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RE: APPROVE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR EARLY HEAD START
GRANT PROPOSAL AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to
Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of
administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with an Application for Federal Assistance
for Early Head Start Grant Proposal from the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and
through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Department of
Human Services to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with terms and
conditions being as stated in said application, and
WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve said application, a
copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Weld County, Colorado, that the Application for Federal Assistance for Early Head Start Grant
Proposal from the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County
Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Department of Human Services, to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services be, and hereby is, approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized
to sign said application.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted
by the following vote on the 24th day of June, A.D., 1998,
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WEL COUNTY, COLORADO
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981069
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MEMORANDUM
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C TO: Weld County Board of DATE: June 25, 1998
County Commissioners
COLORADO
FROM: Walter J. Speckman, Executive Director •+
Division of Human Services
SUBJECT: Early Head Start Grant Proposal
Presented before the Weld County Board of County Commissioners for approval is a proposal for
the Early Head Start Grant. The grant is to provide comprehensive Head Start Services for
children, birth to three years, and their families, within Weld County.
The proposal is for $800,359.00, which include $88,500.00, for start-up costs.
For further information please contact Tere Keller-Amaya at extension 3342.
981069
APPLICATION FOR
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE OMB Approval No, 0348.0043
ZOATE aU8M1T'iF0 Applicant Identifier
June 25, 1998
1. TYPE OF SUBMISSION: 3. DATE RECEIVED BY STATE
Application . Preaoplicatidn State Application Identifier
O Construction ' O Construction
4. DATE RECEIVED BY FEDERAL AGENCY Federal Identifier
O Non-Construction - O Non-Construction
5.APPLICANT INFORMATION
Legal Name: Weld County Division of Human Services Organizational unit•. Family Educational Network
Address Igive city, county,state,and zip code):
Name and telephone number of person to be contacted on matters involving this
1551 North 17th Avenue (give application/give area code)
P.O. Box 1805 Walter J. Speckman, Executive Director
Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 353-3800
6.EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN): 7.TYPE OF APPLICANT: fanner appmpriaa letter in boll
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814 - I61010101811I3I
A. State H. Independent School Dist.
8. TYPE OF APPLICATION: B. County I.State Controlled Institution of Higher Learning
C.Municipal J. Private University
® New O ContinuationD.Township K. Indian Tribe
O Revision E. Interstate L. Individual
n n F. Intermunicipal M. Profit Organization
If Revision,enter appropriate!snarls)in bcalesl
G. Special District N. Other i3pacityl
A. Increase Award B. Decrease.Award C. Increase Duration
D. Decrease Duration Other fancily): B.NAME OF FEDERAL AGENCY:
10. CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE NUMBER:
11. DESCRIPTIVE TITLE OF APPLICANT'S PROJECT:
Early Head Start
9 3 6 lo 10 Weld County
TITLE: EHS PY 99
12.AREAS AFFECTED BY PROJECT(Cues. Counties, Stares,arc.):
Weld County
13. PROPOSED PROJECT 114. CONGRESSIONAL.DISTRICTS OF:
Start Date I Ending Date I a.Applicant
• b. Project
15. ESTIMATED FUNDING:
a. Federal 16. IS APPLICATION SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY STATE EXECUTIVE ORDER
f 800 359.w 12372 PROCESS?
b. Applicanta. YES. THIS PREAPPLICATION/APPLICATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE
a )CC TO THE STATE EXECUTIVE ORDER 12372 PROCESS FOR
200,090 .00 '
c. State REVIEW ON:
$
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d. Local DATE
$ .00
e. Other b. NO. O PROGRAM IS NOT COVERED BY E.O. 12372
$ .00 O OR PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED BY STATE FOR
f. Program Income REVIEW
$ 17. IS THE APPLICANT DELINQUENT ON ANY FEDERAL DEBT?.00
g. TOTAL 13 CIYes If 'Yes.'attach an explanation. 11:1No
1,000,44900
18. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF, ALL DATA IN THIS APPLICATION/PREAPPLICATION ARE TRUE AND CORRECT. THE DOCUMENT HAS
BEEN DULY AUTHORIZED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE APPLICANT AND THE APPLICANT WILL COMPLY WITH THE ATTACHED ASSURANCES IF THE
ASSISTANCE IS AWARDED.
a. Typed Name of Authorized Representative
Constance Harbert, Chair WCBC b-Title c.Telephone Number
// (970) 356-4000
d. Signature pt Authorized Representative ( /
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This is a standard form used by applicants as a required.facesheet for preapplications and applications submitted for Federal
assistance. It will be used by Federal agencies to obtain applicant certification that States which have established a review and
comment procedure in response to Executive Order 12372 and have selected the program to be included in their process, have
been given an opportunity to review the applicant's submission.
Item: Entry: Item: Entry:
1. Self-explanatory. 12. List only the largest political entities affected (e.g., State,
counties, cities.)
2. Date application submitted to Federal agency (or State, if
applicable) & applicant's control number (if applicable). 13. Self-explanatory.
3. State use only (if applicable). 14. List the applicant's Congressional District and any
District(s) affected by the program or project.
4. If this application is to continue or revise an existing
award, enter present Federal identifier number. If for a 15. Amount requested or to be contributed during the first
new project, leave blank. funding/budget period by each contributor. Value of in-
kind contributions should be included on appropriate lines
5. Legal name of applicant, name of primary organizational as applicable. If the action will result in a dollar change to
unit which will undertake the assistanre activity, complete an existing award, include only, the amount of the change.
address of the applicant, and name and telephone number For decreases, enclose the amounts in parentheses. If both
of the person to contact on matters related to this basic and supplemental amounts are included, show
application. breakdown on an attached sheet. For multiple program
6. Enter Employer Identification Number (EIN) as assigned funding, use totals and show breakdown using same
by the Internal Revenue Service. categories as.item 15.
7. Enter the appropriate letter in the space provided. 16. Applicants should contact the State Single Point of
Contact (SPOC) for Federal Executive Order 12372 to
8. Check appropriate box and enter appropriate letter(s) in determine whether the application is subject to the State
the space(s) provided: intergovernmental review process.
— "New" means a new assistance award. 17. This question applies to the applicant organization, not
the person who signs as the authorized representative.
— "Continuation" means an extension for an additional Categories of debt include delinquent audit allowances,
funding/budget period for a project with a projected loans and taxes.
completion date. 8. To be signed by the authorized representative of the
applicant. A copy of the governing body's authorization
— "Revision" means any change in the Federal for you to sign this application as official representative
Government's financial obligation or contingent must be on file in the applicant's office. (Certain Federal
liability from an existing obligation. agencies may require that this authorization be submitted
as pan of the application.
9. Name of Federal agency from which assistance is being
requested with this application.
10. Use the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number
and title of the program under which assistance is required.
11. Enter a brief descriptive title of the project. If more
than one program is involved, you should append an
explanation on a separate sheet. If appropriate (e.g.,
construction or real property projects), attach a map
showing project location. For preapplications, use a
separate sheet to provide a summary description of this
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98/6)6,7
CERTIFICATION REGARDING LOBBYING
Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans,
and Cooperative Agreements
The undersigned certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, that:
(1 ) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of
the undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or
employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, _
or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any
Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the
entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal,
amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative
agreement.
(2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid
to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any
agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee
of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan or
cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-
LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying", in accordance with its instructions.
(3) The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included
in the award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts,
subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that
all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed
when this transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is
a prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352,
title 31 , U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required certification hall be
subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than S100,000 for
each such failure.
