[Partnerships] due date change of cp a/n assessment

[Navin]

Cathy

All Head Start programs must do a major community assessment every 3 years
and update it every year.  It is supposed to include not only child care,
but also family literacy and any support services needed by Head
Start-eligible families (i.e., below poverty line with a 3 or 4 year old
child).  They are due by June 1.

Exploration of the overlap between this and DOE community assessment and
DHCD CSBG assessment have begun in Boston.

Chris Navin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cathy Gannon" <CGannon at qcc.mass.edu>
To: <partnerships at lists.literacytent.org>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 5:10 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Re: [Partnerships] due date change of cp a/n assessment


> Has anyone found another group whose timeframe for doing a community
> assessment is in sync with ours?
> Cathy G.
>
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> Subject: RE: Re: Re: [Partnerships] due date change of cp a/n assessment
>
>
> O.K., I agree and I would like to add that we may be missing out on
> opportunities to leverage other resources for community planning and
> coalition building, if the process is too prescriptive.  For example,
every
> Community Action Program is required to do communtiy planning every three
> years.  It would be great to coordinate with them and combine our talents.
> Perhaps, there are other groups in the community (School Links Programs,
> Health Centers, Housing Coalitions) that do some form of community
planning
> that we could work with.  If we had enough flexibility, we would be in a
> better position to maximize our resources and the community's resources.
>
> Anne
>