American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act
October 12, 2010
EEC Board Meeting
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ARRA Proposals Update
Programs Awarded Since Board Vote
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PSCCE: EEC has selected 485 programs (384 FCC and 101 Center-based) representing
as many as 4,200 children to participate in the PSCCE Quality Add-on Initiative. As
many as 818 children can be enrolled with PSCCE Add-on funds.
QRIS: Revised scope of work was issued to and signed with Wheelock College to reflect
the total $3.4M award to Wheelock and its partners (United Way, CAYL Institute, and
translation service provider).
Birth to 8 Leadership Institute: EEC awarded $125,000 to the CAYL Institute for
the Early Educators Fellowship Initiative to work through a state-wide planning
committee to create a series of learning experiences for the entire 2010-2011 academic
year.
Waitlist Solution: EEC hired Control Tec for $490,096 to deliver a dynamic package
that will allow us to access waitlist information by provider and in total.
Professional Development Research Project: Awarded contract to Ann Douglass
from UMASS Boston for a total of $176,221 (the balance to come from Quality Support
funding) to create a PreSchool Standards and Guidelines Course, evaluate the
Professional Development System, and develop a course on Core Competencies and
Evaluation.
CCRR Streamlining: EEC signed contracts with each of the nine CCRRs for a total of
$561,186 to provide and implement specific transition services, implement efficiencies
in the voucher management system, and support enrolling preschoolers in the
Preschool Child Care Education initiative.
CCRR Business Model: EEC signed a contract with the CAYL Institute for $75,000 to
assess ways to improve information and referral, consumer education, and voucher
management services provided by the Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R)
agencies.
ARRA Proposal Update
Programs Awarded Since Board Vote, Continued
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Environmental Rating Scales Institute: EEC has contracted with ERSI and four other
providers (location, printing, supplies, ECRS books) for a total of $60K to provide five full
days of training: a one day introductory training followed by four days of training that will
assist participants in reaching accuracy on the scales and meet reliability standards.
Business Analysis of EEC IT Security: EEC has signed a contract with Janus for
$28,010 to assess if the EEC environment can withstand cyber attacks, attempts to gain
unauthorized access, and/or other forms of malicious activity.
Streamline Voucher Management System: EEC has already interviewed and will be
hiring a consultant through PeoplServ to support the voucher management system.
Out of School Time Learning Initiative: EEC extended its contract with United Way for a
total of $499,000 through June 30, 2011 to initiate a statewide training and technical
assistance grant to support partnerships between public schools and school age child care
programs to deliver intentional summer learning promotion opportunities.
Communications Campaign: EEC extended its contract with United Way for a total of
$498,500 through June 30, 2011 to build the capacity of stakeholders in Massachusetts to
initiate a statewide communication infrastructure that is able to create and sustain public
awareness and understanding regarding the importance of quality early education and care
experience during children’s earliest years. Additional funding allows the United Way to
develop a web content strategy for EEC, to edit and design EEC’s website, and to produce
additional necessary collateral.
Infant/Toddler Rate Increase: EEC has set aside $3M in its flex pool funding to pay for
this initiative should the Board approve it. EEC has the ability to dedicate funds from this
initiative to PSCCE should this be required.
Readiness Centers Support: EEC awarded $400,000 in funding to the Professional
Development grantees to work with the Readiness Centers to provide more coordinated
professional development offerings for early education and out of school time providers and
educators throughout the State.
ARRA Board Vote
History
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In May, 2010, EEC Board authorized EEC to award $75K to support a vendor to work
directly with the Readiness Center Network to further develop a statewide system to
support increased access to higher education for early educators with limited English
proficiency and improved outcomes for the children, birth to age 8, they work with.
In June EEC initiated this work with EOE but in September together made the management
decision to return responsibility to EEC.