Weld County Board of Commissioners
Organization
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Authorized Signature Title Date
(Revised 4/9/92)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Certification Re ardin Dru -Free Work lace Re uirements
Grantees Other Than Individuals
By signing and/or submitting this grant application, the grantee is providing the
certification set out below. Workplace Act of 1988,
This certification is required by regulations implementing the Drug-Free
45 CFR Part 76, Subpart F. The regulations, published in the May 25, 1990 Federal Register,require
certification by grantees that they will maintain a drug-free workplace. The certification set out below
is a material representation of fact upon which reliance will be placed when the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) determines to award the grant. If it is later determined that the grantee
knowingly rendered a false certification or otherwise violates the requirements of the Drug-Free
Workplace Act, HHS,in addition to any other remedies available to the Federal Government, may take
action authorized under the Drug-Free Workplace Act. False certification or violation of the certification
shall be grounds for suspension of payments, suspension or termination of grants, or govemmentwide
suspension or debarment.
Workplaces under grants, for grantees other than individuals, need not be identified on the
certification. If known,they may be identified in the grant application. If the grantee does not identify
the workplaces at the time of application, or upon award, if there is no application, the grantee must
keep the identity of the workplace(s) on file in its office and make the information available for Federal
inspection. Failure to identify all known workplaces constitutes a violation of the grantee's drug-free
workplace requirements.
Workplace identifications must include the actual address of buildings (or parts of buildings)
or other sites where work under the grant takes place. Categorical descriptions may be used (e.g., all
vehicles of a mass transit authority or State highway department while in operation, State employees
in each local unemployment office, performers in concert halls or radio studios.)
If the workplace identified to HHS changes t previously during
identified
the perf
the nce of the grant,
in
r n , the question rantee
(see
shall inform the agency of the change(s), if
above).
Definitions of terms in the Nonprocurement Suspension and Debarment common rule and Drug-
Free Workplace common rule apply to this certification. Grantees' attention is called, in particular, to
the following definitions from these rules:
"Controlled substance" means a controlled substance in Schedules I through V of the
Controlled Substances Act (21 USC 812) and as further defined by regulation (21 CFR 1308.11
through 1308.15).
"Conviction" means a finding of guilt (including a plea of nob contendere) or imposition of
sentence, or both, by any judicial body charged with the responsibility to determine violations of the
Federal or State criminal drug statutes;
"Criminal drug statute" means a Federal or non-Federal criminal statute involving the
manufacture, distribution, dispensing, use, or possession of any controlled substance;
"Employee" means the employee of a grantee directly engaged in the performance of work
under a grant, including: (I) All "direct charge" employees; (ii) all "indirect charge" employees unless
their impact or involvement is insignificant to the performance of the grant; and, (iii) temporary
personnel and consultants who are directly engaged in the performance of work under the grant and
who are on the grantee's payroll. This definition does not include workers not on the payroll of the
grantee (e.g., volunteers, even if used to meet a matching requirement; consultants or independent
contractors not on the grantee's payroll; or employees of subrecipients or subcontractors in covered
workplaces).
The grantee certifies that it will or will continue to provide a drug-free workplace by:
(a) Publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution,
dispensing, possession or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the grantee's workplace and
specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for violation of such prohibition;
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(b) Establishing an ongoing drug-free awareness program to inform employees about:
(1) The dangers of drug abuse in the workplace; (2)The grantee's policy of maintaining a drug-
free workplace; (3) Any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance programs;
and, (4) The penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse violations occurring in the
workplace;
(c) Making it a requirement that each employee to be engaged in the performance of the grant
be given a copy of the statement required by paragraph (a);
(d) Notifying the employee in the statement required by paragraph (a) that, as a condition of
employment under the grant, the employee will:
(1) Abide by the terms of the statement; and, (2) Notify the employer in writing of his or her
conviction for a violation of a criminal drug statute occurring in the workplace no later than five
calendar days after such conviction;
(e) Notifying the agency in writing, within ten calendar days after receiving notice under
subparagraph (d)(2) from an employee or otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction.
Employers of convicted employees must provide notice, including position title, to every grant officer
or other designee on whose grant activity the convicted employee was working, unless the Federal
agency has designated a central point for the receipt of such notices. Notice shall include the
identification number(s) of each affected grant;
(f) Taking one of the following actions, within 30 calendar days of receiving notice under
subparagraph (d)(2), with respect to any employee who is so convicted:
(1) Taking appropriate personnel action against such an employee, up to and including
termination, consistent with the requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; or, (2)
Requiring such employee to participate satisfactorily in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation
program approved for such purposes by a Federal, State, or local health, law enforcement, or other
appropriate agency;
(g) Making a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-free workplace through
implementation of paragraphs, (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f).
(Revised 4/9/92)
CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION, AND OTHER
RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS - PRIMARY COVERED TRANSACTIONS
By signing and submitting this grant application, the applicant, defined as the primary
participant in accordance with 45 CFR Part 76, certifies to the best of its knowledge
and belief that it and its principals:
(a) are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared
ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any Federal
Department or agency;
(b) have not within a three-year period preceding this proposal been convicted
of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal
offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public
(Federal, State, or local) transaction or contract under a public transaction; violation
of Federal or State antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery,
bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving
stolen property;
(c) are not presently indicted or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a
governmental entity (Federal, State, or local) with commission of any of the offenses
enumerated in paragraph (1)(b) of this certification; and
(d) have not within a three-year period preceding this application/proposal had
one or more public transactions (Federal, State, or local) terminated for cause or
default.
The inability of a person to provide the certification required above will not necessarily
result in denial of participation in this covered transaction. If necessary, the
prospective participant shall submit an explanation of why it cannot provide the
certification. The certification or explanation will be considered in connection with the
Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) determination whether to enter into
this transaction. However, failure of the prospective primary participant to furnish a
certification or an explanation shall disqualify such person from participation in this
transaction.
The prospective primary participant agrees that by submitting this proposal, it will
include the clause entitled "Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension,
Ineligibility, and Voluntary Exclusion - Lower Tier Covered Transactions,: provided
without modification in all lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for
lower tier covered transactions.
(Revised 4/9192)
'98/069
CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION, INELIGIBILITY AND
VOLUNTARY EXCLUSION - LOWER TIER COVERED TRANSACTIONS
(To Be Supplied to Lower Tier Participants)
By signing and/or submitting this grant application, the prospective lower tier
participant, as defined in 45 CFR Part 76, certifies to the best of its knowledge and
belief that it and its principals:
(a) are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared
ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction by any federal
department or agency.
(b) where the prospective lower tier participant is unable to certify to any of
the above, such prospective participant shall attach an explanation to this proposal.
The prospective lower tier participant further agrees by submitting this proposal that
it will include this clause entitled "Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension,
Ineligibility, and Voluntary Exclusion - Lower Tier Covered Transactions," without
modification in all lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier
covered transactions.
(Revised 4/9/92)
BUDGET NARRATIVE
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 22
Program Year 1999-Early Head Start
Personnel:
Pays for staff gross salaries.
Fringe Benefits:
Pays for fringe benefits for regular employees at the following rates:
. FICA .0620 x salary
. Medicare .0145 x salary
. Disability .0051 x salary
. Life Insurance .00029 x 3 x salary
. Retirement .06 x salary
. Workman's Compensation .0068 x Teachers salaries
.0916 x Aides' salaries
.0049 x Admin staff salaries
. Health and Dental $1,854.96/staff/year
(Retirement,disability, life, and health insurance are only available to full-time employees.)
Occupancy:
Rent-For classroom space at child care centers.
Telephone - Based on the amount spent in the classroom last year, plus new cost for 3 dedicated lines for
computers.
