News to Know!

Comprehensive Approach to Identifying and Addressing Risks Could Help Prevent Grantee Financial Management Weaknesses. This GAO Report to Congress, recommends "that the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families develop a comprehensive risk assessment of the Head Start program and improve the process it currently uses to collect information on program risks."

The Head Start Self-Assessment Guide. (Link to What's New? Alerts, HSIPC)
Released from the Head Start Bureau on March 11, 2005, this guide, with its tools and worksheets, guides grantees through the four stages of the program self-assessment.
You may also download the Complete Guide, or download the Guide by Stage, Service Area, or Booklet from the T/TAS Self-Assessment webpage.

Head Start Program Fact Sheet for Fiscal Year 2006: Newly updated with actual figures from FY 2005 and appropriations for FY 2006. Includes program statistics fof enrollment, number of grantess, and allocations and enrollment by state.

Head Start Impact Study. Comments requested for study to collect information determining how Head Start affects the school readiness of children.

Head Start Leader's Guide to Positive Child Outcomes: Strategies to Support Positive Child Outcomes.

What's New? Alerts. Follow this link to the Head Start Information and Publications web page for the latest Head Start Information Memoranda, annoucements, and publications. You can also sign up for automatic notification of What's New Alerts.

New and Popular T/TAS Products!

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A Blueprint for Success: Training Policy Councils and Governing Bodies (PG-100)
Fair Labor Standards Act and Fair Pay (MGT-004)
Head Start/EHS Performance Standards Program Self-Assessment Checklist (MGT-003)
Health and Nutrition in Family Services, 2nd Edition (CHS-004)
Positive Approaches to Supervision: A Handbook for Mentors and Supervisors (MGT-001
Preparing for a Federal On-Site Review: Getting Ready at the Program Level (OSR-001)