outlined in The Head Start Playbook
(“Playbook”), the Program will host a forum in their community to further
socialize and disseminate best practices for communicating about Head Start
with diverse audiences. The Program will be responsible for inviting attendees
to the forum and will play the lead role in producing the forum. The forum
will be completed no later than March 31, 2019.
iii. The Program will partner with NHSA’s public affairs team to develop a
toolkit to share with the Head Start community at large the techniques and
lessons learned from their community forum. The toolkit will include best
practices for producing a community forum and will offer templates on
measuring outcomes and outputs of the forum.
iv. The Program will engage exclusively with NHSA’s public affairs team in
creating collateral about the forum that includes but is not limited to: videos,
blog posts, and social media posts.
v. The Program will send at least one representative to NHSA’s 2019 National
Head Start Conference (“National Conference”) being held April 29 to May 2,
2019, in San Antonio, Texas. The representative will partner with NHSA’s
public affairs team to present to conference attendees about their experiences
and lessons learned from their community forum.
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Key Project Dates What
45 days or less after execution of NHSA will deliver the Award in the amount of $1500.00 to
contract the Program.
January 15, 2019 Program will designate a project leader.
March 31, 2019 Deadline for hosting community forum.
April 29 – May 2, 2019 Program will participate in a forum about their experiences
at the National Conference
August 31, 2019 SOW ends
3. Fees and Expenses
a. The Program will be awarded $1,500.00 from NHSA within 30 days of the execution
of this agreement.
b. NHSA will not be responsible for any expenses incurred by the Program in
completing this project, including travel and accommodations at the National
Conference.
4. Parties Responsibilities
a. The Program will be responsible for the deliverables outlined above in Section 2.
b. NHSA will be responsible for:
i. Providing technical assistance to the Program in planning, promoting, and
producing the community forum.
ii. Compensating the Program for one (1) registration for the National
Conference.
iii. Producing the plenary session at the National Conference that will serve as a
forum for the Programs to share innovative strategies for using the Playbook
to socialize the essential elements of Head Start with diverse communities.
5. Assumptions
a. The Program will not engage other partners in this project without written consent
from NHSA.
b. The Program will identify NHSA as a partner in all communications about this
project.
c. The Program will notify NHSA’s public affairs team if they will be unable to meet
the terms of this contract.
6. Term of SOW
a. The term of this SOW begins December 18, 2018, and shall end on August 31, 2019.
Maricopa County National Head Start Association
By: __________________________ By: __________________________
Print Name: Bill Gates___________ Print Name: Yasmina Vinci
Title: Chairman, Board of Supervisors Title: Executive Director
Date: _________________________ Date: ________________________
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