Upon approval there will be no fiscal impact from implementing these recommendations. The fiscal year funding received anticipates that part-day, part-year classrooms and Home Based Program will be closed during the summer months. The closure of the part day, part year Head Start Center Based and Home Based Programs is scheduled in the operation of the child care program, and the savings from the closure are incorporated into the Community Services Bureau’s budget.  

The Head Start Center Based and the Home Based programs operate on a nine-month schedule. Teacher-Project and Early Childhood Educator-Project positions, funded through the Administration for Children and Families grant, will be eliminated by the closing of business day May 15, 2015 to August 23, 2015.   
  
In order to keep expenditures within available funding and to keep staffing at the level necessary for efficient operation, it is necessary to abolish the positions described in Attachment A-1 on the dates indicated. Positions required to support the Head Start Center Based and Home Based program for the 2015-2016 program year will be re-established in August 2015 as indicated on Attachment A-2.

Failure to close the part-day, part year preschool classrooms and the Home Based Program during the summer months of 2015, may result in fiscal deficit for the Community Services Bureau of the Employment and Human Services Department.

Community Services Bureau supports all five outcomes establish by the Children’s Report Card: (1) Children Ready for and Succeeding in School; (2) Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood; (3) Families that are Economically Self Sufficient; (4) Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing; and (5) Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families. Both the part-day, part-year Head Start Center Based preschool program and the Home Based Program support all five outcomes listed above.