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During the 2023-2024 academic school year, the AKW grant continued to serve children. Our Early Head Start program enrolled 80 children in our 3 standalone sites and our Head Start program continued serving 134 children through our partnerships with Floresville and Charlotte ISDs. We wanted to make sure our families continued to feel involved in their child's education by providing monthly parent meetings followed by family engagement activities. During the family engagement activities, families are invited to come to the center and join their child for a creative activity. During this time, families can see what the children have been learning about in the classroom as well. Parents also continued to volunteer and attend policy council meetings via zoom. We added a reading program to get our families involved in reading with their children at home. We provide a book weekly with all the materials needed to show how one book can be extended to a weeks worth of learning. The parents have expressed how this has helped them (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

During the 2023-2024 academic year the Stonewall grant served and enrolled 138 Head Start children within two ISDs and 44 Early Head Start children within the Johnson City EHS Center and home based services. We provide home based services weekly to families and provide bi-weekly socializations for families to come together to participate in activities and listen to local community vendors speak to them about needs families have expressed. Johnson City Early Head Start opened its doors on august 21st serving 8 children after being closed for over a year for renovation and conversion from Head Start to Early Head Start. Enrollment at JCEHS has continued to grow due to community outreach and parent involvement. Our program has provided Head Start children with backpacks and school supplies during a Meet The Teacher event at our ISDs. Head Start has participated in literacy nights, math nights, and storybook rotations. Through conscious discipline, we have provided Bailey Bears on November 3rd, to all Head Start children. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

The CCP grant provided educational services to 160 children during the 2023-2024 school year. The locations included were Victoria, Boerne, Edna, Cuero, Port Lavaca, and Yoakum under this grant. Parent workshops were held for milestones, home visits, and family goals. EHS, Cuero HS, Edna HS, and Port Lavaca HS. Partnerships with local libraries were made. The Education Outreach team at the library has guest readers at multiple centers initiated by a partnership created by the Family Specialist Team. The libraries donated books and hands on development resources to our center locations and continue to invite Family Specialists to Toddler Time for recruiting and family engagement. Parents were involved with committees and the Policy Council. Parades and Fairs in this area are exciting, and families participate by creating floats, recruiting tables and dressing up. Every location participated in National Night Out and provided learning activities for families. A non-profit organization, Esperanza of Tejas, reached out to partners providing community resources, hygiene products, diapers and wipes to all our families. Toys for Tots is a big event sponsored in Victoria where many of our family specialists helped families sign-up. Local Oilfield and Industrial Companies adopt Families from our centers and provide clothing, jackets, socks, and toys. The education team continued Family engagement by maintaining access to Ready Rosie for parents. Having partnerships with the Health Department and participating in the Family First Committee with the Victoria Parents as Teachers program, has secured seats on several committees and organizations to ensure continued community support.