2013 ANNUAL REPORT July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013

I have served on the Board of Directors for The Learning Center for

Families for five years. The last two years I have served as President. As my

time serving on the Board comes to a close later this year, I have spent

considerable time reflecting on all that has transpired. During my tenure, The

Learning Center for Families has seen tremendous change. The scope and

breadth of services provided by TLC has expanded as has the number of

children we have been able to serve- not to mention the new and upgraded

facilities. However, even with all the change and progress, the focus and

mission of TLC has remained constant. We are here to serve children and

families in an effort to see that all children are given the opportunity to

succeed.

I continue to be amazed at the dedication and devotion of the

management team and staff of TLC. They are truly an amazing group of

people who remain singularly focused on the children and families we

serve. As we move forward into a new year, challenges and issues will

inevitably arise, but no challenge or issue will be insurmountable. To that

end I reiterate my previous thought that we, as supporters, advocates,

employees and volunteers of TLC, must continue to be vigilant in voicing and

pledging our support for the programs administered by TLC and for the

continued and increased funding of these programs. After all, it is not about

the Board, the management team, the staff or volunteers; it is about the

success and future of the children and families served by TLC.

Although my time at the helm is nearing the end, I am excited about

the future of TLC. The Learning Center for Families is well positioned to

benefit and serve children and their families for years to come. It has been

my great pleasure to serve this tremendous organization. If you have any

questions about the Board, you are always welcome to contact me

personally.

- Aaron D. Randall

Hughes, Thompson, Randall & Mellen, PC.

187 North 100 West

Saint George, Utah 84770

Phone: (435) 673-4892

Fax: (435) 673-2774

Email: aaron@htrmlaw.com

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Aaron Randall, Attorney Hughes, Thompson, Randall & Mellen, PC. President Robert Allen Chase Bank Vice-President George Graff, CPA Hafen, Buckner, Everett, Graff Treasurer Ginger West Parent Secretary Joe Herrmann Parent Policy Council Liaison Caroline Barlow Parent Advocate Shirlee Draper Parent Timothy P. Eicher Dixie State College Advocate Marie Hansen Early Childhood Specialist Advocate Nancy Hubler Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah Advocate Dr. Joe Trujillo Retired School Superintendent Parent

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Research has shown that a child’s earliest years, from prenatal

development through thirty-six months, furnish a window of opportunity

for enriching children’s development that can provide life-long positive

outcomes. However, for the young child, this crucial time can also be a

period of heightened vulnerability to stressors such as: poor health,

developmental complications, poverty, and/or, less than optimal home

environments. The Learning Center for Families offers multiple programs

to ensure the success of our youngest citizens.

Early Intervention provides services to children who

are showing any kind of developmental delay or who

have a condition strongly linked with developmental

delays such as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy or

autism. TLC for Families’ early intervention team

includes nurses, Learning Consultants, psychologists,

licensed clinical social workers, and speech, physical &

occupational therapists. The team works with each

family based on their child's and family's individual needs. Services are

provided in the home, at the child's day care or in one of our five family

centers. Early intervention has no waiting list and all children are

evaluated within 6 weeks of referral. If eligible, services start immediately.

Early Head Start (EHS) serves pregnant women and

children ages birth to three. EHS is a comprehensive

family development and school readiness program

that promotes the physical, cognitive, social and

emotional growth of infants and toddlers while

assisting their parents to achieve greater degrees of

self sufficiency. Families are chosen based on critical

needs. Outreach is conducted throughout our service

Index:

Message from the President

of the Board of Directors

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Programs 2

Revenues 4

Expenditures 8

Outreach & Enrollment

9

Human Resources

10

Quality Indicators

12

School Readiness

12

Facilities 13

Baby Watch Early

Intervention Data

14

Highlights 15

2014 Projected Budget

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area to ensure that we can reach the families who traditionally slip through

the cracks. Once enrolled, Early Head Start combines weekly home visits

with parent-child play groups to help families and children reach their goals.

