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ACYF
Administration on Children,
Youth and Families
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U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families |
| 1. Log No. ACYF-IM-HS-96-03 |
2. Issuance Date: 03/12/96 |
| 3. Originating Office: Head Start Bureau |
| 4. Key Word: Parent Involvement |
INFORMATION MEMORANDUM
TO: All Head Start Grantees and Delegate Agencies
SUBJECT: Publication of A Head Start Handbook of the Parent Involvement Vision and Strategies
INFORMATION: The Head Start Bureau is pleased to introduce A Head Start Handbook of the Parent Involvement Vision and Strategies This Handbook is a product of work begun for the Head Start National Parent Involvement Institute in 1993. Local program staff responsible for coordinating parent involvement activity are encouraged to utilize this document as a supplement to or a replacement of the earlier publication, A Handbook For Involving Parents n Head Start.
Partnership with parents has always been a cornerstone of Head Start. The Head Start Vision for Parent Involvement underscores the importance of establishing and sustaining a relationship with every family in Head Start. Based on the Parent Involvement Vision, this Handbook discusses in Part I: A Statement of Vision, Values, and Opportunities for Partnering with Parents in Head Start; and in Part II: Parent Involvement Strategies, presents a variety of step-by-step ideas for implementation.
Supporting stronger, more confident parents builds stronger, higher quality Head Start programs. The use of A Head Start Handbook of the Parent Involvement Vision and Strategies to increase the parent/program partnership is an additional new resource that all programs are encouraged to use.
/S/
Helen H. Taylor
Associate Commissioner
