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2. Multiple Agencies Partner: SIUC Head Start
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). None. 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? Head Start pays for classroom supplies & materials and training. Partners supply space, staff, food, and utilities. Contract provides management fee to assist with these costs. 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? Cooks, Janitors, teachers & Director are employees of the partners. Head Start provides staff to carry out all Head Start Program Performance Standards & management staff for oversight & monitoring. 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. Term is 1 fiscal year. Sections include: Scope of Services; Term; Compensation for Administration of Head Start Services; Limitation of Cost; Termination; Project Director; Principal Investigator; Modification/Negotiation; Equipment; Evaluation, Reporting & Information Requirements; Equal Employment Opportunity & Civil Rights; Bonding, Indemnity, Insurances; Independent Contractor Status; Data Privacy; Conditions of the Parties’ Obligations regarding Funders & Regulations; Default; Letter of Agreement Documents (Compensation for Services, Description of Services, Program Performance Standards, Special Provisions). Each partner receives same amount based on maintaining required enrollment. Program’s approach & philosophy to partnering places higher value on continuity of care, extended weeks/hours of operation, enhanced curriculum, staff development/training. Monitoring compensation is not the driving force behind the collaboration. Head Start generates considerable in-kind from space & staffing. 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. Staff at the collaboration sites are included in all training provided to other Head Start staff. 21. Please give any other details about your collaboration that you believe are important, but not covered elsewhere. None. 22. If you could start your collaboration over again, knowing what you know now, what would you do differently? Would require the fees being paid to partner must be reflected in partner’s collaboration classroom’s teacher pay. 23. What advice do you have for agencies/homes starting new collaborations? Everything spelled out in detail in writing. Be aware of the amount of time required for monitoring/oversight. Acceptance that there are some limitations, i.e., staff may not be Head Start employees; agency philosophy differences, i.e., child care is a business & provides basic care; Head Start has same components, but it is much more a quality, enhancement & continuous improvement of comprehensive services.
Copyright 2005 Collaboration Model Description. Template.
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