This should be listed under contractual services on the DOE budget detail page. Travel costs vary. It is usually held in May or June each year. As with any grant program, the Department of Education cannot guarantee that the same or additional funds will be available each year, although in recent years many programs funded through Early Learning Services have received increases each year. PCHP requires programs to collect demographic data and data on key program elements, as well two measures assessing children and parent-child interaction.
Some programs videotape parent-child interactions as well.
Most programs use some kind of preschool or toddler screening instrument as a baseline for evaluation. There are currently 29 PCHP programs in Massachusetts. Twenty-six of them received state funding through the MA Department of Education in FY 2000. Through the MA DOE the Plymouth and Pittsfield programs received a Goals 2000 federal grant to support PCHP and to provide training to other programs throughout the Commonwealth.