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1. One Agency Multiple Funders: Kids Hope United/Bridgeport
Early Care & Education Program Collaboration Model Description
1. Model (Please check only one. Complete separate forms for different collaboration models.)
2. Collaboration Type (Check all that apply to this collaboration model.)
3. Partnership Initiated By
4. Demographics
5. Schedule
6. Number of Children Served Full-Day/Year by Location, Setting & Age
7. Total number of children served by organization
8. Total number of children served by partner’s organization (if applicable). Note: this means an early care & education partner with whom you are collaborating. Agencies that checked “One Agency, Multiple Funders” in question 1, page 1 of this survey will NOT complete this question.
9. Funding used to support full-day/year services (Check all that apply.)
10. Administration/Management (Check either yes, no or not applicable – NA – for each item.)
11. Has the collaboration had an impact on the partner’s internal practices with regard to (check yes or no for each item):
12. Program Services (Make 2 checks for each item – 1 to indicate which partner is primarily responsible for direct service delivery and the other to indicate which children receive that service – all or just the collaboration children.)
13. Primary objectives for beginning this collaboration (check all that apply)
14. Collaboration Development & Management
15. Program Components: Please answer the following questions about your collaboration program. Show in column 2 which partner is responsible for each program component. Check which children receive the program component in the last 2 columns - either all children in the classroom(s) or just the collaboration children.
Answer the following questions IN AS FEW WORDS as possible, still giving a picture of how your collaboration works. Use bullet point lists whenever possible. 16. List/describe any other program components included in the collaboration that are not described in items 12 and 15 (pages 3-4). All areas are covered above. 17. Please describe how budgeting and cost sharing among funding sources is done. How do you decide how costs will be shared? What are the financial arrangements between partners? Cost allocations are based on number of children and specific funding source requirements. Regular payments are made upon completion of expenditure reports as per contract. 18. Please explain how your collaboration is staffed. Include classroom and support staff and tell how this is changed/different from your regular program. Who funds the staff’s salaries? Who supervises the staff and who employs them? What salaries and benefits are offered collaboration staff and is this different from other staff? Classrooms have 3 teaching staff assigned and receive coaching and supervision from the Master Teachers who have advanced teaching credentials, experience and/or 04 certification. Head Start pays a portion of the teachers salaries and Master teachers are paid through the Pre-K collaboration. All staff are employees of Kids Hope United. Family support staff positions are new since Head Start and a portion of their salaries are paid by Head Start also. All staff benefits are the same with the exception of the Head Start required COLA increases which only staff on the Head Start budget receives. 19. Please tell about your written agreement, if you have one. Include: what the agreement covers (section titles); term (what the time period is); if finances are part of the agreement and how these were figured; etc. The Head Start term is from January to December and the Pre-K term is July – June. Written agreements are in place for all funding streams and include the General Terms and Conditions, Fiscal Terms and Conditions, Partner Agency Responsibilities, Suspension and Termination procedures & various attachments. Finances are based upon approved budget amounts. 20. Please describe the training system for your collaboration. Include what kind of training is done, how costs are shared among funding sources and/or partners, and how it has changed since the collaboration began. Monthly training is provided by funders as well as regular Pre-service training. The funder pays for this training. Local training is also provided through in-service training and paid for by the agency. There are more opportunities for training outside of the center since the collaboration. 21. Please give any other details about your collaboration that you believe are important, but not covered elsewhere. N/A 22. If you could start your collaboration over again, knowing what you know now, what would you do differently? Nothing. 23. What advice do you have for agencies/homes starting new collaborations? Be flexible, open to change and growth (and the headaches that come with it!) and have regular opportunities for communication and sharing with partners. Learn from other program's struggles with this process. There are many benefits for the families, children and staff! Copyright 2005 Collaboration Model Description. Template.
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