October 5, 2016
After a month of acclimating to the new Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) you may have noticed that while there are a few new items, the requirements contain a lot of the [...]
September 28, 2016
In the Office of Head Start’s (OHS) recent Showcase video on Program Governance, OHS noted that Program Governance is the first subpart of the HSPPS and that this should “send[] a message.” OHS [...]
September 21, 2016
With the beginning of the school year, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start (OHS) released the final rule for the new [...]
January 11, 2016
Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP is pleased to announce that it has named Nicole M. Bacon as partner. “We are fortunate and excited to have Nicole promoted to partner at the firm. Her [...]
October 30, 2015
With the passage of the 2007 amendments to the Head Start Act (the “Act”), Congress announced that existing and future Head Start grants would transition from “indefinite” project periods – i.e. project periods [...]
October 5, 2015
CLIENT ALERT: OHS Releases Aligned Monitoring System’s On-Site Review Protocols for Fiscal Year 2016
Last week, the Office of Head Start (OHS) released the Aligned Monitoring System’s on-site review protocols for fiscal year 2016. The protocols have been updated to reflect the new 45 CFR Part 75 [...]
September 16, 2015
On Tuesday, September 15, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP, responded to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published on June 19, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 35430). FTLF’s comments are not indented to be [...]
July 16, 2015
On June 19, 2015, The Office of Head Start (OHS) issued the long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Head Start Performance Standards. OHS last revised the Performance Standards in 1998 and [...]
June 10, 2015
On February 10, 2015, the Office of Head Start (“OHS”) issued new eligibility regulations as a Final Rule. Just in case you missed the last page of the new regulations, we want to [...]
May 19, 2015
The Head Start program launched in the summers of 1965 and 1966 as a child development program entitled Project Head Start. Designed to help at-risk children in low-income families and end poverty, Head Start [...]