Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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Motion 24-366, approving the Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services Application
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DEPARTMENT: Human Services
ORIGINATOR: Laurie Bain-Smith
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Lacey Harper 8/29/24
PURPOSE: Request Council approval for electronic submission of a baseline five-year application to the Department of Health and Human Services/Administration for Children and Families/Office of Head Start (DHHS/ACF/OHS) for Snohomish County Early Head Start, for FY 2025. Application to be submitted no later than September 30, 2024.
BACKGROUND: Snohomish County is applying for funding in the amount of $1,503,090 to continue the Early Head Start Program in Snohomish County for the period January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025. This application is for the first year of a baseline five-year award period through December 31, 2029, renewable annually. FY 2025 is considered to be year one of the five-year application cycle.
Funding will support the enrollment of 82 children and families in Early Head Start, with services offered across Snohomish County. The number of students has not changed since the initial award of the program in 2010.
To accept this application, DHHS/ACF/OHS requires approval and signature by the governing body, the Snohomish County Council, as required by the Head Start Act 642(c)(1) and per SCC 2.10.010(23).
The application becomes the Contract upon approval by DHHS/ACF/OHS. The Contract is included in the pending 2025 Grant Work Plan.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
EXPEND: FUND, AGY, ORG, ACTY, OBJ, AU
CURRENT YR
2ND YR
1ST 6 YRS
124 504197 (EHS-Admin.: various detail objects)
$152,262.00
124 504198 (EHS-Operations: various detail objects)
$1,350,828.00
TOTAL
$1,503,090.00
REVENUE: FUND, AGY, ORG, REV, SOURCE
CURRENT YR
2ND YR
1ST 6 YRS
124 3041979709 (Fed. Early Head Start Admin. Rev.)
$152,262.00
124 3041989709 (F...
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