Grants - AWARD SUMMARY


WILLIAMSON BURNET COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES


These grant funds have been used to provide a program-wide cost of living salary increase of 1.84%. In addition a moderate salary increase was provided to Head Start program coordinators. These employees hold Masters and other advanced degrees, and the increase is consistent with the purpose of ensuring that Head Start salaries remain competitive enough to be able to retain these highly qualified and talented staff members and reduce employee turnover. The funds were also used to provide a one-time educational incentive to those employees who completed 20 online assigned courses. Additionally these funds paid for quality improvements to all of the sites, including HVAC upgrades, electrical improvements, new classroom supplies, some new plumbing fixtures and playground upgrades. Retention of teachers in Williamson and Burnet counties affected 584 children served in both counties for Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

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AWARD OVERVIEW

AWARD OVERVIEW
Award Number 06SE5236 Funding Agency Department of Health and Human Services
Total Award Amount $363,711 Project Location - City Georgetown
Award Date 07/01/2009 Project Location - State TX
Project Status Completed Project Location - Zip 78626-8185
Jobs Reported 0.00 Congressional District 31
Project Location - Country US

Recipient Information (Grants)

Recipient Information (Grants)
Recipient Name WILLIAMSON BURNET COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES
Recipient DUNS Number 070483532
Recipient Address 604 HIGH TECH DR
Recipient City GEORGETOWN
Recipient State Texas
Recipient Zip 78626-8185
Recipient Congressional District 31
Recipient Country USA
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials		 No

Projects and Jobs Information

Projects and Jobs Information
Project Title Head Start and Early Head Start
Project Status Completed
Final Project Report Submitted Yes
Project Activities Description Early Childhood Education
Quarterly Activities/Project Description ARRA COLA and Quality Improvement funds have been used to increase the compensation and benefits of staff through a cost of living adjustment (COLA) to improve the overall quality of the program. Quarterly activities include continuing education and staff training which, combined with the COLA, account for more than 50% of expenses. A modest salary increase was provided to Head Start program coordinators. These employees hold Masters and other advanced degrees, and the increase is consistent with the purpose of ensuring that our salaries remain competitive enough to retain these highly qualified and talented staff members. These funds also paid a one-time educational incentive to employees who completed 20 online assigned courses.
Jobs Created 0.00
Description of Jobs Created N/A


Purchaser Information (Grants)

Purchaser Information
Contracting Office ID Not Reported
Contracting Office Name Not Available
Contracting Office Region Not Available
TAS Major Program 75-1537

Award Information

Award Information
Award Date 07/01/2009
Award Number 06SE5236
Order Number
Award Type Grants
Funding Agency ID 75
Funding Agency Name Department of Health and Human Services
Funding Office Name Not Available
Awarding Agency ID 75
Awarding Agency Name Department of Health and Human Services
Amount of Award $363,711
Funds Invoiced/Received $363,711
Expenditure Amount $363,711
Infrastructure Expenditure Amount $0
Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale Not Reported
Infrastructure Point of Contact Name Not Reported
Infrastructure Point of Contact Email Not Reported
Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone Not Reported
Infrastructure Point of Contact Address Not Reported
Infrastructure Point of Contact City Not Reported
Infrastructure Point of Contact State Not Reported
Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip Not Reported

Product or Service Information (Grants)

Product or Service Information
Primary Activity Code B03.02
Activity Description Early Childhood Education

Sub-Awards Information

Sub-Awards Information
Sub-awards to Organizations 0
Sub-award Amounts to Organizations $0
Sub-Awards to Individuals 0
Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals $0
Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award 0
Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award $0
Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 0
Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award $0
Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award 0
Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award $0







Project Location Detail

Location Information
Latitude, Longitude 30º 37' 11", -97º 40' 8"
Congressional District 31
Address 1 604 High Tech DRive
Address 2
City Georgetown
County Williamson
State TX
Zip 78626-8185
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