DEPARTMENT: Human Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Melody Woosley
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Head Start Briefing and Approval Items
SUMMARY:
This item presents the following from the Department of Human Services Head Start and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership programs for action by the Community Health and Equity Committee:
1. 2016-2017 DHS, Head Start Program Self-Assessment Report;
2. 2018-2023 DHS, Head Start Program 5-Year Strategic Plan;
3. 2018-2019 DHS, Head Start and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) Program Selection Point Matrix and Recruitment Plans;
4. 2018-2019 DHS, Head Start Head Start and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) ERSEA Policy Updates;
In addition, the following will be presented for briefing without action required:
5. Training on Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, and Attendance (ERSEA);
6. Briefing on the 2018-2023 DHS, Head Start Non-Competing Baseline Grant Application to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS);
7. Briefing on the 2018-2019 DHS, EHS-CCP Continuation Grant application to HHS;
8. Briefing on the Program and Fiscal items for the months of November and December 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 program year to their governing bodies. The City's Community Health and Equity Committee and the Head Start Policy Council provide shared governance oversight of the Department of Human Services (DHS) Head Start grants.
The Head Start and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) grant programs are federally-funded programs administered by HHS. The programs provide early childhood education, family support, and comprehensive support services to eligible children between the ages of six weeks and five years, and their families.
The Head...
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