New Rule: Designation Renewal of Head Start Programs

Posted by Julie Stone on November 9, 2011 under News | Be the First to Comment

The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, has released the final rule to amend the Head Start Program regulations to implement statutory provisions of the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 to establish a system of designation renewal to determine if Head Start and Early Head Start agencies are delivering high-quality and comprehensive Head Start and Early Head Start programs that meet the educational, health, nutritional, and social needs of the children and families they serve and meet program and financial management requirements and standards. This system of designation renewal will determine which grantees must compete for on-going funding.

Click here to view the full text of the New Rule

Click here to view Brief Points on the New Rule from Barbara Haxton

Click here to view the National Head Start Association Statement on the New Rule

Of course, further analysis and discussion of the Designation Renewal Rule will take place at the OHSAI December Meeting. Click here for agenda and registration information.