Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO ENSURE POSITIVE BEGINNINGS FOR ALL YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.
HEAD START PROVIDES COMMUNITY-BASED CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING FOR FAMILIES LIVING IN OLMSTED, FREEBORN, RICE AND WINONA COUNTIES. HEAD START FOCUSES ON PREPARING PREGNANT WOMEN AND YOUNG CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO 5 YEARS OLD, AND THEIR FAMILIES, FOR A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE. ESSENTIAL INFORMATION, TRAINING AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED SO PARENTS ARE ABLE TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND FULFILL THEIR ROLE AS THE PRIMARY EDUCATOR OF THEIR CHILDREN. THE CCR&R HEAD START PROGRAM OPERATES AT ELEVEN (11) LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT OLMSTED, FREEBORN, RICE AND WINONA COUNTIES.
CHILD CARE AWARE OF MN-SOUTHERN DISTRICT PROVIDES EARLY CHILDHOOD TRAINING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ADVISING, START-UP, REGIONAL, AND EMERGENCY GRANTS, ALONG WITH PARENT AWARE SERVICES TO REGIONS 9 AND 10 CONSISTING OF 20 COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. WE SERVE FAMILY CHILD CARE PROGRAMS, CHILD CARE CENTERS, LEGAL NON-LICENSED PROVIDERS, AND PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS. CHILD CARE AWARE OF MN-SOUTHERN DISTRICT PROVIDES ROUGHLY 500 TRAININGS ACROSS 20 COUNTIES EACH YEAR. TRAININGS CONSIST OF LICENSING-REQUIRED HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAININGS AND PARENT AWARE KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK-BASED TRAININGS. TWICE ANNUALLY CHILD CARE AWARE OF MN-SOUTHERN DISTRICT RECRUITS AND PROVIDES TRAINING FOR THE CHILD CARE CREDENTIAL. THE COURSE IS OFFERED OVER SIX MONTHS FOR A TOTAL OF 120 HOURS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2019 CHILD CARE AWARE OF MN-SOUTHERN DISTRICT AWARDED START-UP, REGIONAL, AND EMERGENCY GRANTS TOTALING $160,288 TO 115 PROGRAMS. PROGRAMS WERE COMPRISED OF PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, FAMILY CHILD CARE PROGRAMS, AND CENTER-BASED PROGRAMS. IN FISCAL YEAR 19 WE AWARDED $279,750 IN BUILDING QUALITY GRANTS AND PARENT AWARE QUALITY RATING IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM GRANTS. WE HAVE ALSO EXPENDED $6,018,275 IN EARLY LEARNING SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS IN FISCAL YEAR 2019.
CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL ALSO OFFERS CRISIS NURSERY AND SCHOOL READINESS. OLMSTED COUNTY FUNDS THE CRISIS NURSERY, WHICH IS A CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES TEMPORARY, SHORT-TERM CARE FOR CHILDREN IN OLMSTED COUNTY WHILE FAMILIES ADDRESS A CRISIS SITUATION. SCHOOL READINESS ALLOW CHILDREN 3 YEARS OLD TO KINDERGARTEN IN THE ROCHESTER AREA TO PARTICIPATE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ENABLE THEM TO ENTER SCHOOL WITH THE SKILLS AND BEHAVIOR NEEDED FOR THEM TO PROGRESS AND FLOURISH.
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 |
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| Jonathan Losness | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $140,959 |
| Sandy Simar | PROGRAM DIRECTOR | 40 | $116,991 |
| Ron Luck | FINANCE DIRECTOR | 40 | $116,609 |
| Kevin Ewing | PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Rebecca Faller | VICE PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Melissa Saunders | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Jim Oeltjenbruns | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Chuck Smith | PAST PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Sam Grant | PAST PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Kristi Harney | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Christina Valdez | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Laude | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Deneene Graham | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Ben Brandt | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Michelle Finholdt | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| April Knipe | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Margene Gunderson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Armin Budimlic | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Sarah Stevens | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
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