2024 Annual Report
Financial
Public funds received: $10,355,818
Private funds received: $537,682
Total funds received: $10,893,500
Budgetary expenditures
Salaries: $4,817,590
Benefits and payroll taxes: $2,033,082
Operating expenses: $2,113,549
Client assistance and regional emergency assistance: $1,590,017
Total: $10,554,238
Program
Total number of children served: 208
Total number of families served: 199
Number of two-parent families - 151
Number of single-parent families - 48
Education
Advanced degree or baccalaureate degree - 78
Associate degree, vocational school, or some college - 35
High school graduate or GED - 39
Less than high school graduate - 47
Employment, Job Training, and School
At least one parent/guardian is employed, in job training, or in school at enrollment - 161
At least one parent/guardian is employed, in job training, or in school at end of enrollment - 165
Federal or Other Assistance
Number of families receiving services under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) - 163
Number of families receiving services under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly referred to as Food Stamps - 77
Number of families receiving any cash benefits or other services under the Federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program - 9
Number of families receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - 1
Services to Homeless Families
Number of families experiencing homelessness that were served during the enrollment year - 11
Number of children experiencing homelessness that were served during the enrollment year - 12
Number of families experiencing homelessness that acquired housing during the enrollment year - 7
Family Services
Emergency/crisis intervention (e.g. meeting immediate needs for food, clothing, or shelter) - 100
Housing assistance (e.g. subsidies, utilities, repairs) - 14
Asset building services (e.g. financial education, debt counseling) - 146
Mental health services - 149
Substance misuse prevention - 1
English as a Second Language (ESL) training - 48
Assistance in enrolling into an education or job training program - 25
Research-based parenting curriculum - 68
Involvement in discussing their child’s screening and assessment results and their child’s progress - 69
Supporting transitions between programs (i.e. EHS to HS, HS to kindergarten) - 194
Education on preventive medical and oral health - 79
Education on nutrition - 52
Education on postpartum care (e.g. breastfeeding support) - 3
Education on relationship/marriage - 24
Average monthly enrollment (as a percentage of funded enrollment): 96%
Percentage of eligible children served: 100%
Percentage of enrolled children that received medical exams: 92%
Percentage of enrolled children that received dental exams: 95%
Information about parent involvement activities:
ESOL - 2 levels, 2 times a year
Beginners 1 - 35
Beginners 2 - 14
STEP
English (fall) - 16
Spanish (spring) - 11
Nutrition Workshop Series (Cambridge/Somerville WIC): 54
Physical Activity & Screen Time Workshop (Cambridge/Somerville WIC): 26
Financial Literacy Class (Cambridge Savings Bank) - 14
Self-Care and Stress Management Workshop: 15
Pedestrian Safety Information, during 1st parent meetings - 103
Family Literacy (The Agenda for Children) - 79
Kindergarten registration information session (Parent Enrollment Center) - 26
Transition to kindergarten workshops - 26
The agency’s efforts to prepare children for kindergarten—By the spring students were either meeting or exceeding:
Social-emotional development: 56%
Physical health and development: 58%
Language goals: 47%
Cognition and general knowledge: 57%
Mathematics goals: 54%
Literacy goals: 55%
Other Information
Results of the most recent review by the Secretary were overwhelmingly positive, with only one finding relating to water testing for lead, which was immediately remedied.