2022 – 2023 ANNUAL REPORT
Early Head Start and Head Start
Program Mission
To assist families to be the best they can be by providing a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment where both parents and children can continue to grow.
Financial Audit
PACT’s most recent audit covered the fiscal year 2023 (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023). The audit expressed an unqualified opinion with no findings.
HHS Monitoring Review
We Believe
that every child in Hawaii deserves a bright and healthy future. Federally funded Head Start and Early Head Start programs promote school readiness of children from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social and emotional development.
From November 14, 2022 to November 18, 2022, the Administration fro Children and Families (ACF) conducted a Focus Area Two (FA2) monitoring review of PACT Early Head Start and Head Start programs. Based on the information gathered during this review, it was determined that PACT met the requirements of all applicable Head Start Program Performance Standards, laws, regulations, and policy requirements.
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Head Start (FEDERAL) 5,039,180.00 Early Head Start (FEDERAL) 4,490,696.00 Early Head Start Partnership (FEDERAL) 1,639,145.36 HCF Oscar & Rosetta Fish Fund (PRIVATE) 50,000.00 Samuel N. & Mary Castle Foundation (PRIVATE) 41,008.00 Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) 515,000.00 Head Start CRRSA AND ARP Grant Awards (FEDERAL) 772,466.14 TOTAL 12,547,495.50 BUDGET HEAD START (FEDERAL) Personnel 3,671,349.16 Training & Technical Assistance 83,667.00 Other 1,284,163.84 Non-Federal 1,222,679.00 6,261,859.00 EARLY HEAD START (FEDERAL) Personnel 2,677,076.69 Training & Technical Assistance 88,832.00 Other 1,724,787.31 Non-Federal 1,089,597.00 5,580,293.00 EARLY HEAD START PARTNERSHIP Personnel 228,211.57 Training & Technical Assistance 47,344.23 Other 1,363,589.56 Non-Federal 366,500.00 2,005,645.36 TOTAL 13,847,797.36 July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023 2
PUBLIC
PRIVATE FUNDING
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Early education offers innumerable benefits for keiki and their families that last a lifetime and impact future generations.
— Ben Naki EVP of Early Education Programs
For me, success in teaching means seeing the children accomplish their goals while having a heart for each other through their interactions.
— Sasha Wilson Head Start Area Manager
HEAD START
Head Start provides center-based services for children ages three to five and their parents. Emphasis is placed on school readiness with the goal of preparing children toenter kindergarten ready to learn.
Center-Based Services are located on Oahu and Hawaii Island – West Hawaii, Waimea and East Hawaii.
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HEAD START PROGRAM INFORMATION (2022-2023PY)
449 Funded Enrollment 448 Children served 82% Average Monthly Enrollment 410 Families ENROLLMENT 6% 99.5% Received Medical Exam 80.6% Received Dental exam MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES Children with Disabilities Over Income* • Greater than 130% of Federal Poverty Line 6.5%) • 101-130% Federal Poverty Line (6.7%) Head Start out of the 448 children served Head Start out of the 448 children served ELIGIBILITY AGE Income Eligible Public Assistance Foster Child Homeless Over Income 37.1% 42.2% 2.7% 4.9% 13.2% 2 Years Old 3 Years Old 4 Years Old 10% 46.2% 43.8% 5
EARLY HEAD START
Our Early Head Start and Head Start early learning classrooms and pre-school programs help pave the way for keiki to succeed in school and life.
Early Head Start provides center-based services for infants and toddlers and home-based services to prenatal parents and parents with infants and toddlers. Emphasis is placed in educating parents on child development, importance of parent-child interaction, and the social emotional development of their children
Center-Based and Home-Based Services are located on Oahu and Hawaii Island.
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EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM INFORMATION (2022-2023PY)
Over Income* • Greater than 130% of Federal Poverty Line (2.8%) • 101-130% Federal Poverty Line (4.9%) Early Head Start out of the 326 children served ELIGIBILITY AGE 313 Funded Enrollment 326 Children served 76% Average Monthly Enrollment 252 Families ENROLLMENT 10.2% 91.6% Received Medical Exam 65.6% Received Dental exam MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES Children with Disabilities Income Eligible Public Assistance Foster Child Homeless Over Income 44.5% 32.5% 6.7% 8.6% 7.7% Early Head Start out of the 326 children served 29.4% 28.8% 36.2% 5.5% Under 1 Year 1 Years Old 2 Years Old Pregnant Women 7
Early childhood education is essential for keiki’s long term health, achievement and happiness.
