2008-2009 SWCAP Head Start Annual Report Our Mission: SWCAP Head Start, in collaboration with community service agencies, provides expectant parents and families with children age’s birth through five, opportunities for: child development education health and nutrition services parent and program partnerships family support, resource and referral, in an effort to promote school readiness, positive parent-child interactions, self-sufficiency, and healthy lifestyles.
Head Start Service Area: Grant Iowa Lafayette Richland
Early Head Start Service Area: Northern Grant Richland
Main Office SWCAP Head Start 212 E. Chapel Street Dodgeville, WI 53533 608.935.5422 Fax: 608.935.1498
[email protected]
Who can apply for Head Start/Early Head Start? Any family living in Grant, Iowa, Lafayette or Richland County with a child ages 0-5 years or expecting a child. Children must be three by Sept. 1 for Head Start.
Comprehensive Services: EDUCATION and EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL NEEDS SERVICES
Who participates in Head Start?
FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS (Resource & Referral)
Children are selected for the program on the basis of their learning, social and emotional need, and incomes of their families. 90% of families enrolled must meet federal income guidelines. Families receiving WI Shares Child Care Assistance are considered income eligible.
PARENT EDUCATION CHILD HEALTH AND SAFETY, CHILD NUTRITION, CHILD MENTAL HEALTH Parent involvement is essential in all aspects of these programs. The family’s success in the program is dependent upon parent participation.
Funding State Funding
July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009 $304,207
Budget
Expenses
Personnel Fringe Benefits Supplies Contractual Other
$56,829.00 $19,368.00 $1,160.00 $555.00 $14788.00
$57,087.95 $18,942.57 $1249.35 $603.39 $14816.74
Total
$92,700.00
$92,700.00
$92,700
Federal Head Start Federal Early Head Start
$1,660,226
State Head Start
$61,339.48 was received by USDA Child Nutrition during program year 2008-09.
Federal Funding
Nov. 1, 2008 –Oct. 31, 2009 Budget
Personnel Fringe Benefits Supplies Contractual Other Out of Town Travel Training Equipment Total
ARRA Funding
Expenses
$1,095,831 $351,195 $20,465 $12,234 $350,812 $758 $37,838 $95,300
$1,090,466.56 $365,356.12 $22,079.13 $15,585.48 $341,249.26 $1014.45 $37,838.00 $90,844.00
$1,964,433.00
$1,964,433.00
An annual audit of SWCAP funds was conducted by Wegner LLP. The agency met or exceeded all audit requirements and had no questioned costs. An onsite review was conducted by Administration for Children and Families in December 2006. The review noted one issue with SWCAP Head Start over the lack of uniformity regarding storage of backpacks on buses. This issue was resolved to ACF’s satisfaction.
July 1, 2009 – September 30, 2010 Budget
2009 Expenses
Personnel Fringe Benefits Supplies Contractual Other Out of Town Travel Training Equipment
$92,508 $13,501.00 $8,500.00 $2236.00 $32,113.00 $0 $0 $0
$20,263.05 $1,728.97 $7801.53 $0 $32,432.24 $0 $0 $0
Total
$148,408.00
$32,225.79
The President, on February 17, 2009, signed P.L. 111–5, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Included in this Act was a funding increase for Head Start and Early Head Start. This funding spans fiscal years 2008-09 and 2009-2010 for SWCAP Head Start.
Enrollment Funded Enrollment
Monthly Enrollment:
239 - Federal Head Start 15 - State Head Start 33 - Federal Early Head Start
SWCAP Head Start and Early Head Start maintained 100% monthly enrollment for the 2007-08 program year.
