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Phone or video check-ins, as a follow-up to online learning opportunities, can support family engagement with learning materials, promote program completion, and strengthen learning overall.

Creating virtual spaces for parents to build relationships with other parents allows them to share their learning and challenges and to get additional support from other parents as experts.

When planning your year, assess which virtual engagement strategies work best for your program and families. Then, use the Virtual Engagement Planning Tool to develop your action plan.

Use the following tips to gather the information you need to begin planning virtual family engagement services. These tips also can help strengthen your current practices and support ongoing improvement.

These questions can help you develop your virtual family engagement action plan. Once you implement your plan, refer to the questions as part of your continuous quality improvement efforts.

By incorporating virtual delivery methods into family engagement approaches, programs can increase access and improve convenience and flexibility for families and staff.

Access the research brief used to develop the e-book.

Explore strategies to support staff and families in navigating transitions, with a focus on relationship-building during times of change.

The federal law authorizing the Head Start program, Public Law 110-134 "Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007", requires the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to submit reports to Congress on a scheduled basis.

Watch program leaders highlight the strategies, processes, and best practices they have used to promote staff vaccination.