DEPARTMENT: Department of Human Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Melody Woosley
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council Districts 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6
SUBJECT:
Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grant Application
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the submission of an Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership grant application in the amount of $3,341,600 to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the purpose of expanding access to high-quality, comprehensive services for low-income infants and toddlers and their families. The grant requires an in-kind match of up to $835,000 to be provided by the City and contracted service providers, if awarded.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Early Head Start program, established in 1994, is a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) funded early childhood education and development program for low-income families with infants and toddlers (ages 0 to 36 months) and pregnant women. Early Head Start programs provide family-centered, full-day, full-year services through relationship-based learning environments that support children's growth in all learning disciplines and the integration of family support services which further promotes school readiness for low-income children.
For over 20 years, the City of San Antonio, through DHS, has managed the Child Care Services program in the 12-county region of the Alamo Workforce Development Area. The program provides subsidized childcare for working families meeting income and other qualification requirements. The program serves an average of 8,100 children on a daily basis with over 3,200 children on a waitlist to receive subsidized childcare.
The City of San Antonio has served as a grantee for the Head Start Program for over 30 years. The City of San Antonio's Head Start program currently provides high-quality services to 3,020 children and their families in 27 Head Start centers located in SAISD and EISD for the school year 2014-20...
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