DEPARTMENT: Human Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Melody Woosley
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-wide
SUBJECT:
Head Start Briefing Item
SUMMARY:
This item presents the following Head Start grants items:
1. Approval of Head Start and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Policies
2. Briefing of Head Start and Early Head Start program and fiscal monthly activity for June 2017
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The U.S. Department of Health and Human services (HHS) requires recipients of Head Start grants to provide monthly briefings on program and fiscal activities and ongoing training throughout the year to their governing bodies. Additionally, HHS requires governing bodies to approve program policies. The City's Community Health and Equity Committee and the Head Start Policy Council provide shared governance oversight of the City's Head Start grants.
The Head Start and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) programs provide early childhood education, family support, and comprehensive support services to eligible children between the ages of six weeks and five years, and to their families.
The Head Start Program serves children at or below the federal poverty line and prioritizes the most vulnerable children, including those with disabilities, experiencing homelessness, and children in the foster care system. The program mission is to prepare children and engage families for school readiness and lifelong success. The program serves 3,020 children: 777 children in the Edgewood Independent School District (EISD) and 2,243 children in the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD). As the program grantee, the City's Department of Human Services (DHS) provides direct program management, oversight, training and technical assistance, governance, family support and mental wellness services. This comprehensive services approach positively impacts families and holistically addresses the needs of child. DHS also contracts with EISD and SAISD for the ...
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