Early Care & Education Program Collaboration Model Description
| Agency/Home Name: |
Christopher House |
| Contact Person: |
Lori Ann Baas |
| Address: |
2507 N. Greenview Avenue, Chicago 60614 |
| Phone: |
773-472-1083 |
| Email Address: |
lbaas@christopherhouse.org |
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
| Hours per day: |
10 |
| From: |
7:30am |
| To: |
5:30pm |
| Days/Weeks per year: |
5 days/wk.; 52 weeks per year |
| Holidays or other time “off” or closed: |
New Years, MLK Birthday, President’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving & day after, Christmas. |
| If this is an Early/Head Start collaboration, please indicate the program option & number of Early/Head start hours: |
Center based |
6. Number of Children Served Full-Day/Year by Location, Setting & Age
Setting includes: Head Start/Early Head Start site; Child care center; Family child care homes; Public/private school system; Other (explain/describe)
Location |
Setting |
# Infants |
# Toddlers |
# Preschool |
| Buena Park |
Center (EHS/CC & HS/CC/PreK) |
0 |
16 |
20 |
| Greenview |
Center (E & HS/CC & HS/CC/PreK) |
0 |
16 |
40 |
| LakeShore |
Center (HS/CC/PreK) |
0 |
0 |
37 |
| Logan Square |
Center (HS/CC/PreK) |
0 |
0 |
54 |
| Palmer Square |
Center |
0 |
0 |
40 |
| Rogers Park |
Center |
0 |
0 |
40 |
Location |
Setting |
# Infants |
# Toddlers |
# Preschool |
| Uptown |
Center (E & HS/CC & HS/CC/PreK |
8 |
48 |
120 |
| Family Child Care |
Homes |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Totals |
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10 |
82 |
353 |
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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?
Our agency reviews all funding sources and all costs and work to balance the budget effectively.
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?
Pre-K Master Teacher’s salaries are funded from the collaboration with the Community Partnership Program. These teachers have a higher rate of pay than other teachers in the agency. The staff is supervised by the Site Directors at each location. The collaboration staff also monitors these teachers.
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. N/A
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 trainings are provided for the teachers through the Collaboration program. Christopher House also provides monthly trainings for the teachers. Twice a year, inservices are provided for staff training. The training component of our program has been strengthened by the collaboration with CPS.
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?
Nothing, the process works well.
23. What advice do you have for agencies/homes starting new collaborations?
Make sure to attend all meetings and trainings to understand the value that the collaboration program offers.
Copyright 2005 Collaboration Model Description. Template.
HS State Collab Office.10.05

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