What is Head Start? - Family Services of Grant County

2013-2014
Board of
Directors
Jeff Ketchel,
President
Family Services
of Grant County
(FSGC)
Steve DuVall,
Vice President
Juliann Dodds,
Treasurer
Louis Logan,
Secretary
Amanda Robles,
Policy Council
President
Lois Gibbens
Cheryl Hein
Silvia MartinezSchempp
Vera Senn
John McKean
David Bustamonte
2014 Fiscal Year End Annual Report
“Oh, the places You’ll
Go!”
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Table of Contents:
The Mission of Family Services of Grant County...…………………………...………………………………...4
What is Early Head Start/Head Start?……………......……….………………………………………………….5
Program and Center Information..……………………………………………………………………………….6
Policy Council President Interview..…………………………………………………………………………….7
Shared Governance.............................…..……………………………………………………………………….8
Progress on Healthy Lifestyles Goals………………………...………………………………………………….8
Parent Activities...............................………………………………………………………………...........……..9
Health……………..…………………………………………………………………………………………….10
Educational Outcomes and School Readiness…..…………...…………………………………………………11
FSGC’s Early Head Start Program is Recognized……………………………………………………………...12
Learning Approaches for FSGC Programs………………………………………………...…………………...13
Head Start Teacher Quality and CLASS scores…………………………………………...…………………...14
Statement of Revenues and Expenses…..…………………………………………………………………….. 15
Graph of 2013 Revenues and Expenses…..…………………………………………….…………………….. 16
Statement of Financial Position………………………………………………………………………………...17
2014 Budget…..…..…………………………………………………………………………………………….18
2013 Fiscal Audit Results and Findings………………………………………….…………………………….19
2013 Federal Triennial Review Findings……………………………………………………………………….20
Letter from the Executive Director……………………………………………………………………………..21
Administration and Management……………………………………………………………………………….22
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Family Services of Grant County’s Mission
Family Services of Grant County partners with children,
parents, families and communities to promote growth
through high quality education and comprehensive
health and social service networks.
Our administrative offices are located at the
Denise Schmidt Center
1402 E. Craig St., Moses Lake, WA
We operate two federally funded programs:


Head Start
Early Head Start
Family Services of Grant County was formed in 1983 by a grass-roots citizen’s group.
Since that time we have grown to employ over 60 staff members, and
expanded to provide educational services for 238 children at a given time and their
families.
(see page 5 for more information about our services).
Financial Eligibility
When was the last time you tried to live on a
monthly paycheck that looks like this?
These federal income eligibility
requirements must be met to
qualify for FSGC’s Head Start
or Early Head Start program.
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To Qualify, a family
Persons
must make less than
in family/
the following per
household
month:
1
$ 981
2
$1,328
3
$1,674
4
$2,021
What is Early Head Start ?
Parent Education and Support for 94 Low Income Families with
Infants, Toddlers and Pregnant Moms
Classroom = Two days of class and two home visits per month.
Home Based = Weekly home visitation and bi-monthly educational
groups.
1) Parents and Children Together (PACT) classroom in Moses Lake is for children in foster care.
2) Toddler Class in Moses Lake gives EHS toddlers a taste of preschool 2 days
per week.
3) Home Based Caseloads with Family Educators in Moses Lake, Ephrata, and
Soap Lake to offer weekly parent education.
4) Families meet federal income eligibility to qualify.
What is Head Start?
Quality Preschool Education and Family Support for 144 Low
Income Children
1) Classrooms are in three communities - Moses Lake, Ephrata and
Soap Lake.
2) Preschool is 4 hours per day, 4 days per week.
3) Services:

