Program Goals Measurable Objectives Progress/Outcomes Challenges Goal 1: Family Well -
Being
The City of Oakland’s
Head Start Program will
collaborate and partner
with families to support
family well-being,
parents’ aspirations, and
parents’ life goals to
create healthy, safe and
secure environments for
young children to learn
and grow.
Objective A: On an annual
basis, collect quantifiable
data on the number of
families that are food or
housing insecure through
the family outcomes
assessment that is
collected three times per
year.
Increased collaboration with Family
Front Door, the local coordinated
entry agency, results in better
connection of Head Start families to
supportive housing.
A new letter of agreement with the
local WIC office facilitates the referral
process. Increased outreach is taking
place as families lose pandemic EBT.
A new pilot with Alameda County
Food Bank allows Home Base
families to access a food pantry
monthly. COO Head Start is in the
process of becoming a formal food
distribution agency with the Food
Bank to address food insecurity.
• Lack of resources
that are dependent on
systems that are
outside of the Head
Start Program’s
control, such as
housing stock, lack of
affordable and
regional housing, and
a lack of a federal
response.
• Lack of resources to
properly facilitate
participation from
parents of different
backgrounds,
including those with
language translation
needs, those with
childcare and
financial needs, that
need to be addressed
to participate.
• Increased challenges
to families meeting
basic needs as
supports put in place
during COVID-19 are
being removed, while
inflation remains high,
i.e., end of Pandemic
EBT, eviction
Attachment A
Head Start Program Performance FY 2021-22
Program Goals Measurable Objectives Progress/Outcomes Challenges moratoriums, and
medical eligibility
extension ending.
Objective B: By the end of
the Head Start grant cycle,
develop a parent
advocacy component
within the program that
pools resources and
knowledge from various
parent advocacy groups
within the City.
Activities to address this objective
continue to be in progress. The
program just returned to in-person
parent meetings, that has resulted in
increased engagement from active
parents.
• Lack of “dedicated”
staff to develop
training and program.
• Competing demands
on parents’ time.
Objective C: By the end of
the Year 2, implement a
trauma-informed approach
in the program that
considers the social-
emotional needs of
families.
The program continues to work with
Oakland Starting Smart & Strong and
their Resilient Oakland Communities
& Kids (ROCK) program, which
provides teacher training on trauma
informed classroom practices. The
training sessions include building
knowledge about protective factors
and resilience, trauma and its impact
on children’s health and learning, as
well as self-awareness in adults
about their own experiences with
trauma.
The program has continued to
provide parents resources on how to
support the social-emotional well-
being of children.
• Was difficult to
continue
implementing ROCK
programming with
limited professional
development hours.
Program Goals Measurable Objectives Progress/Outcomes Challenges Goal 2: Community
Engagement
The City of Oakland’s
Head Start Program will
facilitate meaningful
connections with the
community to enhance
the lives of children and
families.
Objective A: Conduct an
annual review of existing
community partnerships to
assess how the Program
engages with the
partnerships as well as
how the partnerships are
meeting the needs of the
Program’s families.
The annual review of partnerships in
place identified areas where
partnerships could be strengthened,
and as a result, new community
partnerships were formed, dental
partners, food resources, and
housing partners.
• No challenges.
Objective B: Work with
Oakland Unified School
District, and other
community based ECE
programs, to implement the
new Universal Pre-
Kindergarten (UPK)
infrastructure within the City
and county by 2025 through
actively participating in
monthly, quarterly, and
annual meetings.
Systemic changes to the early
childhood education landscape are in
place throughout the state. As part of
the Oakland Unified School District
(OUSD) UPK and UTK
implementation plan, at the
Community Engagement level, COO
Head Start has been participating in
the regular planning calls/meetings
sponsored by OUSD on the
implementation of UPK and UTK in
the next two years. The OUSD UPK
and UTK implementation plan also
includes “Teacher Development” and
includes COO Head Start, as a
potential “Workforce Partnership”
with OUSD.
