Title
Authorization to Apply for, Accept and Disburse Fiscal Year 2017 Head Start Cost-of-Living Grant Funding (Ordinance S-43757)
Description
Request authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for, accept, and if awarded, enter into any necessary agreements for the Head Start Supplemental Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) increase for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for up to a total of $310,791 for the period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept and the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item if awarded.
Report
Summary
The City of Phoenix Head Start Birth to Five Program provides comprehensive education and social services to 3,451 low-income children and families. Many direct services are provided in collaboration with Delegate Agencies and Child Care Partners. The COLA is allocated to the City of Phoenix as the Grantee, and subsequently will be designated to each Delegate Agency and Child Care Partner to increase salaries and fringe benefits and to offset increased operating costs.
Under the Head Start Act, DHHS has awarded a one percent COLA increase for Fiscal Year 2017 to all Head Start programs. This non-competitive supplemental application is due to DHHS Region IX by June 30, 2017.
Contract Term
The Grantee is entering into the fourth year of a five-year grant for Head Start preschool and Early Head Start Home-Based programs and the new contract term is July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. The Early Head Start - Child Care Partnership grant is a separate grant and will be entering into its third year of a four-year grant, with a new contract term of July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018.
Financial Impact
The total amount of increased COLA funds the Head Start Birth to Five Program can apply for is $310,791. This breaks down to $244,454 for the preschool portion of the program operations, $33,389 for the infants and toddlers home-based model (Early Head Start), and $32,948 for the infants and toddlers center-based model (EHS-Child Care Partnership). No additional General Funds are needed to operate the Head Start Birth to Five program.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The Head Start Policy Council approved this action at their June 12, 2017 meeting. The Parks, Arts, Education and Equality Subcommittee is scheduled to vote on this item on June 28, 2017.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Deanna Jonovich and the Human Services Department.