Making Enrollment and Engagement Accessible to Families
Explore strategies for making enrollment and engagement communications and processes more accessible to families.
Identifying Barriers to Enrollment: Transportation
Resource for Head Start programs on addressing transportation barriers to enrollment and attendance. Includes regulatory requirements, transportation options, and success stories to help programs serve children most in need.
Calculating 10% Actual Enrollment for Disability Requirement
Guidance for Head Start program leaders on calculating the 10% actual enrollment requirement for children with disabilities to meet the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act mandate.
Love for Head Start
Watch Tala Hooban, acting director of the Office of Head Start, and Yolanda Motley, program officer for Early Learning Services at Clover Head Start, spread some #HeadStartLove during Tala's site visit to Clover.
Enrollment Forward in 10 Minutes Video Series
In the Enrollment Forward in 10 Minutes videos, grant recipients share program approaches to workforce recruiting and identifying eligible children to receive Head Start services.
Program Considerations Prior to Submitting a Disability Waiver Request
Learn how to prepare a waiver request when your program is unable to fill at least 10% of its total funded enrollment slots with children eligible for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Enrolling Children and Young Families Experiencing Homelessness in Early Head Start
Learn about the Maternity Group Homes (MGH) program. Discover how one MGH and Early Head Start program are working together to meet the needs of pregnant and parenting youth who are experiencing homelessness.
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.