Managing the Maze: Blended/Braided Funding & Partnerships

1. Managing the Maze: Blended/Braided Funding & Partnerships CCDAA Conference, October 30, 2014

2. Panelists • Camilla Rand, Contra Costa County Community Services • Catherine Goins, Placer County Office of Education • Damon Carson, Neighborhood House Association, San Diego • Maria Carriedo, Berkeley Unified School District • Pamm Shaw, YMCA of the Central Bay Area

3. Content • Strategies for blending and braiding funds and resources • Flexibility, coordination and sustainability • Cross-system collaboration • Partnering…

4. Childcare Partnerships in Contra Costa County Camilla Rand Director

5. Contra Costa County Community Services • Largest childcare provider in CC County • Serves over 2,200 children and families • 15 directly operated centers • Home based program • 1 delegate agency • 13 childcare partnerships • State, Head Start/Early Head Start funded

6. Types of Partnerships • Head Start and Early Head Start • Wrapped or enhanced model • Ideal candidates are CSPP and CCTR contractors • Direct subcontracting of State slots • Less administrative costs

7. Benefits of Partnering - Grantee • Broader range and diversity of services • Fiscal consideration (pros & cons) • Full enrollment and funding expended • Full-day, full-year services in neighborhoods where families live • Community support and networks • Meeting the needs of low income children/families

8. Benefits of Partnering - Partners • Increased revenue through blended funding • Additional comprehensive services to families & staff • Additional staff (e.g., family services, etc.) • T&TA and consultation • Facilities improvements using federal funds • Additional monitoring and oversight (health and safety, CLASS, etc.)

9. Guiding Principles • Enhance vs supplant existing services; • Have defensible fiscal systems, including sound cost sharing methods; • Include the provision of comprehensive services per Head Start Standards; • Meets the developmental needs of children.

10. Why Partner? • Additional support services to families • Partners located in areas of high need • Allows for full-day care • Shares cost per child • Partners serve underserved populations: teen parents, early intervention programs serving severely handicapped children, pregnant women served through Home Based option. • T/TA benefits for partner staff

11. Challenges • Income eligibility differences – and timelines for certification • Class Size – OHS and waivers • Staff qualifications • Head Start Performance Standards • Child Outcomes/School Readiness Goals • Federal/State reporting differences • Funding – earned vs. cost/child

12. Neighborhood House Association Child Development Programs Neighborhood House Association San Diego Damon Carson, Vice President, Children, Youth and Family Services

13. Neighborhood House Association • Head Start : 6,894 - Center Based, Home Based, FCC • Early Head Start: 808 - Center Based, Home Based, FCC • CSPP: 1,300 Children - Extended day • CCTR: 72 - Full day, full year, blended • Quality Preschool Initiative: 1,634 Children - Professional development, coaching, stipends

14. Neighborhood House Association • Partnership with SDUSD and their CSPP Program to provide full day and comprehensive services for 13 children.

15. What makes it work? • The agency receives funding from local, state and federal entities • Children receive full day or extended day services • Comprehensive services • Blended system

16. Challenges of Partnering • The ability to integrate new rules seamlessly. (attendance) • Serving “two masters” • Data sharing • Confusion amongst families • T.I.T.W.W.A.D.I.

17. Placer County Office of Education Catherine Goins, Assistant Superintendent, Early Education and Administration

18. Placer County Office of Education Serves about 2,500 children/families in: • Stages 1,2,3, Alternative Payment • LPC • State preschool • Family child care network • Sierra College Lab School • First 5 Placer • Resource and Referral

19. Placer COE and KidzKount • Partners with KidzKount since 2004 through a subcontract relationship • Primarily rural/suburban area • 24 children in an EHS family child care model • 44 preschool Head Start children in a full day, school year wrap around model

20. Key Strategies for Success • Working with staff from two partnering agencies • Family engagement • MOU's • Monitoring

21. Berkeley Unified School District Maria Carriedo, Principal, Early Childhood Education

22. Berkeley Unified School District • CSPP – 430 children • CCTR – 300 School age • Early Childhood Special Education inclusion • Full fee children/families • District General Funds supplement • Partnership with YMCA • 100 children dual enrolled in CSPP • CalSafe subcontract

23. YMCA of the Central Bay Area Pamm Shaw, Executive Director, Early Childhood Services

24. YMCA of the Central Bay Area • Head Start - 234 children • Subcontract with BUSD – 100 children • State Preschool – all dual enrolled in HS • Direct Contract with CDE • Subcontract with Emery USD • Early Head Start - 166 infants & toddlers • 34 infants and pregnant women in home based • CCTR, CalSafe – dual enrolled in EHS

25. BUSD/YMCA Partnership • Began 2003 as a result of enrollment concerns for both programs • All children dual enrolled in HS and CSPP • Subcontract relationship • YMCA provides family service staff, funds for mental health and screenings • BUSD core program+

26. Resources • Wallen, M. and Hubbard, A. Blending and Braiding Early Childhood Programs Funding Streams Toolkit, The Ounce, November 2013. • eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/ • http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/chssco.asp • http://caheadstart.org/

27. Wrapping it up