LECC Grant Contract

This Agreement is entered into by and between the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP), 75 Charter Oak
Avenue, #1-205, Hartford CT 06106 as the fiscal sponsor for the CT Early Childhood Funder Collaborative (ECFC)
and Colchester Board of Education as the fiscal sponsor for the Collaborative for Colchester’s Children, 315 Halls
Hill Road, Colchester, CT 06415.

Contract period: March 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020.

Scope of Services
The purpose is to strengthen the organizational capacity of Collaborative for Colchester’s Children to enable it to
build a local early childhood birth to age 5 system in accordance with the proposal submitted February 7, 2020.

Budget/timeline:
Funding in the amount of $15,876 will be provided. The revised grant award included funding for only one
staff member to attend Family Place training due to overall funding limitations. All funds must be expended
no later than June 30, 2020. Proposed changes in line item expenditures of more than 20% must be
reported in advance.

Payment schedule
A single payment of $15,876 will be processed upon submission of the signed contract and a revised
budget based on the grant award, if applicable. The timing of the payment will be based on the transfer of
funds from CT Office of Early Childhood to CT Council for Philanthropy.

Reporting Requirements
1. Brief 1-2 page program narrative is required by June 15, 2020 and organized as follows:
   a. progress based on your work plan;
   b. challenges encountered/addressed; and
   c. status of your efforts to build organizational capacity including: 1) increasing racial, cultural, and
       linguistic diversity of leadership in the collaborative, 2) incorporating family voice in local decision
       making and 3) increasing cross-system coordination.
2. Financial report noting revenue and expenditures through June 30, 2020 using the attached format
   (Attachment A) is required by June 15, 2020.

    Failure to submit these reports by June 15, 2020 could jeopardize future funding.

Required Federal Grant Language
All communications regarding this grant must include the following: “The project described is supported by the
Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five Initiative (PDG B-5), Grant Number 90TP0041-01-00, from the Office
of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its contents
are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Child
Care, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.”

Modifications
Any proposed changes to the scope of work or expenditures of more than 20% of a line item must be
submitted at least 10 days in advance to Carol O’Donnell (codonnell@ctphilanthropy.org).

                                                                           Date:
   Karla Fortunato, President
   CT Council for Philanthropy

                                                                           Date:
   Jeffrey Burt, Superintendent
   Colchester Public Schools