Kindermusik is a fee-for-

service program at TLC for

Families. This program offers

child development and

parent education instruction

whether a child ‘qualifies’ for

one of our services or not.

Kindermusik® is a method of

early childhood education

(birth - 7) in music and

movement that nurtures a

child's cognitive, emotional,

social, language, and physical

development. The tuition is

very reasonable and we receive high marks from our parents who

participate. In FY 2013, our Kindermusik enrollment grew 60% from last

year with a total of 191 children enrolled in one of 7 sessions.

February 2013 was our first year anniversary of

our Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home

Visiting program (MIECHV). This program serves

pregnant women of all incomes as long as they

meet one of the following criteria parent(s) must

be: aged 20 or younger: a veteran, veteran’s

spouse, or whose partner is on active duty; who

has ever been referred to DCFS; who has a history

of substance abuse or whose partner has a history

of substance abuse; and/or who has an intellectual

impairment.

Over the last twenty

years, The Learning

Center for Families

has become a

preeminent early

education center

known throughout

the state for the

quality and variety of

our services.

Families of all

incomes,

nationalities and

cultures are welcome

to participate.

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REVENUES

During FY 2013, The Learning Center for Families was called upon to serve

an increasing population of vulnerable pregnant women, infants and

toddlers. Our major contracts, government and private funding sources

were as follows:

Utah Baby Watch Early Intervention (BWEI)

Our Utah enrollment fluctuated tremendously

during FY 13 from a low of 172 in July to an all

time high of 232 in May. Average enrollment

across the year remained flat. Nevertheless, we

continued to see a dramatic rise in the number of children with autism and

related disorders. We have also seen an uptick in the number of children

with critical medical needs who require additional services to provide

appropriate care.

Utah Medicaid & CHIP

A portion of our funding for early

intervention services in Utah comes

through the Medicaid system. Despite a

rosier economic outlook in our service area,

in FY 13, our Medicaid collections increased

16% from FY 12 for a total of

$609,034. Surprisingly, the Children’s

Health Insurance Program (CHIP), serving

families of moderate income who are not eligible for Medicaid, was also

much higher this year than last. We received $26,400 from this program,

three and a half times more than in FY 12.

Family Fees

The Utah State Legislature has imposed a

sliding scale Family Participation Fee structure

for families receiving certain early intervention

services. Washington County historically does

not generate much in the way of fees. Most

families are eligible for services at no cost or

through Medicaid. However, in FY 13 we took

in $8,980 in Family Fees, up 121% from the year

before.

The impact of the

Federal Sequester

was felt in two of

our largest

programs: Early

Head Start and

Baby Watch

Intervention. We

are glad to report

that, even after

losing over

$100,000 in

funding, we did

not have to cut

services to even

one family. Staff

took furlough

days and we were

staffed to the

bare bones in

order to keep

operations intact.

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Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP)

Our AzEIP program serves infants and toddlers with

disabilities and delays from the Beaver Dam area, all

across the western Arizona Strip and east to the

town of Fredonia. Unlike Baby Watch early

intervention, AzEIP is a fee-for-service program. That

means we are paid for each contact with the family

from our developmental team of educators and therapists. FY 13 we were

hit with a double whammy: a 9% drop in enrollment and AzEIP’s new

program design which does not allow for more than one clinical specialist

to serve a child, regardless of the child’s special needs. This culminated in

our revenues decreasing 19% from FY 12 to $212,281. Somehow we still

managed to eke out $49,093 in revenue over expenses for the year.

Early Head Start (EHS)

Our Early Head Start program is funded to serve 132

pregnant women, infants and toddlers and runs on a

calendar year. This makes slicing and dicing the

income into our fiscal

year challenging. Early

in the year, we received a 0.72% Cost of

Living Adjustment. However, that was

snatched away and then some when in the

middle of our grant year, our grant was cut

$70,025 due to the Federal Sequester.

Also, we did not receive ARRA funds as we

had in the previous two years. Therefore,

our EHS revenue decreased over 5% to $1,262,735.