In September EEC posted a request for services to approved vendors on EEC’s Training RFR
list, seeking a consultant to work closely with EEC, EOE and the statewide Readiness
Centers Network to, among other things, identify and disseminate best practices to address
the needs of early educators with limited English proficiency and to implement and
coordinate specific activities, and to support a higher education curriculum for dual
language learners in early education and out of school time learning programs.
Only Wheelock College responded with a very strong proposal to assess the professional
development needs of English language learners working in education across the state
(including literature and current projects reviews) with the intention of using those results
to work with EEC, EOE, and DHE to develop a systematic approach that will lay the
groundwork for a statewide system of professional development for linguistically diverse
educators.
Given the far reaching range of the proposal; the costs associated with the research,
analysis, and policy recommendations conducted by a group of people rather than a
consultant (as originally envisioned); its excellence; and the added value of a Summer
Institute to build capacity, EEC funded Wheelock at a cost of $196,963 subject to Board
approval.
Board Vote
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The Board of Early Education and Care ratify the Department’s increased expenditure of
ARRA funds from $75,000 to $196,693 awarded for a consultant to support increased
access to higher education for early educators with Limited English Proficiency through
activities which include working directly with EEC, EOE, and the Readiness Center Network.
ARRA Spending Update
Program
ARRA Admin Chargeback (E56 Object Class .4%)
ARRA Monitors
Birth to 8 Leadership Institute
CCR&R - to assist with provider reassessment transition $
CCRR Streamlining
$
CCRR Business Model
$
CFCE Infrastructure Grants (111)
$
4
Spent as of 6/8
$
$
$
-
Spent as of
10/7/2010
$
27,296
$
$
-
Amount Unspent
$
68,572
$
298,428
$
125,000
934,351
561,187
75,000
246,436
$
$
$
$
617,713
-
$
$
$
$
934,351
62,466
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
143,880
4,150
150,000
54,672
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
99,500
447,422
64,261
138,124
1,539
124,181
50,000
150,000
110,275
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
399,000
434,387
235,739
710,170
86,876
852,123
375,819
3,098,954
38,740
$
$
$
199,835 $
112,510
1,016,155
$
57,955 $
$
30,768 $
250,000 $
$
119,232
249,000
165,000
Budgeted
$
95,868
$
298,428
$
125,000
Communications Infrastructure Strategy andCampaign
Contracted Providers - Voucher Reassessment
CSEFEL Professional Development Opportunity
Early Childhood Info Systems (ECIS)
Early Literacy Program
Head Start Wraparound Care
Improvement of Physical Environments
Infant/Toddlers Early Childhood program standards
Infant/Toddler Rate Increase
Information and Referral Program
IT - 2 consultants to reconfigure existing IT structure
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
498,500
881,809
300,000
710,170
225,000
853,662
500,000
50,000
3,098,954
150,000
149,015
IT - Software Development Consultant: EEC IS Security
Kindergarten Entry Enrichment Program - KEEP
LEPPD Spanish (Speaking Providers) Formerly named
Professional Dev/Access to Higher Ed for LEP
Out of School Time Learning
PD Research Project
PSCCE - Pre School Child Care Education (Originally 18
month access for PS)
QRIS-Consultant-Award Grants
QRIS - ERSI
Readiness Centers (Iwheelock College)
Readiness Centers
REKEEP: KEEP Before & After School Care
Summer Vouchers 2009
Summer Only Voucher 2010
Waitlist Study
Indirect Charges
$
$
112,510 $
1,215,990 $
$
$
$
150,000 $
499,000 $
165,000 $
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
5,695,036
3,400,000
145,416
196,963
400,000
153,690
636,714
650,000
490,096
303,147
23,966,942
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
-
85,416
636,714
52,840
1,803,340
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
33,622
85,416
50,000
191
636,714
568,195
52,896
4,117,054
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
(0)
561,187
75,000
183,970
5,661,414
3,400,000
60,000
196,963
350,000
153,499
(0)
81,805
490,096
250,251
19,849,888