individualized assessment and education,

screenings for health, dental, and behavioral concerns,

nutritious meals,

resources to help families be successful, and

parent leadership training.
3) Families meet federal income eligibility to qualify (as noted
left).
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Program & Center Information
Soap Lake Center
Program
Children
Served
Families
Served
Special
Needs
Children
Head Start
Preschool
21
18
4
Early Head Start
Teen PACT
17
13
0
In Soap Lake there are 16 un
-served eligible children on
our waiting list; our Community Needs Assessment
shows that we are adequately serving the area
with very few children left
unidentified.
Center Contact
Information
Grand
Coulee
Moses Lake Center
Denise Schmidt
Center
Administrative
Office
1402 E. Craig St.,
Moses Lake, WA
(509) 766-9877
Soap Lake
Ephrata Center
246 8th Ave.,
Ephrata, WA
(509) 754-5358
Ephrata
Soap Lake Center
410 S. Gingko,
Soap Lake, WA
(509) 246-1323
Moses Lake
Ephrata Center
Program
Children
Served
Families
Served
Special
Needs
Children
Head Start
Preschool
23
22
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Early Head Start
Home Based (includes
Soap Lake )
31
27
1
6
In Ephrata there are 6
eligible un-served
children on the waiting list; our Community Needs Assessment shows that that
there are as many as
189 children left unserved in the community.
Program
Children
Served
Families
Served
Special
Needs
Children
Head
Start
Preschool
132
106
16
Early
Head
Start
Home
Based
49
40
4
Early
Head
Start
PACT
17
13
1
Early
Head
Start
Toddler
Class
19
19
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In Moses
Lake there
are 136
eligible unserved
children on
our waiting
list; our
Community
Needs
Assessment
shows that
there are as
many as
452 children left un
-served in
the community.
***FSGC maintained 100%
enrollment for both programs
this year. This means that of
our 144 Head Start funded preschool positions, and 94 funded
Early Head Start Home Based
and Classroom positions, that
none were left open for more
than thirty days.
President
Ephrata Early Head Start
Amanda Robles
Vice President
Moses Lake Head Start
Loni Sandoval
Secretary
Moses Lake Head Start
Alejandra Maravilla
Treasurer
Moses Lake Head Start
Amber Meader
Soap Lake EHS
Tiffany Payne
Moses Lake EHS
Esperanza Yepez
Community Member
Bob Walsh, People for People
Community Member
Marginia Carlile, Past Parent
An outgoing Policy Council
President’s Reflections
Our parents begin the year by becoming involved with their
Parent Center Committee (PCC). This group is responsible for planning
center activity nights that involve children and parents in socializing,
learning activities and celebrations at their local center. Each PCC
has an organized leadership structure that includes elected officers.
Parents may be elected from PCC to the Policy Council (PC), which is
FSGCs primary mechanism for parent input into program policies.
Here’s what Amanda Robles, the outgoing Policy Council Chair, had to
say from her perspective of being on Policy Council for three years:
“Policy Council takes a lot of work and the willingness to go
outside your comfort zone. I believe the most important traits for a
Policy Council Representative are motivation (you need lots of energy), a strong will, dedication and the ability to speak up. These are
especially important at Washington State Association of Head Start
and ECEAP (WSA) meetings where we learn about advocacy and talk
to state and federal congressmen and women. Policy Council taught
me professional etiquette and gave me the opportunity to be on the
WSA Board.
The most enjoyable experiences I had were in mingling with
administrative staff and belonging to our Policy Council after three
years of working together. Our group members supported each
other; many of us were overcoming similar difficulties in life. The
hardest part of the job was when we went through the Sequester and
had to cut transportation and classrooms, looking at budgets and
coming to solutions. There was a lot to learn about how it all works. I
had to learn how the funds filter down from the Office of Head
Start to Region X to us, and that we have lots of guidelines we have
to follow. I still use the
skills that I’ve gained in
working with the public
schools advocating for my
children. Head Start also
taught me to “pick my battles” because you don’t win
them all. I will miss getting the regular updates
that I used to receive
from PC!”
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Shared Governance
who works for Grant County’s office of Public
Defense.
FSGC has two governing bodies: the FSGC
Board, and Policy Council (see page 7 for an interview with the former PC President). The
FSGC Board is legally and fiscally responsible
for the organization. President Jeff Ketchel,
the Administrator for the Grant County Health
District, has supported and guided our progress on long term goals focusing on wellness
and healthy lifestyles (see article below).
The FSGC Board is required by Head
Start Performance Standards to have members with expertise in finance, law and early
childhood. Our financial expert is Juliann
Dodds, Bank Manager at Umpqua in Moses
Lake. She has performed faithfully by reviewing all credit card receipts, and vigilantly
watching our budget to ensure FSGC’s future
fiscal viability as an organization.
We welcomed our newest member recently, David Bustamante, Esq. a legal expert
Our current early childhood expert,
Louis Logan, a former FSGC Education Director, is completing his final term on the Board.
He is featured on the front page as “the Cat in
the Hat”. We thank him for his many years of
service and for the joy he brings to children
and families! The FSGC Board will be recruiting a new member with expertise in early childhood to meet standards in the near future.
Progress on our Healthy Life-Styles Goals
In April of 2014, Family Services of Grant County (FSGC) collaborated with parents and community partners to install and plant raised garden beds. Home Depot and Lowes supplied
enough lumber to build eight garden boxes; Tommer’s Construction supplied the soil and Home
Depot gave us steer manure to enrich the soil. The Food Bank, Brier Patch Farm and Big R supplied seeds and baby plants. Parents supported by FSGC Staff and Job Corps volunteers built