First Things First (FTF)

Our First Things First provides funding to

serve an additional 36 families on the

Arizona Strip utilizing the Early Head Start

model. The program follows all of the

performance standards and is paid though

Arizona’s tobacco taxes. We received

$269,912 in FY 13, down slightly from FY 12.

The Learning

Center for

Families operates

a one-of-a-kind

model of

services. Staff

are cross-trained

over multiple

programs. This

way we realize a

huge economy of

scale for children

who are enrolled

in two programs

simultaneously.

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MIECHV (Healthy Families America

Program)

This grant runs on an October to

September cycle. This was our first

full year of operations and we were

fully enrolled. A total of $145,103

was received during FY 2013 for the

operation of this program.

Private Grants

We are fortunate to have assistance from a variety of non-government

sources to enhance the quality of services we can provide to our

families. These funds are used to pay for essential supports that are not

covered in our regular contracts.

United Way Dixie In July 2012, a $60,000 grant

was awarded to TLC from United Way Dixie to be

used for program operations through June 2014. This was the

second largest grant given by this organization and reflects

United Way Dixie’s strong commitment to helping our

community’s most vulnerable children succeed.

Utah State University Step-Family Education We continued our

partnership on a research project with this prestigious institution

to teach the USU curriculum that assists parents and children

living in step families. In FY 13, we held two sessions. We

received a total of $17,920.

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) We were thrilled to

receive a $38,058 grant from the City of St. George to help us

finish our play area at our St. George Center. Funding was used

to put in grass, shade awnings and a water play area.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Humanitarian Center

This organization continues to provided thousands of dollars of

food and cleaning supplies to our organization as well as

providing vouchers for our families

to enable them to get much

needed clothing and household

goods.

We are so

fortunate to have

such generous

support from our

community. All

contributions, big

and small, were

used to enhance

our services to

our infants and

toddlers with

complex and

enduring needs.

This allowed

families to

flourish where

previously they

had so little

hope.

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Donations:

In FY13, we received just over $26,300 in donations from private

individuals and organizations. Some of these include:

Wal-Mart Foundation- $10,000

Salvation Army- $5,000

St. George Catholic Church: $4,200

Christmas Families In FY 2013, we saw a drop in the number of families

who needed help at Christmas time.

We attribute this to an improved

economy, assisting families with

budgeting, and coordinating with

existing community resources.

Thanks to the generosity of our many

friends and partners, we were able

to provide Christmas for 114 children-

all of whom were unable to get

holiday assistance from any other organization.

In-Kind Support Early Head Start requires that for every dollar we receive,

we must bring in 25¢ in non-federal goods or services as an in-kind

match. In 2013 we continued to bring in substantially more in non-federal

funds than the required $315,684 besting that by nearly $210,000 for a

whopping $525,156.

Donations of

goods and

services are

critical to our

operations. We

are especially

grateful to

Rainmakers, a

landscaping firm

that has been

providing weekly

maintenance at

our St. George

facility since we

opened in 2011.

2013 REVENUE ALL SOURCES

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Expenditures for All Programs

As would be expected from a service-based program, our

largest expense is our people. In FY 13, $2,422,110 was spent on

wages and benefits. This was a 16% increase over 2012. At

$357,794, the second largest area of expenditures was for

occupancy costs. This includes the costs of rent, utilities and

upkeep at our five TLC sites. Our next largest expense is program

services, which totaled $272,589. $74,903 of those expenditures

were in Contract Services, which includes an LCSW, PhD

Psychologist, a registered dietician, speech, occupational and

physical therapists. Additional costs in this category include

reimbursements to parents for travel to and from our sites as well

as costs associated with child care required to attend meetings and

trainings. Other represents our advertising, legal and technical

services along with payroll processing, membership/dues and

automotive expenses.

In FY 13, expenditures for all programs totaled

$3,292,960. This represents an increase of $335,892 in

expenditures over FY 12- rather remarkable considering that we

lost over $100,000 in contract revenue from our two largest

programs.

