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1. One Agency Multiple Funders: Easter Seal/Chicago
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). 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 analyses are done on a yearly basis that shows the cost allocation and resources assigned to each program type. CYS provides the Head Start and Child Care funds. 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? Each classroom has 3 teaching staff (1 teacher and 2 assistants/aides), janitor, cook/food aide, site director, and social service staff. Cost sharing is aligned with the various funding streams. Staff has the opportunity to be involved in other agency programs such as health insurance, vacation and sick pay. 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. CYS has a contract with the agency that shows the allocation of funds for each program types that agency has. 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. CYS provides training at the grantee level to support the systems/services of Head Start as well as child care requirements and procedures to enroll eligible children and families. Costs are shared across funding streams depending on the topic of the training. 21. Please give any other details about your collaboration that you believe are important, but not covered elsewhere. 22. If you could start your collaboration over again, knowing what you know now, what would you do differently? Advocate for annual increases in funding. 23. What advice do you have for agencies/homes starting new collaborations? Establish an effective communication system with the grantee and funders that will afford the opportunities for agencies to gain information and make programmatic decisions. Copyright 2005 Collaboration Model Description. Template. |
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