Ignorance or Arrogance? The DECCD 2016 CCDBG State Plan Work
Posted: January 6, 2016 Filed under: Administration for Children and Families, Allies for Quality Care, Business Ethics, CCPP-approved Provider, Child Care Development Fund, Child Care Mississippi, Consumer Protection, DECCD-MDHS, Head Start, Hechinger Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Mississippi Building Blocks, Mississippi Legislature, MS Department of Human Services, Office of the Attorney General, QRS Mississippi, Quality Rating System, School Readiness Mississippi, SECAC Mississippi, Uncategorized | Tags: 2007 Market Survey Rates, Administration for Children and Families, Allies for Quality Care, CCPP-approved Provider, child care Mississippi, child care quality rating systems Mississippi, DECCD, DECCD-MDHS, equal access, Hechinger Report, Kellogg Foundation, Market Survey Rates, MDHS, Mississippi CCDF State Plan, Mississippi Child Care Quality Steps, Mississippi Child Care Resource and Referral, QRS Mississippi, Quality Rating System; DECCD-MDHS; CCDF Quality Improvement, SECAC Mississippi, The Mississippi Center for Education Innovation Leave a comment
UPDATE: CENTRAL PLANNERS AWARD CCDBG FUNDING CONTRACTS WITHOUT CONDUCTING REQUIRED QUALITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT
The Early Years Network contract was awarded to a single agency who serves as the fiscal agent. This agency works with other agency partners to provide high quality services.
| Contract Awardee: | Mississippi State Universtiy Extension Service |
| Contract Partners (alphabetical order): |
Mississippi Center for Education Innovation |
| Mississippi State University Early Childhood Institute | |
| NEW FUNDING | Save the Children (Head Start) |
| NEW FUNDING | University of Mississippi Center for Education Research and Evaluation |
| University of Southern Mississippi | |
| Department of Child and Family Studies | |
| Institute for Disability Studies |
FACT :
Since DECCD took the Certificate Program In-House, approximately 250 Licensed Child Care Facilities have gone out of business. It has not yet been determined if a disproportionate number of those failed businesses were owned and operated by members of a protected class. However, no or few Certificates funding newly enrolled children have been issued by DECCD this fiscal year which began Oct. 1, 2015, (citing lack of funding) so the number of failed businesses serving large numbers of low-income children is expected to rise due to the fact Low-income Providers have not been able to fill vacancies left when children began the new school year last August or aged out of the Program.
Webinar Questions and Answers:
http: //www.mdhs.ms.gov/media/318009/Webinar-1_Questions-and-Polls.pdf
Q: What document will be provided in advance as a basis for development? Anything other than the 2013 Plan?
A: DECCD will not release a draft of the State Plan until such time as the Office of Child Care releases a final version of the State Plan Preprint.
http://www.mdhs.ms.gov/media/318968/Webinar-3_comments.pdf
Question: Is it also the consideration of state policy makers to reduce the assistance such low-income families now receive in order to attempt to serve the same number of children while increasing grants for quality? If so, will you be providing an Economic Impact Statement?
DECCD Response: States have been required by the 2014 Reauthorization to make greater investments in quality activities and program oversight processes such as monitoring providers. At this time, the state’s allocation of funds has not increased. DECCD will make every effort to judiciously allocate limited resources in order to comply with federal regulations and to meet the needs of our clients.
Any future policy changes proposed by DECCD will be presented to the Attorney General’s Office for review. DECCD will follow the instructions provided by legal counsel regarding program performance and the requirement of any Economic Impact Statement.
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