Child Liability Insurance-Our insurance is with Fritts Insurance Company,at$3.80 per child.
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Maintenance/Repair-Pays for labor and maintenance costs for the upkeep and repair of classroom facilities.
Child Travel:
Vehicle Operating Expenses-The Weld County Department of Transportation will be providing
transportation for all of our sites in the Weld County Area. Transportation to appointments for children with
disabilities within the Head Start program is included in this amount.
Field Trips -(Monthly) Includes a trip to the Denver Zoo and such local attractions as the Pumpkin Farm,
libraries, etc.
Staff Travel:
Out-of-Town-This is the expected cost for national and regional training conferences and workshops. Travel
costs include registration, airfare and travel, per diem of$25.00 per day, and lodging. The out-of-state
conferences that will be attended are as follows: National Head Start Conference (2 staff members),
National Association of Education for the Young Child(2 staff members), High/Scope Validators Training(I
staff member), Region VIII Head Start Training Conference(2 staff members).
Local -Mileage at$.27 per mile for staff to travel to the sites for monitoring and training purposes. Also
reimburses staff for recruitment of eligible Head Start participants,home visits, in-state training,meetings, etc.
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Nutrition & Food:
Children's Food -Pays for meal costs not covered by funds received through the Child Adult Care Food
Program for USDA reimbursement for meals.
Adult Food-Pays for the costs of Adult meals for teachers,teacher aides,and volunteers who are participating
in mealtime activities.
Supplies:
Office/Copying/Postage-Cost of program office supplies,copying and postage used by the Head Start staff.
Cleaning-Covers the cost of cleaning supplies for classrooms.
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Classroom/Home Base-Pays for supplies used in the classroom, including teaching materials, construction
paper,paint,scissors, small equipment used in the classroom,etc.
Medical/Dental - These funds are used to cover the cost of medical supplies, including first aid kits,
toothbrushes, as well as small medical equipment used by our Health Coordinator.
Kitchen- Kitchen supplies,such as temp-stacks,thermometers, etc.
Other Child Services:
Med./Dental/Screening/Care- This is a contracted cost with area doctors and dentists to provide health and
dental services for the Head Start children. Covers screenings,medical exams by a doctor and dental exams
with a dentist and dental hygienist.
Mental Health Assess./Care - This is a contracted cost with Weld Mental Health Inc. to provide Mental
Health services for the Head Start children and families.
Other Parent Services:
Parent Activities-Covers the cost for Parent Meetings and Parent Training which include travel
reimbursements and child care costs. This cost is based on the amount that was spent in the previous year.
Out-of-Town -Pays for 2 parents to attend the Region VIII Head Start Training Conference and 2 parents to
attend the NHSA National Training Conference
Local-Reimbursement at$.27 per mile for parents traveling to Parent Policy Council Meetings, State Parent
Association meetings and other out of town training and meetings.
Other-This money is dedicated to Parent Literacy Activities and$2000.00 goes toward transitional training..
Other:
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Contracrual: The cost of contracting the Parent as Teachers Home Visitors with the Parent as Teachers
Consortium and medical,dental and Mental Health services for children and families.
Subscriptions/Memberships -Professional and early childhood related publications, and memberships to
professional organizations related to early childhood and Head Start.
Printing/Advertising - These funds are used for printing enrollment and attendance forms, brochures, etc.
Also used for advertising related to program marketing,hiring and recruitment.
Data Processing- This is Head Starts share of the cost of the computer system used by staff members.
This cost is based on the number of computers that are used by the Head Start Staff. Currently they
have partial use of 6 out of the 22 computers used in the Division of Human Services.
Administrative Overhead-This is another change associated with the new financial system we are using.
Cost is the administrative cost that the program incurs through the DHS. Like the transportation costs, these
costs are compiled in an Internal Service Pool and are charged to the programs based on the number of hours
that the administrative staff spends on each of the programs it serves. The budgeted amount is based on past
experience. During the past the administrative staff has spent an average of 25% of its time servicing the
Head Start program. Therefore the budgeted amount is equal to 25% of what the anticipated annual
administrative costs will be. Included in these costs are:
Salaries& Fringe
.25 Executive Director- for overseeing and planning of the DHS programs. $ 22,027
.25 Fiscal Officer- for budget preparation and grant tracking. $ 12,421
.25 Accountant- for cost allocation and reporting. $ 7,299
.25 Fiscal Specialist-for the purchasing function and contract maintenance $ 6,549
.25 Fiscal Specialist-for account payables. $ 5,697
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.25 Personnel Mgr. -for personnel function and payroll. $ 9,057
.25 PBX Operator- for PBX operation. $ 5,188
Supplies $ 2,909
Overhead Charges(allocated administrative buildings) $ 33,827
Data Processing& Communications $ 6,137
Travel $ 1,789
Misc. $ 1,003
County Central Service Costs* $ 37,969
Total $151,872
* County Central Service Costs - Weld County charges the Family Education Network of Weld County a
yearly service cost amount. Please refer to the enclosed cost allocation schedule compiled by an independent
source. There is normally a two year lag between when the costs are compiled and when they are charged
to you. Due to the fact that the Division of Human Services is experiencing budget cuts the County has agreed
to use FY 1992 as the basis of this charge.
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The Family Educational Network of Weld County (FENWC), under the auspices of the Weld
County Division of Human Services (DHS) provides a comprehensive early childhood education
program which focuses on early childhood development and provides support to families within
Weld County, supported by the Head Start framework. FENWC works with various agencies to
identify the needs of families, and determine eligibility according to funding sources. Programs are
individualized so that they are responsive to the needs of each family. The following services are
available to families and children through FENWC.
Education Services. Individual Development Plans are implemented to stimulate social.
emotional, motor and intellectual learning experiences, self-reliance, self-esteem and self-
confidence are encouraged, thus a solid ground work is established for future educational
success.
Health Services. The Health Component works in collaboration with various agencies and
private providers to provide a broad range of medical, dental and mental health activities.
Health and nutrition education is provided to the parents to promote sound physical and
mental child development.
Disabilities Services. Children with disabilities are identified, and services are provided for
them. Once a child is identified as being in need of disabilities services, an Individual
Education Plan(IEP), or Individual Family Services Plan(IFSP) is developed using a multi-
disciplinary team approach. Once the IEP/IFSP are developed appropriate services, resource
and supports are provided to meet the needs of the child and family, in conjunction with the
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Local Education Agency.
Family Services. Family Services works directly with various social agencies to obtain
needed assistance for families, and provide them with social services, educational and
employment training, to enable them to improve the quality and condition of their lives.
Parent Involvement. Parent Involvement works with parents to promote self-sufficiency.
create a healthy home environment, assist parents support their children through their
educational careers and support program staff to view the parents as the child's primary
educator.
FENWC considers parents an integral part of the total staff. Parent participation is
encouraged in the decision-making process of their children's education, as well as decisions
concerning the over-all operation of the program. We support parents in their role, and
jointly develop goals for their children, as we recognize parents as the primary educators of
their children.
The Family Educational Network of Weld County is committed to providing at-risk children and
families with a developmentally appropriate, comprehensive program which will promote self-
esteem, foster social-competence, develop independence, and enable children and families to
experience future successes.
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Funding for FENWC comes primarily from Federal Grants, Administered by the Department of
Health and Human Services/Administration of Children and Families/Head Start Bureau. Other
funding sources come from the State of Colorado, passed through local school districts. FENWC
is also receiving funding through the Weld County Department of Social Services, Family
Preservation Program, to enhance family support for families and children. Children may qualify
through the following funding sources; The Head Start and Migrant Head Start Programs, Colorado
Pre-school Program, School District Special Needs Funds, and families paying for services.
