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Instructions:
Region VI representatives
should be prepared to present their Dollar Per Child Campaign report during
the Region VI Board Meeting at the 2008 NHSA Conference in Nashville,
Tennessee. As
the host region, we want to support this campaign and the Governmental Affairs
Division’s (GAD) efforts in working toward reauthorization. States and
individual programs will also have an opportunity to give their reports at the
closing session of the NHSA Institute in San
Antonio, Texas.
The
Region VI Dollar per Child Committee Chairman is Lusilla Ortega. For more
information on the campaign, please contact her at lusihondo2@aol.com. Each state
in Region VI should provide Ms. Ortega with an update prior to the NHSA
Institute.
With your help:
We can ensure that the voices of more than one million under-privileged children
and their families are heard!
What is the Dollar per Child Campaign?
NHSA’s goal is to raise $1 for every child enrolled in Head Start. The Dollar
per Child campaign specifically supports the National Head Start Association’s
advocacy activities. This year’s campaign runs until June 2008.
How were 2006-2007 Dollar per Child funds spent?
NHSA used the Dollar per Child funds to maintain high media visibility about
Head Start issues, hold trainings on current Head Start legal issues, and impact
public policy and legislation. Here are some of our legislative successes:
 | NHSA worked to increase funding for Head Start programs and it worked!
This year funding will be increased $103 million for 2007.
| NHSA is advocating for:
- Maintaining the full authority of the parent policy council.
- Increasing income eligibility from the current 100% of the poverty
level to 130% of the poverty level.
- Only programs with “unresolved deficiencies need to re-compete their
grant.
- Increasing the set-aside for Migrant programs (5%) and Indian
(4%) programs as well as the Early Head Start set-aside increase to 20%
by 2012.
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What can you do to help make Head Start voices heard?
| Head Start employees can contribute with a payroll deduction. Parents can
collect personal donations at parent meetings.
| Invite friends and families to contribute. No amount is too small!
| Organize a fundraising event. Local programs and state and regional
associations have raised money through sporting events such as walk-a-thons,
dance-offs, and bowling contests; special events like fairs, bake sales, and
raffles; and the sale of promotional items like buttons, stickers, and pins. |
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Upcoming
Events:
2008
Region VI Head Start
Annual Institute
Lafayette,
Louisiana
August
10-13, 2008
Hilton
Hotel
Click Here for
Information
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