HEAD START MONTHLY REPORT MAR 2014.PDF

MARICOPA COUNTY REPORT TO
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
HEAD START ZERO-FIVE
MARCH 2014
ENROLLMENT AND PROGRAM SERVICE INFORMATION
Total Enrollment Children Current in Children with Disabilities
Health Requirements DisabilIty
YTD Required
Referred 279 237
Well Child Exams 66% 0
Dental Exams 66%
Immunizations 98%
There are 995 families currently on the Well child exams, dental exams, and 10% of the program’s total enrolled
wait list for participation. Families are immunizations help ensure children are children must be children identified
eligible for the program based on income healthy and ready to learn. These with special needs. Currently, the
or other categories such as homelessness, numbers fluctuate monthly. program is serving 279 children with
foster care, or receiving public special needs/disabilities. There is
assistance. Children are selected for Head Start works to help children currently no children being referred for
enrollment based on a Board approved become current based on the required evaluation of possible special needs.
priority. Ten (10) children left the State Early, Periodic Screening,
program in March and will be replaced Diagnostic and Treatment Schedule
by new participants within 30 days of the (EPSDT)
vacancy. Family Services
921
773
FINANCE
Financial Report 148
Remaining Remaining HS EHS Total
Total Budget March YTD Budget Budget %
Base Funding 21,253,339 2,159,035 15,427,733 5,828,606 27%
Families receive support and referrals
CACFP Revenues 278,000 24,270 144,758 133,242 48% for identified needs outside of the
In-Kind Match 5,313,335 555,185 5,655,021 (341,686) (6)% programs services. Referrals for
housing, food assistance, employment
March, 2014 services, etc. are tracked according to
the Office of Head Start guidance. 773
Head Start and 148 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 75% of its
program year and has spent 73% 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
26,768
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 March.
COMMUNICATION FROM DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH &
HUMAN SERVICES AND PROGRAM UPDATES
An Information Memorandum (IM) ACF-IM-HS-13-02 was issued which describes changes to funding practices and provides
guidance on key elements of the five year award and post-award conditions. The purpose of this IM is to provide more detailed
information on the system of federal oversight to assess performance, compliance, continuous improvement, and progress of
grantees during the five year project period.