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CLIENT ALERT: FY 2024 House Appropriations Bill Proposes Drastic Cuts to Head Start Funding
Last week, the United States House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations released its Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The proposed legislation provides [...]
CLIENT ALERT: Final Rule Rescinds Vaccine Requirement for Head Start Staff and Volunteers
Earlier this week, on June 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Head Start (OHS) officially issued a long-awaited Final Rule, [...]
FTLF Attorneys to Speak at Region IV Head Start Association Leadership Summit
Nicole M. Bacon and H. Scott Johnson Jr. will be speaking at the upcoming Region IV Head Start Association’s (RIVHSA) Leadership Summit from June 12-15, 2023 in Atlanta, GA. Ms. Bacon and [...]
FTLF Partners to Present at NHSA National Head Start Conference
FTLF partners Nicole Bacon and Edward “Ted” Waters will present at the National Head Start Association’s (NHSA) National Head Start Conference taking place May 8-11 in Phoenix, AZ. Their two sessions, including [...]
CLIENT ALERT: OHS Issues Final Rule Relaxing Mask Mandate
On January 6, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Head Start (OHS) promulgated a Final Rule updating the Interim Final Rule [...]
FTLF Attorney to Present at Region II Head Start Conference
This week, FTLF Senior Counsel Phillip Escoriaza will participate in the Region II Head Start Conference in San Juan, PR. Both of his sessions will be conducted in Spanish. On Tuesday, November [...]
CLIENT ALERT: Changes in Head Start Health and Safety Reporting Requirements ACF-IM-HS-22-07
On September 27, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Head Start (OHS) issued Information Memorandum (IM) ACF-IM-HS-22-07 on Reporting Child Health [...]
CLIENT ALERT: OIG Encourages Compliance Programs for Grantees and Health Care Providers Serving American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Communities
In two recently released training modules, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) encourages programs in Indian Country, including Head Start, Low Income Home Energy Assistance [...]
FTLF Attorneys to Present at NHSA’s 2022 Annual Conference
Nationally recognized Federal Grants attorneys Ted Waters and Nicole Bacon will present at the 49th Annual National Head Start Conference in Baltimore, MD on May 2-5, 2022. Mr. Waters and Ms. Bacon will lead a [...]
FTLF Attorneys to Present at the Head Start Region IV Annual Training Conference
FTLF attorneys Nicole Bacon, H. Scott Johnson, Jr, and Ted Waters will present at the Head Start Region IV Annual Training Conference and Expo taking place February 15 – 18, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. Ms. Bacon, Mr. [...]
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