the boxes and children planted the seeds and plant starts. Children were taught how to treat
the garden and how to harvest; then they got to eat what they had grown. As we continue with
this project, we encourage parents and children to eat
healthy foods by incorporating fresh fruits and vegetables into their diets. FSGC children learn in the classroom from a curriculum called Grow It, Try It, Like It,.
FSGC Healthy Lifestyle Goals have been reflected in the
parents choice to serve fresh, low sugar desserts to their
children at parent driven activities. Other aspects of the
FSGC healthy lifestyles goal includes encouraging movement through IMIL (I’m moving I’m learning ).
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Parent Activities
The following is a list of many of the activities
Friendship Friday
that parents have supported throughout the
Cooking Matters at the Store
past school year:
Parent training in Professionalism
Monthly - Policy Council meeting
Topics covered at each center:
Washington State Association (WSA) of Head
Advocacy & Parent Involvement
Start and ECEAP training events
Literacy
Parent Orientation - All Centers
“All About Me”
Transportation Safety
Scrapbooking Children’s Profiles
Pedestrian safety
Nutrition training
Hand washing safety
Budgeting training
Quarterly Child Development and Curriculum input
Dental Health
meetings
FUN Fridays
Personnel Committee Meetings - as needed for
Annual Lion’s Club dinner
staff changes
Kindergarten Registration night
Quarterly Health Advisory Committee Meetings
End of the Year Barbeques
and Menu Planning
Moses Lake End of Year Transportation &
Monthly Socializations with Parent/Child activities
Safety Fair with EHS Recruitment
Monthly Parent Center Committee meetings with
Gleaning apples and potatoes
individual planned center activities, including:
Fatherhood Activities
Singing at the Nursing Home/Caroling
Movie and Snacks
Pajama Day/Hat Day and Wacky Hair Day
“Wacky Wednesday” (unusual dress)
Healthy gingerbread making, Gingerbread
Houses & Gingerbread man hunt,
Winter & Harvest Festival
Field trips (tree farm, pumpkin patch, Doolittle
Park, veterinarian clinic, library, post office,
etc.)
First Aid/CPR
Bowling
salt dough handprints and other dough ornaments,
hand print wreaths,
a trip to the museum,
snowman creations
Positive Discipline
Open House
Parents and children enjoy meeting a puppy in
the classroom.
Hearthstone Grandparents Visit
Parents are involved at every level of the Head Start and Early Head Start programs because we believe that...
Parents are the first and most important educators of their children!
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100% of EHS children received a dental screening
92.6% of Head Start children received a dental exam
98.1% of EHS children were
up to date for their age for
medical care
89.2% of Head Start children
received a medical exam
2013-14 Health
Accomplishments
Our FSGC Nurse Specialist continues to
use the new Spot Vision equipment resulting in four Head Start and five Early Head
Start Toddlers receiving glasses last year.
Changes in Body Mass Index
BMI) associated with Head Start
participation
The Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics recently reported1 that
“Preschool-aged children with an unhealthy weight status who participated in
Head Start had a significantly healthier
Body Mass Index (BMI) by kindergarten
entry age than comparison children in a
primary care health system (both those
receiving and those not receiving Medicaid).”
FSGC’s local statistics support these national findings. Our Head Start enrolled
39 children in the 2014 school year who
were identified as obese according to
their BMI. Of 38 who were weighed twice,
eleven children had a decreased BMI at
the end of the year. Of the eleven, seven
children’s BMI had decreased to be identified as overweight rather than obese,
and four children were determined to be
within normal limits.
1Julie
C. Lumeng, MD et al., (2014) Changes in Body
Mass Index Associated With Head Start Participation.
Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
retrieved from fhttp://pediatrics.aappublications.org/
content/135/2/e449.abstract?sid=14b00ff2-c950-4e908e6e-da7a4dc569f6
They compared Head Start enrollees to
same age non enrolled children in Michigan between the years of 2005 and 2013.
Comparison group children were divided
between those receiving Medicaid and
those on private insurance.
These results are associated by experts
to be due to more activity, more regular
sleep schedules, less TV time and healthier meals.
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Health includes promoting children’s physical
growth and development.
Child Outcomes for Children Going to Kindergarten in Spring 2014
*WAKids data
Family Services of Grant County 2013-14 Progress of Children
Teaching Strategies Gold (TSG) is the
research based developmental assessment tool that FSGC utilizes to show
growth trends with Head Start and
Early Head Start children. Washington
State also utilizes TSG to assess the developmental level of all children entering kindergarten.
The chart above depicts local WAKids
data for Moses Lake and Ephrata, data
for low income children entering kindergarten in Washington State, data for
all children entering kindergarten in this
state and FSGC data for comparison.
Of the children represented within the
group measured in Washington State,
many may have also attended preschool.
The 2013-2014 School year final outcomes reports shows considerable
growth. Last year, we focused on math and science and you can see the
corresponding growth in the cognitive area!
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Yet you can see the data shows that
FSGC Head Start children are more
prepared at the end of preschool for
kindergarten than are the total of all
children entering kindergarten in Washington State, regardless of income
(WAKids Data).
1 Washington State Department of Early Learning, WaKIDS
(2014 January). Retrieved from http://www.k12.wa.us/
WaKIDS/pubdocs/WaKIDSFall2013Data.pdf
Early Head Start has been recognized for their hard work by receiving the Parents as Teachers Quality Endorsement for our Home Based program. In order to receive this commendation the program had to meet
or exceed all the following seventeen essential requirements:

Each program Family Educator (FE) must have a high school diploma and two years of experience
serving families with children between prenatal to kindergarten.

A parent advisory council must exist that meets at least every six months (our Policy Council meets
this function).

Each program PAT Supervisor must have twelve or fewer Family Educators (FEs) to supervise. All
FEs and Supervisors must be trained in PAT and receive continuous professional development and
training.

Research based family assessments are completed on each participating family, and parents create
goals based upon their family’s needs and future desires.

Every family receives at least twenty-four annual home visits (Early Head Start (most families receive
four visits per month). New FEs complete no more than 48 visits in a month and after one year of experience no more than 60.

There are at least twelve group socializations in a year among parents.

Required screenings are completed within 90 days of enrollment for children over four months.

Educators provide referrals to resources for their families in areas of need.

Self assessment is completed annually and includes feedback from parents, and

The Annual Performance Report is completed.
We have exceeded all the essential requirements and had a perfect federal monitoring
review giving us the endorsement until summer of 2018 when we will undergo the process again to ensure continued quality of program. We are proud of the work accomplished this year!
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When I paint at the easel, I am learning…. When I explore with water I am learning…
 To develop my imagination and creativity.


Eye-hand coordination, helpful for learning to write. 
To distinguish shapes and purposely create shapes. 

To express my feelings and ideas.

Relationships of space and size, necessary for
mathematics.

About different temperatures.

About wet, dry, and evaporation.

Concepts of symmetry, balance, and design.

What happens when you mix water with some thing
(soap, food coloring, dirt, etc.)

Eye-hand coordination as I learn to pour.

Concepts of empty and full, less and more, relevant
to mathematics.
When I sort things, I am learning…

To match and sort items that are the same and different, a pre-reading and pre-math skill.

Concepts of color, size, and shape.

Numerical concepts of more and less.

Logical reasoning.
That some things sink and some things float.
To observe changes as water takes different forms in
different containers.
When I climb on playground equipment, I
am learning…

Self-confidence as I develop new skills.

Physical strength, coordination and balance.

To use my imagination.

To cooperate with others when involved in some dramatic play.

To solve problems.
When I play dress-up, I am learning…

To be flexible in my thinking.

To try on different adult roles.

To solve problems, especially
socially, through negotiations with
friends.
When I play with blocks, puzzles, trucks,
and dolls, I am learning…

To make decisions.
When I play with playdough, I am learning…

To exercise my imagination.