FENWC currently has twelve sites located throughout Weld County.
The Division of Human Services (DHS) is a comprehensive, integrated human service agency under
the Weld County Board of County Commissioners. The Division of Human Services has served the
Weld County Community as a Community Action Agency since 1978. It is the designated agency
under the Community Services Block Grant.
The Division of Human Services has under its umbrella: The Family Educational of Weld County
(Head Start, Migrant Head Start Programs,and State Funded Early Childhood Education Programs),
Employment Services of Weld County, and the Area Agency on Aging. See Appendices.
The Division of Human Services Family Educational Network of Weld County, in cooperation with
the North Colorado Medical Center Foundation, Parent as Teachers Consortium, is proposing the
implementation of an Early Head Start Program, to initiate early comprehensive programs and
services under the whole family concept, which encourages positive child development and family
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self-sufficiency. By selecting low-income families with a pregnant mother or a child younger than
two years of age. Early intervention for both the child and the mother will foster a healthy life
situation for the child and increase the parenting and self-sufficiency skills of the family. The major
goal will be to foster a healthy environment and growth opportunities to decrease the dependency
of the family on social programs and break the cycle of poverty and the problems associated with
poverty.
The North Colorado Medical Foundation operates as the fiscal agent for local community based
organizations and projects (see appendices), such as: Vision Together- WeCan, Pastoral staff at the
regional hospital, fund Seniors are Special Program, the cancer and burn units at the regional
hospital, is the primary fund raising entity for the newly developed Children's Clinic, provides
funding for the Med-aide (prescription payment assistance program) at local community health
clinics, and additional community wellness activities.
Family Connects is the coordinating agency of the Parents as Teachers Consortium. Family
Connects is responsible for at-risk identification of all potentially at-risk infants, coordinates
community based developmental health screenings throughout Weld County for children 0-5,
coordinates the multi-disciplinary diagnostic and evaluation clinics throughout the county 0-5,
facilitates Parent to Parent Networks for families of children with disabilities regardless of age,
sponsors the local state-funded learning clusters for families and professionals, Choices for Children
- identifies gaps in community based resources and supports local communities to develop and
implement activities and services for all families in the community, and coordinates and supervises
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the Local Education Agencies for Part-H,IDEA for Weld County. Funding comes primarily through
federal, state and local grants, as well as private community dollars, foundation
The Parent as Teachers Consortium is operated under the auspices of the North Colorado Medical
Center Foundation, Family Connects. The Consortium is comprised of the following agencies using
the Enhanced Parent as Teachers Curriculum: Family Connects-the Part H/Baby Find - Child Find
Agency (0-5), providing services to Weld County, Weld County Board of Cooperative Educational
Services - providing educational/disabilities services to families in 9 school districts in Weld
County, Even Start - a family literacy program, Weld Greeley/Evans School District 6, Weld
Windsor School District RE-4, The University of Northern Colorado, Early Childhood and Early
Childhood Special Education Departments, and the Goals 2000 Team.
STATISTICAL DATA
Weld County Population
There are 28 incorporated towns in Weld County, which are statutory towns, governed by elected
councils and mayors. Greeley, the principal town in Weld County is located in the central part of
the county and contains approximately 45% of the county's population. The population density per
square mile has increased from 4 people in 1900, to 31 people in 1980, and is projected to increase
to more than 57 by 2010. Approximately 25% of the population resides in an 800 square mile area
in the southwestern part of the county. The population density for this area is approximately 149
people per square mile. According to 1990 census figures the last decade's growth rate was 6.8%,
since then it has been estimated that Weld County's population has increased an average of 2-3%
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annually. This current increase will add up to an increase estimated at approximately 15.3% by the
end of the decade. With the development projected along Interstate 25 and with the new Denver
International Airport in 1995, this anticipated growth rate is likely.
The 1990 census showed that among all 63 counties in Colorado, Weld County ranks 9th in total
population and population density. The county is classified as an urban county by the Demographic
Section of the Colorado Division of Local Government.
Ethnic Distribution
White 71% Black/Other 2%
Hispanic 27%
Economic/Income Profile
The most current complete statistics reflect the income levels and profiles from 1996 The economy has
changed from a predominately agricultural economy to a more diversified economy, including an increase
in the service and manufacturing industries. Service Industries personal income has increased from 9% in
1969 to 25% in 1993 and manufacturing personal income has increased from 12% in 1969 to 27% in 1996
Meanwhile, agricultural personal income has decreased from 22% in 1969 to 8% in 1996
Per Capita Income 17,468.00
Median Family Income 30,800.00
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Unemployment Rate
Weld County 4.1%
Greeley 4.1%
Colorado 3.8%
National Average 5.2%
Greeley/Weld County does not have much of an issue with unemployment, however; the underemployment
rate is significant. A recent article published by the Greeley Tribune (the local newspaper) revealed that
Greeley's wages are well below the state average.
Cost of Living Summary
The average cost of living for a family of four is $28,236.00 per year. The break out of costs is as follows:
Rental Housing(3 bedroom house) $ 750.00
Gas & Electricity 85.00
Phone 76.00
Cable 30.00
Food 541.00
Clothing 70.00
Medical (one office visit) 48.00
Automotive(Insurance, maintenance,
gas& payments) 494.00
Recreation 32.00
Miscellaneous 227.00
Total expenses per month 2,353.00
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Weld County: Population Breakdown by Town
Ault 1,233 Kersey 1,058
Dacono 2,334 La Salle 1,884
Eaton 2,150 Lochbuie 1,221
Erie 1,421 Mead 527
Evans 6,580 Milliken 1,691
Firestone 1,460 Nunn 344
Fort Lupton 5,438 Pierce 869
Frederick 1,142 Platteville 1,815
Garden City 209 New Raymer 103
Gilcrest 1,142 Severance 124
Greeley 64,908 Windsor 5,937
Grover 141 Unincorporated 36,761
Hudson 981 Multi-County 33
Johnstown 1,680
Keenesburg 638 TOTAL 148,014
Ethnic Distribution
White 77% Black/Other 2%
Hispanic 21%
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Public Education
There are 13 public school districts in Weld County.
District Common Name # of Students
RE-1J St. Vrain Valley 2,840
RE-1 Gilcrest 1,965
RE-2 Eaton 1,363
RE-3J Keenesburg 1,372
RE-4 Windsor 1,952
RE-5J Johnstown/Milliken 1,236
Dist. 6 Greeley/Evans 13,239
RE-7 Kersey 981
RE-8 Ft. Lupton 2,636
RE-9 Ault-Highland 861
RE-10J Briggsdale 103
RE-12 Grover 124
Total Student Enrollment 28,672
Total Part C/IDEA eligible children. . . . 184
Data gathered by the Goals 2000 Advisory Team on public school student enrollment reflects the
following: 29.4%of student families qualify for free lunch program as compared to the State average
of 21.8%,twenty-two point four percent (22.4%) of students live in single parent households; four
point one percent (4.1%) of students lack employment; five percent (7%) of teen students become
pregnant; and 4.7% of students drop out.
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The Colorado Children's Campaign, "KidsCount!" revealed the following statistics for Weld
County's children in their recent assessment:there are 11,873 children ages 0 to 5, 18.9%of children
live in poverty, 73.3 children out of 1000 receive TANF (7%), and 27.5% of the births are to single
moms who have an annual median income of$13,609.00.
Weld County Department of Social Services reports: There are 636 families receiving TANF (down
from 1,802 in 1993), there are 2217 families receiving Medicaid(up from 1543 in 1993), 2,142 food
stamp recipients (down from 2465 in 1996), and 569 families receiving child care assistance (up
from 421 in 1997). There are approximately 750 migrant seasonal farm worker families not
receiving supplemental who have children from ages birth through six years old.
