Motivation Education and Training

“Form 990 is completed by the Director of Finance and reviewed at the board meeting upon completion. The form 990 with the attached schedules and the audited financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Employees and officers engaged in the award and administration of contracts must disclose when there is a conflict of interest. Such employees or officers shall be removed from the participation in the selection, award, or administration of the contract where any real or apparent conflict of interest is present. Such a conflict would arise when the employee or officer or any member of his or her immediate family or an organization which employs or is about to employ any of the parties indicated has a financial or other interest in the organization selected for an award.”

“A salary survey is conducted annually during which salaries for various positions including the Executive Director's and other key employees are reviewed.”

“MET is required to make the Form 990 Information Return available to the public upon request. This return is maintained by the Director of Finance and is available for viewing when requested. Copies of the return will be provided at the requester expense.”

“Form 990, Part 1, Line 4 - Total Number of Volunteers - As per form 4310 generated from Child Plus Software, which services over 75% of all Head Start children, we have 2060 volunteers in MET's fiscal year. These volunteers range from partnerships with Parents, High Schools, Colleges, Medical Services, Agri Life, RSVP and numerous other resources available in our community.”

“EHS-CCP - A new competitive grant opportunity that incentivizes local partnerships between Early Head Start programs and child care programs to increase the number of infants and toddlers in high quality early learning programs. HOPES - Project HOPES is a community-based program started in FY14 providing child abuse and neglect prevention services that target families with children between zero to five years of age. Contracts were created with community organizations in targeted counties that provide a home-visiting program, community coalition, as well as services that promote child welfare, early childhood education, and other family services. The Project HOPES program is intended to address child abuse and neglect prevention by focusing on community collaboration in high risk counties and by increasing protective factors of families served, thereby reducing the likelihood of abuse.”