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EARLY HEAD START – Child Care Partnership (CCP) PROGRAM INFORMATION (2022-2023PY)
Over Income* • Greater than 130% of Federal Poverty Line (1.2%) • 101-130% Federal Poverty Line (8.3%) Early Head Start CCP out of the 84 children served ELIGIBILITY AGE 9.7% 97.6% 98.7% Received Medical Exam 88.6% Received Dental exam MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES CHILD CARE SUBSIDY Children with Disabilities Children receiving a child care subsidy Income Eligible Public Assistance Foster Child Homeless Over Income 41.7% 45.2% 2.4% 1.2% 9.5% Early Head Start CCP out of the 84 children served 26.2% 39.3% 34.5% Under 1 Year 1 Years Old 2 Years Old 72 Funded Enrollment 84 Children served 92% Average Monthly Enrollment 72 Families ENROLLMENT 9
PARENT, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES (2022–2023PY)
• Policy Council Meetings
• Family Engagement Network (FEN/Parent Committee Meetings)
• Home Learning Activities
• Reading to Child
• Parent and Child Activities: Pause Engage Encourage Reflect (PEER) Activity Cards
• Family Learning Parties
• Pediatric Resident Program Orientation
• Ready to Learn School Supplies
• Toys for Tots
• Helping Hands Hawaii: Adopt A Family
• Socializations and Home Visits
• Project Based Studies
• End of Year Aloha Day
• Preschool Here I Come Transition event
• Creative Curriculum Learning Games and Mighty Minutes
• Clothing/Toy/ Book exchange and Lending Library
• Pahoa Christmas Parade
• Kahuku Parade
• SASCIE Program Self-Assessment
• Child Care Connections: Child Care Subsidies
• POD: Preschool Open Door
• University of Hawaii: Keiki Smiles Dental Screenings
• PACT Kuhio Park Terrace Community Events
• Aloha and Hawaii Diaper Bank Distribution
• Language Environment Analysis (LENA) Grow & LENA Home
• Kalihi Connection Coalition
• Sequenced Transition to Education into the Public Schools (STEPS) Meetings
• Kalihi Connection Coalition
• Department of Education Sponsored events: STEMS (Science Exploration), play day, Read to Me, Always Dream
• In Peace: Kamakana Ali‘i Recruitment
• Ready 4K
• Keiki Spring Fest (Waianae)
• Preschool Here I Come Family Event (Waianae)
• Healthy Eating Stay Active
• Malama da Mind
• Malama Na Keiki (Holualoa)
• Family Support Hawaii Early Head Start Family Literacy/Car Safety Event
• Higashihara Park’s 25th Celebration (Holualoa)
• Konawaena High School Open House/Back to School
• Hawai‘i Island Community Resource Fair (Hilo)
• HCC Career & Resource Fair (Hilo)
• EOEL Recruitment (Pahoa)
• Lei Ohana Family Support Fair (Kailua-Kona)
• Celebrating Ohana Festiva (Kailua-Kona)
• East Hawaii Coalition to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect
• Neighborhood Place of Kona West Hawaii Coalition
• Neighborhood Place of Puna
• Story time at Hilo Public Library
• Budgeting Training by 101 Financial
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• Parent Workshops/Trainings:
• General Health Trainings:
• Pedestrian Safety and Car Seat Safety
• Safe Sleep/Routines
• Fire Safety/Environmental Safety
• Child’s Nutritional Status/Healthy Eating
• Hand Washing
• Financial Planning/Physical Fitness
• Transition/Oral Health
• Hearing, Vision and Developmental Screenings
• Substance Abuse/Consequences of tobacco/exposure to lead
• Emergency First Aide and Environmental Hazards
• WBC and Immunizations
• Family Life Practice & PEER trainings:
• PEER workshops (10 series)
• Reducing screen time
• Family routines
• Executive Function
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2022–2023 EHS/HS/EHS-CCP
PROGRAM YEAR EFFORTS
TO PREPARE CHILDREN FOR PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN
PACT Early Head Start / Head Start curriculum aligns with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (HSELOF, 2015), which consists of five broad areas of early learning, referred to as central domains. These domains reflect research-based expectations for learning and development. The HSELOF emphasizes the key skills, behaviors, and knowledge that the program must foster in children ages birth to 5 to help them be successful in school and life.
