Title
Request to Increase Head Start Birth to Five and Child Care Partnership Funding (Ordinance S-49576)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to increase spending authority under Ordinance S-46464, the Head Start Birth to Five and Early Head Start Child Care Partnership Grant by $5,621,145 for the remaining one year of the grant (2023-24) as approved by the Head Start Birth to Five Governing Board, and enter into or execute all contracts, documents, and agreements and take all other action necessary or appropriate to implement the Head Start Birth to Five and Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grants subject to any necessary approval by the Head Start Birth to Five Governing Board. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept and the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. There is no impact to the General Fund.
Report
Summary
The City of Phoenix Head Start Birth to Five Program provides comprehensive education and social services to children and families at risk through two programs: Early Head Start (0-3 years of age) serving 488 children and Head Start (3-5 years of age) serving 2,963 children.
The term of the ordinance for the Head Start Birth to Five and Early Head Start Child Care Partnership funding is from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2024. Over the past three years, the Head Start Birth to Five Program has received supplemental awards from the federal government due to the coronavirus pandemic: $1,038,644 for the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) of 2021, $4,129,122 for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 and $453,379 for Quality Improvement for 2023. The additional funding has exceeded the original estimated funding for the four-year period by $5,621,145.
Contract Term
The remaining year of the contract term is July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.
Financial Impact
The total grant funding for the ordinance will be no more than $173,194,982.44. There is no impact to the General Fund.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
- City Council approved the four years of funding on March 18, 2020 (Ordinance S-46464).
- The Head Start Birth to Five Policy Council recommended approval of this item on March 13, 2023, by a vote of 21-0.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Gina Montes and the Human Services Department.