Collect Resources and Assess Facility Vulnerabilities
Explore key resources that can help Head Start programs assess their facility’s strengths and vulnerabilities.
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Facilities
A program’s physical environment supports the quality and quantity of the services it provides. Browse facilities resources that help programs create environments that are conducive to learning. Explore resources about adhering to safety guidelines for designing, constructing, and maintaining healthy classrooms and playgrounds. Also, find materials that outline the procedures for applying for funds to purchase, construct, or make major renovations to facilities that operate Head Start programs. This includes the measures that must be taken to protect the federal interest in such facilities.
Prepare Your Facility for a Hurricane
Learn how to prepare your facility to withstand the impact of a hurricane.
Prepare Your Facility for a Tornado
Learn how to prepare your facility to withstand the impact of a tornado.
Recover from a Natural Disaster
Learn how to respond efficiently and restore program services in the aftermath of a natural disaster.
Adhere to Federal, State, and Local Regulations
Learn about the federal, state, and local regulations that programs should consider as they prepare their facilities for natural disasters.
Implement Short-term Disaster Management Measures
Identify some of the measures a program can implement immediately to prepare for a natural disaster.
Practice Disaster Response Drills
Learn about the protocols and regular drills programs can practice now to help them prepare for a natural disaster.
Facilities Guidance
Log Number: ACF-OHS-IM-24-04 | Issuance Date: 10-21-2024
Financing and Budgeting for Early Care and Education Facilities Guidebook
Grantees can use this facilities guidance resource to help them think through the financial considerations around how to develop a new early care and education facility. The document also includes links to the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
Certification of Health and Safety Screening
This form may be used to fulfill the OHS requirement that the grantee governing body submit a signed certification of compliance with all applicable health and safety requirements within 75 calendar days of the start of the program or school year, or within 75 calendar days of the start of the five year project period when the five year project period begins during the program or school year. The form must be submitted to OHS in the Head Start Enterprise System (HSES) immediately thereafter.
The signatures on this form attest that an agency has completed a health and safety screening of each site where children receive Head Start services, consistent with the terms and conditions of the Notice of Award (NoA).
