Early Learning Coalition of Pinnellas County Inc.

“The finance committee will review and accept the form 990. After this, the board of directors will approve it.”

“New private sector members are required to sign an affidavit stating that neither "my family nor i may earn an income from the early education and child care industry. I hereby acknowledge that neither my family nor i have earned income from the early education and child care industry since becoming a member of the coalition, and that neither my family nor i will earn income from the early education and child care industry during the period of serving as a member of the coalition". In the event that an action taken presents a conflict of interest for a board member, the member must disclose their conflict and abstain from the vote. Additionally, they must complete "form 8b memorandum of voting conflict for county, municipal, and other local public officers".”

“Salaries of executive and key employees are reviewed and benchmarked against those of other coalitions, like-sized area non-profits, and available relevant public salary surveys. Ceo salary is determined and approved by the board of directors.”

“Salaries of executive and key employees are reviewed and benchmarked against those of other coalitions, like-sized area non-profits, and available relevant public salary surveys. Ceo salary is determined and approved by the board of directors.”

“Governing documents are made available upon request.”

“Ccdf - cares act funded initiatives first responders/health care workers direct services the cares act prioritizes short-term funding to provide services for first responders and health care workers that must work outside the home and would not otherwise have child care. The oel developed a referral program for those meeting the eligibility requirements in accordance with 6m-4.208 for at-risk families. Child care services for these personnel were provided regardless of income. First responders/health care workers bonus grant for providers early learning child care providers and family child care homes serving essential workers (as determined by the oel) received a monthly bonus/incentive of 500 per child, up to 4,000 per month, for a maximum of 12,000 per provider location. The incentive is in addition to the school readiness reimbursement rate the contracted provider receives. Payment based on enrollment cares funding provided that beginning in may 2020 providers were paid based on enrollment and not attendance. Fee waivers - school readiness in accordance with dem order no. 20-004, all parent copays were waived, regardless of income, starting april 1, 2020. The office reviews this fee waiver every 14 days and communicates any updates to coalitions on a timely basis. Grants for phase i and phase ii: supports to contracted and non-contracted child care centers coalition received additional funding to support contracted and noncontracted child care providers that were open as of april 20, 2020 and to reopen providers that were closed on this date.”

“School readiness (sr) program: the elc's school readiness program provides the elements necessary to prepare at-risk children for school, including health screenings/referrals and an appropriate educational program. Sr services are provided on a full day, full-year, and full-choice basis to the extent possible in order to enable parents to work and be financially self-sufficient. The delivery of sr programs are comprised of child care providers and school-based sites operated by public and nonpublic schools. Sr programs are funded through a mixture of federal and state funds. During the year 2019-2020, the coalition received 38 million in the sr funding from the state of florida. Coalition served an average of 6,452 children per month in approximately 400 child care providers; priorities were given to the children in priority 1&2 groups; however, the coalition served economically advantaged groups of children as well.”

“Voluntary prekindergarten (vpk) program: the elc's voluntary prekindergarten program provides that every four-year old child in florida is eligible for a free, high quality prekindergarten learning opportunity that shall be voluntary and delivered according to professionally accepted standards. The delivery system for the vpk program is comprised of private prekindergarten providers and of school-based sites operated by public and nonpublic schools. The vpk program is funded fully with state general revenue (gr) funds. The allowable vpk administrative, enrollment, and monitoring expenses are limited to 4.00% of the total slot expenditures. The spending rate for administration was under the state and federal requirements. At the end of june, the coalition was in compliance with the state requirement for administration spending rate for voluntary pre-kindergarten program. The coalition served an average of 5,800 children per month during the year 2019-2020 and contracted with approximately 220 vpk providers.”