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Policies On Diskette
2013
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Policies On Diskette 2013
for
Local Head Start Programs is a handy,
comprehensive and thoroughly referenced printed policy manual and CD-Rom, based
on the October 3, 2012 for FY 2013 On-Site Review Protocol’s structure and referenced
regulations, plus all of the performance standards,
to bring your program’s policies and procedures up-to-date and in compliance
with the new review tool.
It includes hundreds of draft policies and
procedures ready for your program’s editing, review, and approval process,
with links to applicable performance standards and review questions. |
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Policy Manager Two
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Policy Manager Two is
software for managing the thousands of
Federal regulations and Performance
Standards AND for managing policies and
procedures, area plans, review
questions, responsibilities, and more.
Click here for
free tutorials (in PDF format).
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 Review READY! Workbook 2013
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Use the
handy Review READY! Workbook and/or NEW Electronic File to help get ready for your next Federal
review. See how each FY 2013 Monitoring
Protocol Compliance Indicator and
Targeted Question relates to
the Federal Regulations and Performance
Standards. Assess your status and track
progress on meeting each requirement.
Note who is responsible for what and
when. Keep track of corrective actions
needed or taken. Manage the updating
process. Share program information and
progress. Show the Reviewers how well
your program is doing. Printed Workbook
is $195. Electronic file is $74
for any number of e-mail permissions.
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Reference Map of
Regulations, Monitoring
Protocol Review
Questions, and Related
Policies
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Indispensible
563-page PDF file shows the text of
the Performance Standards, with CFR
references; the text of the Federal
regulations that apply to Head Start,
with code references; references to the
FY 2012 On-Site Review Protocol review
questions that apply to the
requirements; references to the Policy
IDs and Policy Subjects from Policies
On Diskette; and is sorted by CFR
number for easy navigation. Use it to
see if you have policies and procedures
in place as needed. Use it to see the
text of the regulations related to the
Monitoring Protocol review questions.
Use it as a handy reference tool –
nearly 10,000 regulations in one
document, cross-referenced to our draft
policies.
 MapReference
Electronic File. The contents
of the MapReference.pdf file in an
electronic version for easy sharing,
editing, and using among Head Start
program staff. You must
provide an e-mail address for us to send
this file. $70. By Teresa Wickstrom.
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Free
Comparison of 2012
Review Protocol and 2013
Monitoring Protocol
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By
clicking this link you can get a Free Comparison of the similarities and
differences between the FY 2012 On-Site
Review Protocol and the FY 2013
Monitoring Protocol for Head Start
Programs in PDF format.
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Policies
And Procedures Analysis and Updating Process (PAPA-UP)
for Head Start Programs
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We can
help make your program’s policies and
procedures complete, thorough, and
up-to-date.
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Head Start Financial
Policies and Procedures
Kit
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 Compare this Kit with the Fiscal Assistant!
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Additional Essential Resources for Head Start
Programs:
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Parent
Survey System
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Use our services
to help conduct a parent evaluation of the quality of your Head
Start program.
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Community Assessment: A How-To
Guide for Local Head Start Programs
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A
real-life example of a Community
Assessment and a workbook
describing methods for you to use to
produce the exact data you need for your
Community Assessment to meet Head Start
standards. By Elizabeth W.
Morris, Ph.D. Updated in March, 2011.
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Community Assessment
Services: Proposal |
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We can
help you with your program's community
assessment. Call Jim Masters at
510-339-3801 for info.
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One exmaple of a large-scale community assessment |
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Santa Clara County: Please click this link for
more information.
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Salary Survey Report of Local Head Start Programs 2012 |
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The Salary Survey Report of Local
Head Start Programs 2012 is now
available. All Head Start programs
who submitted their survey before the
extended deadline of November 16,
2012 got a
discount on the cost of the Report.
The results of this study include data on:
• 134 key Head Start positions, from
Accountant to Volunteerism Coordinator;
• Fringe benefits and leave practices,
including data on:
o Insurance coverage: Health, Dental,
Life, Disability, and Vision (single and
dependent);
o Tuition reimbursement;
o Retirement benefits;
o Vacation days and sick leave;
• Personnel policies, including:
o Paid holidays
o Paid maternity leave
o Workweek hours
o Flex time and job sharing
o Mileage reimbursement rates
o COLA and Merit Pay increases
o And more.
