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CHILD INC HEAD START EARLY HEAD START TRAVIS COUNTY Early Childhood Council Meeting August 8, 2026 10:00 am to 11:30 am INTRODUCTIONS • Angela M. Lampkin • Executive Director, celebrating 1 year in Austin • Early Childhood Leadership and overall filed of work for 36 years • Born and raised in Milwaukee, WI • Master’s degree in Educational Leadership AGENDA • Introduction • Mission and Vision of Child Inc • 2025/2026 Program Highlights • Federal Grants • Funded Enrollment • Three-Year Enrollment Trends • Directly Operated and Partnership Locations • Partnership Models • Priorities for 2026/2027 School Year • Questions VISION TO CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE ALL CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF INCOME HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME INDEPENDENT AND SELF- SUFFICIENT ADULTS. MISSION TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION AND COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES WHILE SUPPORTING PERSONAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. 2025/2026 Program • Received a grant from Travis County for $1.5 million to add two EHS classrooms at Forbes • Opened a Family Resource Center and a Training Center • Awarded $16,000 to opened a Sensory Motor Classroom • Established socialization space for home visiting program Highlights • Received $15,000 to establish a Teacher Learning Lab • Full enrollment for both Head Start, Early Head Start, EHS CCP, and United Way 1882 Partnership • Doubled United Way Payments: $443,834.97 an increase of $231,295.08 from the 24/25 school • Met 10% OHS disability requirements, clean audit, and increased percent of children being up-to-date on health outcomes Celebrating 54 Years of Service FEDERAL GRANTS • Two Federal grants • Head Start & Early Head Start 608 HS Slots 188 EHS Slots 12 Slots Home Base 176 Center Base • Early Head Start Child Care Partnership 56 EHS Slots Raising Travis County Grant • 16 0-3 slots Total Funded Enrollment: 868 children FEDERAL FUNDING Grantees are funded for 5-year periods Grantees receive 80% of what it cost to operate the program. There is a 20% federal match requirement called non-federal share. Programs that don’t achieve the match without a waiver are required to return funds Annual Continuation grant submissions Funded enrollment is expected with a 10% waitlist Programs who fail to meet funded enrollment for 4 consecutive months are placed on a federal enrollment plan If a program fails to meet enrollment requirements, the government will recoup funds Total Federal Award: $19,032,934.00 Federal Match: $4,758,233.00 non-federal share ENROLLMENT TRENDS School Year Head Start Early Head Start Early Head Start Child Care Partnership Total Cumulative Served 2023/2024 2024/2025 2025/2026 1,100 608 608 338 188 188 56 56 56 1,066 1,107 1,106 In April 2026, child Inc opened 2 0-3 classrooms through Raising Travis County serving 16 children CURRENT ENROLLMENT 2026/2027 Funded Actual HS/EHS/EHS CCP/RTC # of Classrooms Waitlist Vacancies 46 39 64 105 67 40 12 30 16 32 51 68 60 44 38 63 104 55 40 12 9 12 31 47 60 53 HS/EHS HS/EHS HS/EHS HS/EHS/EHS CCP/RTC HS/EHS EHS EHS HS EHS CCP EHS CCP HS HS HS 4 4 6 11 5 5 1 2 2 6 3 4 4 36 18 27 51 11 19 0 0 1 2 18 36 13 2 1 1 1 12 0 0 21 4 1 4 8 7 Site AYW Brodie Cedar Bend Forbes Fountain Plaza St. James Home Base Tree House Kids Jeremiah Program Mainspring Del Valle Manor Pflugerville AUSTIN ISD CURRENT ENROLLMENT 2026/2027 Site Cook Graham Hart Ortega Overton Palm Walnut Creek Funded Actual HS/EHS/EHS CCP/RTC # of Classrooms Waitlist Vacancies 34 17 34 34 34 34 51 23 0 17 7 22 28 22 HS HS HS HS HS HS HS 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 0 0 2 2 3 1 8 11 0 17 24 29 6 29 * Overton Elementary reduced from 3 classrooms to 2 * Graham Elementary will add 1 classroom * Ortega Elementary possibly reducing by 1 classroom to be placed at a new ISD location LOCATIONS DIRECTLY OPERATED PARTNERSHIPS Child Care Partnerships • American Youth Works CDC HS/EHS (46 slots/4 classrooms) • Jeremiah Program (16 slots/2 classrooms) EHS • Brodie CDC HS/EHS (39 slots/4 classrooms) • Mainspring (32 slots/6 classrooms) EHS • Cedar Bend CDC HS/EHS (64 slots/6 classrooms) Head Start PreK Partnerships Forbes CDC HS/EHS/EHS CCP/RTC (105 slots/11 classrooms) Austin ISD • • • Fountain Plaza CDC HS/EHS (67 slots/5 classrooms) St. James CDC EHS (40 slots/ 5 classrooms) • Child Inc Tree House Kids Head Start * HS (30 slots/2 classrooms) Child Inc Partners with United Way through an 1882 partnership with directly operated HS classrooms • Cook, Graham, Hart, Ortega, Overton, Palm, Walnut Creek (238 slots/ 14 classrooms) Del Valle ISD • Del Valle North, Del Valle South, Del Valle Central (51 slots/3 classrooms) Manor ISD • Oak Meadows, Blake Manor (68 slots/4 classrooms) Pflugerville ISD • Pflugerville, Northwest (60 slots/4 classrooms) PREK PARTNERSHIP MODELS Full Day/School Year: AISD & MISD • Shared Staffing: ISD Teacher of Record, Child Inc Teacher Assistant with Additional Support Staff • PreK3: 17, PreK4: 20 Full Day School Year: Del Valle • Child Inc Lead Teacher and Child Inc Assistant Teacher with Additional Support Staff • PreK3: 17 Locally Designed Full Day/School Year • Half Day Warp Around Extended Day • PreK3: 15 children per classroom • Morning with PISD Staff Afternoon with Child Inc Staff EHS CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIP • Mainspring & Jeremiah Program • Two EHS teachers provided by partners • 8 children per classroom • Operates 46 weeks per year • Child Inc provides support staff 2026/2027 PRIORITIES • Adding additional Behavioral Specialist and a Special Education Teacher • Establish programming for Sensory Motor Room • Seeking funding to start a HIPPY Program (Home Instruction Program for Parents of Preschool Youngsters) • Opening new site Child Inc Tree House Kids Head Start • Implementing Continuity of Care in Early Head Start • Full Implementation of Construct Coaching Model • Exploring partnerships to build new facilities Q & A