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SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL, INC.
HEAD START/EARLY HEAD START 2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORT
2016-2017 Head Start
Enroll-
ment
Numbers
Head Start %
Income
Eligible
Early Head
Start
Enrollment
Numbers
EHS %
Income
Eligible
0-100% 513 65% 157 69%
TANF/SSI 138 18% 44 20%
Foster
Children 51 6% 9 4%
Homeless 9 1% 5 2%
100-130% 80 10% 12 5%
Over Income 0 0% 0 0%
Persons
in Family Poverty
Guidelines
130%
1 11,880 15,444
2 16,020 20,826
3 20,160 26,208
4 24,300 31,590
5 28,440 36,972
6 32,580 42,354
7 36,730 47,749
8 40,890 53,157
Income Guidelines for Enrollment
into the program is based on age
and income which is set by the
federal government.
*For Families over 8 members add
$4,160 for each member.
Enrollment Funded for 696 Head Start Children Served 791
Funded for 134 Early Head Start Children Served 227
Funded for 8 Pregnant Moms Served 39
Provided Special Services for 190 HS; EHS 29
On the Waiting List 405 HS; 95 EHS
Average Daily Attendance this
year 87% Head Start and 79%
Early Head Start Average
Monthly enrollment per funded
enrollment 114% Head Start,
207% Early Head Start
Our Head Start/Early Head Start Program is totally collaborative within the community. Working with
partners allows us to provide additional resources for our families to better meet their needs. Some of our
collaborative partners include: Cabell, Lincoln, Mason and Wayne Boards of Education, Birth to Three,
WIC, United Way, Tri-State Literacy Council, DHHR, CPS, Family Connections, KVC, Team for WV, Mar-
shall University, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, MU Psychology Department, Hope’s Place, Start-
ing Points, City Mission, River Valley CDS, St. Mary’s Hospital, Community Libraries, HID, Community
Churches, Work for WV, Dr. Isabel Pino, Bonnie Bailey, Robert Martin, Debra Eddy, Resource Network,
Information and Referral, Goodwill Industries, American Red Cross, Huntington Area Food Banks, Hun-
tington Junior College, Branches, 4-H, Early Education Station, Playmates Child Care.
Our Program just finished our 2nd year
of its five year grant period. During the
first year the Head Start Key Indicator-
Compliant (HSKI-C) is required. This is a
pass fail review. The review was conduct-
ed from 3-29-2016 to 3-31-2016 . We
received notice from the Office of Head
Start that we successfully passed the re-
view.
Universal Strategies Presented By:
TIM ANDREWS-Nationally Known Teacher/Consultant
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
Our program was excited have Mr. Andrews train our staff December 2016. A strong foundation of social-emotional development and
building early friendships are key skills for children as they gain confidence to share their investigations, contribute ideas, and solve prob-
lems through teamwork in the classroom community. Our training plan for 2016-17 included an emphasis on the Positive Behavior Interven-
tions and Supports (PBIS) model; PBIS is an evidenced-based approach for addressing challenging behavior within a variety of natural set-
tings. A state-wide initiative for PBIS is also being rolled out by the WVDE, as well.
In December 2016, we invited a well-known expert and consultant on PBIS, Tim Andrews, to come to WV and share his expertise on Univer-sal Strategies for Classroom Teachers and Classroom Teams. He presented his strategies to our HS/EHS staff and collaborative partners. Tim offered a wealth of ideas on implementing PBIS in our fully inclusive classrooms, including how coaches can support teachers in implementing effective change in the classroom environment and their adult/child interactions. He demonstrated inventive use of puppets to underscore the tenets of PBIS, such as building positive relationships, teaching friendship skills, enhancing emotional literacy, and imple-menting individualized interventions. Better supports for parent communication and family engagement were also explored through the lens of PBIS.
Parents Buying Art Work at a
Family Engagement Activity
Parent Volunteering and Reading
to Children
Thanks to West Virginia PBS for letting
Clifford come and read his favorite book for
Read To Me Day.