See also information on getting Individualized Comparisons.
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Summer Institutes |
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Family Development and Case Management Training
Basic Skills 1 and Basic Skills 2 Summer Institutes training based on ACF-IM-HS-12-05, Head Start and Early Head Start Relationship-Based Competencies
for Staff and Supervisors who Work With Families, at UC Berkeley;
Management Institute in San Francisco, CA for Head Start Management.
Also available: Case Management for Head Start Programs - the Handouts from the Summer Institutes
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Assess the Knowledge and Skills of Family
Workers: Training Needs Assessment
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Head Start Recruitment! Finding Customers for Head Start Programs |
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This Recruitment! workbook presents the essential
principles of successful marketing and
applies the proven strategies used by
the private sector to attract customers.
It provides tools and how-to's for you
to develop recruitment strategies that
work and help you meet your goals.
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Web Site design, development, and maintenance |
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We can
help you develop a web site for your
Head Start program.
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| Agency Management |
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Capacity Building
and Training Needs Assessment
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Perceptions of Quality and Results
for Community Action Agencies signup info in PDF
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The Administrative and Indirect Cost Workbook Updated in 2011
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Case Management for CAA's
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CAA Salary Survey Report &
Individualized CAA Salary Survey Reports
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CAA Disaster Planning and Relief
Efforts |
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Monitoring for Change
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ROMA: Results Oriented Management and
Accountability workbook free
download! |
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| Community Action
Partnership 2011 Conference Workshops by Jim Masters |
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Succession Planning |
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Comparing
Theories of Poverty |
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Definitions and Measures of Poverty |
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| The OCS Project to Develop a 21st Century Model to End Poverty |
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Click here for the Table of
Contents. |
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Click on a link to download these
Word documents, or click here to view these Free documents from the OCS Project to Develop a 21st Century Model to End Poverty: |
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- SECTION 1 of Maximizing Personal Potential for National Prosperity: A blueprint for changing the way this country thinks about and
addresses poverty. This is the summary, the first 41
pages of the original document.
- The rest of the document: Maximizing Personal Potential
for National Prosperity: A blueprint for changing the way this country thinks about
and addresses poverty. This is a LARGE file, over 450
pages in Word, starting on page 42.
- Reference Table of Federal
programs addressing poverty (Excel) (consolidation of three
tables included in #2 above)
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For Video and Audio files from the National Symposium on Poverty
and Economic Security (a part of the National Conversation on Poverty and Economic
Security) held in Bethesda, MD May 29-31, 2007, please click here. |
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| Social Enterprise |
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1. Download the FREE file on Social Enterprise Development Process (MS Word)
2. Download the FREE Social Enterpise Manual and Tool Kit, in Word or PDF format.
3. Hire Jim to help out!
4. Order the Handouts from the Social Enterprise conference, November 2002. $75.
5. Other resources.
6. Get info for future conference. |
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| Community Development |
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Community Leadership |
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Community Leadership Development Training April 2005 in Knoxville, TN |
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HOW TO START AND RUN Series:
 How to Start and Run a Farmer's Market
How to Start and Run a Janitorial Business
How to Start and Run a Local Currency Program
How to Start and Run a Resale/Thrift Shop
How to Start and Run a Secondary Wood Products Business
How to Start and Run Lawn Care and Gardening
How to Start and Run Sidewalk and Mall Vending/Carts and Kiosks
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CAA Board Members
Toolkit
Developed for Cal/Neva on an OCS contract.
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OCS hired
us to look at how CAA's had been involved in several disasters that took
place from the 1960's to 1994. We interviewed 108 CAA's that had
been involved in Hurricanes like Hugo, Iniki and Andrew, or that had
helped on fires, floods, tornados and other calamities. There have
been a LOT of disasters over the years that resulted in an
official Presidential Declaration. The findings were shaped into
59 "lessons learned." Download the free report by clicking here. |
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| Opinion Papers and Book Reviews by Jim
Masters |
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Click on the links below to access the review in Microsoft Word format. (Right-click and select "Save Target As..." to download the file. If your system asks for a
password, click on the Cancel button.)
