To: Charles Winfrey, Human Services Committee Chairperson
From: Pamela Coleman, GCCARD Director
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RE: Approval of a grant award from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services allowing for a grant consolidation of Early Head Start Services Expansion for 2024-2025
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BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) requests authorization to accept the Health and Human Services Grant Award (05CH012299-02-01) that approves consolidating Early Head Start Expansion funding from grant 05HP000485 in the amount of $17,204,213 ($13,884,398 federal, plus $3,319,815 non-federal) to continue the operation of the Genesee County Head Start and Early Head Start Programs from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 from this committee and recommendation of approval by the full Board of Commissioners at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
BACKGROUND:
This award approves the request to supplement this project by increasing funding and slot levels resulting from the consolidation of multiple Head Start grant awards. Specifically, this project will absorb Grant 05HP000485 annual funding and funded enrollment levels in this consolidation. Grant 05HP000485 includes annual funding levels of $2,403,564 for Early Head Start operations and $47,963 for training and technical assistance (T&TA), and 104 federal funded slots, effective 09/01/2024. The prorated costs based on the application submitted under 05HP000485 are $2,002,970 for EHS operations and $47,963 for EHS Training and Technical Assistance for the period of 9/1/2024 - 6/30/2025 combining 104 children to the already existing 322 for a total of 426 infants, toddlers and pregnant women. This award also covers the 2.35% COLA increase and increases the non-federal share requirement by $361,449. This award also shortens the project period from 6/30/2028 to 8/31/2026 to prevent any component of the consolidated award from exceeding the five-year limit on a grant project peri...
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