Childrens Coalition for Northeast Louisiana

“The children's coalition has members who make a donation as a fee for membership.”

“The members of the children's coalition may nominate members to the board of directors. Nominations are single slated by a nominating task force with board members being elected at an annual meeting held during the first quarter of the calendar year.”

“The decisions made by the governing body that are subject to approval by the coalition members are the election of board members. All other decisions are made by the board of directors.”

“Key administrative staff participate in the preparation of the form 990 with the accountant. The executive director then reviews it and is authorized by the board of directors to sign on their behalf.”

“Board of directors for the children's coalition, as well as all employees sign a conflict of interest policy on an annual basis. The board of directors requires any board member with a declared conflict to refrain from voting on or discussing any matter in which they may have a conflict of interest.”

“Salaries of the three key administrative staff are reviewed by the board of directors in an executive session and approved by them. Remaining staff salaries are set according to a salary schedule adopted by the board of directors. Both items, key staff and salary schedules are documented, without specifics, in minutes of the organization. The executive and finance committees of the board review specific salaries set by the executive director according to the salary schedule.”

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“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and all financial statements are available to the public upon request. An annual report to the public at-large is issued with a financial summary with the statement that "audited statements are available upon request".”

“CHILD CARE HOMES.”

“Systems part of the implementation of act 3 of 2012. As the resource and referral agency for northeast louisiana, the children's coalition is eligible to receive louisiana school readiness tax credit funds from businesses and corporations. These funds are used to support quality in early care and education. Ouachita parish early head start (acf): funding from the office of head start - administration for children and families (acf) provided sixty slots for infants and toddlers in three centers and home-based care in ouachita parish. Early head start (ehs) targets low-income pregnant women and families with children from birth through age 3, most of whom are at or below the federal poverty level or who are eligible for part c services under the individuals with disabilities education act in their state. The program provides early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services. Funding from the cacfp feeding program is used as a supplement for food costs, and a grant from united way for formula and diapers is part of the non-federal match. Mental health consultation (tulane): funding from the tulane institute for infant and early childhood mental health provides a mental health consultant to child care centers for up to six months. The program is made possible by a grant from the louisiana department of education (formally from the louisiana department of children and family services). Ouachita parish early childhood network (ldoe): in its third year with funding from the louisiana department of education, the children's coalition shifts from a "pilot" to lead agency for all publicly funded early childhood programs in ouachita parish: type iii child care centers, public school pre-k, nsecd, head start and early head start. The lead agency is charged to coordinate enrollment and assessment as part of the full implementation of the louisiana early childhood act (act 3 of 2012). Morehouse parish early childhood network (ldoe): in its second year with funding from the louisiana department of education, the children's coalition shifts from a "pilot" to lead agency for all publicly funded early childhood programs in morehouse parish: type iii child care centers, public and charter school pre-k, and head start. The lead agency is charged to coordinate enrollment and assessment as part of the full implementation of the louisiana early childhood act (act 3 of 2012). Richland parish early childhood network (ldoe): in its first year with funding from the louisiana department of education, the children's coalition is the lead agency for all publicly funded early childhood programs in richland parish: type iii child care centers, public school pre-k, head start and early head start. The lead agency is charged to coordinate enrollment and assessment as part of the full implementation of louisiana early childhood act (act 3 of 2012).”

“Union parish. Literacy plus (mha): an early literacy program that provides out-of-school activities for children and families who reside within the monroe housing authority. Literacy plus is funded in part by the monore housing authority. As part of a housing and urban development (hud) grant, the housing authority supports a 75% staff member at the coalition to coordinate services and provides pass-through funds for a pre-k - 2nd grade after- school and summer program at berg jones elementary school, which borders on a housing authority community. Additional funding from the louisiana endowment for the humanities provides support for the primetime family literacy nights at berg jones elementary school. U-act (lapfs): funded by the louisiana partnership for success as part of a substance abuse and mental health services administration (samsha) grant, and administered by the northeast delta human services authority, u-act is a community coalition based in union parish that works together to develop a 5-year plan that will address underage drinking and prescription drug abuse. Mapping adolescent health (lphi): funded by louisiana public health as part of a larger capacity-building initiative to address adolescent reproductive health, this initiative collected and analyzed local data from three sectors (medical, educational, and community-based organizations) to examine gaps and redundancies in adolescent reproductive health care and education in ouachita parish.”

“Parent education: the parenting initiative is funded through the sisters of charity of the incarnate word, louisiana children's trust fund and school readiness tax credits. The evidence-based program develops parent training opportunities in the community to enhance childhood literacy, quality care, success in school, increase healthy pregnancy outcomes and decrease child abuse. In particular, programs relating to fatherhood (nuturing fathers) and pregnant and parenting teens (nuturing teen parents) were implemented in 2014-2015.”

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