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- Plusses and Issues
on automating most or all of the application process for
transfer payments including LIHEAP, Food Stamps, SSI, TANF, etc. (Both Texas and California are working on this approach
for TANF). By Jim Masters, updated August 17, 2005.
- Let's Get More
Clear about Managing the Amount of Social Control. By
Jim Masters, September, 2004.
- Why
Comparing the War on Poverty with Welfare Reform Won’t Work.
By Jim Masters, updated August 16, 2005.
- Rebuilding the Program
Development Function: Stop "Waiting for Godot!" By Jim
Masters, April 13, 2005.
- How
to Guarantee Pensions for Poor People – Just Like the Private
Sector Does It. By Jim Masters, September, 2005
- Welfare
Reform? We're Still Waiting! By Jim Masters, August
2004.
- Why Some Historic Anti Poverty Strategies No Longer Work.
By Jim Masters, August 2005.
- (Re-)Defining
and Measuring Poverty:
Challenges and Opportunities. By Jim Masters and Teresa Wickstrom, July 21, 2004.
- Symbiosis:
Symbiotic Relationships. By Jim Masters, February 2005.
- Want to Get People out of Poverty? Replace
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs with Masters
Circles of Strength. July, 2004.
- The Current
Era. Where America is today. February 27, 2004.
- Stop
Calling Them Clients! Eliminate the use of obsolete
terms. August 6, 2004.
- Thoughts on Leadership and Succession Planning. Where we
are. April, 2004.
- Social Values
and Public Policy: From Opportunities to Rights and Back to
Opportunities (.htm) January 26, 2005
- Outcomes for Head Start as Related to ROMA Goals. October, 2004.
- Poverty
Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy and the Poor in
Twentieth-Century U.S. History by Alice O’ Conner. Book review by Jim Masters, January, 2005.
- Common
Intake Forms and Other Efforts at Service Coordination and
Integration by Jim Masters, Sept
10, 2004
- Ending
Poverty by Muhammad Yunus. April, 2004.
- Human
Services Futures: A Strategic Visionby Jim Masters.
1986.
- Background Information About Work and Income by Jim
Masters
- What is Work?
What Can Nonprofits Do? By Jim Masters
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship, By Peter Drucker. 1985
Harper and Row.
- Years of Poverty, Years
of Plenty: The Changing Economic Fortunes of American Workers
and Families, University of Michigan, 1984, Greg J.
Duncan. $14.50 in paperback.
- The
Capitalist Revolution, by Peter L. Berger, Basic
Books, Inc., Publishers, 1986. Excerpts from pages 58-68.
- An Overview of
Continuous Quality Improvement by John Johnston and Jim
Masters. February, 2003.
- APHSA American Public
Human Services Association: Reflections of 75 Years of
Excellence in Public Human Services, interviews with
Barbara Blum and Jule Sugarman by Jim Masters. March 2005.
- Use
Your Meeting Planning to Help Keep Your Field Vibrant and
Growing, November 2004, by Jim Masters.
- Return to Original
Mission: The Self-Sufficiency Imperative for Community Action
Agencies, written by Karl S. Pnazek, CAA Director at CAP
Services in Wisconsin. January 2006.
- When There Is a LOT of New Money, by Jim
Masters.
 March
25, 2009.
- Smart Spending: CSBG Stimulus Money, by Jim
Masters.April
2, 2009.
- ROMA: Results Oriented Management and Accountability
* New
Antipoverty Strategies Needed April 2004.
* ROMA
Workbook: Peeling the Onion January 2000.
* What CAP Needs to Do Now (A Conversation) between Jim Masters, John Buckstead and Bob Clark. April 2006.
- Evolution of Antipoverty Strategy in 27 transitions, February 2004 (.doc)
- See Jim Master's Letter to the Editor published in the San Francisco Chronicle 3/1/2013, "Head Start fosters learning
atmosphere"
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