Other Head Start Information*

 

• CAPLAW Letter on Head Start Designation Renewal System
  CAPLAW has submitted comments to the Office of Head Start on the September 22, 2010 proposed regulations establishing a designation renewal system.
    
  
• Head Start Act

  Compilation of the complete and current Head Start Act.

   

• Additional Standards and Regulations

  Find Head Start Program Performance Standards and Other Regulations.

   

• Office of Head Start Guidance

  Visit the Early Knowledge and Learning Center webpage of the Office of Head Start for additional Information Memoranda, Program Instructions, Policy Clarifications and resources related to Head Start.

   

• Head Start and the Davis-Bacon Act

  In 1994, when the Head Start Act was amended to allow for the use of grant funds to construct or make major renovations to Head Start facilities, the law was also changed to make the Davis-Bacon Act apply to contracts for construction or renovation of Head Start facilities.

   

• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Departmental Appeals Board (DAB)

  Find additional information on the HHS website.  The DAB hears cases and provides dispute resolution services to parties involved in conflict regarding various HHS offices and programs, such as Head Start disallowances and terminations.

   

• Information about Head Start Administrative and Judicial Decisions

  Order CAPLAW's publication, Head Start: An Outline of Administrative and Judicial Decisions.

   

• Monitoring Tools

  Fiscal Year 2012 monitoring tools including OHS monitoring protocol, guides and webcast resources.

 

*Please note that, in order of precedence, the 2007 Head Start Reauthorization Act is the highest authority as to Head Start issues followed by Head Start regulations that are consistent with the Act.  In addition, HHS also issues various sources of informal guidance including Information Memorandums, Program Instructions and Policy Clarifications. In the hierarchy of these sources, Policy Clarifications are generally considered to be the least authoritative.  However, all of these sources are subject to change and should be revisited on a regular basis.