Family and Community Engagement
Strengthening Families Mini Grant
Love Me First Project TEAM for West Virginia Children was
pleased to offer 2017 Strengthening Families
Mini-Grants. This grants were offered to
programs to intentionally broaden, deepen
and/or sustain strategies to prevent child
abuse, improve family well-being and
healthy child development, using the
Strengthening Families Protective Factors
Framework. Southwestern ‘s Early Head
Start Program received one of the grants to
enrich their home-based program.
The “Love Me First Project” by Southwest-
ern Community Action Council’s Early Head
Start providers in Lincoln and Wayne coun-
ties served rural parents in the program,
many impacted in some way by West Virgin-
ia’s addiction epidemic. The project main
focus was developing trusting, caring rela-
tionships with parents through home visits,
learning and support opportunities, to en-
hance resiliency and healthy social connec-
tions.
Program strategies will be sustained and
techniques will continue after the grant cycle
in many different ways. Knowledge and
resources that we have brought about with
the Love Me First Project will be shared with
new parents and families that we enroll.
Our parents will be empowered in years to
come through community resources, the
information that our parents have sought
and the education and training that we have
provided. A mindset of compassion, in-
stilled in the staff will enable us to teach the
protective factors to achieve positive results
to make a strong family unit for the children
and families we serve.
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Supporting transitions provides guidance to help families, staff, early education programs
and partners collaborate to execute successful transitions for children and families. Transi-
tion plans are written for individual children six months prior to their third birthdate to help
children and families move with ease from one program to another. These plans take into
consideration children’s current skills and concepts in the various Head Start Early Learn-
ing Outcomes Framework domains and how they play a role as the children transition from
one setting to another.
The SCAC Transition plans are written with input from staff and parents. These plans in-
clude individualized goals, planning methods and strategies to achieve those goals. Transi-
tions occur at many points throughout the years that children are enrolled in Head Start/
Early Head Start. These transitions can be eased with joint planning, information-sharing,
open communication, and ample time to adjust to the next learning environment. The ulti-
mate goal of a successful transition is to identify ways programs can promote continuity
between programs and provide support to children and families in that process
TRANSITIONS EARLY HEAD START AND HEAD START
STAFF TRAININGS
The 2016-2017 Training & Tech-
nical Assistance-T/TAS Plan for
Head Start & Early Head Start was
implemented in several different
ways; On-Line Webinars, Facilita-
tor Directed Power Point Presenta-
tions, local, state, regional and na-
tional conferences and workshops,
Collaborative County trainings and
enrollment into higher level aca-
demic institutions; to meet certifi-
cation requirements. These ave-
nues of trainings are beneficial, in
that, they maximized program
quality, enhanced staff competen-
cies, increased growth and devel-
opment and identified expected
outcomes and desired results to-
ward the School Readiness goals.
Staff participated in the trainings
through several options; full staff,
individual/one-on-one and cluster/
group specific. Some training top-
ics included the OHS mandated
health & safety requirements;
CPR/FA, Medication Administra-
tion, Child Abuse and Neglect, Pro-
gram and State Reporting Process
on Child Abuse and Neglect, OSHA
- Blood Borne Pathogens, MSDS &
Hazardous Communication, Safe
Driving, Car Seat Safety and
Workplace Safety Awareness.
Several County Collaborative work-
shops were completed; Children in
Trauma, Math & Literacy Modules,
Creative Curriculum & Lesson
Planning, CPI-Crisis Prevention
Instruction, CLASS/Instructional
Support, ELRS-A Closer Look, So-
cial Emotional Modules 3 & 4 and
TRANSITIONS-Kindergarten Here
I Come.