To cooperate with others.


To solve problems.
Concepts of shapes, relative sizes, big, small, length,
height, etc.

Concepts of shape, size, length, and location.

To express my feelings by squeezing and pounding.

To create and repeat patterns, a reading and math
skill.

To exercise my imagination and creativity.
When I talk with others, I am learning…

To listen and understand spoken language.

To add my ideas to the discussion. My ideas have
value.

To wait while others are talking.

New vocabulary connected with the topic of discussion.
Adapted from:
When I Play I am Learning
Written by Karen Miller Children’s World National Director of Education
www.vmcp.org/play. html
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Head Start Teacher Quality
During the past several years, the Office of Head Start (OHS) has used the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS™) Pre-K Teacher-Child Observation Instrument during
its on-site reviews of grantees. CLASS-reliable reviewers visit preschool classrooms of reviewed programs to obtain grantee-level scores. The table below provides descriptive statistics of the 2014 grantee-level national CLASS™ data. Those programs that fall below the
lowest 10% are required to re-compete for their funding.
From OHS website, http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/sr/quality/2013-class-data
FSGC Teachers and specialists work hard to ensure our quality is high. As part of our ongoing efforts, our teachers are rated locally with the CLASS instrument by certified reliable
observers. The chart below depicts FSGC scores in comparison to the highest and lowest
10% of scores attained by those reviewed during the 2013-2014 school year. FSGC’s
Teacher CLASS scores were above the highest 10% in the nation for Instructional Support
and close to the median for Emotinal Support and Classroom Organization.
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Family Services of Grant County
Statement of Revenue and Expenses
From 1/1/2014 to 12/31/2014
Early Head Start
Family Services
Head Start
USDA
Total
Grants Federal
1,241,939.57
0.00
1,647,620.51
71,654.71
2,961,214.79
Other Revenue
948.96
3,704.91
20,606.90
5,926.50
31,187.27
Total Revenue
1,242,888.53
3,704.91
1,668,227.41
77,581.21
2,992,402.06
Wages
730,594.80
120.50
954,977.38
0.00
1,685,692.68
Payroll Taxes
102,102.64
18.07
145,411.02
0.00
247,531.73
98,141.82
0.00
144,465.36
0.00
242,607.18
930,839.26
138.57
1,244,853.76
0.00
2,175,831.59
5,290.50
0.00
8,241.80
0.00
13,532.30
Equipment (under 5K)
Other
Total Equipment
Supplies
49.83
0.00
49.83
60,701.43
0.00
0.00
0.00
177.31
77.62
0.00
77.62
102,062.82
0.00
0.00
0.00
73,511.08
127.45
0.00
127.45
236,452.64
Travel & Training
36,217.99
(109.89)
27,375.58
0.00
63,483.68
Other
163,581.44
762.96
209,466.24
0.00
373,810.64
Total Other Expenses
265,841.19
830.38
347,224.06
73,511.08
687,406.71
46,208.08
2,735.96
76,149.59
4,070.13
129,163.76
2,983.21
0.00
3,678.23
0.00
6,661.44
1,274.64
0.00
3,627.76
0.00
4,902.40
28,501.58
0.00
71,832.00
0.00
100,333.58
15,421.39
0.00
10,813.01
0.00
26,234.40
48,180.82
1,244,861.27
0.00
968.95
89,951.00
1,682,028.82
0.00
73,511.08
138,131.82
3,001,370.12
(1,972.74)
2,735.96
(13,801.41)
4,070.13
(8,968.06)
Employee Benefits
Total Employee Cost
Contract Service
Equipment
Gain/Loss
Depreciation
Equipment
(Depreciation)
Land Improve
(Depreciation)
Occupation (Building
Depreciation)
Transportation
(Vehicle Depreciation)
Total Depreciation
Total Expenses
Net Gain/Loss
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USDA,
77,581.21 ,
2.6%
Head Start,
1,668,227.41 ,
55.7%
FSGC Fiscal Year 2014
Revenue
Early Head
Start,
1,242,888.53 ,
41.5%
Family
Services,
3,704.91 , 0.1%
Supplies
Other
Travel and Training
Supplies
Equipment Purchases
Contracted Services
Employee Costs
3,001,370.12
511,942.46
63,483.68
236,452.64
127.45
2,175,831.59
13,532.30
FSGC Fiscal Year 2014 Expenditures
Employee Costs
Contracted Services
Early Head Start
Travel and Training
Equipment Purchases
Family Services
Other
Other,
