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OACAC Programs HEAD START Head Start and Early Head Start programs provide comprehensive early childhood and family development services to children from birth to five-years-old, pregnant women and families. Head Start provides services in the areas of education and early childhood development; medical, dental and mental health; nutrition; parental involvement and family support. Our program has a long tradition of delivering comprehensive and high quality services designed to foster healthy development for income eligible children and their families. The goal of OACAC Head Start is school readiness. School readiness for the child includes the development domains of approaches to learning, socialemotional development, language, literacy, math, science, creative arts, physical development, and health. School readiness for the family includes becoming engaged in the child’s education, setting personal and family goals, and demonstrating for the child that learning is a lifelong process. Throughout the year OACAC Head Start teachers gather data, and then report child assessment information 3 times per year. The Head Start assessment covers all areas of development in accordance with The 3% 1% 1.5% 2.5% 4.5% 6% 54.5% 10% 17% 54.5% Salaries 17% Fringe Benefits 10% Rent, Maintenance & Utilities 6% Indirect 4.5% Other 1.5% Supplies 2.5% Travel 3% Contractual 1% Construction/Renovation Head Start Outcomes Framework. In compliance with legislative mandates, the program specifically tracks the progress of children in three areas of development (Language, Literacy and Mathematics) looking specifically at 11 indicators. From the initial assessment in October 2010 to the final assessment in April 2011, children showed gains in the areas of language development, literacy, and mathematics. Improving children’s health status is an important part of preparing children for success in school and later life. 98% of Head Start and Early Head Start children were up-to-date on the State’s EPSDT schedule of preventative and primary health care. 97% of Head Start children and 95% of Early Head Start children had up-to-date or all possible immunizations to date. OACAC Early Head Start provided a second year of services to 64 children from Working together to build a “road”. The work was birth to age 3 through the completed after lots of discussion among the builders! American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA). One of the target populations for these funds was children of teen parents. The program’s goal was to provide child development services, including child care, parenting education, and supportive services with the goal that the children’s teenage parents can finish high school. The child development services are provided to children and families through child care partnerships with centers and family child care homes. The locations of the ARRA Early Head Start Expansion services include Buffalo, Bolivar, Marshfield, and Springfield. 2010-2011 Head Start Budget Program Year: September 1 - August 31 Funding Sources: Department of Health and Human Services; Office of Human Development; Administration for Children and Families Funded Enrollment Actual Enrollment Total # Children Served % Eligible by Income % Enrolled as Over- Income Medical Homes Dental Homes Head Start 1414 1414 1693 99% 1% 100% 100% Early Head Start 10 188 188 276 99% 1% 100% 100% Policy Council: Policy-making board composed of 20 members: eleven parents, eight community representatives and one Area Board of Directors’ representative Phone: 417-864-3430 Fax: 417-864-3449 .
HOUSING ASSISTANCE The OACAC Housing Assistance Program has administered the HUD Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program in the ten-county OACAC service area, outside the city limits of Springfield, for 33 years. Since 1978, OACAC has served as program administrator on behalf of the Dallas County Public Housing Agency (PHA), a regional housing agency, to address the housing needs of low-income citizens. The HUD Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program helps eligible households pay part of their rent on an ongoing basis in a privately-owned house, apartment, or mobile home which is safe, decent, sanitary and rent reasonable. Each participating household pays approximately 30% of their adjusted monthly income as their contribution toward the total monthly rent. The program pays a rent subsidy directly to the property owner each month on behalf of the eligible household. Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Facts • 86% Female Head of Household • 59% Elderly and/or Disabled • 5% Minorities • 2.24 Average Household Size • 2,119 Households on Waiting List as of December 2011 • 75% of New Admissions must have income less than 30% Median Family Income (MFI) (Example: 30% 2011 MFI for Family of 4 in Greene County = $16,400) • All Applicants must be income eligible for placement on the Waiting List for assistance. Qualifying maximum gross income is 50%. Median Family Income based on family size. For example: 50% MFI family of 4 in Greene County = $27,350 The OACAC Housing Assistance Program also operates other rental subsidy programs, similar to Section 8, to assist households with special needs who are homeless and/or disabled. These two programs have limited availability in the ten county OACAC region. OACAC Programs HUD Shelter Plus Care - Homeless and Disabled • Branson area, Springfield/Greene, Christian, Webster Counties. • Funds provided by Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH). DMH Rental Assistance Program - Disabled • Available in ten counties, including Springfield. Doug Cotter is a HUD Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Resident Advisory Board Member. The role of the board is to review the Public Housing Agency Annual Plan. Go to page 17 to read Doug’s story. Number of Households Served 2011: Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher...........677 Shelter Plus Care.....................................50 DMH Rental Assistance............................19 Total 746 Funding Sources: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Missouri Department of Mental Health Program Year: July 1 - June 30 Guidelines: All Applicants must be income eligible . Maximum gross income is 50% MFI. Phone: 417-864-3444 Fax: 417-873-3360 The Dallas County PHA/OACAC received a “high” performance rating from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the PHA fiscal year ending June 30, 2011. 11
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