In 1996 the Colorado Department of Education, Early Childhood Initiatives completed a
comprehensive on site evaluation called the "Community Child Service Review. A team with
representation from around the state organized interviews with over 22 agencies and facilitated 5
family focus groups throughout Weld County. The following concerns were identified:
• Families want more inclusive supports within their own communities.
• Inclusion is happening on a small scale, but needs to increase.
• Transportation continues to be a barrier that prevents families from accessing supports,
resources and services.
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• The language barrier and lack of culturally sensitive professionals have isolated many
families. (51% of the children enrolled in FENWC programs are monolingual Spanish
speaking).
• Weld County has a history of strong interagency and business collaboration.
• More funding needs to be available to establish consultation and intervention to meet the
needs of the disabled child.
Weld County's Interagency Early Child Find Network has seen over 720 children this year (birth
to four), 230 children have been referred to specialized services and 250 were referred for on-going
monitoring of their development, Part H, IDEA, count was 204 eligible children in need of
comprehensive services. There continues to be a lack of community resources for families not
qualifying for Part H, but in need of support, learning opportunities and resource management
These recent Community Assessments and Planning Teams Reports have reinforced the assumption
that despite good interagency collaboration and networking, Weld County still does not meet the
needs of families identified with risking factors.
The Division of Human Services(the umbrella agency for FENWC)is involved in many community
efforts to promote self-sufficiency for low-income families. The efforts of the Division of Human
Services include, employment and training programming and coordination, Welfare Reform
Initiatives with the local Department of Social Services,joint planning with the Weld County Health
Department, coordinates the Private Industry Council, and various other activities which promote
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employment and training.
FENWC itself, is in involved in many planning and coordinated activities in the community. These
activities include: Conducting a Community Youth Health Care Needs Assessment in conjunction
with the Children's Clinic and the North Colorado Medical Center; attending many
coalitions/committees at the local level including; the immunization coalition, Weld County Health
Coalition, Early Childhood Advisory Councils for three school districts, Weld County Capacity
Building Grant Advisory Committee, Weld Information and Referrals Services - Child Care
Resource and Referral Agency, Northern Colorado Migrant Coalition, Local Interagency
Coordinating Council/Child Find,Aims Community College Early Childhood Advisory Council and
many state boards and councils.
Baby Find of Weld County is an identification program of"potential"risk factors in newborns. The
1996 data tracking report found these trends in 1,814 births: 136 families were monolingual Spanish
speaking: 166 new teen mothers under the age of 18 years old; 553 parents had less than a 12 grade
education; 647 families were Medicaid eligible, 221 had no medical insurance or public assistance
for health care; 102 mothers received late or no prenatal care, 215 families had limited financial
resources, 166 families had identified bonding or social emotional needs (abuse history, domestic
violence, divorce, drug/alcohol dependence, incarceration); 15 babies tested drug positive at birth,
115 infants were referred for follow-up hearing evaluations. These statistics reflect referrals of 850
families to agencies, supports and resources within the community to provide services that may be
able to minimize or nullify the potential and identified risk factors noted at birth. The findings in
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the 1995 Baby Find Report were similar to those of the aforementioned 1996 report.
Not all of the Baby Find/Child Find referrals resulted in establishing ongoing services. Some of the
barriers to providing supports were due to: lack of funding which expands and increases parent
education supports for families not eligible for programming, lack of cultural and linguistical
supports, and limited resources and services existing in individual communities.
Weld County's Interagency Early Child Find Network has seen over 720 children this year (birth
to four), 230 children have been referred to specialized services and 250 were referred for on-going
monitoring of their development, Part H, IDEA, count was 204 eligible children in need of
comprehensive services. There continues to be a lack of community resources for families not
qualifying for Part H, but in need of support, learning opportunities and resource management
The intent of the Early Head Start Collaborative Project Proposal is to create services and supports
that expand, enhance and promote 75 families' abilities to nurture and promote competence in their
children, obtain the goals and priorities established by their family that accomplish self-sufficiency
and increase families involvement in being contributing community members. There will be 32
children served in an Early Head Start Center and 43 families served using a home visiting
prevention/intervention model throughout Weld County.
Families living within Weld County and meeting the Early Head Start eligibility criteria will be able
to choose between the full-day center based services or home and community based supports and
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services. The key to this proposal is the concept of parental choice,,espcecially with the Welfare
requirements the families receiving TANF will be mandated to be self sufficient within a two year
period. This proposal also includes the flexibility to allow families to move from the Parent as
Teachers/Home Base model to the center model, and vice-versa. Ten to fifteen percent(10%- 15%)
will be families who have children identified with special needs, and a maximum of 10% of the
families may be over the income eligibility guidelines. A large percentage will be teen parents and
pregnant mothers who are enrolled in existing prenatal case management services. Families who
are drug and alcohol dependent and agricultural farm workers will also be targeted for services, and
actively participate in the planning period of the grant. All programming will honor and support a
families unique characteristics culture and language.
Our proposed collaborative method will have a seamless continuum of services, supports and
resources that maximize a families participation and success in reaching their identified goals. The
program will have two primary early childhood activities, service models which will both work with
the family on self sufficiency planning, as well as developing parenting skills:
• 1) To provide quality early childhood supports and services, for 32 children, in a full-
day/full-year Early Head Start center-based program, utilizing existing child care centers,
which will incorporate the Head Start philosophy and model into their classrooms. This
model will include a minimum of one, two hour, home visit per family per week utilizing
the Parents as Teachers Curriculum.
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• 2) To establish and maintain on-going home visits with 43 families utilizing the Parents as
Teachers Curriculum and provide weekly parent/tot learning groups. This model will
include.three, one and one half hour home visits per week, a weekly socialization/play group
for the children and one parent activity per month.
Families involved in both models of the program will develop and plan individual goals, priorities,
and activities that will move them toward family self-sufficiency. The components of the grant will
provide extensive resource/case management and parent to families. The resource management
program will involve a Family Partnership Agreemt for all families in accessing medical, dental,
immunizations, mental health services, and other services required to assist them to meet their
individually identified needs. Partnerships between agencies within the community will be
established to ensure services are available to families without barriers or limitations.
RESULTS OR BENEFITS EXPECTED
An expected result of this grant is to lead the community into the "single-entry referral point"
concept in order to provide the most comprehensive services to children and families. As stated
earlier there exist many services in Weld County, however; a mechanism is not in place which
makes services easily accessible to families:
The partnership which is being created between the Family Educational Network of Weld County
(FENWC) and the Parents as Teachers Consortium/ Family Connects (Family Connects) focuses on
streamlining and coordinating care for children and families. This will be created by networking
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with agencies that work with children and families within Weld County in order to simplify
family/child entry into sysstems. As well as streamlining services for children and families, families
will have the abilitiy, depending on their situations,to shift from the center base model to the home
base model and vice versa. Again,this flexibility allows for the Early Head Start Program to meet
the needs of families in a timely fashion.
Families and children will receive the full range of health services to include; prenatal care and
education,nutritional services,preventive health care and mental health. Children will enter school
healthy and have completed the mandated series of immunizations and will suffer from fewer
illnesses and disease, therefore; increasing their attendance rate, allowing for future educational
successes.
Through the proposed partnership for comprehensive early childhood programs, children will
develop the social/emotional, cognitive and physical skills necessary to ensure that their future
educational experiences are positive. As well as providing the aforementioned skills, the children's
language skills, problem solving skills, and self-esteem will increase. All early childhood
programming in child care settings will be developmentally appropriate according to The Head Start
Program Performance Standards (CFR 1304), The National Association for the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC), and the nationally endorsed and certified Parents as Teachers Program.
