DEPARTMENT: Human Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Melody Woosley
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-wide
SUBJECT:
Head Start Briefing and Approval Items
SUMMARY:
This item requests approval of the 2015-2016 Head Start Service Plans, Head Start Center Enrollment Plans, and a revised Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, and Attendance (ERSEA) Selection Criteria Point Matrix. This item also provides information on Head Start program updates, and fiscal expenditures for the month of July and August 2015. This item further provides training on shared program governance requirements.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Head Start program, federally funded and administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), provides early education, family support, and support services to eligible children, between the ages of three and five, and their families. Head Start specifically serves children at or below 125% of the Federal Poverty Level and prioritizes the most vulnerable, including those with disabilities, homeless, and children in the foster care system.
The City of San Antonio has served as a Head Start grantee for over 30 years. Grant funds awarded for the February 1, 2015- January 31, 2016 Program Year include a total Head Start program budget of $27,612,689.00 which includes an in-kind match of $5,522,538.00 provided by the City and contracted Service Providers. Grant funding currently supports a personnel complement of 91 positions for the Head Start program, and serves 777 children in the Edgewood Independent School District (EISD) and 2,243 children in the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD). The Department of Human Services (DHS) provides direct program management, oversight, governance, family support and mental wellness services and contracts with SAISD and EISD for the provision of educational services; the Metropolitan Health District for dental services; and University Health System for he...
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