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Kate Stepleton; Diane Schilder; Carly Morrison; Catherine Kuhns; Irma Castañeda; Jonah Norwitt; Olivia Mirek; Anna Fleming – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2024
This is the methodology appendix for the report, "The Conversion of Enrollment Slots from Head Start to Early Head Start (HS2EHS) Case Studies." It includes the following sections: (1) Sample; (2) Recruitment; (3) Data Collection; and (4) Analysis.
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services, Early Intervention
Todd Grindal; Paul Burkander; Nicholas Ortiz – SRI Education, a Division of SRI International, 2024
With the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather disasters, it is essential for Office of Head Start staff and Early Head Start/Head Start (EHS/HS) program leaders to prepare for and respond effectively to these challenges. This brief presents data on the number and percentage of EHS/HS sites located in extreme weather affected areas…
Descriptors: Weather, Natural Disasters, Social Services, Federal Programs
Stephanie D. Piecuch – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study identifies how to implement a cultural competency training program within a local Head Start program. Head Start is a federally funded program. It provides comprehensive services to children and families identified as low-income and culturally minoritized. The diversely populated Head Start program at the center of this study strives to…
Descriptors: Safety, Training, Cultural Relevance, Federal Programs
Patricia A. Ulman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Educators are increasingly using trauma-informed approaches to lessen the harsh effects of trauma on children. Although this practice is becoming more common in U.S. kindergarten through Grade 12 schools, it has been slow to reach the early care and education setting, which includes Head Start programs. Head Starts are encouraged to use a trauma…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Social Services, Low Income Students, Administrator Attitudes
Diane Schilder; Catherine Kuhns; Kate Stepleton; Carly Morrison – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2024
This brief presents select findings from the "Conversion of Enrollment Slots from Head Start to Early Head Start (HS2EHS) Case Studies," six case studies of grant recipients that converted enrollment slots from Head Start to Early Head Start in 2021. This brief focuses on "implementing new or expanded Early Head Start services…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Federal Programs, Social Services, Early Childhood Education
Kate Stepleton; Diane Schilder; Carly Morrison; Catherine Kuhns; Irma Castañeda; Jonah Norwitt; Olivia Mirek; Anna Fleming – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2024
Federal guidance allows Head Start grant recipients to apply to the Office of Head Start to shift funding (i.e., convert enrollment slots) from Head Start services for preschool-age children to Early Head Start services for pregnant women, infants, and toddlers. Yet scant information is available about how grant recipients navigate the conversion…
Descriptors: Social Services, Low Income Students, Federal Programs, Early Intervention
Carol Hafford; Marc Hernandez – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2022
The Survey of Head Start Grantees on Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) was conducted in program year 2019-2020 with a nationally representative sample of Head Start program directors and Head Start managers/coordinators to understand how Head Start grantees use T/TA of all types and from all sources. Head Start program directors completed…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services, Training Methods
Office of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2021
The Head Start Act mandates that each Head Start recipient receive a monitoring review at least once every 3 years; each newly designated recipient be reviewed after the completion of its first year (and then at least once every 3 years thereafter); and all recipients that "fail to meet the standards" receive Follow-up reviews. Reviewers…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Federal Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Office of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2020
The Head Start Act mandates that each Head Start grantee receive a monitoring review at least once every 3 years; each newly designated grantee be reviewed after the completion of its first year (and then at least once every 3 years thereafter); and all grantees that "fail to meet the standards" receive Follow-up reviews. Reviewers…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Federal Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Office of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2019
The Head Start Act mandates that each Head Start grantee receive a monitoring review at least once every 3 years; each newly designated grantee be reviewed after the completion of its first year (and then at least once every 3 years thereafter); and all grantees that "fail to meet the standards" receive Follow-up reviews. Reviewers…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Federal Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
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Lash, Cristina L.; Sanchez, Monika – Education and Urban Society, 2019
Nationwide, place-based initiatives aiming to improve school and community outcomes are in the midst of neighborhood demographic change. We explore this issue through a case study of the Mission Promise Neighborhood (MPN). We discuss how the social and educational context of MPN poses several challenges to implementing Promise Neighborhood…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Working Class, Advantaged, Whites
Office of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2018
This report presents a summary of the findings of fiscal year (FY) 2018 Head Start monitoring reviews, fulfilling the reporting requirement in Section 641A(f) of the Head Start Act. It highlights the enhancements made to the FY 2018 monitoring review system, summarizes grantee review outcomes, and describes the types of findings most commonly…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Federal Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
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Sink, David – Phylon, 1982
The Indian Child Welfare Act places responsibility for implementing Indian welfare legislation onto Indian tribes themselves, rather than on the government bureaucracy. Successful implementation poses challenges concerning the establishment of comprehensive tribal courts, in view of sociocultural and environmental factors that have affected the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Child Welfare, Family Programs, Federal Indian Relationship
Bourdette, Mary; And Others – 1993
Designed to help political leaders plan and organize a systematic set of government initiatives and policies to improve the quality of life for American families, this document provides a blueprint for mounting a comprehensive effort in support of America's children and their families. The document begins by outlining the need for a national plan,…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Early Intervention, Family Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2003
These hearings transcripts compile testimony regarding how programs authorized by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act and the Missing Children's Assistance Act currently operate, in preparation for upcoming reauthorization. Opening statements by U.S. Representatives Peter Hoekstra (Michigan) and Ruben Hinojosa (Texas) underscore the obligation to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Welfare, Children
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