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Center/site activities and field trips

Presented by: Rebecca Ramirez, J.D., M.H.A. Associate Director for Operations – SPCAA Head Start & Early Head Start. Center/site activities and field trips. HISTORY. In the past, SPCAA provided Center Activity Funds for each Head Start child. $10 Aug-Feb. and $5 March-May

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Center/site activities and field trips

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  1. Presented by: Rebecca Ramirez, J.D., M.H.A. Associate Director for Operations – SPCAA Head Start & Early Head Start Center/site activities and field trips

  2. HISTORY • In the past, SPCAA provided Center Activity Funds for each Head Start child. • $10 Aug-Feb. and $5 March-May • These funds could be used for field trips or educational learning materials. • The use of these funds had to be submitted for prior approval by the Policy Council.

  3. NEW CHANGE!! • Effective as of March 1, 2010, SPCAA will NO longer provide the Center Activity Funds. • No Head Start funds will be provided for field trips (including admission fees and meals), transportation, or other related fees. • Funds will no longer be provided for the educational learning materials that had been allowable for purchase with Center Activity Funds in the past.

  4. NEW POLICY • The Field Trip Procedures Policy has been updated to reflect this change. • Policy is located under the Education Tab at the spcaa.org website. • Partner agencies may decide to fund field trips to places where fees are required and pay them on behalf of the children. • To cover the related expenses of the field trip, partner agencies may use only non-Head Start funds.

  5. OTHER POLICY CHANGES • Independent school districtsmay also provide transportation for field trips. • Parent donations to pay field trip related fees are not allowed. (45 CFR 1305.9) • Solicitation is not allowed by any SPCAA employeefor field trips or related expenses, including admission, food, etc. • Partner agencies will follow their own procedures regarding adult food.

  6. FIELD TRIP/CENTER ACTIVITY REQUESTS • No charge field trips are encouraged (45 CFR 1304(e)). • Center Activity Requests must still be submitted as before for prior Policy Council approval (1304.40(d)). • Submissions will be approved on a first-come, first-serve basis and need to include signatures and minutes. • Forms are located under Education tab at spcaa.org. Center/Site Activity Request and Field Trip request forms are one page each.

  7. ANY QUESTIONS…

  8. Thank you! • “To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is the measure of our hope.” • Gerald Vann

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