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regarding Grant for Early Childhood Facility Present were: Steve Johnson Sherburne County Social Services emaih 2652John @co. Sherburne.mn.us Patty Storms Reach-Up Inc. email: pstorms @ reachupinc.org Jeannette Bineham Reach-Up Inc. email: jbineham @ reachupinc.org Wayne Kuklinski Tri-Valley Migrant Head Start emaih waynek@tvoc.org Kathy Simonson ECFE Elk River Area School email: ksimonson @ elkriver, k12.mn.us Kristy Heying WlC -Sherburne County Public Health emaih kristy.heying @co. Sherburne.mn.us emaih vonna.henry@ co. Sherburne.mn.us Mary Linz Dist. 728 Special Education email: mlinz @ elkriver.k12.mn.us Gretchen Grewe Dist. 728 Secondary Education email: ggrewe @ elkriver.k12.mn.us Tami Hampton Dist. 728 Special Education email: thampton @ elkriver, k12.mn.us Charlie Blesener Dist. 728 Community Education emaih cblesener@ elkriver.k12.mn.us 241-2652 320-253-8110 320-253-8110 952-890-4064 241-3400 x5580 241-2750 241-3400 x1209 241-2400 x1203 241-3400 x5677 241-3522 People were welcomed and introduced themselves. Charlie provided a brief overview of the RFP for a facilities grant from the Dept. of Children, Families and Learning. Copies of the RFP were given to each person attending. The grant is due Oct. 31, 2000 and may provide up to $500,000 to a successful proposal. The grant money is part of the state bonding bill, and eligible applicants are political subdivisions of the state (cities, counties and independent school districts). The grants are for funds to construct or rehab facilities for Head Start programs, early childhood family education, early childhood intervention programs and crisis nurseries. Jeannette shared information on the facility grant (same grant) that she participated on in St. Cloud last biennium. Updates/reports from each program/agency on space needs. Steve Johnson -Sherburne Social Services. Crisis nursery does not need a "site" as such. The program is provided through private homes and foster homes. The program is administered from the Social Services office. There is, however, a need in Sherburne county for supervised visitation. Such a space would ideally be private and friendly, with perhaps an area for children to be active during the visitation. Security and safety are also concerns with supervised visitations, and spaces away from the Government Center would be good. Co-locating with prevention and outreach services would be good, as would a parenting component. Visitation schedule would be during typical office hours, but also evenings and weekends ideally. Jeannette Bineham and Patty Storms - Reach Up Head Start. Currently have 34 slots. Program is best integrated with ECSE and ECFE. Space needs include: -1-2 rooms of 800-1000 sf (with built-in cabinets/counters, bathrooms and sinks) -Iockable storage 200-400 s.f. -fenced outdoor playground-2200-2500 s.f. -comply with rule 3 licensing (square footage, fire codes, furnishings, etc.) -indoor large motor play area -bus pick-up/drop-off -with awning!--weather protection -meals in classrooms (they currently have a catering contract with district food service) -kitchen/lounge Head Start will pay operating costs in St. Cloud based on % of space used, phone, etc. They secured a federal grant to fund a commercial kitchen at the St. Cloud site. Federal dollars may be available/accessible for this project--must comply with Davis-Bacon act however, and windows of funding are sometimes tricky with construction planning. Wayne Kuklinski - Tri-Valley Migrant Head Start Wayne has responsibility for 8 centers, generally in southern Minnesota. His agency oversees 21 centers. There is a needs assessment being undertaken by his agency now regarding Sherburne/Wright/Anoka County areas. He is getting more complete info. now, but indications are that