FMC EMPOWERMENT AREA PROJECT

Quarterly Project Report

Today’s Date:January 22, 2004                             Quarter: 2nd

Project Director: Dianne Casto

Name of Project: Head Start

Service Area: Floyd and Mitchell County

Dates of Project/Service: October 1 December 31, 2003

Number of Participants this quarter:

               October Floyd County(Charles City)            1 child served for 21 days full day

                                                                                   17 children for 3 additional days

                                                   (Rockford)                5 children for 20 days

                              Mitchell Co.(Osage)                                   12 + 3 (15) children served 21 days

               November Charles City                                        1 child for 15 days full day

                                                                                                        16 children

                              Rockford                                                         5 children for 21 days

                              Osage                                                              12+3(15) children for 15 days

               December Charles City                                        2 children for 19 days full day

                                                                                                         15 children for 1 additional day

                                             Rockford                                          5 children for 16 days

                                             Osage                                               12+3 (15) children for 16 days

Initial Funding Request: $91,211 Actual funding needed this quarter: $13,486.81

Total Amount of Funding Needed to Date: $32,294.49

Explain your progress toward achieving the goals, objectives and action steps of this project.

The goal is to provide Head Start comprehensive services to children in Floyd and Mitchell County who do not qualify for Head Start and to extend the length of services for Head Start qualified children. A family worker completed her initial home visit to each family. We were able to increase the number of children served this quarter. Full comprehensive services were provided to each child.

Have any problems or obstacles in regard to the planning or implementation of this project been encountered this quarter? If so, explain what they were and how they were overcome.

               Our family worker delivered a new baby this quarter. Classroom teachers and her supervisor picked up many of the duties and filled in until she was able to return to work.

Does there continue to be a need for this project? Explain.

               Yes, there is. The collaboration with Rockford preschool indicates the need for expanding our efforts to serve children who just miss the Head Start qualifications. We have also had interest expressed to develop a possible collaboration in Mitchell County.