511,942.46
Employee Costs,
2,175,831.59
Fiscal Year 2014 Expenditures
Total Expenditures
Head Start
USDA
Travel and
Training,
63,483.68
Supplies,
236,452.64
Equipment
Purchases,
127.45
Contracted
Services,
13,532.30
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FAMILY SERVICES OF GRANT COUNTY
Statement of Financial Position as of 12/31/2014
Current Year Balance
Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalent
Restricted Cash
Grants Receivable
Accounts Receivable
Unemployment Compensation
Prior Year Current Year Change
Current Year %
281,938.36
65,374.87
41,316.58
3,835.65
72,855.76
287,558.02
65,334.08
62,944.41
570.00
29,871.91
(5,619.66)
40.79
(21,627.83)
3,265.65
42,983.85
(1.95)
0.06
(34.36)
572.92
143.89
Prepaid Expenses
Total Assets
17,665.96
482,987.18
25,167.63
471,446.05
(7,501.67)
11,541.13
(29.81)
2.45
Total Current Assets
482,987.18
471,446.05
11,541.13
2.45
3,588,738.77
(1,323,978.07)
244,500.23
2,509,260.93
3,505,776.70
(1,204,003.70)
244,500.23
2,546,273.23
82,962.07
(119,974.37)
0.00
(37,012.30)
2.37
9.96
0.00
(1.45)
Total Property and Equipment
2,509,260.93
2,546,273.23
(37,012.30)
(1.45)
Net Assets
2,992,248.11
3,017,719.28
(25,471.17)
(0.84)
28,128.88
218,048.62
39,601.18
199,683.85
(11,472.30)
18,364.77
(28.97)
9.20
30,722.70
64,874.78
95,597.48
23,082.67
364,857.65
29,397.92
67,098.50
96,496.42
22,480.64
358,262.09
1,324.78
(2,223.72)
(898.94)
602.03
6,595.56
4.51
(3.31)
(0.93)
2.68
1.84
364,857.65
358,262.09
6,595.56
1.84
Mortgage Payable (Long
1,273,421.14
1,296,519.81
(23,098.67)
(1.78)
Total Mortgage Payable less
1,273,421.14
1,296,519.81
(23,098.67)
(1.78)
1,273,421.14
1,296,519.81
(23,098.67)
(1.78)
1,273,421.14
1,296,519.81
(23,098.67)
(1.78)
(1,638,278.79)
(1,654,781.90)
16,503.11
(1.00)
1,353,969.32
1,353,969.32
1,362,937.38
1,362,937.38
(8,968.06)
(8,968.06)
(0.66)
(0.66)
(3,017,719.28)
25,471.17
(0.84)
Property and Equipment
Property and Equipment
Accumulated Depreciation
Land
Total Property and Equipment
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable
Payroll Liabilities
Accrued Expenses
Accrued Vacation Payable
Wages Payable
Total Accrued Expenses
Mortgage Payable Current
Total Current Liabilities
Total Current Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Mortgage Payable less Reserve
Total Long Term Liabilities
Total Long Term Debt
Total Liabilities
Net Assets
Total Net Assets
Liabilities and Net Assets
(2,992,248.11)
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FAMILY SERVICES OF GRANT COUNTY
BUDGET
NOVEMBER 1, 2014-OCTOBER 31, 2015
EARLY HEAD START
2014-2015
Code
HEAD START 20142015
TOTAL
USDA
Account Title
4001
Grants - Federal
4004
FP Rental
1,236,351
Training & Technical
TOTAL REVENUE
5100
Salaries and Wages (Budgeted)
5210
FICA/Medicaid
5211
Workers Comp
5212
Unemploy Ins
5320
Health & Dental Ins
TOTAL EMPLOYEE COSTS
TOTAL SUPPLIES
TOTAL CONTRACTED
TRAVEL AND TRAINING
TOTAL OTHER
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
GAIN/LOSS
1,585,932
75,000
2,897,283
23,688
23,688
30,512
19,835
50,347
1,266,863
1,629,455
706,475
1,019,963
1,726,438
54,045
78,027
132,073
13,000
18,000
31,000
32,479
70,800
103,278
218,626
137,574
356,200
1,024,625
1,324,364
2,348,989
42,540
70,270
5,522
10,378
15,900
30,512
19,835
50,347
163,664
204,608
0
368,272
1,266,863
1,629,455
75,000
2,971,318
(0)
0
18
75,000
75,000
2,971,318
187,810
(0)
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Schedule of Audit Findings
2013 Annual Fiscal Audit
Completed May 18, 2014
By ClifftonLarsonAllen
Findings & Corrective Action from triennial Federal Review
Conducted March 24, 2013
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“2014 - Oh the Places You’ll Go!”
Dr. Suess’s books hold fond memories for many of us; memories of significant people in
our lives who took the time to engage with a small child and bring joy, laughter and language into
their life. For me, this person was my sister, who although only three years older loved Dr.
Suess and helped teach me to read by the time I was four years old.
