DEPARTMENT: Human Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Melody Woosley
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grant Application and Provider Contracts and Head Start Personnel Complement
SUMMARY:
The Department of Human Services (DHS) requests authorization of the following actions related to a grant application for the City's Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP):
a) Submission of a grant application and associated documents to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and acceptance upon award of an amount up to $2,847,532.00 for the period of August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2020;
b) A total program budget of $3,559,415.00, including an in-kind match of $711,833.00 and a personnel complement of 16 positions for DHS;
c) Six education service provider contracts with Blessed Sacrament Academy, Ella Austin Community Center, Healy-Murphy Center, Inc., Inman Christian Center, Seton Home, and Young Women's Christian Association Olga Madrid Center for the period of August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2024 in a combined amount of $1,663,200.00 for each annual grant budget period of the five year project period so long as grant funds are available;
d) Negotiation and execution of contract amendments with the six education service provider contracts based on program improvements and/or additional awards so long as grant funds are available
In addition, the City received notification from HHS of supplemental funding for the Fiscal Year 2019 Head Start Program in the amount of $408,495, which provided a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of 1.77 percent to assist grantees in increasing staff salaries and fringe benefits and offsetting higher operating costs. When funds are awarded by HHS, DHS is requesting to increase the personnel complement from 87 to 89 positions.
Furthermore, this ordinance authorizes the Director of Human Services to initiate, negotiate, and execute any and all necessary documents and a grant...
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