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 [...]
September 15, 2014
The Supercircular, 2 CFR Part 200, creates a critical new step for grantees that enter into arrangements with Subrecipients (also known as “delegates” in HS/EHS terminology). Prior to awarding funds to a delegate, [...]
August 29, 2014
The Office of Head Start (“OHS”) recently released a new Information Memorandum (IM), “ACF-IM-HS-14-04,” addressing bus transportation and safety. Child safety and active supervision have been hot button issues in Head Start/EHS. In fact, [...]
April 28, 2014
Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP is honored to announce that Health Law group partners Edward “Ted” Waters, Susannah Vance Gopalan, and Kathy S. Ghiladi have been named as some of Washington, D.C.’s [...]
April 7, 2014
Thursday, November 6, 2014 – 8:30am – 4:30pm Friday, November 7, 2014 – 9:00am – 4:30pm Running a federally-funded Head Start or Early Head Start grant has never been more challenging. The myriad [...]
May 3, 2013
Due to popular demand and the recently announced second round of Head Start/ Early Head Start Recompetition, the Law Firm of Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP (“FTLF”) is holding an Executive Training Seminar [...]
April 10, 2013
Updated Field Alert: OMB Extends Deadline for Comments on the Proposed “Supercircular” (Uniform Grants Guidance to Replace Cost Principles, Audit, and Administrative Requirements) On Friday, February 1, 2013, the Office of Management and [...]
August 17, 2012
Ted Waters, partner of Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP, who is nationally recognized for his expertise in Head Start and Federal Grants Law, will be participating in a Head Start Town Hall event [...]