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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05201997 - D10 • I0 To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS F&HS-04 Contra 1. FROM: FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE o .� Costa x� County DATE: May 12, 1997 SUBJECT: OVERSIGHT OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATIONS)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. VIEW the "Powerpoint" presentation on the Head Start Program. 2. ACCEPT this report from the Family and Human Services Committee on the Head Start Program. 3. EXPRESS the Board's appreciation to the Community Services Director and his staff for the impressive improvement in the Head Start Program which is evident from the presentation that was made to our Committee and that will be made to the Board. 4. DEFER consideration of other elements of the Community Services Department and REQUEST the Family and Human Services Committee to return to the Board with a further report on the other programs administered by the Community Services Department later in the summer. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: / RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD O MITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): MARK DeSAULNIER DONNA GER R ACTION OF BOARD ON May 2O 1997 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER X IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that Recommendations 2 , 3 , and 4 are APPROVED . VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS(ABSENT - - - -- ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED May 20 , 1997 Contact: PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF cc: County Administrator SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Community Services Director Sara Hoffman, Senior Deputy County Administrato BY DEPUTY D FHS-04 BACKGROUND: On December 17, 1996, the Board of Supervisors referred to the 1997 Family and Human Services Committee oversight on behalf of the Board of Supervisors of all aspects of the Community Services Department and its programs. On May 12, 1997, our Committee met with the Community Services Director, Scott Tandy, and members of his staff. We viewed a Powerpoint presentation on the Head Start Program which provides a great deal of valuable information on Head Start, the characteristics of the children who are served in the Program, and the staff who are providing services to the children. We were also interested in the plans the Department has to expand Head Start and tie it in more closely with the Child Development Division's preschool programs in an effort to provide full-day/full-year services on a five day a week schedule. A narrative. on the proposed expansion and a chart showing how the expansion will take place are attached. The Department will have copies of the Powerpoint presentation available at the Board meeting. We did not have time to spend any significant amount of time on the other divisions and programs within the Community Services Department. We intend to do so in the near future and will make additional reports to the Board following those meetings. -2- �10 May 6, 1997 Proposal for Head-Start/Child Development Collaborative Model (Projected Starting Date July 1, 1998) Responding to an invitation from ACF to apply for Contra Costa County Head Start program expansion money, the Grantee has met with the Contra Costa County Child Development Division to prepare plans to establish a collaborative partnership between the two programs. To apply for competitive dollars, one of the requirements is that the Grantee be able to articulate and deliver a cooperative planning process which has been mutually designed with another early childhood program. The Grantee has opted to submit its application under "Number One Priority." Under this category, there are certain conditions that must be met. The following are these conditions: To provide full-day\full-year services Offer a five-day-a-week program Provide services to additional Head Start eligible children. * * Proposal must describe a collaborative model with a child care agency. Proposal and Understanding: The collaborative model would extend out to five Head Start sites and would give the Grantee the opportunity to serve 140 new families and their children. These sites include: West: Balboa East: Brentwood and Los Nogales Central: George Miller and La Vonia Allen In addition, we are proposing to contract with six day care providers to extend services throughout Contra Costa County to 60 Head Start children. Please refer to schematic for an overview of actual program design and the exchange of children between Head Start and Child Development. 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Additionally, a rninsinum of 10% from Head Start's comprehensive serves Locally, this of children enrolled must be chtidxezttb disabilities. number is estimated to be to excess of.35, Children..::: 'Tire Start health component includes and families. The primary targetpopultton fcr Project Head Start is children between ;the ages of 3!:KIW e , dental, czutrttton, mental heath. Services include immun>zattons, medical, and dental screening families living below the federalpoverty litre {$16,050 re tared foils treatment. Clnldren receive at per year for a family of four) dead Start programs:are q funded by the Department of Healthanti :Human least one-thisd of their daily nutritic3nal requirements Services directly to local comrmt2ptty agencies. each day they n.,1; Start Patents receive health information and materials. Tic mental health The Head Start program is baser{ on ttxe premise that component is supported by a psychQioglst (on-call) all children share certain needs, and that children from Licensed Clinics id Worker, slid several MSW's. low-income families, in partt69 i can benefit from a Collectively they provide crisis tnterveji p4l and follow- comprehensive developmental program to meet those uP� parenting classes, hitsi observati or with feedback needs. Head Start is a famtl rtented,;com rehersive to teachers anc parents, Play therapy? :short. term P counseling and other preventive mental health services. and community-based program to address developmental goals for children; support for parents in .Sr�ciad Service Head.Start social serv�ee staff assist their work and child-reanng rhes, and linkaje' with pnts to meet the €1Ceds through elucattcn, advocacy, other service delivery systems and referral. Stat{ heaps parents cess family needs, The Head Start .phtlosesphy rests tin four basic develop strategies, areas resntrces, and solve problems. principles eta#{ aim syerves link to