Program Highlights from the 2011-2012 and first half of the 2012-2013 fiscal year:

Enrollment and Participation:

Parent Participation:

• Had several successful events during the past and current fiscal year, including Health Fair, School
       Readiness parent workshop, and Parent Council (PIPA) coordinated community events that were well attended
• Had excellent parent participation and leadership in all three counties including planning and advocacy for
       parent sponsored events such as the Winter Carnival, Fun Day, and Transition Ceremony.
• Initiated Parenting classes at Hannah Home
• Participation in socialization activities continued to be a strength of the program. 
       Parents were more interactive with their children, as well as, more helpful cleaning up after socialization activities.
• Excellent parent involvement in the UAB Early Head Start Program Policy Council
• Parents participated in state conferences and workshops
• Strong parent involvement in choosing individual goals for their children for their Individual Developmental
       Plans
• Increased father participation at socialization and other activities
  

Medical Homes:

• Maintained 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
• Continued excellent pregnancy tracking procedures
• Majority of children in the program were on target with regularly scheduled immunizations

Other Accomplishments:

• Continued updates of the UAB Early Head Start Program website which included the Program’s Annual Report
• Maintained a UAB Early Head Start Program Facebook page to enhance public awareness and communication

       with Program families

• Provided training at a Regional training conference and conducted for an EHSP in South Alabama for

       programs providing the Home Based program option            

• Transitioned 35 children, many of whom went on to attend Head Start or other preschool programs
• Continued to build community partnerships (Hannah Home, Olivia’s House, Children’s Hospital EI)
• Continued to work with other Head Start programs in all three counties to facilitate smooth transitions to regular Head Start
• Family Partners and Disability Services Coordinator continued to have an excellent collaboration relationship
  with local early intervention programs
• Updated technology through new computers and printers
• Provided child birth education with JCCEO Head Start
• Conducted child birth classes at the Young Mother’s Program at a local high school
• Developed and implemented our School Readiness Plan

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Program Strengths from the 2011-2012 and first half of the 2012-2013 fiscal year:

Communication:

• Maintained and advertised our UAB Early Head Start Program Facebook page to enhance public awareness and
  communication with Program families about program and community events 
• Continued posting our program Newsletter on the UAB EHSP web page
• Continued posting the program calendar on the UAB EHSP website
• Continued participation in the UAB “Be Alert” Severe Weather Notification System and conducted
  several Emergency Awareness seminars
• The UAB Early Head Start Program newsletter was mailed to families bi-monthly
• Email communication continued to be a strength
• Families received monthly calendars in a timely manner
• Continued staff bonding activities
• Provided a parent computer station for parents to use for resume preparation, job searches, to find housing information, etc.
• Continued to provide bi-lingual communication services and increased visibility of bilingual services
• Increased awareness of School Readiness goals in the socialization classroom

Disability Services: 

• Had as much as 20% enrollment of children with an IFSP/IEP
• Family Partners and Disability Services Coordinator continued to have an excellent collaborative
  relationship with local early intervention programs
• Timely referrals were made for children in need of developmental services
• Disability Services Coordinator serves on the Executive Committee for the EI District
• Increased referrals from St. Clair County EI programs

Curriculum and Assessment:

• Developed and implemented our School Readiness Plan, using the Act Early Child Development
  Checklists for data collection 3 times a year.
• Conducted a School Readiness forum at the Civil Rights Institute; this was highly successful
• Continued developmental and mental health annual assessments
• UAB EHSP has a strong parent involvement component that helps to establish individual children’s
  goals that are in alignment with the school readiness plan and based on sound child development
  

Family Partnership:

• All Program families had Strength and Needs Assessments completed twice a year and establish family goals monthly
• Coordinators provided monthly handouts to Family Partners for families

Parent Engagement/Involvement: 

• Maintained strong parent involvement with Program families
• Socializations were well attended and some Parenting classes
• Provided resources and technical assistance for families to identify and apply for jobs including
  developing resumes and completing applications. 
• The UAB Early Head Start Program Facebook page was also available to increase parent awareness
  of job opportunities, workshops, etc.
• Provided a computer dedicated as a parent resource to search for jobs, housing opportunities, construct resumes, etc.
• Offered a guest speaker each month at the Parent Council (PIPA) meetings, including such topics as employment,
  child safety and injury prevention, disability services for children and immunizations

Community Partnerships:

• Mental Health Coordinator provided parenting classes at Hannah Home and childbirth classes at
  JCCEO EHS and at The Young Mother's Program at a local High School
• UAB Early Head Start Program staff continued to have strong community partnerships
• Staff serve on several community boards and provide awareness of Program services and community training
• Coordinators attend meetings at DHR focusing on the JOBS program, medical providers meeting and a resource
  fair, the United Way Early Care and Education committee (monthly), Jefferson County Lead Coalition (quarterly)

Prevention and Early Intervention:

• Continued to use ASQ and ASQ-SE as screening tools to identify children at risk or in need of further
  services (as recommended by Head Start and the American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Continued to provide timely adult mental health referrals
• The UAB Early Head Start Program children had medical homes/providers and the majority of their
  immunizations continued to be up-to-date
• Family Partners and Disability Services Coordinator continued to have an excellent collaboration
  relationship with local early intervention programs
• Continue to make referrals to Civitan-Sparks clinics for children who need more comprehensive
  developmental evaluations

Health Tracking and Follow-up:

• Continued strong tracking and follow-up procedures
• Continued reminder notifications to families regarding their child/children’s well-child check-ups
• Improved access to dental homes and letters to families regarding dental services available in their community
• Work with families to ensure Medicaid is up-to-date

On-going monitoring:

• Continued to monitor records and staff development etc.

Record keeping & reporting:

• All records were maintained and currently up-to- date

Enrollment:

• Fully enrolled for the entire year and had an adequate waiting list

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ACYF Funds for the UAB EHSP (Total award $984,347 for 2010-2011)

Program Budget from the 2010-2011 fiscal year:

Local Travel - staff mileage, bus tokens, van repairs and gas, taxi services, etc.
Nutrition Services - food for policy council and health advisory committee meetings
Parent Committee funds - substitute pay, taxi service to parent functions, parent trainings, etc.
Socialization Activities - includes food and materials for socialization events
The training funds are from the Federal PA 11 fund and are to be used for staff members.
 
 UAB's financial contribution (in kind and match): $276,731

Total program funds: $ 1,219,510

Annual Audit: There were no findings in our annual A 133 fiscal audit conducted by
PricewaterhouseCoopers for 2009 -2010.

The 2007 ACY F 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 2011-2012 fiscal year:

Projected UAB contribution (in kind and match): $246,192

Total Program Funds: $1,230,961

Staff Community Involvement

Kim Sharkin:
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