Navajo Head Start was awarded $28,710,309 for Fiscal Year 2015-16.

The Head Start Administration and direct budgets were increased by a total of $3,109,744 from FY14 to FY15. Navajo Head Start is funded 80% by federal dollars with a Navajo match of 20% identified by In-Kind contribution and cash. (A) The total amount of public and private funds received and the amount of cash from each source.

View 2015 Annual Report
View 2014 Annual Report

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Sources of Non-Federal Funds

The Head Start program is required to match every one-dollar of federal funds with 20% In-Kind or local resources. The program received In-Kind support as follows: Navajo Nation Immersion $150,000; Cash Match $500,000; Cash Match C/O $4,319,062; General Funds $760,206.

Total amount of Non-Federal Funding: $5,229.268.00

Administrative Costs

The administrative costs to run a Head Start program cannot exceed 15 percent of the total budget. The Navajo Head Start’s administrative costs were:

Total Cost: $1,546,948

Percent of total budget: 5.39%

Actual Expenses

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Indirect Cost                                         $131,320.20

Fringe Benefits                                      $174,988.58

Fleet                                                      $24,493.23

Vehicle Rental (Off-Reservation)           $39,793.59

Air                                                          $7,657.38

Office Supplies                                      $6,424.95

Non-Capital Assets                               $13,263.22

Operating Supplies                               $10,814.65

Office Equipment                                  $10,080.00

Building/Space                                      $924.00

Telephone                                             $1,199.12

Wireless                                                $1,863.21

Energy                                                   $266.91

Training & Professional                        $7,746.00

Insurance Premium                              $5,713.73

Navajo Head Start ‘Budget-to-Actual' for the Year Ending FY 2014-2015

Chart One:

Revenue                                                      Budget                            Actual

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Federal Grants                                             $22,447,502                     $19,820,855.90

General Funds (Match Only):                      $760,206                           $117,138.05

Head Start Cash Match:                              $4,319,062                        $4,178,242.25

CACFP                                                         $1,033,539                       $65,172.72

Navajo Immersion:                                       $150,000                           $368,440.10

Total Revenues                                            $28,710,309.00               $24,549,849.02

 

Chart Two:

Expenditures                                              Actual

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Central Administration                                  $1,003,158.43                

EHS Administration                                       $7,653.455                

Regional Districts                                          $14,542,990.04    

Central District                                              $851,873.54            

Disabilities                                                     $543,170.07          

Parent Costs                                                 $98,814.68       

HS T&TA                                                       $2,670.67 

EHS                                                              $412,924.12

HS Cash Match/UUFB                                 $1,044,816.68             

Total Expenditures                                     $18,508,071.78     

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Transportation

Navajo Head Start's fleet consists of 113 school buses and 119 vehicles, of which 70 are program-purchased and 49 are leased through the Navajo Nation Fleet Management Department on an annual renewal basis.
 

Mileage and monthly user rates are established by Navajo Nation Fleet Management each year and reflected in the Navajo Naion Budget Manual. The user rate covers the regular preventative maintenance of the vehicles such as oil changes, brakes, tune-ups, other maintenance, and any other repairs like windshield cracks or replacement, tire replacement and major repairs are paid for by the Interdepartmental Charge Requisitions (ICR).  

Currently, 30% of the current fleet of school buses and 50% of vehicles need replacement and, 80% of school buses are 10-14 years old. The program purchased 14 new busses in 2015 and, so the percentage decreased to 15% from last year.