DANBURY, CT — A local non-profit has paid over $86,000 to resolve allegations that two of its now-former employees falsely claimed to be homeless.
The Connecticut Institute for the Communities, Inc., a Danbury-based non-profit corporation, has entered into a civil settlement agreement and has paid $85,600 to resolve allegations that two of its now-former employees falsely claimed to be homeless while enrolling their children in its Head Start programs.
CIFC receives federal grants to operate Head Start programs in several locations in Connecticut. The Head Start program supports children’s growth from birth to age five through services centered around early learning and development, health, and family well-being. Services are available for children from birth to age three (“Early Head Start”) and ages three to five (“Head Start”) in center-based, home-based, or family child care settings.
Head Start programs are intended primarily for “children from low-income families” and “homeless children.” Head Start rules also permit programs to enroll children whose families are not “low income,” receiving public benefits, homeless, or in foster care, but the total number of children from such families cannot exceed 10 percent of all program slots. Grantees, such as CIFC, are required to verify applicants’ program eligibility and to keep paper records of those eligibility determinations.
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