On November 15, 2023, the Office of Head (OHS) Start issued a draft of the forthcoming Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) which includes a number of significant changes to the Head [...]
FTLF Managing Partner Ted Waters will present multiple workshops at the 2023 Statewide Mid-Fall Training Conference in North Charleston, SC from October 30 - November 3, 2023. The event is hosted by [...]
FTLF Senior Counsel Phillip A. Escoriaza will lead two sessions at the Region II Head Start Association Annual Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from October 16 - 19, 2023. During his [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
