Home-Based Option

Learn about the pivotal role supervisors play in a Head Start or Early Head Start program with a home-based option. Explore ways they enhance the quality of home visiting and group socialization services.

Discover how home visiting sets the stage for close, trusting relationships and why it is a critical element in any program designed to support families' and children's development.

Find out how programs can offer comprehensive services for children and families, and how these services can enhance children's physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development.

Learn how the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) describe the general requirements of the home-based option.

Explore requirements for staffing the home-based option. Learn about the necessary skills for staff as identified in the HSPPS and the Head Start Act to support staff recruitment and retention.

Learn more about home-based staff qualifications and how programs ensure that each staff member, consultant, and contractor has the qualifications and competencies to provide high-quality services.

Discover ways home-based supervisors may be involved in three important tasks related to hiring staff: developing a job description, recruiting staff, and being a key part of the interview process.

Find ways supervisors support home visitors through challenging situations. Learn how they help manage relationships and promote positive outcomes for children and families.

Learn how home-based supervisors ensure that all visits are completed and make sure that documentation is accurate, children and families receive services, and home visitors receive training and support.

Find out about reflective supervision, a mutual process in which a home visitor and supervisor learn together about the child, family, home visitor’s work, and the relationships involved.