Children participating in the program are expected to successfully graduate from high school and
become contributing adult members of the community. Studies indicate that children receiving
quality early childhood programming are more likely to succeed in their adult life. It has also been
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proven that for every one dollar spent on early childhood education and intervention that four to six
dollars are saved on remedial and special education.
Families will receive parent education services to include,at a minimum; mental health, self-esteem
supports, and parenting classes that emphasize; nutrition, child development, behavior management,
communication skills, child abuse prevention techniques, and appropriate health care practices.
There will be classes (parent/tot learning clusters) where the parent will have the opportunity for
"hands on" experiences with their children. Parents will receive instruction in their home following
the Early Head Start Home Base Program philosophy, using the Parents as Teachers Curriculum,
enhance their parenting abilities to support their child throughout their lives. By providing the
families a variety of resources and support systems it is anticipated that parents and their children
will be provided with the tools/skills needed in order to lead healthy, productive and independent
life-styles. Parents will also develop the skills necessary to work with their children to develop their
cognitive and developmental levels to their highest potentials, and facilitate their educational
successes. National longitudinal studies completed by the National Parents as Teachers Program,
St. Louis MO., found the window of opportunity for maximizing the overall development of a chid
occurs between the ages of birth to three. This was also supported in the recent News Week edition,
"Your Child: Birth to Three"
Basic literacy education will be encouraged for all adults who lack a GED or the basic skills for
employment. Participants lacking a high school education will be enrolled in GED/ABE classes or
remediation activities. These will be provided by the FENWC/Employment Services -" Literacy in
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Technology Program." FENWC and the Employment Services of Weld County are currently
implementing a Wide Area Network, which includes adult literacy programs and General Education
Diploma (GED) programs. The project uses the highly successful INVEST-Destinations
Curriculum/Program, which has a successful rate of educational gain. Studies indicate a full grade-
level gain for eight hours of study, using the Destinations approach. All twelve FENWC sites will
have the system installed into their centers. Eligible participants will be encouraged to access the
"Literacy in Technoloty Program" at the current sites.
Parents will receive remedial, vocational and basic education as well as employment training to
ensure their employability. Monolingual non-English speaking families will be provided with
English as a Second Language classes. Upon mastery in the English language the families will
proceed into remedial and vocational education to promote self-sufficiency and employability
retainment. The adult educational level will be a minimum high school graduation or GED, or
equivalent grade level at the end of the program, many will move on to vocational or higher
education. With an increased literacy level it will be possible for parents to continue their education
and/or receive vocational or other training leading to gainful employment, and leave the welfare and
public assistance rolls.
With the current national emphasis of Welfare Reform and Welfare to Work, the parent literacy
programs and support systems are important elements of the Early Head Start Program. The need
for literacy enrichment will be determined through the Family Partnership Agreement, and all
families will receive the service coordination and support necessary to be successful.
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APPROACH
The Division of Human Services because of its unique comprehensive nature should be considered
a strong candidate for the receipt of this grant. As mentioned, under the umbrella agency there exist
adult and youth employment, education and remediation programs, early childhood and family
programs, and programs for the aging population. As well as, having many pieces in place to carry
out the services stipulated in this grant The Division of Human Services has the linkages within the
community to accelerate participant progress. With the linkages of this organization the proposed
Early Head Start Program will have the ability to identify gaps and strengthen collaborative efforts
within Weld County, to work with families in need or at risk of being in need.
The Division of Human Services has developed a favorable reputation within local, state and federal
circles for its ability to administer creative programs that have proven to be successful. Many
programs under the auspices of The Division of Human Resources are and have been considered
model programs because of their effectiveness and high quality.
The Division of Human Services intends to capitalize on two successful programs and delivery
systems, within the agency, to incorporate many of the concepts of this proposal. The Family
Educational Network of Weld County (FENWC) and Employment Services. Services will also be
coordinated/contracted with a third successful Weld County Agency, the North Colorado Medical
Foundation, Parents as Teachers Consortium to maximize services for the targeted population.
The Division of Human Services, Family Educational of Weld County has operated the Head Start
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Program since 1974. Since its inception it has grown from serving 85 children yearly to serving 477
Head Start eligible children in 1997, 386 eligible Migrant Head Start children (serving infants and
toddlers as well as preschoolers), and 88 state funded preschool children. With all programs in place
FENWC now provides services to more than 950 children and families per year. In addition,
FENWC currently has in place the structures and linkages, which when expanded and augmented
by this proposal, will be able to provide quality services while minimizing start up issues, and
administrative costs.
Employment Services of Weld County has historically provided comprehensive and coordinated
services to the unemployed and underemployed. It currently offers employment and training
programs under the Job Service, Job Training Partnership Act Program, the Jobs Opportunities and
Basic Skills Program and the Employment First Food Stamp Program. Employment Services has
in place the structure to provide employment and training programs under this proposal.
Employment Services also has contracts with the local Department of Social Services, to implement
educational and job training services as established by Welfare Reforms mandates, and TANF
programming.
Family Connects has for the past eighteen years coordinated multiple community based interagency
activities, on behalf of young children (0-5 years), operated Child Find activities as the as the
coordinated entry point for all screening and evaluation services since 1979 (an average of 500
children are seen yearly=9,000 children). Family Connects has initiated and developed preschool
services of the grassroots 99-457 preschool programs in Weld County, is as a community service
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development agency which identifies gaps within the community and takes the lead implementing
these programs. Family Connects coordinates the Parents as Teachers Consortium which has a
strong base of community organization and program operation skills and successes relative to
children and families.
If funded, all entities that fall under the umbrella's of the Division of Human Services, North
Colorado Medical Center - Parents as Teachers Consortium, and Family Connects along with
parents, will establish weekly work sessions to identify the systematic changes and additional
activities which need to be implemented to assure services for families and children. Additional key
members of the child and family community will be invited to help address the needs of the program
and community. Work plans will be developed to include policy and procedure, time frames,
specific activities, interagency agreements, points of responsibility, program marketing and
development, identification of unforeseen barriers for implementation of the project, and identify
additional financial and community supports. Policy and plans will be approved by the Parent
Policy Council and the grantee board. Planning will also include discussion between the contracted
agencies and grantee to implement effective procedures relative to program implementation,
monitoring, evaluation, communication, and disbursement of and accountability of funds.
Per current policies of the Family Educational Network of Weld no child is denied services based
on disability. The Early Head Start Program will adhere to this policy and provide services to
children in either the Center-based model or the Home Visitor model, regardless of disability. The
Family Educational Network of Weld County currently coordinates services for children with
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disabilities with the local education agencies and the Child Find Agency. If services are not
available to children via these agencies contracts will be written with therapists to ensure that
appropriate services are provided to the child and family. This proposal is being written in
conjunction with the Family Educational Network of Weld County, Parents as Teachers Consortium
and Family Connects, the local Child Find, Part H agency. This agency has the responsibility of
overseeing the home visitor portion of the program and will assist with and coordinate services at
the center-based option, for children identified with disabilities.
The goals of the program are as follow:
1. Provide comprehensive programs to the family which will address the intellectual, social,
emotional and physical need to encourage a healthy environment for the growth and
development of the child and family.
2. Implement an immersion program which will provide case managers to be advocates for the
family and assist the family in obtaining the services and support necessary to become self-
sufficient while providing the family unit with the skills to make healthy decisions to
promote self-sufficiency.
3. Provide the parents and other family members the opportunities to gain the skills to
encourage a healthy learning and growing environment for the infant and all family
members.
4. Provides choice for services which will best meet the family's individual needs (Home based
services or center based services).