For children at FSGC it is their teachers, other staff members and special volunteers
who read and play with them. These gifted people make books and stories come alive, bringing
imagination, creativity and playfulness to our children’s classrooms, often resulting choruses of
“read it again, PLEASE!”; to which the response is often “OK, one more time…” because we are
aware that repetition is useful for children’s learning. When observed, learning may seem to be
a mere side effect of playful activity; however, the growth promoting interaction resulting in
higher literacy and language acquisition is all very intentional.
Early Childhood educators are gifted at using a child’s interests, engaging in topics the
child likes and expanding them in new ways. Consequently they help children build on what is already known (scaffolding), and reinforce the learning with the child’s enjoyment. FSGC teachers are adept at using the Comment, Ask, Respond, Expand with Sensitivity (CARES) system to
extend children’s thought processes in a given activity. It is a way of interacting with a child
that acknowledges their interests while engaging them with thinking about something new. The
chart on page 11 is good evidence that FSGC’s enrollees are learning at a faster rate and are
more apt to be ready to enter Kindergarten than the average child in Washington State. This is
something to be very proud of!
FSGC has many other accomplishments to highlight as well. This year we are inviting our
families to take part in our eight week Circle of Security parenting training. Our parents report
really enjoying this material! Circle of Security teaches that a strong parent/child bond is critical to children’s learning process. Offering security to your child when he or she needs you, assists them in building the confidence to explore: a trait that promotes learning and fuels future
mastery. Many other opportunities have also been used to support parents as advocates for
their children’s healthy development. Parents of enrolled children have
been involved in a broad array of activities from promoting healthy food
choices, to literacy development, organizational development, and budgeting. FSGC has offered cooking seminars in which they have learned to
make pumpkin pie from pumpkins, and how to cook dried beans. Policy
Council members have had the opportunity to go to seminars in which
they learned about local program and public policy making. Last year, 581
volunteers (both parents and others) came through our doors. The individuals who work and volunteer at FSGC bring life to the party; nurturing
and belonging to both the children and families we serve; and offer messages of hope and excitement for our future. As Dr. Suess would say,
“Oh, the places we’ll go”!
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2013 Administration and Management
Sally Gundry, MSW, Executive Director
Annette Hippolyte, Human Resource Director
Daisy Sharp, Chief Fiscal Officer
Lorraine Kane, LCSW, HS/EHS Specialist
Lori Bennett, MSW, EHS/HS Specialist
Vernell Whitney, M. Ed, Education Specialist
Lisa Crum, Preschool Manager Disabilities Coordinator
Stephanie Bates, Parent Engagement Specialist
Cindy Essex, Operations Manager
Margie Lopez, Moses Lake Home Services Specialist
Stephanie Lundgren, RN, Health Specialist
Ginny Varela, ERSEA and Quality Assurance Specialist
Catie Darrow, Program Assistant
Echo Winston, Program Assistant
1. Did you know FSGC employs 63 individuals and 7 on call substitutes?
2. Did you know FSGC served 176 preschool children, 108 infants and toddlers, and 13 pregnant women last year?
3. Did you know that Head Start children are more ready for kindergarten than their peers
who do not attend Head Start?
4. Did you know FSGC identified 9 children who needed glasses last year?
5. Did you know that Head Start programs obtain 20% of their funding through local support
or volunteerism?
6. Did you know FSGC had 581 volunteers come through our doors in the past year?
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