Braided Funding Through Collaboration

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Braided FundingThrough Collaboration

• Working Efficiently and Collectively
• Head Start and Pre-K

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Ground Rules and Guidelines for Braided Funding
within Head Start Participation

• ACYF-IM-HS-01-06, Financial Management Issues In
  Head Start Programs Utilizing Other Sources of
  Funding
• (Cost Allocation Plan is a Must)
• ACYF-IM-HS-01-13, Budgeting for Partnerships
  between Child Care and Head Start
• ( Cost per child after the fact
  determination. Can be a double check but should
  not be the guiding force for budget
  determination.)
• 45 Code of Federal Regulations part 74 part 92
• OMB Circulars A-122, A-87 (Cost Principles)
• OMB Circular A-133, (Audit Requirements from
  Single Audit Act)
• Head Start Program Performance Standards (45 CFR
  Part 1301 et seq. basic head start definitions)
• Two Iowa State Reports
• Iowa Case For Change (2004)
• Iowa Strong Start (2006)

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Case For Change

• We know from the Iowa Learns Councils 2004 Case
  for Change that governor Vilsack built this
  council on one of the premises being
• There are valuable resources currently available
  to help families with young children, but too
  many families cannot access these resources , as
  there simply are not enough quality early care
  and education programs to meet the needs of
  working parents.
• (Show example)

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Brain Growth vs. Public Spending

• The critical importance of human development in
  early childhood as OPPOSED to Iowas low
  investments in early education.

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The Promise of an Educational Opportunity for ALL
Children

• Impacts of the Duplication of efforts
• Financial Impact The cost of recreating the
  wheel of services in an already tough economy
  would cost the creator monies that come out of
  one or more pots, and as a whole giving the
  community more poor quality services, instead of
  a collaboration of one big pot addressing all
  areas of quality. Thus diminishing federal
  funding for all programs.
• Impact on Children and Families This
  duplication would mean weaker services to the
  children and families by not addressing the needs
  in all areas of the childs development. In all
  environments.
• Impact on Staff - With less monies to pay for
  quality staff, duplication of services would also
  effect even the most dedicated of our work force
  and begin prioritizing the competition between
  services instead of where the priority needs to
  be, on our children and families that we serve.

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Seamless Educational System

• A need for a seamless, aligned education system
  as OPPOSED to duplication of efforts, lack of
  common purpose, and articulation from one level
  to the next.

Monitoring Throughout System
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EHS 0-2 yrs old
3-4 yrs old collaboration
K 6 grades
7 8 grades
9 12 grades
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Private Schools may not choose to and
Home-Schools cannot be infused on site but can be
through recruitment, a single community
pre-school application, health staff, and
trainings for staff that come available through
the federal, state, and public programs.
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The Goal

• To create the highest quality Pre-School Program
  Possible through collaboration.
• To eliminate all turf wars between programs
  within a community.
• To eliminate any labels put on children.
• To increase accountability of all involved.
• To reach out to all organizations in a single
  community while putting the children at the
  center of our focus through the collaboration.

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Quotes to live by

• It is no longer we and them,
• it is us.
• Charletta Sudduth 2008
• (Waterloo Schools)

How many of us really do care about our
neighbors children? Ken Tousley 1997 (My
father-in-law)
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List and Contact all Potential Collaborators

• Local Head Start
• Local School District
• Any local for profit Pre-Schools
• Any local non profit Pre-Schools
• Any Faith Based Pre-Schools
• Any Funding Resources
• Empowerments
• Shared Visions
• State Wrap Around
• YMCA
• United Way
• Etc
• Area Education Agency
• Public Health
• Many others

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Two Part Collaboration Meetings

• Fiscal Braided Funding

• Programmatic Blending

• Administrators
• Principals
• Directors
• Fiscal Officers
• Administrative Assistants
• Etc.

• Administrators
• Principals
• Directors
• AEA Representatives
• Education Specialist
• Enrollment Specialist
• Teachers/Staff
• Parents reps
• Etc.

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Fiscal Braided Funding Step One

• At the first meeting the purpose of the
  collaboration must be discussed and everyone must
  agree to its importance.
• Therefore, the purpose is to understand The
  Goal.
• The beauty of the State Pre-K monies is that they
  will not be awarded to a community without
  collaborations being made or attempted between
  all pre-k organizations within a school district
  area.
• So you must be able to tell the difference
  between all individual entity funding then
  equally braiding those into a collaboration
  benchmark.
• In other words Identify Separate basic funding
  from all outside or side funding.
• After the separation is done, State Pre-K monies
  and other side funding sources are now easily
  identified as an additional aid for the
  collaboration. As it is meant to be used.

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Separate Funding Sources Step Two
Example is a Fully Programmatic Infused Program
In Osceola Iowa.

• Basic Entity Funding

• Side Funding Sources

• Basic Public School Funding
• Basic Head Start Federal Funding
• Basic Village Tuition Funding

• State ECSE Funding
• State Empowerment Funding
• State Pre-K Funding

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Classroom Cost Allocation Step Three

• Show All Costs Using A Single Classroom, Staff,
  20 Children
• Focus only on Two Types of Cost Allocations
• Budget Line Items for the single classroom (Done
  at beginning of developing budget)
• Allotted student slots for that single classroom
  (Done at end of developing budget to determine
  cost per child, and double check budget figures)

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Budget Line Items ConsensusStep Four
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Line Item Annual Cost AverageStep Five
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Introducing the Braided PatternStep Six
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Using the Side Funding to AID in costs Step
Seven
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Final Braided Funded DocumentStep Eight (5
classroom example)
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What does it look like?

• Staffing Patterns
• Schedules
• Professional Development
• Braided Funding
• Blended Programming
• Physical Locations

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Full Infusion Collaboration Model
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Center Funneling Collaboration Model
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Flip the Switch Collaboration Model
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Staff Criss-Cross Collaboration Model
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Seamless Educational System
Monitoring Throughout System
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EHS 0-2 yrs old
3-4 yrs old Collaboration
K 6 grades
7 8 grades
9 12 grades
College
Transition
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