The Learning

Center for

Families has

always operated

in such a way

that large swings

in revenue from

one year to the

next, such as

what occurred

between FY 12

and FY 13, do

not interfere

with operations

or the provision

of services of the

highest quality.

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Outreach & Enrollment

Having solid partnerships with other agencies and the medical profession has

paid off in helping us recruit families for our programs. The Learning Center

for Families staff

participated on

several different

committees

dedicated to

providing quality

services to the

communities we

serve. New in 2012

was the Social

Networking

Committee that

focused on ‘getting

the word out’. The

results were

amazing. The

number of referrals

from our website,

brochures and radio

spots increased

seven-fold over last

Early Intervention

250 children were referred to the Utah early intervention program In FY 13,

which is a flat number from the previous year. In FY 13, our own Early Head

Start services referred 26 children to be evaluated for possible delays. We

went through a

precipitous drop

in referrals at

Christmas.

However, the

Board and

members of staff

implemented

several strategies that allowed the program to gain momentum resulting in

all time high enrollment of 232 Utah children in May. We continue to

struggle with finding eligible children in Arizona where eligibility

requirements are much more rigorous.

Early Head Start

A total of 168 slots were available in our EHS program through both federal

funding and Arizona’s First Things First. As children aged out, we

immediately filled their slot with the next family on the

waiting list. In FY 13, a total of 218 individuals

were enrolled in services. All but 3% of the

families were below 100% of federal poverty

guidelines. Unfortunately, there were 80 more

left on the waiting list for services.

When we started in

1993, we were lucky

if the medical

community referred

even one child per

month. Compare

that with our latest

data indicating that a

doctor referred a

family to our

program on average

every three days.

Out of the 503

referrals received in

FY 2013, twenty-

eight percent had

concerns about

language

development.

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Human Resources

The beginning of 2013 saw us add a new member to our team

with the addition of a full time Occupational Therapist. Midyear 2013 we

were faced with over $100,000 in combined cuts in our early intervention

and Early Head Start programs due to the Federal Sequester. Over

40,000 children were dropped from Head Start programs nationally with

the funding shortage. We took a different tack.

We brought staff together and asked them for solutions. They

were uniform in their

decision that we not cut

one child out of our

program and were willing

to take unpaid furlough

days to ensure that no

family lost services. In

fact, we were so careful

with our funds, that we

added a new position, an ERSEA Coordinator, to conduct the eligibility,

recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance activities for our Early

Head Start Program.

With the change in models in our MIECHV grant, we were able to

reduce the amount of supervision hours and increase direct service,

hiring one more FTE for that program.

Staff Development

Nothing is more important to

our agency than the recruitment,

training, supervision and retention of

our staff. TLC supports and

encourages ongoing education

through both educational assistance

and student loan repayment. This year, 3 staff members accessed our

educational assistance program to continue their education, and 9 staff

members used our student loan payment assistance.

TLC for Families arranges both formal and informal training

opportunities to enable employees to progress in their technical

knowledge of our services. Four staff members completed their Baby

Watch Credential, a designation by the Utah Department of Health, while

Our greatest

resource is our

staff. Despite a

funding shortage,

we did our very

best to continue

to provide

professional

development

opportunities of

the highest

quality to our

employees. This

allowed several

individuals to be

promoted to new

positions that

complemented

their newly

attained skills.

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4 others received a Baby Watch level 2 credential. Many staff participated

in conferences, workshops, and in-house training. Several of our staff are

qualified instructors who were requested to share their knowledge and

skills through presentations at different conferences, workshops and at

Dixie State University.

Staff Retention

July 2012

began with a big

retirement party for

Anita Gardner, who

started her

employment with

TLC back in 1993 at

the very beginning

of our agency. She served in a variety of positions over the years and we

greatly appreciate her 20 years of dedicated service. While we had 6 full

time and 3 part time staff leave us this year, we also had many staff who

received awards for working at TLC for 5, 10, 15 and even 20 years. Our

annual staff survey indicated that an overwhelming majority of staff find

TLC a great place to work.

