1302.22 Home-based option.
This standard outlines requirements for the home-based program option, including for settings, caseload, and service duration.
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Program Planning
Thoughtful planning is critical to programming. Explore these resources for guidance throughout the five-year Head Start grant cycle. Learn how to establish continuous cycles of improvement that involve key stakeholders in data-based decision-making. Find resources to help build on achievable program and school readiness goals and fiscal objectives. Discover materials that guide grantees in creating community and self-assessments, and achieve positive outcomes for children and families.
Program planning and service system design together make up one of the 12 management, planning, and oversight systems of the Management Systems Wheel.
1302.23 Family child care option.
Explore requirements for settings, adult–child ratios, group sizes, service duration, and licensing in the Head Start family child care option.
1302.24 Locally-designed program option variations.
Review the waiver requirements to operate a locally-designed program option that better meets the unique needs of a community or demonstrates an alternative approach for providing services.
Home Visitor Supervisor's Handbook
In this handbook for supervisors of home visitors, find research on home-based programs and strategies for best practices, along with video examples, resources, and wisdom from supervisors across the country.
The Many Roles of the Home-Based Supervisor
Learn about the pivotal role supervisors play in a Head Start or Early Head Start program with a home-based option. Explore ways they enhance the quality of home visiting and group socialization services.
What Makes Home Visiting an Effective Option?
Discover how home visiting sets the stage for close, trusting relationships and why it is a critical element in any program designed to support families' and children's development.
Delivering Comprehensive Services in All Head Start Programs
Find out how programs can offer comprehensive services for children and families, and how these services can enhance children's physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development.
Requirements of the Home-Based Program Option
Learn how the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) describe the general requirements of the home-based option.
Supporting Home Visitors
Find ways supervisors support home visitors through challenging situations. Learn how they help manage relationships and promote positive outcomes for children and families.
Reflective Supervision
Find out about reflective supervision, a mutual process in which a home visitor and supervisor learn together about the child, family, home visitor’s work, and the relationships involved.
