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ACF Industry Day

August 15, 2019

Office of Head Start Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Head Start: the nation’s innovator in Early Childhood Education since 1965

Evidence-based approaches support children’s health and social/emotional development and skills in language, literacy, mathematics, science, and motor skills.

Comprehensive services reflect individual family needs to support parents and caregivers as their child’s first teacher.

Source: HEAD START ACT Sec. 636. [42 U.S.C. 9831], revised in 2007 Locally designed programs promote the school readiness of children from low-income families through comprehensive, high-quality, individualized early childhood development services.

More than 34 million Americans have attended Head Start.

PURPOSE OF HEAD START & EARLY HEAD START

To promote the school readiness of low income children by enhancing their cognitive, social and emotional development, through–

Supporting children’s growth in language, literacy, mathematics, science, social and emotional functioning, creative arts, physical skills, and approaches to learning and

Providing health, educational, nutritional, social and other services

Head Start Funding In FY2019, $10.2 billion was awarded.

Additional funds included:

$160 million for cost-of-living adjustment $140 million for expansion of Early Head Start and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership $260 million for programs to increase annual hours of services Additional funds for health and safety program improvement needs

Head Start Program Performance Standards The Head Start Program Performance Standards are regulations that provide…

“a clear road map for grantees to support high-quality Head Start/Early Head Start services and to strengthen the outcomes of the children and families Head Start serves.”

~1,600 grantees served 1.05m children & 970,000 families Programs in nearly every U.S. community and territory and 150+ Tribal or Native communities Grantees offer Head Start, Early Head Start or both, based on community need.

Center-based (90% of children/families) Home-based (8%) Family child care or Locally designed (2%) 379,000 local staff; 22% were current or former Head Start parents 1.09m volunteers; 71% were current or former Head Start parents

Head Start Program (FY 2018)

Programs served more than 1.05 million children, birth to 5, and pregnant women.

40% of children were age 4; 35% were age 3 28% were dual language learners. (More than 150 languages are spoken by Head Start families/staff.)

13% of children were identified as having special needs 5% of children experienced homelessness

Most parents/caregivers work full-time.

95% attend parent/teacher conferences 89% volunteer in their child’s classroom

Head Start children and families

~ 1,600 grantees serving 1.05m children, birth to 5, families & pregnant women Regional Network (12 regions, 300+ T/TA specialists) 4 National T/TA Centers (Led by OHS) Grantee-purchased (50% of T/TA funds)

OHS T/TA

3-part System Design

OHS budget: ~$10b (current FY) T/TA funding is 2.5%+ of appropriation (Head Start Act, Sec. 640)

Training: group instruction, delivered in-person or online.

Technical Assistance: targeted consulting for individuals or programs, delivered in-person, by phone or online, and through universally accessible resources.

Grantee-purchased – Head Start grantees receive funds from OHS to directly purchase T/TA services from vendors and consultants.

At least 50% of the federal T/TA appropriation.

Regional Offices / Regional T/TA Contracts – Regional Offices direct/manage work and deploy Regional T/TA specialists.

Central Office / National T/TA Center Cooperative Agreements – Central Office manages subject matter experts/entities (National Centers) who develop trainings and TA materials. Many resources are universally accessible through the Head Start website, ECLKC.

Remainder of the federal T/TA appropriation.

Current NC Cooperative Agreements end in Sept. 2020.

OHS T/TA: 3-part System Design

Support Head Start grantees in delivering high-quality services to children and families

Develop T/TA events and resources in response to data and input on Region and grantee needs

Deliver consistent knowledge, skills and effective practices across Head Start programs

Use data to ensure continuous improvement and responsiveness of the T/TA system to the needs of all stakeholders OHS T/TA Operational Goals (National and Regional)

(at least 25% of Head Start T/TA funds)

Regions identify T/TA needs, by regularly analyzing data and consulting with stakeholders.

Each Region manages their own T/TA contract, directing a team of T/TA specialists to support the differentiated needs of grantees and grantee clusters.

T/TA Specialists in the fields of early childhood (ECS), grantee management and fiscal (GS), systems (SS), and health (HS).

Regions collaborate with National T/TA Centers on events and initiatives to support Regional T/TA and grantee capacity around priority topics.

OHS Regional T/TA: Structure

Fiscal & Program Management

Teaching & Learning Partnerships in ECD Health & Safety Family Engagement T/TA priorities reflect:

Head Start Act

HHS/ACF leadership

Head Start Program Performance Standards

Early childhood education and development research/promising practices for children from low-income families National T/TA Priorities for Child, Family and Program Success

T/TA

Regional T/TA & Grantee Interactions

The number of SITE VISITS fell from 2016 to 2017 but the amount of T/TA that was delivered VIRTUALLY more than doubled (from 217 to 475 events nationally)

Other includes cluster activities/institutes

2016 Method of T/TA Contact

SITE VIRTUAL PHONE OTHER 8725 217 477 439

2017 Method of T/TA Contact

SITE VIRTUAL PHONE OTHER 8372 475 562 751

2018 Method of T/TA Contact

SITE VIRTUAL PHONE OTHER 8371 965 545 444

Allyson Brown Small Business Specialist, Office of Small and Disadvantage Business Utilization , DHHS

Darryl Grant, J.D.

Customer Liaison, Acquisition Management Services Program Support Center, DHHS

Office of Head Start, DHHS

Q&A SESSION

ACF Industry Day

August 15, 2019

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