November 3, 2016
Does your organization have “partners” that help it fulfill its grant obligations? Whether your organization is operating a Head Start grant or under any other federal grant program, accurately determining the type of [...]
October 26, 2016
On October 24, 2016, the Office of Head Start (“OHS”) launched the CLASS section of the FY17 Aligned Monitoring Virtual Expo. This launch includes the “FY2017 CLASS Field Guide,” “FY2017 CLASS Review At-A-Glance,” [...]
October 19, 2016
“Streamlined” is a word you’ll hear often to describe the new Head Start Program Performance Standards (the “HSPPS”). Part 1302, subpart I – which addresses human resources management– is one section that lives [...]
October 12, 2016
With the November elections quickly approaching, many feel the urge to get involved in the election process. Head Start grant recipients and their employees may feel particularly motivated because federal, state, and local [...]
October 5, 2016
After a month of acclimating to the new Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) you may have noticed that while there are a few new items, the requirements contain a lot of the [...]
September 28, 2016
In the Office of Head Start’s (OHS) recent Showcase video on Program Governance, OHS noted that Program Governance is the first subpart of the HSPPS and that this should “send[] a message.” OHS [...]
September 21, 2016
With the beginning of the school year, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start (OHS) released the final rule for the new [...]
October 30, 2015
With the passage of the 2007 amendments to the Head Start Act (the “Act”), Congress announced that existing and future Head Start grants would transition from “indefinite” project periods – i.e. project periods [...]
September 16, 2015
On Tuesday, September 15, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP, responded to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published on June 19, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 35430). FTLF’s comments are not indented to be [...]
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 [...]