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The related objectives for both project models are as follow: (See appendices for time-frames)
1. To develop and initiate the Enhanced Parents as Teachers (PAT) program on a county wide
basis to Head Start eligible families who have children from birth to three years of age.
1.1 Identify and recruit (through advertising, employment services and referral) and train
culturally and socio-economically sensitive individuals as certified PAT home visitor
educators, and secure the corresponding Child Development Associate(CDA) in accordance
with the Head Start Performance Standards. Program parents and the community will be
involved throughout the recruitment and hiring process. Hired staff will not be discriminated
against due sex, race, disability, etc.
1.2 Disseminate availability and purpose of PAT to local agencies, churches, health clinics,
employment resource and training programs, and through neighborhood venues.
1.3 Recruit eligible families, including families with children with disabilities. Children
will be recruited by referral from the Department of Social Services (TANF Participants),
the local hospital, Child Find Agency and Part H, school districts, physicians and the local
Health Department and Health Clinics, current enrolled Head Start families, drug and
rehabilitation programs.
1.4 Enroll, establish and formalize an on-going caseload of families participating in the
PAT project, for both models.
1.5 Initiate the Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) process for all families.
1.6 Develop and implement an IFSP to ensure that families' needs,priorities and goals are
identified and addressed. An IFSP will be written for all families, not only families who
have children with identified special needs.
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1.7 Implement and secure services for each enrolled family.
2. To establish weekly community based education playgroups for parents to participate in with
their young children.
2.1 Identify and establish additional sites within communities that are readily accessible and
welcoming to families.
2.2 Provide each individual site with the appropriate toys, equipment, materials, and
literature to assure an enriched early learning environment.
2.3 Develop a system which enables families (both home based and center based the ability
to consistently participate in the community based programs, looking at times which meet
the needs of the families, i.e.; evenings and weekends.
2.4 Ensure competent facilitation of community-based activities through on-going training
and supervision of certified PAT educators.
2.5 Expand partnerships with community agencies and resources that support children with
special needs.
3. Provide on-going family education opportunities which will equip parents with the
knowledge and skills necessary to raise children who will eventually be contributing
community members.
3.1 Develop, enhance and/or expand upon the opportunities which address a variety of
issues that impact family life (employment issues, normal development, behavior,
medicaUdental, nutrition, financial, literacy, early literacy skills, advocacy/reciprocal skills).
3.2 Encourage and promote the value of family and community through functional daily
activities and routines, such as; bedtime routines, reading, family time and hygiene.
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3.3 Minimize barriers which may prevent families from attending and actively participating
in employment and educational opportunities and community activities (transportation, child
care, etc.)
4. Create and expand on lending library materials and activities(toys, videos, literature,books)
that will be available to families to promote early learning in the home environment.
4.1 Provide a variety of age appropriate materials (learning kits) which will encourage
interactive learning play between parent and child, and child and siblings.
4.2 Develop guidelines and suggestions to assist parents in using the learning kits to
maximize educational opportunities with their children.
4.3 Collaborate with existing community agencies and libraries to increase resources and
availability of developmental materials for families.
4.4 Expand the FENWC Parent Involvement van to enhance materials and increase
availability of activities for the families.
5. Provide on-going resource/service coordination to families that will increase their abilities
to access comprehensive community resources and services.
5.1 Train, supervise and support the certified PAT home visitor's and center based service
coordinators to increase their knowledge and skills in resource/service coordination and
advocacy for families.
5.2 Strengthen relationships with agencies, business, and community resources that support
and provide services to families.
5.3 Maintain a comprehensive listing of family and community services, resources and
supports within each community of Weld County.
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5.4 Increase parent awareness regarding availability of community resources, and support
them through agency/system processes.
6. Develop partnerships with local Early Childhood Education Agencies and local prenatal case
management agencies to assure smooth transitions from pregnancy, birth to infancy and on
to preschool, based on the individualized needs identified on the IFSP.
6.1 Establish funding of last resort contracts with pre-natal/health agencies to assure
services for eligible families during pregnancy, birth and through two months of age are
available.
6.2 Plan and implement a systematic approach to transition families into the on-going PAT
program.
6.3 Conduct periodic information sharing times to assure all providers have current
knowledge of service delivery systems within a variety of agencies and can support families
to meet their IFSP goals.
6.4 Provide training to parents on transitional activities and behaviors to assist their children
transition from the preschool on to the public school system, based upon the IFSP and
transitional activities and from Home Based to Center Based programs for TANF recipients
engaged in employment related activities.
6.5 Develop arrangements with the Head Start agency, to enhance transition services into
the Head Start Program. If other preschool programs are the choice of the family, coordinate
services so that the family may continue to be supported through the IFSP and transition
process through their preschool experience. These arrangements will include follow-up with
the family until entry into the public school system.
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6.6 Increase communication with the local educational agencies to accept preschool
children into the local public school system.
7. Provide comprehensive screening and evaluations of children birth through school entrance
which include developmental, medical, hearing and vision components, and appropriate
intervention supports that meet the needs of the child and family.
7.1 Expand and refine the existing county-wide child find system.
7.2 Assure that there is a primary resource/service coordinator to assist families in
navigating systems and agencies.
7.3 Provide the necessary supports including transportation and child care to ensure families
will attend all scheduled appointments, evaluations, and follow-up their child may need.
7.4 Provide specialized consultation and direct therapeutic intervention services to children
requiring services as indicated on the IFSP. (The IFSP will be developed using the multi-
disciplinary team approach.)
8. Provide and support the health needs of the child and family, including prenatal, well baby
care, diagnosis, treatment, immunizations, nutrition and preventive health care.
8.1 Identify health care resources within the community and develop a health care resource
list.
8.2 Include health care needs on the families IFSP.
8.3 Establish medical homes for families and for the family.
8.4 Ensure follow-up services for the family, and provide assistance for any issues which
may inhibit them from following through with treatment, i.e., transportation, and child care.
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9. Build a sense of community through immersion of staff and families into community based
activities, that will create a string relationship between the Early Head Start Project and the
community.
9.1 Identify community based agencies, businesses, services and natural support that exist
in the area, using a"mapping" approach.
9.1 Identify shared goals, services, and visions.
9.2 Develop potential partnerships and plans that will support and strengthen community
involvement and strengthen existing partnerships.
9.3 Integrate key staff and parents into community committees of networks that share a
vision for supporting families.
9.4 Develop local networks in areas with limited resources of family service providers,
businesses and community members to promote and support activities for families.
9.5 Facilitate strategic planning within the various networks, committees and coalitions to
develop a community vision for services relative to children and families.
A brief description of each core service to meet the aforementioned objectives is as follows:
• Resource/Service Coordination will assist in the development of a comprehensive Family
Partnership Agreement (FPA) for each family that reflects the family's individual strengths,
needs,priorities and goals. There will be one Service Coordinator per 60 families. They will
be assisted with the supports of the Specialist Management Team.
• Education In Child Development will be provided by FENWC and other local parent and
family educational agencies, as identified. The areas of education will include. but not be
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limited to; Infant Stimulation, Child Development, Behavior Management, Home Safety,
Language Stimulation and The Importance of Play.
• Health Care and Education for families and children will be coordinated with public and
private health care providers. The emphasis of care will be on the importance of prevention.
Services will include yearly physical examinations, immunizations for the children, dental
examinations, developmental screenings, etc.
• Nutritional Services for children and families will be provided for by referrals to the Food
Stamp Program, Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), and The
Commodity and Supplemental Food Program(CSFP). An important piece of the nutritional
services will be nutrition counseling, which will be integrated through home visits, parent
activities and classroom experiences. Children will receive nutritious meals in accordance
with the Head Start Performance Standards, and the USDA Child and Adult Care Food
Program. Contracts currently exist with local school districts for meal service.
