ROCK-WALWORTH HEAD START & EARLY HEAD START

Policy Council Elections2011-2012

Presented by Karen Johnson and Sara Schumacher

POLICY COUNCIL ELGIBILTY Parent of a Head Start/Early Head Start

child Guardian of a HS/EHS child Able to attend once a month evening

meetings Wednesday evenings (usually the 2nd or 3rd

Wednesday of the month) Meetings are from 6:00PM—8:00PM Meeting located at the Beloit Head Start

Center 1221 Henry Ave.

FEDERAL GUIDELINES FOR POLICY COUNCIL

“Grantee Agencies (that’s us), and Delegate Agencies must establish and maintain a formal structure through which parents can participate in policy making, or in other decisions about the program.”

Hiring Committee

Recruitment Committee

Review, Revise, and Vote on

agency Policies and Procedures

Each Head Start and Early Head Start agency must consist of:

A Policy Council at the Grantee levelParent Center Committee (this includes ALL

Head Start/EHS Parents at a HS/EHS Center)

WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO ELECT POLICY COUNCIL

REPRESENTATIVES FOR GOOD SHEPHERD HEAD START AND

EARLY HEAD START

FAMILIES THE AGENCY FUNDSFederally Funded Families:• 355 Families

State of Wisconsin Funded Families:• 25 Families

Federally Funded Early Head Start Families • 120 Families

Total: 500 Funded Families

WHERE ARE OUR ENROLLED FAMILIES?

ROCK COUNTY SITES WALWORTH COUNTY SITES

Beloit Center;

124Beloit GS; 49

Janesville St.

Peter's;

80

Janesville Jef -

ferson ; 18

Rock County

Beloit Cen-terBeloit GSJanesville St. Peter'sJanesville Jefferson

Delavan , 18

Sharon

; 25

Elkhorn; 18

Lake

Geneva, 18

Walworth County

Delavan SharonWhitewa-terElkhornLake GenevaWhitewater, 31

EARLY HEAD START FAMILIES

Early Head Start:

Good Shepherd—Beloit: 17Community Kids—Beloit: 19Janesville Little TreeHouse: 24Rock County Expansion: 20Walworth County Expansion: 40 0 2 4 6

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Early Head Start

Early Head Start

How Many Policy Council Representatives Do We Need?

Walworth County: Rock County:Delavan : 1 Beloit Center: 3Sharon: 1 Good Shepherd: 1Lake Geneva: 1 St. Peter’s: 1Whitewater: 1 Jefferson: 1Elkhorn: 1

Early Head Start:Little Tree House: 1

Good Shepherd: 1Community Kids: 1Walworth County: 1

TOTAL: 17 Policy Council Representatives!

HOW DOES HS/EHS RECEIVE FUNDS?

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STATE OF WISCONSIN

$ 3 MILLION $160,000

CFS HEADSTART

Grant dollars travel through several departments before reaching:

Rock-Walworth Head Start and Early Head Start

OUR PROGRAM MUST HAVE: Board of Directors

To oversee legal and fiscal operations Executive Director (Connie Robers)

To oversee program operations Parent Policy Council

To help plan, approve decisions, participate in hiring, and a variety of decisions that affect our enrolled children and families

IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO SERVE FAMILIES…..

Our agency must have an ACTIVE Parent Policy Council!

Meet Regulations: FEDERAL

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

State of WI Child Care licensing regulations

Dept. of Transportation regulations

HS/EHS Agency Policy and Procedures

IN-KIND’s completed and matched by all of our volunteers!!

ARE YOU READY?

In order to be a Policy

Council Representative for

your child’s

center, you should know:

You must be the parent or legal guardian of a HS/EHS child

You cannot be related to any HS/EHS staff

You cannot be a HS/EHS staff You must be free of convictions

of any crime against a child. Background disclosure—

information will be kept confidential!

AS A POLICY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE

Be respected as a HS/EHS parent and an important member of a decision making team

Need to attend a mandatory Policy Council training for PC members— THIS IS FOR ADULTS ONLY!

Receive travel dollars from your home to meetings and back (37.5 cents per mile)

Receive $1 per hour/per child to help with babysitting costs

Receive a healthy dinner at the monthly meeting

ASK YOURSELF…. CAN YOU????

Commit to a once a month meeting held in Beloit?

Commit to attending the mandatory Policy Council Training?

DATE: WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16TH 5:00PM—8:00PM

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT WHILE

SERVING ON POLICY COUNCIL?

SHARE with the council the parent involvement activities at your child’s center

APPROVE or disapprove policies brought to the Policy Council

HAVE input on hiring staff, designing new program options, evaluating the program and so much more

TRAVEL as a representative of HS/EHS parents and the agency to trainings or eventsMadison Capitol Wisconsin Dells

YOU WILL LEARN MORE THAN YOU WOULD EVER

IMAGINE AND YOU CAN AND WILL MAKE A

DIFFERENCE!!!

HOW DO YOU BECOME ELECTED?

You may nominate yourself You may nominate another parent If you are interested you will be asked

to tell the group why they should vote for you

If you are nominated you may decline the nomination

Each parent/guardian in the group votes for the person of their choice. Highest vote wins

We will only have the representative—there will NOT be an alternate or shared membership.

REMEMBER Good Shepherd HS/EHS Needs:

1 Representative for HSAND

1 Representative for EHS

IF YOU ARE ELECTED….You will receive a letter from Cheryl Hutchison with the information in regards to your first training and meeting!

Further questions:

Call Cheryl at 299-1500 Ext 13Leave a message on her voicemail.

TIME TO VOTE!