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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Biden administration plans to initiate rulemaking requiring all Head Start and Early Head Start teachers and staff to receive COVID-19 vaccination in an effort to allow schools to open safely. The Office [...]
FTLF attorneys Nicole Bacon, Dianne Pledgie, and Ted Waters will present at this year’s annual Head Start Region IV Virtual Leadership Summit. FTLF Manager Partner Ted Waters will deliver the keynote speech on [...]
On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. No. 116-260 (“the Act”), became law. The Act is a $2.3 trillion spending bill that combines $900 billion for stimulus relief in [...]
On August 28, 2020, the Office of Head Start (OHS) published a Final Rule, which updated the Designation Renewal System (DRS). Originally established in 2011, the DRS, which is comprised of seven conditions, [...]
The U.S. Constitution requires the nation’s population to be counted every ten years through the nationwide census. It is not too late to encourage the population whom you serve to participate in the [...]
You may think you don’t have grant-related property questions, but you just might: What facility issues should you consider during the COVID-19 pandemic? The COVID-19 pandemic places many organizations in the position of [...]
