Change in Scope Applications
Watch this webinar to learn about important considerations for Change in Scope applications.
As communities change over time, the needs of families receiving Head Start services also change. Ongoing assessment of community and family strengths, needs, and resources provides important information to programs. It allows them to make data-informed decisions about program options, supporting full enrollment, and allocation of resources to continuous quality improvement.
Post-award grant amendments include changes in scope, such as for enrollment conversions and reductions, which give programs flexibility to adapt to changing needs. This page highlights guidance and resources to assist programs in developing grant amendments.
Watch this webinar to learn about important considerations for Change in Scope applications.
This webinar introduces two new tools that can help grant recipients submit high-quality Change in Scope applications and expedite their review and approval process: an application checklist and a budget template.
This PI states the importance of full enrollment. It outlines the right of OHS to designate an agency as Chronically Underenrolled and recapture, withhold, or reduce the base grant for programs not fully enrolled.
Reduced funded enrollment or conversion of Head Start to Early Head Start slots is considered a change in scope request. This IM provides guidance for the development and submission of these requests.
This resource supplements ACF-IM-HS-22-09 and outlines critical questions and data to consider as part of the planning and development for both enrollment reduction and conversion requests.
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