Kansas Head Start Association

“The organization adopted bylaw amendments on 9-30-20 to add a community representative to the membership of the board of directors.”

“Advisory committees do not act on behalf of the governing body.”

“Form 990 is distributed to the board for review prior to filing the final return.”

“All board members and employees are required to disclose any possible conflicts of interest to other members of the board and shall not vote or use their personal influence on any matter involving a possible conflict of interest.”

“The board reviews and approves changes to the executive director's compensation.”

“The board is responsible for reviewing compensation of all employees and contractors.”

“Kansas head start association makes their governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“In spite of the global pandemic, the organization had many accomplishments during the year including the following: fully established the grassroots advocacy training cadre; grassroots advocacy presentations at regional conferences; kindergarten transition summit to promote and support community-based transition plans for children and families preparing to enter kindergarten; supporting head start programs through the pandemic; active participants in multiple statewide early childhood education efforts; kansas early childhood recommendations panel (charter member); led subgroup to develop kindergarten transition mou template; kansas workforce advisory group; and kansas childcare system improvement team. Schedule i - the early learning communities grant supports 8 sub-grantees working in 11 communities to enhance and increase the quality of early childhood services available within each community. Using a facilitated collective impact model each community has defined the set of community partners involved with early learning services. Key partners include head start, school district and special ed. Additional partners may vary but typically include parents as teachers. The resulting community strategic plan guides the blending, braiding of existing funds and securing of private cash match to integrate early learning services in the community.”