NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON PROPOSED FY20 COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT PLAN
The Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) will accept public comments as required by the Michigan Department of Human Services CSBG Plan for FY20. Public comments will be accepted on the OLHSA/CSBG FY19 proposed plan from August 20, 2019 through September 3, 2019.
The plan summary is as follows:
A total of $1,...
Nancy Shimel, Head Start Lead Teacher
Hugs, smiles and stories are part of the job.
I was always drawn to early childhood. After seeing my children's experience through their preschool, I thought, “That job looks like it would be really fun,” and I made the...
NOTICE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS 2019
Early Childhood Services Advertisement ServicesJuly 30th, 2019
Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) is seeking requests from qualified advertising firms to create and disseminate media to promote open Head Start positions offered within OLHSA. This request requires the advertising firm to submit to the OLHSA Team Leader all appropriate technical, business data and information...
Alphonso Gilmore, Assistant Teacher
Give your own future a head start.
I’ve taken an interesting path to becoming a teacher. I started out as a custodian 14 years ago. As part of my job, I’d go in the classroom to clean. I got to know the kids and they got to know me. "Everybody would say, You should try out teaching."
I had never thought about it, but then something clicked. I’ve been an...
Adriana Amal, Assistant Teacher
Do what you dream.
When I was little, I would stand in front of the mirror and I would see myself as a teacher. My parents were teachers and it was always something I wanted to do. Day by day, this dream grew inside of me. When I finished high school, I was ready to study to become a teacher. I received a Bachelor’s degree for preschool teaching in my home country of Albania.
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LaStarra Fitzgerald, Lead Teacher
Do something that matters.
In my first year, we had a student that we had seen only three times because he was going through brain surgery. He couldn't come back to school until he healed. We didn’t want him or his guardian to feel left out, so when we had special holidays, the kids and I made him cards.
This student came back the last three days of the school year and he was so excited...
Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) is accepting Request for Proposal for weatherization contracting services in Oakland & Livingston Counties. Minimum requirements: Licensed and insured, 3 yrs. exp. in weatherization preferred; ownership of a blower door and blown in-insulation equipment required.
OLHSA is also soliciting for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) minor home/mobile repair contracting services. Minimum requirements: licensed and insured, 3 yrs. exp....
It has been an incredible year for our Head Start and Early Head Start programs here at OLHSA. From transitioning from half-day to full-day services to placing second in Discovery Education’s Smart from the Start contest, our Head Start programs have exceeded standards and truly made a difference in the lives of children in Oakland County.
We are proud to report that, as of 2018, OLHSA’s Head Start classrooms are at or above the national average in all areas of the Classroom Assessment...
OLHSA recently hosted a Bridges Out of Poverty (BOP) workshop in Howell for over 50 guests, including educators, librarians, business people, first responders, media and elected officials. The goal was to develop a cohesive approach to poverty education and services in our community.
The workshop provided tangible ways that these...
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