Addressing Barriers that Limit Attendance
Many programs may face low family attendance at group socializations for a variety of reasons. Find out ways programs can meet this challenge and address low family attendance.
Attendance
Ensuring children’s regular participation in programs and services is essential for their development and learning and for future school success. Resources here cover tracking attendance and incorporating strategies to promote regular attendance.
For more ERSEA resources, check out eligibility, recruitment, selection, and enrollment.
Program Strategies to Provide Access and Continuity of Services to Fathers
Take a look at this guide to learn how programs can implement strategies to ensure access and continuity of services to fathers in Head Start and Early Head Start programs.
ERSEA: Exploring Needs and Strategies in Uncertain Times Webinar
Explore strategies to address child and family needs in uncertain times. Discover how to adapt eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance (ERSEA) services. Find resources to support this work.
Health and School Readiness
Explore these resources to learn about the connection between health and school readiness and to ensure every Head Start child is ready to succeed in school.
ERSEA: Strategies During a Pandemic
Use these tips and questions to guide ERSEA planning and service delivery during a pandemic.
Attendance
Explore these resources to help programs establish strategies to promote regular attendance.
ERSEA: Encouraging and Supporting Regular Attendance
Programs need to think in strategic ways and work with key stakeholders to promote regular attendance. Use these tips and questions to help grantees develop policies around program attendance.
Creating a Culture That Embraces Data
Data in Head Start and Early Head Start: Creating a Culture That Embraces Data
Health Services to Promote Attendance
Good attendance leads to lifelong learning and positive habits necessary for school and work. When young children are chronically absent from Head Start, Early Head Start, or child care, often they are likely to continue to be chronically absent in elementary school.