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DOCID:fr05no96-13

45 CFR Part 1301 et al.
Head Start Program; Final Rule

Department of Health and Human Services

Administration for Children and Families

RIN 0970-AB55

Head Start Program

Action
Final rule.

Summary
The Administration for Children and Families is issuing this final rule to implement the statutory provisions for establishing Program Performance Standards for Early Head Start grantees and Head Start grantee and delegate agencies providing services to eligible children from birth to five years and their families as well as pregnant women, and for taking corrective actions when Early Head Start or Head Start agencies fail to meet such standards.

Effective Dates
The effective date of these requirements is January 1, 1998. Nothing in this Part prohibits grantee or delegate agencies from voluntarily complying with these regulations prior to the effective date. The information requirements in Secs. 1304.20, 22, 23, 40, 50, 51, 55 and 60 in the rule shall go into effect on the latter of the date on which they are approved by the Office of Management and Budget or January 1, 1998. A document will be published in the Federal Register announcing the approval date of the information requirements.

For Further Information Contact
E. Dollie Wolverton, Head Start Bureau, 202/205-8418.

Index

• Summary
• The Head Start Program
• Comprehensive Services
• Parent Involvement and Family Focus
• Community Partnerships and Community-Based Services
• Legislative and Programmatic History
• Approach
• Cross-Cutting Themes
• Structure of the Standards
• Services for Infants and Toddlers
• Disabilities
• Home-Based Services
• Section-by-Section Discussion of the Final Rule
• Subpart A - General
• § 1304.2 - Effective Date
• § 1304.3 - Definitions
• Subpart B - Early Childhood Development and Health Services
• § 1304.20 - Child Health and Development Services
• § 1304.21 - Child Health and Safety
• § 1304.23 - Child Nutrition
• § 1304.24 - Child Mental Health
• Subpart C - Family and Community Partnerships
• § 1304.40 - Family Partnerships
• § 1304.41 - Community Partnerships
• Subpart D - Program Design, Design and Management
• § 1304.50 - Program Governance Standards
• § 1304.51 - Management Systems and Procedures
• § 1304.52 - Human Resources Management
• § 1304.53 - Facilities, Materials, and Equipment
• Subpart E - Implementation and Enforcement
• § 1304.60 - Deficiencies and Quality Improvement Plans
• § 1304.61 - Noncompliance
• Part 1301 - Head Start Grants Administration
• Part 1305 - Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, and Attendance in Head Start
• Part 1306 - Head Start Staffing Requirements and Program Options
• Part 1308 - Head Start Program Performance Standards on Services for Children with Disabilities
• Impact Analysis
• Executive Order 12866
• Regulatory Flexibility Act
• Paperwork Reduction Act

• List of Subjects
• Part 1304 - Program Performance Standards for the Operation of Head Start Programs by Grantee and Delegate Agencies
• Subpart A - General
• § 1304.1 - Purpose and scope
• § 1304.2 - Effective date
• § 1304.3 - Definitions
• Subpart B - Early Childhood Development and Health Services
• § 1304.20 - Child health and developmental services
• § 1304.21 - Education and early childhood development
• § 1304.22 - Child health and safety
• § 1304.23 - Child nutrition
• § 1304.24 - Child mental health
• Subpart C - Family and Community Partnerships
• § 1304.40 - Family Partnerships
• § 1304.41 - Community Partnerships
• Subpart D - Program Design and Management
• § 1304.50 - Program governance
• Appendix A - Governance and Management Responsibilities
• § 1304.51 - Management systems and procedures
• § 1304.52 - Human resources management
• § 1304.53 - Facilities, materials, and equipment
• Subpart E - Implementation and Enforcement
• § 1304.60 - Deficiencies and quality improvement plans
• § 1304.61 - Noncompliance
• Part 1301 - Head Start Grants Administration
• § 1301.31 - Personnel policies
• Part 1303 - Appeal Procedures for Head Start Grantees and Current or Prospective Delegate Agencies
• § 1303.14 - Appeal by a grantee from a termination of financial assistance
• Part 1305 - Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, and Attendance in Head Start
• § 1305.1 - Purpose and scope
• § 1305.3 - Determining community strenghts and needs
• Part 1306 - Head Start Staffing Requirments and Program Options
• § 1306.1 - Purpose and scope
• § 1306.20 - Program staffing patterns
• § 1306.21 - Staff qualification requirements
• § 1306.30 - Provisions of comprehensive child development services
• § 1306.33 - Home-based program option
• Part 1308 - Head Start Program Performance Standards on Services for Children with Disabilities
• § 1308.6 - Assessment of Children

If you would prefer to view (or download) of the Head Start Performance Standards in one of the following formats, please click (or right-click) below,

• Adobe Portable Document Format (standard.pdf), authorative
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