Monitoring Subrecipients (Program)

Administrative policies must also reflect how the ISD will provide oversight and monitoring of subrecipient practices, such as local policies/procedures related to:

• MiLEAP, Child Care Licensing Bureau, including reports of site visits;
• Participation in Michigan’s Great Start to Quality system;
• Family engagement, including formal contacts; 
• Use of a family handbook that includes all required elements  outlined in Childcare licensing rules;
• The advisory structure including the family participation group(s), advisory committee(s), and data analysis team(s);
• Human resources (staff hiring, professional educator preparation plans, supervision);
• Adult/child ratio, class size, hours, and weeks of operation;
• Professional learning for teaching teams, including training in the curriculum and child assessment tools in use;
• Participation in the National School Nutrition Program (NSNP) and/or the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), as applicable;
• Recruitment and Enrollment procedures, including prioritization;
• Child files;
• Transition plans into and out of GSRP; and
• All program policies identified in the Program Administration and Staffing section of this manual.
  
  If a subrecipient has an approved Head Start Waiver, please refer to the Head Start Performance Waiver Shared Responsibility Framework.