Through all the many ups and downs of the year, TLC was still one of

very few companies to offer a comprehensive benefit package to their

employees. Medical, dental, vision and life insurance along with an internal

HRA were provided at no cost to the employees. We have also been able to

continue to provide many “perks” to our employees including paid vacation

and holiday time, and the opportunity to work a flexible schedule. Our

turnover rate continues to be much lower than average when compared to

other early intervention and Early Head Start programs throughout the

state.

Volunteers

The Learning Center for Families

was fortunate to have 249 volunteers

help us with various projects at one of

our five sites. Nearly 25% of these

volunteers were parents who have

children in our Early Head Start or First

Things First program.

During 2013,

management also

rolled out a

restructure that

supports better

ongoing

monitoring and

compliance with

all grants and

contracts as well

as a realignment

of staff-supervisor

ratio to ensure all

employees have a

high degree of

support in order

to do their jobs.

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School Readiness

2013 was our second year of gathering

ongoing assessment data on all children who

were enrolled in our Early Head Start program.

We developed goals in the areas of Language &

Literacy, Physical Development & Health, Social

& Emotional Development, Cognition & General

Knowledge and Approaches to Learning. We set

a target that 100% of typically developing

children would gain or maintain age-appropriate development across all

developmental areas. We fell just short at 98%. But we were very

pleased with the number of children

who exceeded age appropriate skills.

For our children with special

needs, we were aiming that 80% would

gain age-appropriate skills across all

domains. We just missed the mark

with 79% making significant gains

across all areas of development.

However, we were very pleased that 4

children no longer needed any special education services at the end of

the year. A complete, detailed report on our School Readiness Activities

can be found at www.tlc4families.org/#!info or by contacting us at (435)

673-5353 x101.

Quality Indicators

Not content to just meet the requirements in each program, the

Board, Policy Council, and staff are constantly looking inward to find

ways to improve our services and support to the communities where we

have a presence. We have several ways to ‘take our own pulse’.

Federal Onsite Monitoring Review On April 21, 2013, we were

surprised to find 5 federal reviewers in our lobby. We were one of the

10% of Head Start programs nationally that were selected for a no-knock

review. The team, consisting of a CPA, a nurse, a child development

expert and a federal auditor, spent 5 days going through all of our child

and personnel files. They also scrutinized our accounting department

and our facilities. They went on several home visits. They met with

staff, parents, our Policy Council and the Board. What was their

In April we were

visited by a team

of five federal

reviewers who

arrived without

notification to

ensure that we

were meeting all

of the 2,000+ Head

Start Performance

Standards. After

one week of going

through every

chart, financial

documents,

personnel files as

well as interview

staff, parents and

the Board, they

found us to be

100% in

compliance with

all standards.

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% of Children Above Age-

Appropriate Development

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conclusion? They found us to be 100% in compliance with

all federal Early Head start regulations. The Team Leader

let our Executive Director know that it was the first time

she had seen a perfect review with a no-knock.

Single Audit- The FY 13 audit was rigorously

conducted by Hinton Burdick. We received a 100% clean

audit with no management recommendations. This

reassures us that TLC operates with systems and

procedures in place to ensure compliance with all financial

requirements for all our contracts. A copy of the full

audit can be found on our website at: www.tlc4families.org/#!info or by

contacting us at (435) 673-5353 x101.

Annual Self Assessment- Every year, we conduct a thorough “look-

see” to determine if we are meeting the more than 2,000 requirements of

the Head Start Performance Standards and Head Start Act. The annual self

assessment conducted from February to July of 2013 found very few issues

that needed improvement. All concerns were quickly rectified.

2013 Early Head Start Program Information Report (PIR)- Our annual

PIR, which compiles information specific to our Early Head Start program

through August of 2013, indicated that we served a total of 202 children and

12 pregnant women:

100% of the children received developmental, health, vision and hearing

screening within 45 days of enrollment.

