Title
Request to Apply For and Accept Quality Improvement Funding in Support of the Head Start Program and Enter Related Contracts (Ordinance S-48757)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for Quality Improvement funds from the federal Office of Head Start in the amount of $193,008 and enter related contracts to implement eligible quality improvement activities through the end of the current Head Start grant, June 30, 2024. The aggregate value of all contracts related to this item will not exceed $193,008. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept the one-time funding provided through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 and for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. There is no impact on the General Fund.
Report
Summary
The Office of Head Start received $52 million as a portion of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 for Quality Improvement and allocated $193,008 to the City of Phoenix as the Head Start Grantee. Quality Improvement funds can be used for staff compensation, professional development, upgrades to educational environments, strategic planning or transportation. The Head Start Birth to Five program will use the funds for community-wide strategic planning and implementation with the assistance of one or more qualified consultants. This process will intentionally identify, strengthen, and improve collaborations between the Head Start Birth to Five program and community agencies for outreach to children from immigrant, refugee, and asylee families; children experiencing homelessness; children in foster care; children with limited English proficiency; children in crisis; children referred to the Head Start program by the Department of Child Safety; and children who are exposed to chronic violence or substance abuse.
This is a non-competitive supplemental application.
Contract Term
The Head Start grant has two remaining years of the five-year grant period; July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024. Any consultant contracts funded with Quality Improvement funds will expire by June 30, 2024.
Financial Impact
The funding breakdown is as follows:
- Head Start Preschool: $154,205
- Early Head Start: $38,803
The aggregate value of all contracts related to this item will not exceed $193,008. There is no impact to the General Fund. One-time funding is provided through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Gina Montes and the Human Services Department.