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Head Start Center Design Guide - Second Edition
 

This guide promotes centers that are safe, child-oriented, and developmentally appropriate. Program directors and management staff will find this guide key to constructing or renovating a child care center.

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Head Start Center Design Guide - Second Edition

Download the entire Head Start Center Design Guide -- Second Edition pdf [PDF, 3.98 MB]

Table of Contents

Text PDF Chapter 1: Introduction to the Guide. [PDF, 18MB]

Text PDF Chapter 2: Mission, Goals, Administration and Policy. [PDF, 19MB]

Text PDF Chapter 3: Adults and Children in the Center. [PDF, 41MB]

Text PDF Chapter 4: Head Start Centers and Use of Space. [PDF, 26MB]

Text PDF Chapter 5: Planning Space and Location. [PDF, 43MB]

Text PDF Chapter 6: Site Design. [PDF, 57MB]

Text PDF Chapter 7: Interior Space Design. [PDF, 553KB]

Text PDF Chapter 8: Furnishings and Equipment. [PDF, 15MB]

Text PDF Chapter 9: Interior Furnishings. [PDF, 37MB]

Text PDF Chapter 10: Technical Criteria. [PDF, 20MB]

Text PDF Appendix A: Accessibility. [PDF, 72KB]

Text PDF Appendix B: Head Start Centers and Sustainable Design. [PDF, 80KB]

Text PDF Appendix C: Head Start Bureau Central Office and ACF Regional Offices. [PDF, 67KB]

Text PDF Appendix D: Metric/English Conversions. [PDF, 109KB]

Text PDF Appendix E: Head Start Program Performance Standards on Design and Space Use. [PDF, 95KB]

Text PDF Appendix F: Terms Used in Construction and Renovation Projects. [PDF, 187KB]

Text PDF Appendix G: Poisonous Plants. [PDF, 131KB]

Text PDF Appendix H: Playgrounds and Their Environment. [PDF, 65KB]

Text PDF Appendix I: Glossary of Head Start Terms. [PDF, 100KB]

Head Start Center Design Guide. Second Edition. HHS/ACF/ACYF/HSB. 2005. English.