CENTRAL DOMAINS
APPROACHES TO LEARNING
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INFANT/ TODDLER DOMAINS
Approaches to Learning
PRESCHOOLER DOMAINS
Approaches to Learning
Social and Emotional Development
Social and Emotional Development
LANGUAGE AND LITERACY COGNITION
Launguage and Communication Cognition
Launguage and Communication Mathmatics Development
PERCEPTUAL, MOTOR, AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development
Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development Literacy Scientific Reasoning
PACT utilizes the following curriculum and tools in home-based and center-based settings:
Curriculum & Supporting Materials
• Creative Curriculum (Pre-School and Infants, Toddlers and Twos)
• Creative Curriculum Learning Games (home learning activities)
• Ready to Shine Curriculum (Pre-School)
• Ready to Shine Pause Engage Encourage Reflect (PEER) Cards
• InJoy Health Education (Prenatal curriculum)
• Partners for Healthy Baby: Home Visiting Curriculum for Expectant Families
• Second Step Early Learning Curriculum
• I Am Moving, I Am Learning (IMIL)
• Cavity Free Kids – Oral Health Education for Young Children
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Social-Emotional Resources/Tools
• The Pyramid Model Implementation
• Center on Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFL) Resources
• National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI) Resources Library and Backpack Connections Newsletters
• Unpacking the Pyramid Model (books for each classroom)
• Developed and implemented formalized Behavior Support Process including supporting staff training
• Book Nook Lending Library
• Calming Kits
• Kindergarten Transition Books
Assessment and Monitoring Tools
• Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool (TPOT)
• Teachstone Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS)
• Creative Curriculum Fidelity Tool
• Teaching Strategies Gold
• Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ’S) behavioral and developmental screens
• Use of Manage By Outcomes (MBO) Data f or lesson planning and individualization
Coaching and Professional Development
• LENA Grow and LENA Home
• Story Grammar Marker (“Braidy” – narrative development)
• Parents Interacting with Infants (PIWI)
• CLASS Professional Learning Community
• CLASS video library (as needed)
• TTT- Talking Tips with Darcy Kazarian
In addition, PACT conducts the following activities to ensure that children and families are prepared for a successful transition from Early Head Start to Head Start and from Head Start to Kindergarten:
• Hawaii Early Learning and Development Standards (HELDS)
• Alignment crosswalk between the Hawaii Common Core Standards, Early Learning Outcomes Framework, Teaching Strategies, and kindergarten entry assessments.
• National Center for Quality Teaching and Learning (NCQTL) In-Service Suites
• Participation in Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Grant collaborative articulation meetings
• Participation in Kindergarten Transition Plans collaboration meetings
• Participation in Sequenced Transition to Education into the Public Schools (STEPS) meetings/activities
• Individualized Transition Plans
- Family goals/Child goals
• Transition Fairs
• Family Lending Library for Transitioning to Kindergarten
• Early Head Start to Head Start classroom visits.
• Kindergarten classroom visits
• Provide families with end-of-year transition activities introduced with accompanying “Getting Ready for Kindergarten” letters in home languages
• Kindergarten Summer Start Transition Program
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OAHU
Waialua High School
Kamaaina Kids Maili
Ka Pua-Maili
EHS West O‘ahu Office
Kamaaina Kids Ewa
Kamaaina Kids Barber’s Point
HAWAII ISLAND
Ko‘olau Loa Office
Leeward Health Center
Kalihi Elementary School
Fern Elementary School Pre-Plus
Kuhio Park Terrace
Linapuni Elementary School
Kahauiki Village
Waimanalo
Kalanianaole Elementary School
Pu‘ueo
Hilo Child Development Center
Easter Seals
PACT Head Start Central Office
Hawaiian Beaches
Keauhou
Mtn. View Elementary School Pre-Plus
Keonepoko Elementary School Pre-Plus
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