Connecting with Partners Planning Worksheet
Working with local partners is a key strategy for identifying and reaching out to families experiencing homelessness.
HeadStart.gov Archive
Family & Community
Coordinated Approach
These resources support the integrated efforts of Head Start staff, other professionals, and families to support the learning and development of children with disabilities.
Coordinated Enrollment Across Early Care and Education Settings
Explore this resource to find out how coordinated enrollment for early care and education (ECE) programs can ensure a more efficient use of limited federal, state, and local resources for families.
Coping with Crisis
Learn why it’s key that Head Start home-based programs establish protocols to cope with various kinds of crises. This includes how and when to contact community partners and the management team.
Cost Estimation Tool for EHS-CCP Services
Explore the use of this tool, which provides a step-by-step process for identifying relevant costs and resources that support the implementation of an EHS program in a child care setting or EHS-CC Partnership.
Creating Father-friendly Environments in Early Childhood Programs
Find out how to use data to enhance father engagement activities in Head Start and Early Head programs. Review strategies for supporting continuous learning and quality improvement.
Creating Welcoming, Father-Friendly Program Environments
Explore strategies to engage fathers and ensure all family members feel your program is supportive of parent-child relationships.
Data-Sharing Between Head Start Programs and Receiving Elementary Schools
Explore this resource to learn how sharing child-level data between Head Start programs and receiving elementary schools can help programs and schools better serve children.
Debt and Credit
Learn to support families’ goals around accessing and reviewing credit reports and scores, building credit, managing debt and student loan debt, and avoiding predatory loans and identity theft.
Decision-making Tool to Determine a Family’s Homelessness Situation
Use this tool to determine a child and family's situation or status using the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act’s definition of “homeless children and youth.”
