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Our young students and pregnant mothers receive intensive child development services. Parents receive education and support for family well-being, as well as tools to support their children's success in school. Our program has a total funded enrollment of 2,234 serving 1,502 in Head Start and 1,300 in Early Head Start throughout 12 counties in north and central Florida which include Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Dixie, Duval, Gilchrist, Lake, Levy, Marion, and Nassau. 32907257 29381091 32907257 The School Readiness (SR) program provides childcare subsidies for families that qualify and provides educational and technical support to childcare providers serving these families. ECS4Kids serves approximately 3,496 children on average per year and around 276 childcare providers monthly, as well as answering approximately 11,942 childcare resource and referral calls from the community. Families with children enrolled in this program receive free or reduced childcare fees from high quality providers, as well as developmental screenings and assessments. ECS4Kids education staff provided approximately 1,241 technical assistance visits and 29 trainings to 225 participants during the year to assist providers in implementing childcare best practices. ECS4Kids provides SR services in Baker, Clay, Nassau, Bradford, Putnam, and St. Johns counties in northeast Florida through a contract with the Early Learning Coalition of North Florida. 16635594 16107601 16635594 ECS4Kids administers the Voluntary Pre-kindergarten (VPK) program in Baker, Clay, Nassau, Bradford, Putnam, and St. Johns counties in northeast Florida through a contract with the Early Learning Coalition of North Florida. VPK is a 540-hour school year program or 300-hour summer program available free to all Florida 4 year-old children. 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GRANTEES WERE ELIGIBLE BASED ON CRITERIA DEVELOPED BY FLORIDA'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DIVISION OF EARLY LEARNING WHICH REQUIRED THAT THE GRANTEE WAS A LEGALLY OPERATING CHILD CARE PROGRAM WITHIN EITHER BAKER, BRADFORD, CLAY, NASSAU, PUTNAM OR ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA. THE AMOUNTS OF THE AWARDS WERE BASED ON WHETHER THE CHILD CARE PROVIDER WAS CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE OR VOLUNTARY PRE-KINDERGARTEN AND HOW MANY CHILDREN THEY SERVED. GRANTEES COMPLETED AN APPLICATION TO QUALIFY AND THE APPLICATIONS WERE VERIFIED AND APPROVED BY EPISCOPAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES UNDER OUR CONTRACT WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF NORTH FLORIDA. X X X false false false false false false false false false Wendy Hughes Chief Busines Officer 154426 0 700 0 960 0 15618 0 9167 0 180871 0 0 0 Connie Stophel President & CEO (Through Feb 2024) 228108 0 700 0 0 0 44451 0 59349 0 332608 0 0 0 Jeanne Dillard Chief Operations Officer 154304 0 700 0 960 0 7666 0 10065 0 173695 0 0 0 Teresa Matheny Chief Programs Officer 147448 0 7775 0 960 0 25251 0 10435 0 191869 0 0 0 Heather Hodges VP of Human Resources 138600 0 700 0 960 0 19687 0 9073 0 169020 0 0 0 Autumn Tomas VP of Head Start 124454 0 700 0 7424 0 6256 0 19736 0 158570 0 0 0 Heather Hodges daughter in-law of connie stophel 140260 Compensation false X Advertising 3 22100 Cost X Charity Trips 1 8397 Cost false false false Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services (Expenses $ 3,446,189 including grants of $ 12,444)(Revenue $ 3,486,951) Through our partnership with the Early Learning Coalition of Duval County and the Kids Hope Alliance, we send teams of trained coaches, technical staff, and volunteers into non-ECS4Kids run childcare facilities to work with directors and teachers to improve the quality of their learning environment, teaching methods, and curriculum implementation. This partnership served approximately 3,901 children in 135 childcare centers and 329 classrooms throughout the past year. ECS4Kids' Coaches work with each director and teacher to create action plans that promote growth and development for all. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY OUR EXTERNAL ACCOUNTANT BASED ON INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED THEM FOR OUR ANNUAL AUDIT. AFTER IT IS REVIEWED BY THE CEO AND KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, IT IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR REVIEW AND COMMENTS. THE BOARD IS AFFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RETURN AT ONE OF ITS FORMAL MEETINGS. THE RETURN IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy Annually the Board of Trustees and key employees are required to read and acknowledge by signing a conflict of interest statement. The conflict of interest policy provides instruction for immediate notification to the Board of Trustees should a conflict arise. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REQUESTS (ABOUT THREE TIMES A YEAR) FROM HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION REGARDING CURRENT AND PREVIOUS YEAR'S COMPARABLE SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR THE PRESIDENT & CEO. ADDITIONALLY, PERIODIC AND INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF PEER COMPENSATION IS OBTAINED BY THE CHAIR. THE CHAIR WILL EVALUATE PERFORMANCE, COMPARABLE COMPENSATION OF RELATIVE PEERS AND THE CURRENT COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT & CEO. HE/SHE WILL DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT & CEO, IN LINE WITH THE LIMITATION SET BY HEAD START AND THE AVAILABLE FUNDING FROM AWARDS AND GRANTS. THE PRESIDENT & CEO WILL REVIEW COMPARABLE INFORMATION FOR THE STAFF AND DETERMINE APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS IN COMPENSATION, GIVEN THE LIMITATIONS SET BY HEAD START AND THE AVAILABLE FUNDING FROM AWARDS AND GRANTS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Process to establish compensation of other employees THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REQUESTS (ABOUT THREE TIMES A YEAR) FROM HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION REGARDING CURRENT AND PREVIOUS YEAR'S COMPARABLE SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR THE PRESIDENT & CEO. ADDITIONALLY, PERIODIC AND INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF PEER COMPENSATION IS OBTAINED BY THE CHAIR. THE CHAIR WILL EVALUATE PERFORMANCE, COMPARABLE COMPENSATION OF RELATIVE PEERS AND THE CURRENT COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT & CEO. HE/SHE WILL DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT & CEO, IN LINE WITH THE LIMITATION SET BY HEAD START AND THE AVAILABLE FUNDING FROM AWARDS AND GRANTS. THE PRESIDENT & CEO WILL REVIEW COMPARABLE INFORMATION FOR THE STAFF AND DETERMINE APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS IN COMPENSATION, GIVEN THE LIMITATIONS SET BY HEAD START AND THE AVAILABLE FUNDING FROM AWARDS AND GRANTS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public ECS HAS FILED ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS (ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION) WITH THE FLORIDA SECRETARY OF STATE, WHICH IS THEN MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA. FORM 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE VIA THE FEDERAL FINANCIAL CLEARING HOUSE WEBSITE, GUIDESTAR'S WEBSITE AS WELL AS THE AGENCY WEBSITE. AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE SUBMITTED TO A VARIETY OF PUBLIC FUNDING AUTHORITIES. THOSE FUNDING AUTHORITIES MONITOR AND ENSURE THAT ECS IS MEETING ITS OBLIGATIONS, SUCH AS COMPLIANCE WITH CORPORATE GOVERNANCE POLICIES (E.G., CONFLICTS OF INTEREST STATEMENTS, ETC.). OUR ANNUAL REPORT WHICH INCLUDES FINANCIAL AND OPERATING INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT OUR WEBSITE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED.