Eligibility
The age requirement for Head Start children is 3 or 4 years old on or before this date ..
What is December 1st of the current school year?
The time of year for recruitment is when ..
What is all year?
Head Start Program Performance Standards require that this non-staff member take part in the program's formal selection of children ...
Who is a Head Start parent?
Home based visitors typically have this number of families on their caseload ..
What is 10?
The importance of attendance is talked about with each family at these 3 events early in the school year ...
What is the initial ed visit, parent meet and greet and the first family advocate home visit?
These two types of income make a family automatically eligible for Head Start ...
What are TANF and SSI?
These staff positions are responsible for recruitment ..
Who is everyone?
We have this many days to fill an open slot ...
What is 30 days?
First comes the application, then the registration .. then this visit by the teacher ...
What is the initial education visit?
This team member should be the first to address attendance concerns with a parent ...
Who is the master teacher?
This age child is too old for Head Start enrollment ...
What is a school-aged child (5 on or before Dec. 1st.)?
Typically our very best recruiters are these people ..
Who are Head Start parents?
Who would be first to get selected for an open spot ... an under-income 4 year old with no special needs, or an over-income 4 year old with special needs and high risk issues?
Who is the under-income 4 year old?
The blue med release form is typically completed during this visit ...
What is the registration?
This team member should be the second person to address attendance concerns with the parent ..
Who is the family advocate?
10 percent of enrollment COULD be over-income IF they are categorized as one of these two forms of eligibility ..
What is high risk or special needs?
These kiddos are usually the first to get a Head Start application done ...
Who are younger siblings of Head Start children?
This percentage of Head Start's enrollment MUST be filled by children who qualify for special needs services ..
What is 10 percent?
In the middle of the school year, we give families this long to get health requirements completed after their registration ...
What is two weeks?
This COPA report helps track chronic absences ...
What is COPA Report 241?
This child is considered a family on his or her own and is automatically eligible for Head Start services ...
What is a foster child?
This Head Start center is the current home of the Head Start Recruitment Contest Spirit Stick ..
What is the Dexter center?
The Queen of selection is this person ..
Who is Elaine?
The program can reserve up to 3 percent of its open spots (but not for more than 30 days) for children experiencing one of these two situations ..
What is homelessness or foster care?
Your class starts at 8 a.m. It's now 9 a.m. Johnny hasn't showed up to school and you don't know why. Someone on your team will need to ...
What is attempt to contact the parent to ensure Johnny's safety AND document the attempt in COPA?