Organizations Filed Purposes:
Children First's mission is: Strengthening children and families by improving the quality of their lives through a comprehensive approach to development, education, health and well-being.
In 2019, Children First provided early childhood education and family strengthening services to 888 at-risk children, ages birth to 5, and their families. Children receive high quality education to ensure healthy development and kindergarten readiness.
Head Start - Serving at-risk and economically vulnerable families with young children, Head Start is a program tailored for children three to five years of age which provides early education, health, dental, vision, hearing and developmental screenings, and coordination of appropriate therapies to address the individual child's needs. Services also include support for the entire family through family strengthening classes and individual family goal setting to achieve economic self sufficiency. 478 children were served during the 2019 calendar year (for the 2018-19 academic year - 302 children were served from Jan - June; 176 additional children were enrolled from August - December). This is an unduplicated count. Program of Excellence designation renewal obtained in 2019 designating Children First amongst the top 1% of Head Start / Early Head Start programs nationwide.
Early Head Start - Also serving at-risk and economically vulnerable families with very young children, Early Head Start is a program designed for expectant families and their children, birth to three years of age. Following the comprehensive Head Start model, program provides children and families with a wide array of early childhood development, health, and support services. 387 children were served during the 2019 calendar year (for the 2018/19 academic year - 269 children were served from Jan - June; 118 additional children were enrolled from August - December). This is an unduplicated count. Program of Excellence designation renewal obtained in 2019.
Early Childhood Education - The Early Childhood Education program is based on the Head Start/Early Head Start model This program is for children six weeks to five years of age. The children and families receive high quality services and are provided very significant scholarship support. In addition to the 23 full time Early Childhood Education clients, Children First served 183 children in extended before and after care programs on average each month. The summer learning program served 319 children (duplicated count), which includes children who were served during the school year in Head Start or Early Head Start programs in 2019.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Philip Tavill | President & CEO | 40 | $209,727 |
| Jessica Rogers | Highest Compensated Employee | 40 | $162,553 |
| Kathleen Sullivan | Highest Compensated Employee | 40 | $107,875 |
| Jacqueline Ray | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Audrey Coleman | Secretary | 0.5 | $0 |
| Katherine Martucci | Secretary | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mike Keebaugh | Vice Chair | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Jackson | Chair Emerita | 0.5 | $0 |
| Thomas Cail | Chair | 3 | $0 |
| Howard Berman | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Keith Johnson | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Brock Leach | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| O Wayne Rollins | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Barbara Benson | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| James Rolfes | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Katrina Otchet | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
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