Parent Engagement
The opportunities for Parent, Family & Community Engagement is done through a variety of
events, all with an educational focus, that supports the School Readiness goals and the Parent,
Family & Community Engagement framework: Parent Meetings with a guest speaker will be
held every other month, Parent Activities, County Community Days-Parent Chat and Off-site
workshops. Our newest event, implemented this year, is our Family Engagement event. It is
a monthly opportunity for parents to
come into the classroom and engage with
their child in a classroom setting. The
event gives parents an opportunity to
observe their child in the school setting
with the teacher and teacher assistant
role modeling early childhood education
and facilitating parent engagement with
their child. Preparing both for School
Readiness.
Number of Activities offered
by Program
Head
Start
Early
Head
Start
Male Involvement Activities 666 95
Number of Family Engagement
Activities
268 99
Parent Meetings/Trainings 144 43
Community Days/Parent Chats 133 133
Parents attending Child Abuse and
Neglect training
SCHOOL READINESS HEAD START CHILD OUTCOMES
All Head Start children are assessed using the ELRS (Early Learning Re-
porting Systems) three times per program year: Fall, Winter, and Spring.
Their developmental progress is tracked in five school readiness domains
and scored using a one point (low) to five point (high) scale. The School
Readiness Goals and percentage of growth are as follows:
School Readiness Goals for 2016-2017
Goal 1- Approaches to Learning- Children will exhibit increased ability
to explore and experiment with a wide variety of materials by persistently
engaging in creative play and learning to express their discoveries.
Increase from Fall to Spring- 61.68%
Goal 2- Social Emotional Development- Children will demonstrate the increased ability
to develop and engage in positive relationships with adults and other children while exhibit-
ing increasing ability to self-regulate emotions and behaviors.
Increase from Fall to Spring- 64.29%
Goal 3- Language and Literacy- Children will exhibit an increase in receptive and expres-
sive language abilities by participating in a variety of language and literacy activities.
Increase from Fall to Spring- 108.55%
Goal 4- Cognition and General Knowledge- Children will gain a better understanding
of their environment and how things compare and are interrelated by using their senses to
explore and investigate math and science concepts in their world. With increasing ability in
these cognitive areas, the children will be able to make predictions, investigate and draw
conclusions.
Increase from Fall to Spring- 127.03%
Goal 5- Physical Health and Development- Children will demonstrate an increased
awareness of health and safety practices, and exhibit increased motor skill development and
coordination. Children will increase their control of small muscle coordination and gross
motor skill development by participating in a variety of experiences that will improve skill
acquisition.
Increase from Fall to Spring- 92.50%
The year-end data demonstrates an overall increase of 90.81% from Fall to Spring in the five developmental/school readiness domains. In summary, our Head Start children made steady and consistent gains in skill development throughout the program year. These consistent gains reflect the high quality of the classroom learning environments, effective curriculum imple-mentation, and positive teacher/child interactions. The steady gains made this program year demonstrate that our children at Southwestern Community Action Council/Head Start are prepared to be lifelong learners.
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Domains 2015-2016 2016-2017 National
Average
Emotional
Support
6.02 6.08 6.0
Classroom
Organization
5.41 5.58 5.73
Instructional
Support
3.01 3.07 2.83
This year at Monroe we were able to
increase the amount of whole foods
(foods low in sugar, fat, sodium and
made mostly from scratch) by the end
of the year by 5%. We will continue to
incorporate new foods and fresher
foods into our menus.
HEALTH AND NUTRITION GOAL INFORMATION
% of Children Completed
2016-2017 School Year
Early Head
Start
Head
Start
Pregnant Women with Insurance 100%
Children with Health Insurance 103% 111%
Medical Homes 103% 111%
Medical Exams 103% 111%
Immunizations 103% 109%
Dental Homes 103% 111%
Dental Exams 103% 111%
CLASS RESULTS
CLASS, which is short for
Classroom Assessment Scoring
System is a tool used to evalu-
ate teacher/child interactions
in three domains: Emotional
Support, Classroom Organiza-
tion, and instructional Support.
