Title
Head Start Birth to Five Monthly Report - July 2023
Description
This report provides the Economic Development and Housing Subcommittee, which serves as the City of Phoenix Head Start Birth to Five Governing Board, with an updated summary of the Head Start Birth to Five Program's financial and programmatic status.
THIS ITEM IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
Report
Summary
The Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 requires each Head Start Grantee to share monthly information with the Governing Board and Policy Council on program planning, policies and operations. In compliance with the Act, the Head Start program provides a monthly report on the following areas:
- Fiscal expenditures;
- Enrollment reports;
- School attendance;
- Medical/dental exams; and
- Program information summaries.
Fiscal Expenditures
Attachment A shows year-to-date expenditures for the Fiscal Year 2023-24, which began July 1, 2023. The reports include a breakdown of each Education Service Provider, Child Care Partnership, Policy Council and the administrative support budget.
Enrollment Reports
The Office of Head Start requires programs to report the total number of children enrolled on the last day of each month. At the end of July, overall enrollment was 315 out of 3,451 available slots.
In the Preschool program, Deer Valley Unified School District was the only Education Service Provider that started school in July. At the end of the month, 97 slots out of 2,963 were filled. The other Education Service Providers will begin school in August.
Early Head Start ended the month of July with 218 slots filled out of 488. The Home-Based program, which provides year-round, in-person home visitation, filled 74 slots out of 300. The Child Care Partnership program, which provides full-day, year-round services, filled 144 slots out of 188. Under-enrollment is largely due to staffing shortages, especially in the Home-Based program. Other vacancies are due to children turning three and aging out of the program. Children who age out can apply for Head Start Preschool, or a private or school district preschool program.
School Attendance
The annual target for attendance set by the Office of Head Start is 85 percent. Attachment B indicates the year-to-date average attendance through the end of July. Head Start Preschool was 69 percent, and the Child Care Partnership program was 54 percent. Under-enrollment impacts attendance, as it is calculated on funded enrollment, not actual enrollment.
Medical/Dental Exams
Head Start regulations require all children to have medical and dental exams annually. At the end of July, 278 medical and 269 dental exams were completed, totaling 547 exams, as illustrated in Attachment C.
Program Information Summaries
Please see Attachment D.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Gina Montes and the Human Services Department.