• Mental Health Services and assessments will be provided with North Range Behavioral
Health, via contracted services. Counseling and therapy will be available and offered to the
families as deemed appropriate by the mental health care giver and the clients case manager.
Services that are available but not limited to, are; individual, family and group therapy,
substance abuse care. and support groups. The Family Educational Network of Weld
currently holds a contract (40 hours per week) for their Head Start and Migrant Head Start
Programs. Mental health (self-esteem) issues will be integrated throughout the curriculum,
and a mental health professional is regularly scheduled in the classrooms to provide support
to the educational staff
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• Employment services .employment counseling,vocational training and education will occur
through existing programs. All employment and training programs will follow established
federal, state and local standards.
• Employment and training assessments will include, as appropriate, a General Aptitude Test
Battery (GAT-B) to provide a complete assessment of aptitudes, abilities, skills and
interests. A Vocational Preference Inventory will be used to diagnose vocational preference
and training interests. The ABLE tests will be used for a diagnostic evaluation of the
education performance level. A short and long range plan will be developed to assist the
family member develop strategies to reach their goals. There are two certified state
counselors available for test interpretation and vocational counseling.
Basic Education Remediation and Literacy is strongly encouraged for all clients who lack
a GED or the basic skills for employment. Participants lacking a high school education will
be enrolled in GED/ABE classes or remediation activities. These will be provided by the
FENWC/Emplovment Services - Literacy in Technology Program. FENWC and the
Employment Services of Weld County are currently implementing a Wide Area
Network, which includes adult literacy programs and General Education Diploma
(GED) programs. All twelve FENWC sites will have the system installed into their
centers.
• Occupation Skill Training provides individuals with specific occupational skills both of a
cognitive nature, as well as manual skills necessary to perform a specific job or group of
jobs. These skills will be added to the Wide Area Network mentioned previously.
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• Supportive Services are available to assist families participate successfully in programs
identified on the Family Partnership Agreement. These services include assistance with
child care and transportation. The Division of Human Services operates a county-wide
transportation system which will be at the disposal of all families participating in the
program.
• Prenatal Care and education will be provided by local health clinics, resource/service
coordinators, the Health Department, or private physicians. Transportation will be provided
to appointments if needed. Parents will attend classes identified in their IFSP to meet their
individual needs and be coordinated by their resource/service coordinator.
• Substance Abuse Identification and Treatment will be provided in coordination with The
Island Grove Regional Treatment Center(Special Connection-prenatal specific), the School
Districts prevention programs and other identified substance abuse programs and initiatives.
All substance abuse treatment programs will operate in conjunction with mental health
providers to assure that all family issues are identified and addressed.
• Supportive Services are available to assist clients participate successfully in the programs.
These services include assistance with child care and transportation. The Division of Human
Services operates a county-wide transportation system which will be at the disposal of all
families participating in the program.
All of the activities and services discussed previously will be age and developmentally appropriate
and meet the individual needs of the family to support the realization of their family goals. The
Head Start and Parents as Teachers models' and philosophies' will be the fundamental guiding
principles to ensure comprehensive child and parent development programs are consistent with
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established standard and support the values and philosophy of family self-sufficiency..
In addition to adhering to the minimum rules and regulations as have been established by HHS/ACF/
Head Start Performance Standards, Developmentally Appropriate Practices For Children Birth
Through Age 8, established by the National Association for the Education of Young Children
(NAEYC) will be followed. The Early Childhood Programs will be licensed by the Colorado
Department of Human Services and meet all local, state and federal guidelines, as well as have
NAEYC accreditation. Head Start funds will provide for Head Start services for children in the
child care setting for five hours of services, and be reimbursed by Child Care Assistance Programs
(supplemental child care funds) through the local Department of Social Services for the remainder
of the day.
The teachers and home visitors employed will have minimum qualifications of the Child
Development Associate (CDA) and Parents as Teachers Certification, within the one-year time-
frame recognized by the Department of Health and Human Services/ACF/Head Start Bureau. As
well as having the minimum qualification of the CDA and PAT Certification all staff will meet the
minimum requirements of The State of Colorado Department of Social Services, licensing
requirements, and the requirements for NAEYC accreditation. All staff will be fluent in the primary
language of the family and be culturally sensitive. Classrooms will have at a minimum one
caregiver who is fluent in the primary language of the child and family.
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The center-based program will have an adult:child ratio, of 1:3. There will be a team of 2 CDA/PAT
Certified co-teachers (CDA cetrified) with one teacher assistant per classroom of eight infants or
toddlers. Their will also be three full time equivalenacey Service Coordinator who will be Parent
as Teachers Certified and who will conduct the weekly home visit sessions with the families. The
teachers will attend one home visit on a monthly basis with the Service Coordinator.
The Home Community Based model will be one-to-one family interactions in the home. Each
Parents as Teacher Partner will work with a maximum of six families. At the community based play
groups there will be three adults per approximately five to seven families. There are already five
established sites(Fort Lupton, Windsor, Johnstown/Milliken, Greeley, and Ault)for the play groups,
as stated before, there will be a total of thirteen community-based play groups. All facilities are and
will be appropriate to meet the needs of the project.
Technical Assistance will be sought from the following sources; The Region VIII Department of
HHS/ACF/Head Start Quality Improvement Centers, Aims Community College, The University of
Northern Colorado, Cluster Trainings, local school districts, and private consultants, if needed. The
minimum content of training will include; Early Childhood Development, Family Health Practices,
Principles of Case Management. Recruitment Techniques,Networking and Collaboration, Writing
Individual Family Service Plans, Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity, etc.
Training needs will be identified for each center-based employee and documented and tracked
through their performance appraisal. Once the supervisor has approved the training plan it will go
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to the Career Development Council for approval of the training so that financial support may be
provided to the employee. The Family Educational Network of Weld County has always promoted
and supported professional growth and development of it's employees.
The Home/Community Based Parents as Partners will be required to have a minimum of thirty
training clock-hours that support job-related functions, in addition;Parents as Teachers home visitors
will attend two monthly networking sessions and trainings throughout the county. Both programs
will require that staff maintain and keep current their certificates, licensed and other job
requirements.
Parents will be involved at the center level as volunteers, observers, members of the Center/Regional
Committee which will coordinate with the Head Start Parent Policy Council. The Center
Committee's and Policy Committee will be involved directly in program planning and make
recommendations to the Parent Policy Council for approval and ratification. (See appendices for
Policy Council approval of this proposal)
The responsibilities of the Parent Policy Council will include, but not be limited to:
a) assistance in the coordination and development of services where gaps exist;
b) monitor fiscal and client activity;
c) yearly monitoring and evaluation;
d) act as a liaison to the community to represent the program on community boards,
task forces, etc.
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e) approve program policy, hiring and firing
f) actively participate in program planning
Weld County has encouraged and supported community coordination. This proposal was developed
with a broad range of community in-put and involvement. The two major entities involved in
pulling together this proposal are involved in a number of community based organizations, board
and functions. Family Connects. Parents as Teachers Consortium received in-put from all of the
member previously mention in this proposal. The Family Educational Network of Weld County
(FENWC)as mentioned is engrossed in community activities relative to children and family
activities. As well as operating Early Childhood Educational programs, FENWC also operates
programs funded by the local Department of Social Services, Family Preservation, and a training
grant secured in cooperation with the local community college. Both FENWC and Family Connects
have a long standing, documented history of working with in the communities of Weld County.
Staff Background and Educational Experience (See appendices).
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