To: Charles Winfrey, Human Services Committee Chairperson
From: Pamela Coleman, GCCARD Director
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RE: Authorization of a Request to Submit the 2024-2025 Early Head Start Expansion Application to the Department of Health and Human Services/The Administration for Children and Families in the Amount of 2,564.048.00
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BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
The Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) requests authorization from this committee to submit the Early Head Start Expansion Grand Application for the 2024-2025 school year to service 104 Early Head Start infants, toddlers, and pregnant individuals in Genesee County through center based and home based programming in the amount of $2,564,048.00 ($2,396,304.00 federal, plus $167,744.00 non-federal share match) with a recommendation of approval by the full Genesee County Board of Commissioners at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
BACKGROUND:
This is the annual Early Head Start Expansion Application to serve 104 infants, toddlers, and pregnant individuals through center based and home based programming residing through Genesee County for the period of September 1st, 2024, through August 31st, 2025.
DISCUSSION:
This funding provides services in center based classrooms and through home visiting. Comprehensive services include physical, mental, and oral health, nutrition, education, and family support services with the goal of preparing families and children for school success. This grant is being submitted as a change in scope application to merge expansion funding with continuation funding and simplify processes.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
There will be no impact on Genesee County Human Resources as Head Start staff are contracted through the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA).
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
The complete federal award of this grant is $2,564,048.00. This is divided as follows: $2,348,341.00 from the Early Head Start Main Grant and $47,963.00 in Training and Technical Assistance (T&TA). The required non-federal share match in $167,744.00 (please see attached waiver request). This match is generated through community partner and volunteer support in the form of classroom space, supplies, volunteer time, and vendor discounts specific to the program.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
There will be no impact on Genesee County facilities as Head Start space is leased.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
There will be no impact on Genesee County technology.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This memorandum conforms to Genesee County’s priority of Inclusive, Collaborative Culture by providing the earliest support possible for Genesee County infants, toddlers, and pregnant individuals regardless of demographic, and Community Growth by offsetting some of the exponential costs of early childhood nutrition and education and providing safe spaces for families to develop.
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TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Director of the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (“GCCARD”) to authorize submitting the Early Head Start Expansion grant application to the Department of Health and Human Services/The Administration for Children and Families in the amount of $2,564,048.00 ($2,396,304.00 federal plus $167,744.00 non-federal share match), said grant being necessary to fund the GCCARD Early Head Start program for the term commencing September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2025, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the May 1, 2024 meeting of the Human Services Committee of this Board).