In response to the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-134), the Office of Head Start is holding one-day Tribal Consultation sessions with the leadership of Tribal Governments operating Head Start (including Early Head Start) programs.
(PDF) This summary of the work of the Head Start Collaboration Offices (HSCO) shows on a national basis, what 52 of the 53 current collaboration staff have been working on during the 2016 calendar year
Children with disabilities continue to face significant barriers accessing and participating in inclusive early childhood programs. This policy statement from the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services builds upon and renews commitment and urgency for inclusion.
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The National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance (ECQA Center) supports state and community leaders and their partners in the planning and implementation of rigorous approaches to quality in all early care and education settings for children from birth to school age.
Stay focused. All viewpoints are welcome, but comments should remain relevant to Head Start and early childhood care and education.
Office of Head Start Tribal Consultation
The EHS-CC Partnerships program enhances and supports early learning settings to provide comprehensive and continuous services. It increases access to high-quality, full-day, full-year child care, including family child care, for low-income working families.
The new contract for the Office of Child Care's National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Development (NCTECD) was awarded to ICF International for FY2017–2021. NCTECD will support the implementation of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (CCDF) of 2014 by providing training and technical assistance (T/TA) to support tribal CCDFgrantees.
The National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment (NCASE) has been awarded to Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) in collaboration with the National Institute for Out-of-School Time (NIOST), the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA), and Walter R. McDonald Associates (WRMA), Inc. The Center is administered by the Office of Child Care.