Head Start

WAKE UP! Additional links
Goals, Outcomes, Crtiques of Head Start NRS The NRS is over, but you still need to know.
Developmental Outcomes and Assessments for Young Children National Academies

Head Start Info & Publications Center
Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center

Head Start Performance Standards and Head Start Act (2007)

Head Start Reviews Web site (Federal Review checklists, etc)
Protocol 2008 Document
Head Start Self-Assessment Guide (2005) (available in PDF -- note, it is 300 pages!)
Self-Assessment Guide in Spanish

Head Start Dictionary
Head Start history
Resources in Spanish

Program Insructrions - look for income guidelines each year
Poverty Guidelines at Census Bureau
Poverty Guidelines at HHS
Head Start and Public Assistance ACYF-PI-HS-99-06

Early Head Start National Resouce Center
ZERO TO THREE: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families and
WestEd's Center for Child and Family Studies
Early Head Start publications (TA papers and tip sheets)

National Reporting System
NRS is cancelled for Fall 2007
National Reporting System on Child Outcomes ACYF-IM-HS-03-07 June 2003
Advisory Committee
ACF Strategic Goals related to NRS
GAO Reports (search for Head Start or titles below)
NRS: GAO-05-343, May 17, 2005
Management Risk: GAO-05-176, February 2005

Fatherhood Institute
Health Services Institute April 2003
Promoting Social-Emotional Competence through Mentor-Coaching Conference January 2003
Coaching and Mentoring Conference November 2002
STEP-net Portal
CIRCLE Summer 2002 check here for WAKE UP resources
Literacy Training Announcement ACYF-IM-HS-02-05
Family Worker Competencies ACYF-IM-HS-01-08
Initial Guidance on Head Start Act Changes ACYF-IM-HS-00-03
Program Objectives ACYF-IM-HS-00-03
Child Development Institute December 2000 Handouts, etc
Screening and Assessment Head Start Bulletin #70 pdf version here
Head Start Child Outcome Framework pdf file
English Language Learners Head Start Bulletin # 78 pdf version here
English Language Learners Toolkit

Head Start Bureau ACF HHS
Fiscal Assistant
Improving Head Start HHS (links to many federal reports, policies)
Strengthening Head Start: What the Evidence Shows HHS June 2003
Good Start, Grow Smart Bush's Early Childhood Initiative January 2002
FACES reports
Impact Study
ACYF Head Start research
ACF Performance reports
ACF Performance 2005

Family Literacy Resource Guide NCFL

Early Childhood Quality Network
Ohio State University

Head Start of Lane County, Oregon
Head Start of Umatilla Morrow County
Eastern Oregon
Puget Sound
Stanislaus County

Johnson & Johnson Management programs

Migrant & Disabilities Services Quality Improvement Center
Academy for Educational Development

Illinois Head Start Association
National Head Start Association

Sasser Law Firm