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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. [...]
Supreme Court’s Recent COVID Vaccination Mandate Rulings May Shed Light on Fate of Head Start Vaccine Mandates
On January 13, 2022, a divided United States Supreme Court issued two landmark opinions on vaccination mandates, which may foreshadow the fate of the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children [...]
CLIENT ALERT: Supreme Court Stays OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate for Large Employers
In a per curiam opinion, a divided United States Supreme Court stayed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard (ETS), thereby rejecting the immediate imposition of a [...]
CLIENT ALERT: Head Start Vaccine and Mask Mandates Blocked in Certain States
Two recent court decisions provide temporary relief to Head Start programs facing a January 31, 2022 deadline from the Biden administration that mandated vaccines for all workers and masks for all students aged [...]
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