HEAD START MONTHLY REPORT APR 2014.PDF

MARICOPA COUNTY REPORT TO
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
HEAD START ZERO-FIVE
APRIL 2014
ENROLLMENT AND PROGRAM SERVICE INFORMATION
Total Enrollment Children Current in Children with Disabilities
Health Requirements DisabilIty
YTD Required
Referred 269 233
0
Well Child Exams 72%
Dental Exams 72%
Immunizations 98%
Well child exams, dental exams, and 10% of the program’s total enrolled
There are 1,021 families currently on the immunizations help ensure children are children must be children identified
wait list for participation. Families are healthy and ready to learn. These with special needs. Currently, the
eligible for the program based on income numbers fluctuate monthly. program is serving 269 children with
or other categories such as homelessness, special needs/disabilities. There is
foster care, or receiving public Head Start works to help children currently no children being referred for
assistance. Children are selected for become current based on the required evaluation of possible special needs.
enrollment based on a Board approved State Early, Periodic Screening,
priority. Ten (10) children left the Diagnostic and Treatment Schedule
program in April and will be replaced by (EPSDT)
new participants within 30 days of the Family Services
vacancy.
1049
894
FINANCE
Financial Report 155
Remaining Remaining HS EHS Total
Total Budget April YTD Budget Budget %
Base Funding 21,253,339 1,820,477 17,248,209 4,005,130 19%
Families receive support and referrals
CACFP Revenues 278,000 24,270 169,028 108,972 39% for identified needs outside of the
In-Kind Match 5,313,335 60,274 5,787,002 (473,667) (9)% programs services. Referrals for
housing, food assistance, employment
April, 2014 services, etc. are tracked according to
the Office of Head Start guidance. 894
Head Start and 155 Early Head Start
parents have received needed services
Total Expenditures is comprised of both the Head Start (HS) and Early Head and supports through these referrals.
Start (EHS) grants. The program has completed approximately 87% of its
program year and has spent 81% of funds. CACFP are revenues from
reimbursements from the State administered Child/Adult Care Food Program to
offset the cost of providing child meals. Meal Data
33,393
The in-kind match is met through the value of donated time of volunteers and Child meals served in Head Start and
parents, supplies, materials, and space for classrooms. Early Head Start in April.
COMMUNICATION FROM DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH &
HUMAN SERVICES AND PROGRAM UPDATES
Requests for Comments was issued by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), Department of Agriculture on April 28, 2014 on the
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Sponsor and Provider Characteristics Study. The study objective is to provide FNS, the
Congress advocates and others interested in the CACFP with accurate information on the current program. This is an update as the
CACFP has changed considerably since the last study of program sponsors and providers was completed in 1997.