98% of children and pregnant women had a medical home identified

within 90 days of enrollment.

86% of children > 1 year of age received at least one dental visit.

80% of our children were up-to-date on their well baby checkups.

50% of children were up-to-date on their immunizations.

100% of families accessed parenting education.

37% of families accessed adult education such as GED programs and

college classes.

Facilities- We received $38,050 from the City of St. George to add a

water play and grass area to our St. George

site as well as other facility improvements.

We were also able to make significant

playground improvements to our Colorado

City, Hildale and La Verkin playgrounds

installing Pour-and-Play surfaces to better

cushion the playgrounds at those sites and

make it safer for our children.

Our 2013 Program

Information

Report indicators

for our Early Head

Start and First

Things First

programs were

vastly improved

from FY 2012.

One shining

example, children

who were caught

up on well child

checks shot up by

41%. Parents

made great gains

too as many more

of them enrolled

in adult education

programs to

improve their

earning power.

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Baby Watch Early Intervention Data

We are most pleased that, for the fifth year in a row, The Learning Center for Families early

intervention services have beat the state average for quality services in most indicators. This is truly a

testament to the dedication and expertise of our staff.

Data from July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013 FFY 12-13 TLC FY 11-12 All Utah Programs

Indicator 1: Percent of infants and toddlers with IFSPs who receive the early intervention services on their IFSPs in a timely manner.

100%b

98.89%b

Indicator 2: Percent of infants and toddlers with IFSPs who primarily receive early intervention services in the home or community-based settings.

99.46%d

94.35%d

Indicator 3: Percent of infants and toddlers with IFSPs who demonstrate im-proved:

A. Positive social-emotional skills (including social relationships); A. 81.61%b A. 69.00%b

B. Acquisition and use of knowledge and skills; (including early language/communication); and

B. 76.19%b

B. 71.20%b

C. Use of appropriate behaviors to meet their needs. C. 83.81%b C. 79.17%b

Indicator 4: Percent of families participating in Part C who report that early intervention services have helped their family:

A. Know their rights; A. 81%e A. 87%e

B. Effectively communicate their children’s needs; and B. 81%e B. 85%e

C. Help their children develop and learn. C. 89%e C. 92%e

Indicator 5: Percent of infants and toddlers birth to 1 with IFSPs compared to national data.

.78%d .87%d

Indicator 6: Percent of infants and toddlers birth to 3 with IFSPs compared to national data.

2.68%d

2.34%d

Indicator 7: Percent of eligible infants and toddlers with IFSPs for whom an evaluation and assessment and an initial IFSP meeting were conducted within Part C’s 45 day timeline.

100%b

100%b

Indicator 8: Percent of all children exiting Part C who received timely transi-tion planning to support the child’s transition to preschools and other appropri-ate community services by their third birthday including:

A. IFSPs with transition steps and services; A. 100.0%b A. 100.0%b

B. Notification to LEA, if the child is potentially eligible for Part B; and B. 100.0%b B. 100.0%b

C. Transition conference if child is potentially eligible for Part B. C. 100.0%b C. 99.51%b

a Data from State Monitoring file review FFY 12-13 d 618 Data 12/01/12 b Data from BTOTS, (Baby Toddler Online Tracking System) FFY 12-13 e Annual Child and Family Outcomes Survey 06/13 c Count < 10; must be interpreted with caution

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Highlights

In January we held our Parent Policy

Council training which teaches our parents

leadership skills that enable them to make

critical decisions about our services and

supports that are provided through our

grant.

February was the start of our third series of Step Family Education and

couples from throughout the county learned how to knit together strong,

positive families where all parents are on the same page.

The Friends of TLC Foundation hosted their 13th annual

Run-4-Kids attended by more than 350 runners from all

over the state. April was cold and snowy but the run never

missed a beat.

