Head Start and Early Head Start
Literacy Issues
- No
Child Left Behind - A new educational law signed by President Bush
on January 8, 2002.
- Good
Start, Grow Smart - President George W. Bush and the First Lady Laura
Bush's initiative program called: "Good Start, Grow Smart". This program
focuses on early childhood and literacy issues.
- Reading
First Programs - A national reading program under the U.S. Department
of Education which helps young children in every state become better readers.
- National
Institute for Literacy - Federal organization that shares information
about literacy and provides quality services.
National Associations
Head Start Regulations
Training and Technical Assistance (T&TA;)
- Early
Head Start National Resource Center - created by the Head Start Bureau,
Administration for Children and Families, presently operated by Zero To
Three, Washington, DC, and works together with West Ed of Asusilito, CA.
- Zero
to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers & Families - The
Nation's Leading Resources on the First Years of Life.
- Quality
in Linking Together (QUILT) - National training and technical assistance
project funded by the Federal Head Start and Child Care Bureaus.
- Head
Start (IHS) Program - Indian Health Services Program, assists Head
Start American Indian Program Branch (AIPB) grantees in developing health,
dental, nutrition and mental health services programs for children and
families. Provides technical and training assistance to 150 Head Start
grantees in 26 states and connects them with IHS and tribal health services.
To find information pertaining to Head Start select the link, "National
Programs and Initiative," from the Indian Health Services main website.
Then select the "Head Start" link from the main website titled "National
Programs Initiative".
- Migrant
and Seasonal Head Start Quality Improvement Center - provides comprehensive
Head Start services including child development and social services to
low-income migrant and seasonal families working in agriculture throughout
the United States.
School Transportation News (Head Start)
- Laws,
Regulations, Information Memorandums, Guidelines and Comments to the Docket
(Head Start Transportation) - users will find the important laws and regulations,
information memorandums, interpretation letters, notices of proposal rulemaking,
final rules and more, that list the changes in transportation.
- NHTSA's
School Bus Safety Program - committed to reducing school bus related
crashes, injuries, and facilities through both behavioral and vehicle
regulations.
- National
Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services -
provides leadership, assistance and motivation to the Nation's school
transportation industry.
Program Listings
- Head Start Bureau
- serves the child development needs of preschool children (birth through
age five) and their low-income families.
- Head
Start Publications Management Center - supports the Head Start community
and other organizations working in the interest of children and families
by providing information products and other services.
- Grant
Application Budget Instrument (GABI) version 2.0.0 - Please read GABI
downloading instructions provided on AIR's website before downloading
GABI to your PC.
- Program
Review Instrument for Systems Monitoring (PRISM) version 5.0.0 (SP1)
- by American Institutes for Research.
- HSFIS
version 4.3 -Head Start Family Information System is a fully automated
case management record keeping system. The software is designed to collect,
organize, maintain and report on information on child/family to grantee/delegate
in order to assist agencies in managing and improving services.
Head Start & Education Grant Application Information
Information Memorandums and Program Instructions
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