Program Highlights from the 2009-2010 fiscal year:

Enrollment and Participation:

• Fully enrolled for the entire year
• Increase in St. Clair referrals
• Maintained a waiting list of about 40 families
• At one point had approximately 20% enrollment of children with an IFSP/IEP
• Increased enrollment from drug treatment centers

Parent Participation:

• Excellent parent participation and leadership in all three counties
• Added parenting classes and increased the number of PIPA meetings in Walker County
• Participation in socializations continued to be a strength of program
• Increased the number of community partners that presented at parent meetings
• Excellent parent involvement in policy council

Medical Homes:

• Increased the number of three year olds that received well child check-ups
• 100% of children had medical homes
• 100% of children had some type of insurance
• Improved pregnancy tracking procedures
• Revised and improved nutrition assessment for children and pregnant mothers

Other Accomplishments:

• Created and continuously updated the new UAB Early Head Start website which included the annual report
• We had an extremely positive monitoring visit
• Continued to build community partnerships
• Created and successfully filled two new family partner positions
• Continued to work with other head start programs in all three counties to facilitate smooth transitions to regular head start
• Family partners and DSC have excellent collaboration with local early intervention programs
• Updated technology through new computers and printers including the family resource area
• Provided Home Visiting Training to new Early Head Start Programs in the state of Alabama.

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Program Strengths from the 2009-2010 fiscal year:

Communication:

• Email communication has improved
• Families receive monthly calendars in a timely manner
• Improved staff relations through bonding activities
• Continued to provide bi-lingual communication services
• Updated technology to improve communication

Disability Services:

• At one point had approximately 20% enrollment of children with an IFSP/IEP
• Family partners and DSC have excellent collaboration with local early intervention programs
• Timely referrals were made for children in need of developmental services

Curriculum and Assessment:

• Monthly plans were revised and improved
• Curriculum resource materials are a strength
• Obtained updated pregnancy and early childhood curricula
• Continued developmental and mental health annual assessments
• Continued educational assessments three times a year

Family Partnership:

• Refined procedures for monthly family reviews
• Coordinators provide monthly handouts to family partners for families

Parent Involvement:

• Increased parent involvement
• Parenting classes and socialization were well attended
• Provided resources and technical assistance for families to identify and apply for jobs including developing resumes and completing applications

Community Partnership:

• Continued to have strong community partnerships
• Staff serve on several community boards

Prevention and Early Intervention:

• Timely adult mental health referrals
• Family partners and DSC have excellent collaboration with local early intervention programs

Health Tracking and Follow-up:

• Continued strong tracking and follow-up
• Added notices for families with children about upcoming well-child check-ups which improved adherence to the well-child visit schedule

On-going monitoring:

• Continued to have outstanding monitoring of records and staff development etc.

Record keeping & reporting:

• All records were maintained and up to date in a timely manner

Enrollment:

• Fully enrolled for the entire year and had a extensive waiting list

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ACYF Funds for the UAB EHSP (total award $966,795.00 for 2009-2010)

Program Budget from the 2009-2010 fiscal year:

UAB's financial contribution (in kind and match): $ 232,338.00
Total program funds: $1,161,688.00

Annual Audit:  There were no findings in our annual A 133 fiscal audit conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers for 2008-2009.

The 2007 ACYF triannual review resulted in the UAB EHSP being selected as a Gold Standard Program.

The 2010 triannual review was also very positive.  The program was found to have one minor issue that needed to be addressed.  This has been remediated resulting in full compliance with the Head Start Standards.

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Funding awarded by ACF for 2010-2011: $984,347.00

Program Budget for the 2010-2011 fiscal year:

Projected UAB contribution (in kind and match): $246,087.00
Total Program Funds: $1,230,434.00

Staff Community Involvement

Kim Sharkins:
United Way Early Care and Education Committee
Children's Policy Council

Cassandra Muñoz:
Jefferson county Department of Public Health Childhood Lead Poisoning Coalition
UABs Center for the Study of Community Health Community Advisory Committee

Kristi Guest:
Alabama District Early Intervention Council

Vikki Forte:
JOBS Advisory Board
Jefferson County Housing Authority's Shelter Plus Care Quarterly Meeting

LaTanya Dawson:
Jefferson County Department of Human Resources Quality Assurance Committee

Dalia Abrams:
Reproductive Health Coalition for Greater Birmingham Youth
Breastfeeding Education and Support Team

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UAB Early Head Start Program . 933 19th Street South . Birmingham, AL 35294
205-934-5736