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The Head Start Program Performance Standards are the foundation for Head Start’s mission – they provide the roadmap to delivering comprehensive, high quality individualized services for Head Start children and families and to supporting the school readiness and healthy development of children from low-income families.
Explore these questions and answers surrounding the release of the new Standards.
This PDF is only available in Spanish.
Introducing the New Head Start Program Performance Standards
Introducing the New Head Start Program Performance Standards Webcast: Questions and Answers
Watch the September Head Start Program Performance Standards Talk for Grantees: Monthly Focus – Program Instruction, and Compliance Dates and Timeframes.
Watch the October Head Start Program Performance Standards Talk for Grantees: Monthly Focus – Governance and Education.
Watch the November Head Start Program Performance Standards Talk for Grantees: Monthly Focus – Human Resources Management.
Watch the December Head Start Program Performance Standards Talk for Grantees: Supporting a Frame for Implementation.
The New Head Start Program Performance Standards – Practical Options for Developing Your Implementation Process
Head Start Showcase: Suspension and Expulsion
HeadStart.gov
official website of the Administration for Children and Families
