HS/EHS Blog: In-Kind Barriers and Busters
Sep 24, 2018
By: Tammy T. Jelinek
Nonprofits
If you run a Head Start, Early Head Start (EHS) or EHS-Child Care Partnership (CCP), you have heard of in-kind. It’s the community’s share of the program. Whether it is through donated space, supplies or time, it is about having the community involved to help make the program as impactful as possible.
We offer in-kind training at major conferences, on site with many teams and on demand to use back in your program. During a recent session I was presenting, I yet again fielded questions about the barriers to generating in-kind, so we did an exercise on the barriers and busters.
Here are a few of the results:
IN-KIND BARRIERS | IN-KIND BUSTERS |
Time |
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Lack of training |
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Not correctly documenting |
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Lost documents |
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Don’t have the necessary forms |
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Don’t understand why we need or what we can take |
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Don’t turn it in |
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Turn it in wrong |
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Bad calculations |
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It is not my job!!! |
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I hope these examples help start a conversation in your agency. If you have more, please share them.
It’s such an important topic that I know I can share more on it in the future, and it would never be too much!
Wishing you a wonderful day,
Tammy
Tammy Jelinek has over 20 years of experience in working in and with grant-funded and fee-for-services nonprofit organizations. She has trained nationally in the areas of OMB Uniform Guidance, Head Start/Early Head Start Act and program performance standards, parent/volunteer involvement and more. And Tammy has a passion for helping programs help the families they serve! Learn more at wipfli.com/ngp.
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