In addition, Measure AA: The
Oakland Children’s Initiative was
passed to ensure that Oakland has
the resources necessary to improve
preschool, high school, college and
• Shifts in the age of
the children requires
adaptation of facilities
and staffing to meet
community need (i.e.,
moving to serving
more infants and
toddlers).
• Additional supports
and processes
related to transitions
to TK need to be
developed
Program Goals Measurable Objectives Progress/Outcomes Challenges career readiness. The program has
been working closely with City
government to develop a plan to
expand preschool through COO
Head Start. This year, planning has
continued and a plan for
implementation should go into effect
in the next year.
Goal 3: School
Readiness
The City of Oakland’s
Head Start Program will
provide high quality early
childhood development
programs designed to
help children realize their
greatest potential and
prepare for success in
school.
Objective A: By the third
year of the grant cycle,
show how the Program’s
school readiness goals
align with the kindergarten
readiness expectations as
defined by the
Kindergarten Readiness
Framework.
The Education Team has been
working on creating an alignment
document highlighting how the
Program’s school readiness goals
align with OUSD kindergarten
expectations and the Kindergarten
Readiness framework developed by
First 5 Alameda County.
The county does not utilize a
traditional kindergarten assessment
tool to measure kindergarten
readiness. Instead, the county,
through its First 5 Alameda,
developed the Road to Kindergarten
Readiness Framework that take a
macro approach to school readiness
– involving communities, family, and
school conditions.
• The county does not
have specific
definitions to set
standards of
kindergarten
readiness; thus,
creating some
challenges on how to
show alignment.
Objective B: By the third
year of the grant cycle,
conduct a Diversity Equity
Inclusion and Belonging
Hired a Race and Equity Research
Fellow who will:
• Very hard to define
and set equity metrics
that are broad
enough to cover the
Program Goals Measurable Objectives Progress/Outcomes Challenges (DEIB) assessment of the
Program’s strategies for
diversity, equity, inclusion,
and belonging in all
educational settings.
1. Help develop DEIB goals for COO
Head Start through an inclusive
and collaborative process.
2. Ensure internal and external
stakeholders, including staff, ECE
and community partners,
participate and engage in the
process.
3. Establish policies and procedures
to implement DEIB practices
throughout the program.
4. Identify DEIB training opportunities
for staff, parents, partners, the
Parent Policy Council and Advisory
Board.
5. Identify monitoring tools and
metrics within each content area so
Program leadership can analyze
progress on advancing equitable
outcomes for children, families, and
staff.
6. Demonstrate how Head Start DEIB
goals align and contribute to the
Human Services Department DEIB
goals and City of Oakland DEIB
goals overall.
whole program, but
specific enough to
work on, be
measurable, and
drive change.
Objective C: By the end of
the grant period, develop
formalized workforce
development partnerships
that build a staffing
pipeline of future Head
The apprenticeship program is
currently in the Exploration stage of
development. COO Head Start is
working with external partners to
create and design apprenticeship
program. The apprenticeship
• No challenges
yet identified
Program Goals Measurable Objectives Progress/Outcomes Challenges Start staff (e.g.,
developing a quality
workforce) and partners.
program is a career pathway for
Head Start parents and other
interested students to explore a
career, which could lead them to
becoming a fully permitted ECE
classroom teacher. Aside from
education classes, the program will
incorporate workshops and skills
training on Language & Literacy,
Infant & Toddler Framework, Trauma
Informed Practices, Coaching,
Emotional Intelligence, and
Equity/Cultural Competency.
Apprenticeship program will begin in
August 2023 where apprentices will
begin their educational training
through a partner college. The initial
cohort will have 18 apprentices. The
apprentices will have 6 ECE units by
end of December 2023 and can
begin On-The-Job training within City
of Oakland Head Start. Students will
be assigned a success coordinator
who will provide support services to
ensure they have all the resources
necessary to ensure a 100% success
rate.