oar_community agencies, befng tem better understand and meet the needs of 1. A child can benefit most from a 'comprehensive, Start famlls interdiplinary program to foster normal development and remedy problems; ' Involveme�tt Parent involvement is the eorherstcne of Head Start.: Parents are involved in the 2. Parents are the jpiimary educators of their chfldren Sart program rt a variety of ways, including and 3tntust`be directly involved:in the program, volunteering in the classroom, participating in activities and w�►rkshops they helped plan, participating as 3. The well:being of children is' inextricably linked to dearstop-makers qn the Parent Center Committee or the welt--being of the entire family; anis Part Policy Couttezl, and as staff. In 1991, 36% of tom__staff nationwide were,parents of current or former 4. Partnerships with other agencies aril organizations Head Start children, over b06,000 parents volunteered in the ctcnmunity are essential to meeting family to their local Head Sart ,program. Contra Costa's needs. stag includes 'tb enrrent and former parents employed. The comprensive :Head Startprogram includes the following four components: diversityf Head Start sponsors — local vernmt it#, school districts and private non-profits — EducatzofSlectrl Educrtztm Early ehildho�d refects strong community support. Head Start must education -servaces are tTeih+ered troughvt rai #oeai community resources to bolster its program. $ 'law, federal ants provide only 80% of the funding program options including half-day preschool, extended Y gT P Y g day, full day and year round. Each class is staffed by a needed. Head Start programs rely on volunteers and teacher, teacher aide and parent volunteers. Head Start partnerships with social services, health, education, and Performance Standards require that the early childhood park and recreation agencies as well as service clubs, classroom program be developmentally and culturally colleges and universities, and senior citizen volunteer appropriate for children and families enrolled. In groups. Local communities must provide $1 in support addition, parent education activities are provided to for every $4 provided by the federal government. D IL9 BEAD START IN CONTRA COSTA 1 A,og--funded by DME Region 9 1996 Fundi M,298,786 San Francisco, cakf°rn,�` 1996 Actual Enrollment 1,37 1 P, L Statistics Age Distribution of Applicants and Eih its dam a nlni Children 3 years old........... 484 Ir day 1,402 Children 4 years old 1,42) Hrt +e-based ........... . 90 Family Chitd Care .......... ...........20 Racial/Ethnic Composition Head Start A#teacteslFtxded Enrollrots Native American................. ...' 1% Grantee C►perated Programs...... .;.......1,183 Hispanic............................. ... 40% BayoVista,Child and Fatly Center, Illi .;..........149 Black................................. .. 36% First Baptist Church .. ........180 White................................ . 17% Asian.................................. S°► 0 Contra Costa County Ileailatart has been serving children and families in Contra Vista County for 3 years. 0 Contra Costa County's Board of Supervisors is the Head Start Grantee; and the progi ISO by the Community Sernces Department and two delegate agencies. 0 Contra Costa has Head Start{;enters housing 4$ classes, there are$Home Base Worlters Contra Costa County alsoT elivering Head $tart services'in a Family d Care enviciiment. w.%of the chgdren eurted Gln mead Start were mediy seccened of those screened,nineteen percent (19%) were ukntd'+�ed as needing;loliowp treatment�f which 88'3b`rece�vesl#extent 95% pf the children enrolled in Head Start received dental exarmtions- thirty fntit percent (34%) were identified as ncethng treatment of which 74% received treatment T'en percent;(I.0%) of Head Start enrollment consisted©f children with disabiliiyes(speech and language impatrtnents, health impairments; visual handicaps, hearing inp�[uxnents, ortpec handicaps, learning disabilities azul mental retardation). 0 Eighfj�three percent(83%)of the children enrolled more thatii 4S bays completed err were up-to-date on their imam nizations. Approximately ninety two percent (92%) of er cOt�ed social services through their involvement with IIS Start. :' Apprnxttnately 1,300 mental health referrals, interventions acrd fclow ups were eo�npieted 'I'weivne percent (29%)of Contra Costa County Head Stain's staff consist of past or current Head Start parents. Head Stan agetncies also provide abroad range of additional services#txvwiome families through other funding sources and parttiM'ps with 65ther agencies These servrnces include State Pr ehool Pit grams, Child Care, Literacy, Employment & Training,Enxggeney Food,Housi Refe�rralt I"u tic Srl ooi Tr at#an Servters"Before/After School Care, Parent Intern/Mepmt a ,Male biiro this, many+at c. Progr HEAD START MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR CHILDREN ➢ Improvement in the children's performape �r�schpt ,achievement tests,including reang,gartts m cogs tttve development; and fewer grade retentn anecia`class placements in elementary schools, ➢ Positive impact on children`aerst, ltiptt,sit£-esteems, siatttanc t cevelrpment of stal mature behavior. ➢ Lower absenteeism from sch ,fewer cases of anemia, more immunizat%ns, better mtritonal practices,aid generally better health, and ➢ A positive impact on the attrtud of parents toward their children, favorable changes in#heir children's pecfarmance when they are highly involved;and an;improvement in their employment and eclucativi�al status Fill The Impact-o ,Setart.on Cidrlxi7, Families aWd Communities' INC., �asgton, DC 1985 In addition, the High Scope Educational Research Foundation of Y psilant!Iimchigan has cr mpeted a 23 year long research study on the effects of corprehetve preschool services like Head Start and found the#o1lvng: ✓ Two-thirds graduated fromtool, compared with only9 percent of a group of childretf from the same backrnund who c3m`t get preschool educattor ✓ Finvne percent t3ME€ preschooiers'were enplo s�erstts 32 percent of thaeroi group. ✓ The'teenage.pregnancy rate was twice as high for girls wh€ d riot been in preschool program as for those who ✓ Only 31 percent of the preschool,group had ever been arrested ter iietained, with 51 percent of the art}►crs. ✓ Only 18,percent were currently an welfare, 32rceli�nt of frte+rot►froigroup wereeeeiving welfare. Head.Starfograms in Corstra Costs€ `ourtl are sponsor #lie Gontraj Esta County Community 'erulces D�epar#me ti€ Board o uvr Ira include .f ire$ C Donna Gerber Distrt t Clue Dutrrct 7'tu; District Three Mark DOeSauluier joe Cancranzi& District Four District Five Chairperson of the Board