IMPACT OF LOCAL FUNDING Local Funding and State Match
Through our community partnerships the ELCHC receives local funding to serve families and children below 200% of FPL. Local funds have the potential to be matched 1:1 by state dollars which helps to reduce the number of children on the School Readiness waitlist. Children served under this program are accounted for both in the economically disadvantaged and local funding category.
Families 150% Above the Federal Poverty Line ALICE is a United Way acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. ALICE represents those who work and are above the federal poverty level, but due to high costs of living expenses and factors often beyond their control, must live paycheck to paycheck. For many, a small emergency can quickly become a major financial crisis for families, such as car repairs and health care emergencies that may drive these working families into poverty and financial challenges. When this happens, families, employers, and our economy suffer. In response to this need, the ELCHC created the ALICE > 150 Local Initiative to help families enter the School Readiness program to receive quality subsidized childcare at a cost that does not place them deeper into poverty when financial crises arise. Using local funds and matching state funds, the ALICE > 150 Local Initiative allows entry to the School Readiness program for the population marginally >150% of the federal poverty line. Children ages infant up to age 13 are eligible. In the 2019-2020 fiscal year, the ELCHC served 1,215 School Readiness children in this local funding initiative. Children are transferred into another funding priority when eligible. Figure 17 shows our local funding partnerships through the July 2019-June 2020 Fiscal Year and children served through the year. Figure 17: Local Funding and School Readiness children served in 2019-2020 Local Funding
Served FY 19-20
Caspers Company Match & Local
60
Children’s Board of Hillsborough County 4 Plus, Local, Match & Metropolitan Ministries City of Tampa Match
3,256 425
Hillsborough County BOCC Match
1,046
Hurricane Maria United Way Local
46
Hurricane Maria Community Foundation Local
42
Robles THA Match & Local
16
SouthShore Community Foundation Match & Local
209
United Way Match & Local
166
Source: ELCHC 2019-2020
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