COMMUNITY SERVICE Activities

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COMMUNITY SERVICEActivities

• STATE COLLABORATION MEETING
• June 23, 2006
• Natalie Collins (Head Start Fellow)

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Head Start Performance Standards

• 1304.41 Community partnerships. Partnerships
  (1) Grantee and delegate agencies must take an
  active role in community planning to encourage
  strong communication, cooperation, and the
  sharing of information among agencies and their
  community partners and to improve the delivery of
  community services to children and families in
  accordance with the agency's confidentiality
  policies.
• (2) Grantee and delegate agencies must take
  affirmative steps to establish ongoing
  collaborative relationships with community
  organizations to promote the access of children
  and families to community services that are
  responsive to their needs, and to ensure that
  Early Head Start and Head Start programs respond
  to community needs,

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Head Start Mandates

• Health care providers,
• Mental health providers
• Nutritional service providers
• Services to children with disabilities and their
  families
• Family preservation and support services
• Child protective services and any other agency to
  which child abuse must be reported under State or
  Tribal law
• Local elementary schools
• Libraries and museums and other cultural
  institutions,
• Providers of child care services
• Any other organizations or businesses that may
  provide support and resources to families.
• Volunteers from the community

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What are community service agencies?

• Privately and/or publicly funded organizations
  that provide access to services for most
  vulnerable populations in our society- i.e.
  children, low-income, elderly, etc

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Role of Community service agencies

• provide effective services in a more efficient
  manner to the grassroots organizations that are
  reaching those in our country with the greatest
  needs.

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Benefits of collaborations include

• Increased service provision for children and
  families.
• Employment assistance,
• Non-duplication of services,
• Lowered costs,
• Access to more personnel.
• Gaps in service addressed
• Community support for children and families.

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Partnership Strategies

• Share and coordinate services and resources.
• Participation in Advisory committees and
  councils.
• Promote linkages between families, Head Start
  Programs and community agencies.
• Raise awareness

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Community Service Agencies

• Family service agencies
• Human service administrations
• Offices of Community Services
• Community and faith based organizations
• Libraries
• Museums
• Volunteer organizations

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Family Service Agencies

• Who Non-profit human service organizations that
  provide a vast array of services that strengthen
  communities.
• Benefits of partnerships
• Access to more resources
• Service referrals and provision.
• Better coordination of services.
• National representation
• Alliance for Children and Families
  http//www.alliance1.org/

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Human Service Administrations

• Who United States government's principal agency
  at the State level
• Benefits of partnerships
• Access to other federal funding
• Access to more services for children and families
• Better coordination and leveraging of
  State/Federal resources
• National representation
• Administration for Children and Families
  http//www2.acf.dhhs.gov

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Faith Based and Community Based Organizations

• Who Community based organizations either secular
  or religiously affiliated.
• Benefits of partnerships
• Immense volunteer capacity
• Built-in credibility with the community
• Access to social and population groups that may
  avoid interaction
• The power of persuasion and community influence
• National Representation
• Offices for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
  http//www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/contact
  .htmlliaisons

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Libraries

• Who A place in which literary and artistic
  materials, such as books, periodicals,
  newspapers, pamphlets, prints, records, and
  tapes, are kept for reading, reference, or
  lending.
• Benefits of Partnerships
• Child and family literacy and After -school
  programs
• Access to Library Collections
• Potential source and resource for parent
  employment.
• Services to people with disabilities i.e., blind,
  deaf.
• National Representation
• American Library Association http//www.ala.org/
• Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA)
  http//www.cosla.org

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Museums

• Who A nonprofit agency organized on a permanent
  basis that for essentially educational purposes
  utilizes tangible objects, cares for them, and
  exhibits them to the public on a regular basis.
• Benefits of partnerships
• Professional development and employment
  opportunities
• Family literacy efforts and after-school
  programs.
• Interactive learning experiences for children and
  families
• community meeting spaces
• National representation
• Association of American Museums
  http//www.aam-us.org/index.cfm
• Association of Children Museums
  http//www.childrensmuseums.org/
• Institute of Museum and Library Services
  http//www.imls.gov/about/abt_faqs.htm

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Volunteer Organizations

• Who Private or public organization that promotes
  and facilitates non-profit volunteering.
• Benefit of partnerships
• Instrumental in reducing costs
• Improve the quality of services provided
• Raise awareness of the organization in the
  community
• Provide volunteers access to federal funds for
  volunteering- i.e. loan forgiveness.
• National Representation
• Corporation for National and Community Service
  http//www.nationalservice.gov
• Americorps http//www.americorps.org/about/ac/inde
  x.asp

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