![]() ![]() The Commissioners unanimously approved for Cardinal Services to use the money from the county as it saw fit. Groninger said he saw those programs as huge assets provided to the community and he was in “full support” of Cardinal Services using that money where it saw fit. And while there’s no language in there designating how the money has to be spent, Boren said he knows in Cardinal Services’ application they said they were going to do it a certain way and he didn’t feel right just changing that without coming to the Commissioners first for their permission to do so.Ĭommissioner Cary Groninger asked if there was a waiting list to get in the Head Start/Early Head Start programs, and Boren said there was. He said he knows that the county typically just gives Cardinal Services a grant award, which it received, for the full amount they requested. ![]() And then we’re already starting a process to look for some additional funding that could be used for Head Start, or to really look at a change in scope to say, ‘How do we best serve this community?’ and adjust the hours of the day or the number of classrooms we have, just to make sure we have competitive wages to attract the talent that we need to support those (clients) in Kosciusko County.” That gives us some time to adjust some wages and temporarily address sort of the issues that exist in the program. ![]() To address those concerns short-term, Boren said he was asking “that the full amount from the county be able to be used this year for Head Start and Early Head Start funding. “Recently, with the vaccine requirements coming out and being required for federal programs, and just the general staffing shortages we’ve identified, there’s some pretty severe staffing concerns in that program,” he said. He said their wages are “substantially” lower. However, he continued, the Head Start program was not included in that and their wages were not increased. That really helped us address staffing concerns that we were having.” professionals who work in the community with individuals with developmental disabilities. “As you know, last year we had some funding for our. “When we initially completed that application, we requested for funding for our Head Start, Early Head Start program, the bus service and our employee services,” Boren said. After hearing an explanation from Matt Boren, Cardinal Services executive director, the Kosciusko County Commissioners on Tuesday approved for Cardinal Services to use its 2022 nonprofit funding differently than originally proposed. ![]()
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