The domains are scored on a
scale of one (low) to seven
(high). For the 2016-2017
school year we were able to
assess 54 classrooms, up from
39 classrooms during the 2015-
2016 school year. While our
score for Classroom Organiza-
tion is slightly below the na-
tional average, we are pleased
with the increase we saw in our
score in this domain.
Disabilities For the 2016-17 school year, 190
HS children had Individualized
Education Plans (IEP), and 27
EHS children and their families
received Individual Family Ser-
vice Plans (IFSP). During the
school year, 75 Head Start chil-
dren were referred and received
an IEP, while 14 EHS children
were referred to Birth To Three
and received an IFSP.
Mental Health There were 15 Head Start refer-
rals for mental health consulta-
tions during the 2016-17 school
year.
Exploring Science
Board of Directors 2016-
2017
David Harris, President
David Roberts, Vice President
Lorrie Wright, Secretary
Roy Matthews, Treasurer
Nancy Cartmill, Parliamentarian
Jeff Bowen
Farris Burton
Bonnie Fruth
Teresa Polston
Deb Stollings
Louis Watts
Ed Zimmerman
Mr. Dwight Coburn, CEO 540 5th Avenue Huntington, WV 25701 Phone: 1-800-319-7131 Website: www.scacwv.org
US Department of Health & Human Services
Head Start $5,008,148
Early Head Start $1,760,302
US Department of Agriculture $60,265
Collaboration Contributions from the Boards of Education and other Community Agencies $1,093,786
Number of Breakfasts Claimed: 11,459 Lunches: 10,618 Snack: 4919
In Kind
Volunteer Number: HS 848 Current or Former HS Parents 653
Volunteer Number: EHS 248 Current or Former EHS Parents 102
Hours: HS 5,588 EHS 2,178
Total In Kind $1,854,96.42
Program Expenses
Personnel, Fringe Benefits, Travel, Equipment, Supplies, Contractual, Program Services, Men-tal Health, Dental Health, Literacy, Nutrition Services, Rent, Utilities, Professional Develop-ment, and Building Materials
The Promise of Community
Action
Community Action changes peo-
ple’s lives, embodies the spirit of
hope, improves communities
and makes America a better
place to live. We care about the
entire community and we are
dedicated to helping people help
themselves and each other.
The Mission of SCAC, Inc.
Head Start/Early Head
Start
To establish a foundation of
trust with children and their
families through ongoing inte-
grated community services
which nurture personal growth,
economic development and self
sufficiency.
SCAC, Inc. Programs
Head Start/Early Head Start
Weatherization
Senior Community Service
Employment Program
Case Management/Home-
Makers Services
Mason County Homeless
Shelter
Simms Housing Project
Community Block Grant
Supportive Services for
Veterans and Families
Ms. Donna Taylor, Director Administration Offices 1100 Monroe Avenue Huntington, WV 25704 Phone: 1-304-697-4600 Email: [email protected]
HEAD START*/PRE-K^ COLLABORATIVE
HS Cabell
Altizer^Central City^ Cox Landing^ Culloden^ Davis Creek^ Guyandotte^ Highlawn^ Hite
Sanders^ Martha^ Milton*^ Monroe*^ Nichols^ Ona^ Salt Rock^ Southside^ Spring Hill^
Village of Barboursville^
HS Lincoln
Duval^ Hamlin^ Harts* Harts Primary^ Ranger^ West Hamlin^
HS Mason
Ashton^ Beale^ Early Education Station^ Leon^ Magic Years^New Haven^ Point Pleasant Primary^
HS Wayne
Buffalo^ Ceredo* Ceredo Pre-K^ Crum^ Dunlow^ East Lynn^ Fort Gay^ Kenova^ Wayne^ Westmoreland^
Early Head Start Sites
EHS Cabell
Cabell Midland High School, Huntington
High School, Monroe, St. John’s,
Pregnant Moms Program
EHS Lincoln
Lincoln County Home Based
EHS Mason
Lakin
EHS Wayne
Wayne County Home Based