BudgetBudget

ARRA Update and Proposals

December 8, 2009

ARRA Update – Approved Proposals $23.9M Child Care and Development Block Grant

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•Of the $23.9M available through CCDF grant, $1.2M must be spent on quality improvements for infant and toddlers AND $1.9M of the $23.9M must be spent for quality improvements. This would be part of the Infant/Toddler quality $1.9M earmark.• The $1.6M of the unexpended Summer Voucher program will be dedicated to a similar program in the summer of 2010.•The $8.1M for the Aging-Up program will be reallocated to support an 18-month opening of access for infant/toddlers and preschoolers.

Project Amount Board

Approved Expended

Amount projected to be

unexpended Summer Vouchers 2009 2,250,000$ 636,714$ 1,613,286$

Out of School Time Learning promotion grant initiative 250,000$ -$ CFCE Infrastructure Grants 250,000$ -$ Pre-School Aging Up 8,100,000$ -$ 8,100,000$ Infant/Toddlers Early Childhood program standards 50,000$ -$ Contracted Providers - Voucher Reassessment 1,120,000$ -$ CCR&R - to assist with provider reassessment transition 1,000,000$ -$ IT - 2 consultants to reconfigure existing IT structure 150,000$ -$ Admin Fee (.5%) 119,835$ 119,835$

13,289,835$ 756,549$ 9,713,286$

Totals ARRA CCDF Appropriation $23,966,942Total Amount Approved by the Board $13,289,835Total Amount Left Unassigned by Board $10,677,107

ARRA Update

Per ARRA CCDF Regulations, funds must be obligated by September 30, 2010 and liquidated by the following September 2011;

ANF, however, has requested that all agencies provide a plan on how they will obligate their ARRA funds by January, 2010; and

Per ANF guidance, the following slides will illustrate how EEC proposes to spend the remainder ARRA funds.

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ARRA Update –Proposed Projects

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Intensive Summer Only Kindergarten Prep 4,093,488$ -$ 4,093,488$

Early Literacy Program 175,000$ -$ 175,000$ Summer Only Voucher 2010 -$ 1,613,286$ 1,613,286$ 18 Month Access for Infant/Toddlers and Preschooler 4,090,067$ 8,100,000$ 12,190,067$ Information and ReferralProgram 198,552$ -$ 198,552$ Infant/Toddler Quality Program (January) 1,000,000$ 1,000,000$

Unif ied IT System (January) 1,000,000$ -$ 1,000,000$

10,677,107$ 9,713,286$ 18,390,393$

Totals ARRA CCDF Appropriation $23,966,942Total Amount Already Approved by the Board 13,289,835$ Total Amount of Today's Proposed Projects 8,677,107$ Total Amount of January's Proposals 2,000,000$ Balance of ARRA Appropriation: -$

Today’s Proposals are highlighted in yellow below; the projects highlighted in gray will be proposed at the January Board meeting.

ARRA – Timeline of Proposals

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ARRA – Proposed Projects:Review

To date, the board has approved $13.3M in ARRA spending;

The proposals presented today will total $8.7M;

The total balance of proposals (January) will be $2M;

If all proposed programs are approved by the board and ANF, this will assign all ARRA funding;

Overall, $20.6M of ARRA (86%) will be dedicated toward access and $3.2M (13.4%) will be used for quality purposes. $120K, or .05% of all ARRA funding is withheld by ANF for admin purposes.

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