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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes.KFAB.20250121.RegularKids First Mission: Promote the availability of quality, affordable early childhood care & education, and provide access to early childhood information and resources. Kids First Advisory Board Meeting Minutes Tuesday January 21, 2025, 11:15 am -1:15 Desired Outcomes: • Share draft Compass Goals 2025 • Major updates In attendance: Nancy Nichols, Megan Monaghan, Sara Lowe, Stefan Reveal, Emily Kolbe, Chad Schmit, Katherine Coleman, Michaela Idhammar-Ketpura, Mimi Hauenstein. 11:15 AM Call to Order • Approval of minutes from October 2024 o Minutes were approved at 11:25 AM, Motion Mimi, Second Sara • Introduction o Stefan introduced Adele- supporting executive directors. 12:00 PM Discussion items: Update from previous meeting topic- The Loft o Nancy and Megan heard positive feedback from the group that Kids First supports Morgan, also discussed with City management how funding might work. KF received a lot of questions on how the grant will be managed. Need more information from Morgan on a business plan; who is supporting her? The City of Aspen is worried about funding a for-profit business. KF mostly supports new programs with equipment and, not necessarily, operational funds. What kind of obligations and legal responsibility will KF have in supporting her? KF will ask additional questions. The amount she is requesting is much higher than any other request KF has ever received. Will the program be supporting the needs of the broader community? It has been communicated to Morgan that the amount requested exceeds the amount Kids First can provide. The highest amount that KF has ever granted for a startup was $65,000. New Compass goals: Welcome to 2025- Overview with major projects o Overview of Kids First Compass goals and what the KF team will be working on. • Goal 1: Families and Community- Capacity and needs assessment. Also, reflect on the Burlingame project. Megan, Nancy & Adele were part of the team looking at the needs assessment proposals that will collect data to evaluate the need to build Burlingame. • Goal 2: Providers and workforce. Nothing new from 2024, except for alternative funding. Consider doing a twice-a-year grant or do we create an innovation grant? • Goal 3: Stewardship goal- communication plan, communicate KF purpose. • Goal 4: Internal goal around the KF team- policy development. No policy handbook, the goal will be to get everything in one place and to create new policies. Annual report including provider survey- share rough draft o Annual report draft presented. The first page is an overview of everything that KF does. Took the provider survey results and turn it into an annual report. The first page will be an overview, but additional pages will give people an opportunity to dig deeper into what exactly KF funds. Part of our Compass’ goal is to educate the public on what we do, the annual report should be a good educational tool for the community. Kids First Mission: Promote the availability of quality, affordable early childhood care & education, and provide access to early childhood information and resources. VIP report out o Presented to the board a graph on participation and how money was distributed. o On average we have about 100 participants. The average bonus that was paid out was $1,200. discussed how points are awarded. Burlingame ECE Update o RFP status project to begin January 2025 o Updated the group in the Needs Assessment section. KF Housing initiative- update Emily organized a sub-committee; the city requires public notice about these meetings. The meeting will be rescheduled to follow City guidelines. Stefan- what kind of public notice- 10 days' notice needs to be given, and an agenda will need to be publicized for the community. Board terms and bylaws- you have all seen the board term document. If there are changes, please write them in this document or email us. • Each member that is appointed may serve a term of 3 years and may elect to serve another 3- year terms without going through the interview process. For example, Mimi was appointed to the Board for a 3-year term, and she can elect to serve another three years without applying again or going through interviews. • In an event where a seat becomes vacated, (whether it be because someone opts not to serve another 3 years or because they move, or for whatever reason) if there is an alternate on the Board and the alternate wishes to become a permanent member, the Board may by motion elect the alternate to fill the vacant seat. There is no need for the alternate to submit an application or go through an interview with the City Council. Only when no alternate is available to fill the permanent seat will the Council need to appoint a permanent Board member. If an alternate seat becomes vacant because an alternate took a permanent seat the clerk will advertise the opening, accept applications then the council interviews them and the Council will appoint the alternate. Under part 5 of the Bylaws, it is clear that Council appoints the alternates. • Logan- will not be extending her term. We appreciate Logan’s commitment and dedication to our community. • Next meeting vote to move Sara from alternate to regular and nominate/vote another co-chair. 1:00 PM Board topics • Additional items from the board- none 1:15 PM Adjourn meeting Quarterly on the Third Tuesday of the month from 11:15am – 1:15pm April 15, 2025 July 15, 2025 October 21, 2025