Title
Authorization to Apply for Five-Year (2019-2024) Head Start Birth to Five Grant and Five-Year (2019-2024) Early Head Start Child Care Partner Grant, Accept 2019-2020 Head Start Birth to Five and Early Head Start-Child Care Partner Funds and Enter into or Extend Contracts (Ordinance S-45416)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to (a) Apply for Five-Year (2019-2024) Head Start Birth to Five Grant and Five-Year (2019-2024) Early Head Start Child Care Partner Grant for approximately $175,073,700 combined over the life of the grants and (b) Accept 2019-2020 Head Start Birth to Five and 2019-2020 Early Head Start Child Care Partner Funds for up to a total of $35,014,740, (c) Enter into or extend contracts with Delegate and Child Care Partners and (d) Amend contracts to move one time monies to Delegate Agencies and Child Care Partners for necessary health and safety items, provide direct and administrative services to Head Start families, or enter into or amend collaborative contracts or other related agreements required for Head Start services. All additional funding to Delegate Agencies and Child Care Partners will be approved by the Head Start Governing Board prior to contract amendment. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept and the City Controller disburse all funds related to this item. There is no impact to the General Fund.
Report
Summary
The City of Phoenix Head Start program provides comprehensive education and social services through two service delivery models: Early Head Start (0-3 years) and Head Start (3-5 years). There are 488 families with infants and toddlers in Early Head Start and 2,963 children in Head Start. The current Early Head Start Child Care Partners and Head Start Delegate Agencies are:
Child Care Partners
Cactus Kids
Kids Campus
Out of This World Childcare
Robin’s Nest
Delegate Agencies
Alhambra Elementary School District
Booker T. Washington Child Development Center
Deer Valley Unified School District
Fowler Elementary School District
Greater Phoenix Urban League
Murphy Elementary School District
Roosevelt Elementary School District
Washington Elementary School District
Wilson Elementary School District
Contract Term
If awarded, the City of Phoenix, as the Grantee, is entering into the first year of new five-year grant for the Head Start Birth to Five program and the Early Head Start Child Care Partner programs. The contract term for the first year is July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020.
Financial Impact
The grant funding for the first year of $35,014,740 is inclusive of $7,160,659 for Early Head Start Child Care Partners and $27,854,081 for Head Start. This amount also reflects a 1.77 percent Cost of Living Adjustment expected in Federal Fiscal Year 2020. An annual refunding application will be required in subsequent years of both five-year grants.
There are no General Funds required to operate the City of Phoenix Head Start Program.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
This item was approved by the Head Start Policy Council on Jan. 14, 2019.
This item was recommended for approval by the Parks, Arts, Libraries and Education (PALE) Subcommittee, which serves as the Head Start Governing Body, at the Feb. 27, 2019 meeting, by a vote of 4-0.
Public Outreach
A series of Head Start focus groups were conducted in November 2018 as part of the Head Start Strategic Planning Process required for the grant application.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Deanna Jonovich and the Human Services Department.