May is always commencement month at TLC where our

Family Unity activity includes parent-to-parent networking,

buckets of fun for the children and the conferment of

diplomas for children leaving

TLC. Another amazing activity

that occurred in May, our

Executive Director treated all staff to a party

at Jumping Jacks to celebrate our perfect

review.

In June, Debbie Justice, our Executive Director, was recognized by the

Utah Community

Foundation of Utah as one

of Utah’s Enlightened 50 of

2013 which recognizes

individuals who are

Innovators, Builders and Visionary as a person who has made a profound

mark on Utah’s quality of life. Debbie was not the only one honored in June.

Naomi Ross, our longtime volunteer, was recognized by Five County

Association of Governments

as one of their Volunteers of

the Year.

Our 20 Year Anniversary

Celebration was held in

Town Square in the heart of

St. George on September

23, 2013. Dozens of

There are multiple

activities going on

every month to

enrich our

families’ and the

broader

community’s

experience at The

Learning Center

for Families. We

take care to have

opportunities at

each of our sites

for parents to

come together

and celebrate

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community partners set up booths with activities for the

teeming crowds.

October was celebrated by Trunk-or-Treat activities at

three of our TLC sites. Dozens of children enjoyed old

fashioned

activities as well as parading

around in their favorite

costume. Also in October the

Albertson’s Associates hosted a

Day of Caring

Carnival for all of our families with food, fun and prizes.

October was the month that several staff, as well as

parents, attended the Utah Head Start Association

Conference in Sandy, Utah.

November was the start of our Cooking Matters

program

where we

accompanied moms and dads in

the grocery store to teach them

how to shop healthy and smart.

The participating grocers gave

our

parents $10 gift cards for participating.

Early in December, Sunrise Intermediate

Orchestra showered us with dozens of gifts for the

children we serve.

Later that month,

over 250 families

attended our Winter Graduation held at

Tonaquint Intermediate School. Santa and

Mrs. Clause sat patiently as hundreds of children sat in their laps while

families feasted on dozens of casseroles donated by the community. Also In

December, 8 parents representing all of our TLC sites attended the National

Head Start Parent Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

In addition to all the special activities in FY13, families also participated

in:

50 Parent Committee meetings- 10 each in Colorado City, Hildale,

LaVerkin, St. George and Beaver Dam.

Monthly Early Head Start Policy Council meetings

4 Fatherhood activities

5 First Saturday events

What a year 2013

has been! An

unannounced

federal review,

budgets changing

mid-year, the

retirement of one

of our first hires

from 1993. But

through it all,

families, and their

amazing children,

triumphed against

adversity day

after day. And

that’s what we’re

all about. 2014

here we come!

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FY 14 Budgeted

AzEIP (fee for service)

Baby Watch

Early Head Start

First Things

First

MIECHV United Way Dixie

Wages 67,686 626,004 719,205 156,402 99,754 5,097

Benefits 27,193 289,439 334,310 68,817 44,994 1,937

Travel 1,595 27,652 42,538 15,965 10,013 0

Current Expenses 27,702 246,866 246,372 34,815 30,560 9,500

Capital Expenses 0 0 0 2,100 0 0

Other 324 1,197 36,811 7,912 14,679 13,466

Total

Expenditures

per Program

122,500 1,191,158 1,379,235 286,011 200,000 30,000

Total Projected Expenditures $3,208,904

Early Head Start Contract $1,379,235

BWEIP Contract 575,979

Medicaid Collections (Utah) 590,579

First Things First 286,011

AzEIP Program 175,000

Healthy Families America 200,000

United Way Dixie 30,000

CHIP & Parent Fee Collections (Utah) 24,600

Total projected revenue 3,261,404

Proposed 2014 Budget

The Finance & Budget Committee worked hard during the spring and into summer to set the budget for

all programs for FY 2014. An integrated set of spreadsheets were designed by fiscal staff to help track

costs over multiple allocations. The following budget was drafted by the Committee and passed by the

Policy Council and the Board of Directors:

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