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MARICOPA COUNTY MONTHLY REPORT TO HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEAD START ZERO-FIVE SEPTEMBER 2013 ENROLLMENT AND PROGRAM SERVICE INFORMATION Total Enrollment Children Current with Children with Disabilities Health Requirements Immunizations 2,233 Dental Exams TBD Well Child Exams TBD Pre-K Head Start classes opened and Well child exams, immunizations and home visitation resumed in August. There dental exams help ensure children are 10% of the program’s total enrolled children are 867 families currently on the wait list healthy and ready to learn. These num- must be children with special needs. Cur- for participation. Families are eligible for bers fluctuate monthly. rently, the program is serving 182 children the program based on income or home- with special needs/disabilities. There are cur- lessness, foster care, or receiving public Head Start works to help children be- rently 83 children that are being referred for assistance. Children are selected for en- come current based on the required evaluation of possible special needs. State Early, Periodic Screening, Diag- rollment based on a board approved prior- nostic and Treatment Schedule (EPSDT) ity. 78 children left the program in Sep- tember and will be replaced by new par- Data for Well Child and Dental Exams is Family Services ticipants within 30 days of the vacancy. unavailable for September due to the limited days of operations thus far in the program year. FINANCE Financial Report Remaining Remaining Total Budget Expenditures YTD Budget Budget % Base Funding 21,253,339 2,617,871 4,617,064 16,236,275 78% CACFP Revenues 274,594 3,404 3,404 271,190 99% Families receive support and referrals for identified needs outside of the programs In-Kind Match 5,313,335 352,113 419,225 4,662,670 88% services. Referrals for housing, food assis- tance, employment services, etc. are tracked September, 2013 per the Office of Head Start guidance. 130 Head Start and 79 Early Head Start parents have received needed services and supports Total Expenditures is comprised of both the Head Start (HS) and Early Head Start through these referrals. (EHS) grants. The program has completed approximately 25% of its program year and has spent 22% of funds. CACFP are revenues from reimbursements from the State ad- ministered Child/Adult Care Food Program to offset the cost of providing child meals. Meal Data The in-kind match is met through the value of donated time of volunteers and parents, 34.004 supplies, materials, and space for classrooms. Child meals served in Head Start and Early Head Start in September. UPDATES & UPCOMING EVENTS The National Head Start Association awarded the Maricopa County Zero to Five Program as a Quality Initiative Program of Excel- lence. The program has had this designation since 2006 and is the only Head Start program in the State with such recognition The Federal Office of Head Start has approved the final site changes for the 2013-14 program year. These changes were the result of HUD sites at Guadalupe and El Mirage no longer being available for our use as Head Start classrooms. The Head Start classroom in Buckeye reopened after sustaining wind damage in August.