Offering a Comprehensive Benefits Package
Head Start, Inc. in Billings, MT shares how they overhauled their benefits packages to better meet the needs of their workforce, including parental leave and access to employee assistance programs.
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Pay and Benefits
Pay and benefits help to attract and retain qualified staff, maintain morale and job satisfaction, and reduce turnover. Adequately compensated staff are more likely to provide high-quality services to children and families.
Managing pay and benefits properly is crucial for the success and sustainability of Head Start programs.
Financial Incentives to Recruit and Retain Employees
Staff from Inspire Development Centers in Washington state describe how they offer financial incentives to recruit and retain employees.
Comparability of Wages
Management staff and financial officers will benefit from reading this section to ensure that employees are compensated according to salary scales that are based on training and experience. The Head Start Act indicates that Early Head Start and Head Start staff shall not receive compensation at a rate which is in excess of the average rate of compensation paid in the area where the program is carried out.
Employee Compensation Checklist
This checklist provides the requirements of an employee compensation system. This checklist can be used by program directors and human resource managers for ensuring that employees receive the appropriate compensation.
Pay Tables for Executive and Senior Level II Employees
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appropriations bill contains a provision (Section 205) that requires that "none of the funds appropriated in this title for Head Start shall be used to pay the compensation of an individual, either as a direct cost or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II."
1302.90 Personnel policies.
Review the standards for establishing written personnel policies and procedures that address background checks, standards of conduct, and wages and benefits to support the Head Start workforce.
Examples of Competitive Financial Incentives for Staff
Providing competitive financial incentives with existing grant funds is a short-term strategy to invest in the Head Start workforce, promote retention of current staff, and recruit new staff into vacant positions.
Competitive Bonuses for the Head Start Workforce
Watch this webinar for new guidance on how to use bonuses to support the retention and recruitment of the Head Start workforce.
