Title
Approval to Apply for, Accept and Disburse Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Head Start Birth to Five and Early Head Start Child Care Partners Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act Funding (Ordinance S-46797)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for, accept, and, if awarded, enter into any necessary agreements for the Head Start Birth to Five and Child Care Partnership grants in the amount of $3,032,765. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item. One-time funding is provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. There is no impact to the General Fund.
Report
Summary
The Office of Head Start received $750,000,000 as a portion of the CARES Act and has allocated a portion of those funds to the City of Phoenix, as the Grantee, to use in the prevention, preparation and response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For preschool, the Education Service Providers will receive 70 percent of the funding to address their unique needs. The grantee will retain 30 percent of the funding which will be allocated to purchasing personal protective equipment for staff, reconfiguration of office spaces to ensure social distancing, electronic signature pads, and retain a portion in reserve for any unforeseen issues. For the Child Care Partnership grant, Child Care Partners will receive 80 percent of the funding as those needs are higher due to the age group served and the grantee will retain 20 percent of the funding for the same needs as identified above under preschool. The Home-Based program will retain 100 percent of the allocated funding. This is a non-competitive supplemental application.
The Head Start Education Service Providers and Early Head Start Child Care Partners for the 2020-2021 school year are:
Education Service Providers
Alhambra Elementary School District
Booker T. Washington Child Development Center
Deer Valley Unified School District
Fowler Elementary School District
Greater Phoenix Urban League
Roosevelt Elementary School District
Washington Elementary School District
Child Care Partners
Cactus Kids
Fusion Minds dba Immanuel Care for Children
Out of This World Christian Child Care
Contract Term
The City of Phoenix, as the Grantee, is entering into the second year of a five-year grant for the Head Start Birth to Five program and the Early Head Start Child Care Partner program. The remaining four years of the five-year contract term are July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2024.
Financial Impact
The funding breakdown is as follows:
Head Start Preschool $ 2,603,907
Early Head Start Home-Based $ 263,642
Early Head Start Child Care Partners $ 165,216
The estimated aggregate contract total for the remaining four years is $170,606,602. There is no impact to the General Fund. One-time funding is provided through the CARES Act.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Deanna Jonovich and the Human Services Department.