ERSEA Policy and Procedures

• 1305.3 Determining community strengths and needs.
• 1305.4 ELIGIBILITY - Age of children and family income
• Application Process
• Head Start Child Application
• Family:  Who Gets Counted?
• Income Definitions
• Categorical Eligibility
• Homelessness
• 2011 Poverty Guidelines
• 1305.5 RECRUITMENT
  • Recruitment Plan
  • Recruitment aides
  • Head Start Child Application
• 1305.6 SELECTION process
  • 2011/2012 Selection Criteria
• 1305.7 ENROLLMENT and reenrollment.
  • Contacts for Enrollment form
  • Enrollment Requirements / Orientation Checklist (click here for checklist forms)
• 1305.8 ATTENDANCE
  • Analysis of Absenteeism Form
  • Attendance and Meal Count sheet
  • Attendance and Meal Count sheet Instructions
  • Absentee Form
  • Attendance Brochure
• 1308.5 Recruitment and enrollment of children with disabilities.

• Office of Head Start
• Head Start Performance Standards - Regulations regarding the delivery of services by Head Start Grantees
• Head Start Act- The 2007 Federal Law authorizing Head Start as amended.
• The Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework
• The Office of Head Start - Program Instructions (PIs) - Instructions from the Office of Head Start
• The Office of Head Start - Information Memorandums (IMs) - Information from the Office of Head Start
• 2011 Office of Head Start Monitoring Protocol - Program Review Instrument for Systems Monitoring
• Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center - Head Start's repository of best practices
• Office of Head Start Policy Clarifications
• Prekindergarteners Left Behind: Expulsion Rates in State Prekindergarten Programs - a study by the Foundation for Child Development
• IDEA - 2004 - The Federal Law governing the delivery of educational services to children with disabilities.
• Head Start Calendar- Program Year 2011-2012
• An Early Childhood Practitioner's Guide:- Developmentally Appropriate Literacy Practices for Preschool-Age Children
• Interactive Literacy Activities - Teaching literacy

• Request: Child Change of Status
• Request: Full Day Copay Waiver
• Email ERSEA Clerk