Meetings and Interactions
Parent Involvement - General
Enhancing...
Parent Involvement in Health, Nutrition and Mental Health
Family Assistance with Nutrition
[Code
of Federal Regulations] [Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2005]
[CITE: 45CFR1304.20] [Page 129-132]
TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1304_PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THE OPERATION OF HEAD START PROGRAMS BY GRANTEE AND DELEGATE AGENCIES--Table of Contents
Subpart B_Early Childhood Development and Health Services
1304.40(a)(5)
(5) Meetings and interactions with families must be respectful of
each family's diversity and cultural and ethnic background.
1304.40(d)(1)
(d) Parent involvement general.
(1) In addition to involving
parents in program policy-making and operations (see 45 CFR 1304.50),
grantee and delegate agencies must provide parent involvement and
education activities that are responsive to the ongoing and expressed
needs of the parents, both as individuals and as members of a group.
Other community agencies should be encouraged to assist in the planning
and implementation of such programs.
1304.40(e)(3)
(3) Grantee and delegate agencies must provide opportunities for
parents to enhance their parenting skills, knowledge, and understanding
of the educational and developmental needs and activities of their children and to share concerns about their
children with program staff (see 45 CFR 1304.21 for additional
requirements related to parent involvement).
1304.40(f)(1)
(f) Parent involvement in health, nutrition, and mental health
education. (1) Grantee and delegate agencies must provide medical,
dental, nutrition, and mental health education programs for program
staff, parents, and families.
[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
[CITE: 45CFR1304.20] [Page 127-129]
TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1304_PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THE OPERATION OF HEAD START PROGRAMS BY GRANTEE AND DELEGATE AGENCIES--Table of Contents
Subpart C_Famiy and Community Partnerships
1304.23(d)
(d) Family assistance with nutrition. Parent education activities
must include opportunities to assist individual families with food
preparation and nutritional skills.
