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HEAD START TRAINING PARTNERSHIPS WITH
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

The Head Start Bureau funds “Head Start Training Partnerships” with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (as defined in Executive Order 12677 which offer courses of study in the areas of human services delivery, early childhood education and care, health care services, community development and/or human resource development). The Head Start/HBCU Partnerships is in keeping with the Head Start tradition of creating innovative programs of working with low-income children and their families. The purpose of this program is to utilize the capabilities of these institutions of higher education to improve the quality and long-term effectiveness of Head Start and Early Head Start by developing models of academic training and forming partnerships between the HBCUs and Head Start and Early Head Start grantee and delegate agencies. Partnership agreements can take many forms; however, at a minimum they must provide academic training and credit hours for a specified number of Head Start and Early Head Start staff members. For more information on the Head Start/HBCU Partnerships please contact the Head Start Information and Publication Center at http://www.headstartinfo.org.

Last Modified: 08/26/2002

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