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  • Nutrition
  • Oral Health
  • Organizational Leadership
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  • Children with Disabilities
  • Child Screening and Assessment
  • Community Engagement
  • Culture and Language
  • Curriculum
  • Data and Ongoing Monitoring
  • Designation Renewal System
  • ERSEA
  • Exploring the Head Start Program Performance Standards
  • Facilities
  • Family Engagement
  • Family Support and Well-being
  • Federal Monitoring
  • Fiscal Management
  • Grant Application
  • Health Services Management
  • Human Resources
  • Learning Environments
  • Local Early Childhood Partnerships
  • Mental Health
  • Nutrition
  • Oral Health
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Parenting
  • Physical Health
  • Pregnancy
  • Professional Development
  • Program Planning
  • Safety Practices
  • School Readiness
  • Teaching Practices
  • Transitions
  • Transportation

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Exploring the Head Start Program Performance Standards

Head Start agencies that provide services to children and families must meet the Head Start Program Performance Standards and the requirements set forth in the Head Start Act of 2007.

Pregnancy

Find resources to help early childhood programs serve pregnant women and expectant families.

Oral Health

Tooth decay is the most common childhood disease, but it's preventable. Children with dental pain can have trouble speaking clearly, eating, and learning. Use the resources below to promote a healthy mouth.

ERSEA

Eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance (ERSEA) tasks are some of the most important work performed by Head Start programs. ERSEA governs how programs determine eligibility, enroll children, and track attendance. 

Children with Disabilities

Young children vary in their skills, knowledge, backgrounds, and abilities. Effective teaching requires individualized care and chances for all children to access, participate, and thrive in early learning settings.

Family Engagement

Family engagement is a collaborative and strengths-based process through which early childhood professionals, families, and children build positive and goal-oriented relationships.

Grant Application

Use this tool when working through the process of applying for a grant from the Office of Head Start. Find tips, standards, and a locator map that shows you the available funding around the country.

Designation Renewal System

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as required by Congress, established the Designation Renewal System (DRS) to determine whether Head Start and Early Head Start agencies deliver high-quality and comprehensive services to the families they serve.

School Readiness

School readiness is foundational across early childhood systems and programs. It means children are ready for school, families are ready to support their children's learning, and schools are ready for children.

Parenting

Use the resources on this page to increase your knowledge about parenting programs that are most likely to be effective with families of young children in the settings where you work. Find tips and strategies for how to implement these programs well.

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