Actual Enrollment YTD
95% of families were income eligible 5% of families were above income eligibility guidelines
282 - Head Start Children 41- Early Head Start Children 3 - Pregnant Women
Health Services HS
EHS
Goal
Children Up to Date on Well Child Care
94%
95%
90%
Children Needing Treatment and Received Treatment
97%
100%
90%
Children Completed a Dental Screening
91%
90%
Children Needing Dental Treatment Who Received Treatment
91%
90%
Children up to Date on Immunizations
94%
95%
90%
Services to Children with Special Needs Children Diagnosed with a Special Need % of Children with IEP/IFSP
HS
EHS
Goal
18%
29%
10%
100%
100%
100%
Family Activities Head Start Activity
Attendance
Fathers/Father Figure Attendance
Parent Orientation/Safety
60
15
Down on the Farm
281
37
Let’s Have a Beach Party
181
16
Winter Socialization
186
16
‘Jamas in the Jungle
290
46
End of Year Get Together
527
55
Early Head Start
Attendance
Father/Father Figure Attendance
4 Park n Plays
175
19
Under the Sea
31
2
Farm
24
1
Emotions/Feelings
37
5
Senses
15
1
Nursery Rhymes
29
2
Fall Harvest
16
2
Family nights give parents and siblings the opportunity to share learning experiences with their child.
Family Services Families with Partnership Agreements # of Referrals Made on Families’ Behalf
HS
EHS
97% 132
97% 59
Completed Services Housing Assistance English as a Second Language Emergency Crisis Intervention Job Training Adult Education Domestic Violence Health Education Parenting Education WIC Budgeting Car Seat Education Health Insurance Holiday Assistance Emergency Food Nutrition
29 1 4 1 261 260 5 3 8 2 36
17 1 1 39 39 36 1 5 25 1 1
Head Start Transition Services Head Start will help families “transition” to kindergarten through the following activities: 1) By providing families with a Transition Record outlining expectations and practices at their local school. 2) By transferring Head Start records to their local school. 3) By providing a special transition home visit in May. 4) By assisting parents with participation in kindergarten screening at their local school. 5) By assisting parents and children with visitation at their local school and kindergarten. 6) By providing learning activities about kindergarten in the Head Start classroom.
Transition Services to Head Start or Other Preschool Programs Children enrolled in the Early Head Start program will remain in Early Head Start until they are age eligible for Head Start or another preschool program. SWCAP Head Start will make every effort to enroll children from the Early Head Start program into the Head Start preschool program. A family’s income will need to be re-verified. Enrollment will depend on the availability of vacancies in Head Start. Early Head Start staff will work with each family to make the transition to preschool Head Start as smooth as possible by discussing the transition on home visits. Children selected for Head Start will visit the Head Start classroom with EHS staff to become more familiar with the site. In August, EHS staff and Head Start staff will conduct a joint home visit with the family. This visit will help the new Head Start staff person understand the goals the family has been working on in Early Head Start and give the family the opportunity to learn more about the Head Start program. Records will also be transferred at this time. The Family Service Worker will work with families that choose to enroll their child in another preschool program by determining the steps needed to enroll the child in the new program, encouraging parents to arrange a visit to the program site, and filling out a release of information so that records may be transferred to the new program.
13 Domains or Indicators Legislatively Mandated for Head Start Child Outcomes for Children Ages 4-5 Years
Proficient in Fall
Proficient in Spring
Understands anChild increasingly complex and varied vocabulary. Outcone
27%
87%
For non-English speaking children, progresses in listening and understanding English.
0%
100%
Develops increasing abilities to understand and use language to communicate information, experiences and ideas.
53%
88%
Uses an increasingly complex and varied vocabulary
26%
80%
For non-English speaking children, progresses in speaking English.
39%
100%
Phonological Awareness*
14%
57%
Associates sounds with written words, such as awareness that different words begin with the same sounds.
13%
55%
Book Knowledge and Appreciation
38%
82%
Print Awareness and Concepts
28%
80%
Recognizes a word as a unit of print.
19%
78%
Identifies at least 10 letters of the alphabet. Especially those in their own name.
27%
76%
Knows that letters of the alphabet are a special category of visual graphics. that can be individually named.*
29%
74%
Numbers and Operations
20%
78%
*Statistics include children who were enrolled at anytime during the 2008-09 program year including children who dropped from the program.
SWCAP Head Start, 212 E. Chapel Street, Dodgeville, WI 53533 Phone: (608) 935-5422 or 1-800-494-8899 E-mail:
[email protected] Website: www.swcap.org
