Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunities for Families in Head Start Programs
Log Number: ACF-OHS-IM-25-04 | Issuance Date: 04-29-2025
Nourishing Futures: Promoting Healthy Eating and Nutrition for Head Start Children and Families Fact Sheet
The Office of Head Start recently released ACF-OHS-IM-25-03 Promoting Healthy Eating and Nutrition for Head Start Children and Families. Here’s what you need to know about what it means for your program.
Detailed Summary of Updates to the Performance Standards
These summaries provide more detail about the changes to the Performance Standards across key topics that respond to concerns affecting the sustainability of Head Start programs.
Overview Fact Sheet
Read a concise overview of the changes to the Performance Standards.
Performance Standards Information Center
This final rule strengthens the ability of Head Start programs to recruit and retain qualified staff, improve wages and benefits, and provide consistent quality programming for the children and families they serve.
Tribal RFI Videos from the Director
In these videos, Director Garvin introduces the Tribal RFI and reminds us of the upcoming Sept. 16, 2024, deadline to submit comments.
Fiscal and Other HHS Regulations
The following chart includes HHS regulations that apply to all grants made under the Act [per §1303.3 Other requirements.]