New California research demonstrates that children are better prepared for school thanks to Head Start.
Head Start program leaders are invited to attend the second meeting of California’s Early Learning Quality Improvement System (CAEL QIS) Advisory Committee - Wednesday, June 10, 2009. The purpose of the CAEL QIS is to improve outcomes for children and reduce California’s school readiness gap by improving the quality of our early learning and care programs.
Head Start will be featured at this meeting to be held at the Yolo County Office of Education and connected through videoconferencing to four regional locations. For more information visit.
Printable invitation.
Early Head Start Expansion: Providing a Quality Comprehensive Program for Infants, Toddlers and Their Families. Regional training sessions for organizations planning to respond to the Early Head Start Expansion RFP. Read more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Head Start and Early Head Start programs will receive funding and be eligible to apply for grants worth $2.1 billion under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Read more
Program instruction (ACF-PI-HS-09-06) was issued as a funding guidance for Cost-of-living Adjustment and Quality for the (ARRA) funding increase.
Report of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Re-designation of Head Start Grantees Joint letter on Head Startrequirements related to collaboration
and coordination with publicly funded preschool programs and Sample MOU
The Center for American Progress Action Fund and the New Democracy Project offer expert advise to the next administration: Improving Services for Children and Families
Children Now's Policy Brief on Reducing Barriers to Full-day Care: "Increasing Access to Preschool: Recommendations for Reducing Barriers to Providing Full-day, Full-year Programs"
Children Now has released the new 2008 California County Scorecard. This new web tool tracks 26 key, interrelated indicators of children’s well-being by county, providing a current measure and trend for each. View the Scorecard
Recent Report on the Reinvention of Higher Education in the Field of Early Care
Eight national institutions are calling for the reinvention of higher education in the field of early care and education assessment data. Learn More
CHSA & Child Care Results Partnership series on California’s preschool system:
Join CHSA and Child Care Results in producing the first Head Start Child Outcomes report based on the actual DRDP-R child assessment data. Learn More
Preschool California has built an excellent web page for RAND’s series on California’s preschool system: RAND - California Preschool Report
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment-
Learning Together:A Study of Six B.A. Completion Cohort Programs in Early Care and Education Year I Report
Governors Committee on Education Excellence: Preschool Recommendation
GAO Report on Head Start and Risk Assessment - February 2008
Head Start Funding Cut Just Two Weeks After Bipartisan Reauthorization Bill Calling for increased Investment is Approved
Community Care Licensing Update Jan 2008
President Bush Signs "Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007" Into Law
State Schools Chief Jack O'Connell on Reauthorization of Federal Head Start Program
Head Start Facility Survey Report
Wildfires Fact sheets from The Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) at the University of California, Irvine
California Preschool Study, Rand
Corporation, Part 1 & 2 Released
Head Start Facility Survey Report
CHSA 2008 Awards
CHSA 2008 Conference Information
CHSA Position on CA Preschool Learning Foundations
New Report from Fight Crime: Fully Fund Head Start
Research on the Benefits and Costs Of Head Start
Bright Futures, Early Education Information from the National Governors Association
Oral Health Strategies for Region IX Head Start Grantees
H.R. 1429 Head Start Reauthorization Bill 2007
CHSA's Comments on Draft House Head Start Reauthorization Bill 2007
Better Outcomes for All: Promoting Partnerships between Head Start and State Pre-K: Report from Center on Law & Social Policy (CLASP)
Senator Kennedy’s Introduction S. 556
Head Start for School Readiness Act
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FY 2007-08 Governor's Budget Summary Child Development Division
CHSA Response 2007 Senate Bill on HS Reauthorization
