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Connecting Parents with Apprenticeship Programs

Learn how Head Start programs can play a role in connecting families with apprenticeship programs in their area and help them earn a pay while working on a credential.

Connecting Values and Culture to FEM

Conversations and decisions around FEM topics are often influenced by cultural norms and values. Learn more about how families’ culture affects those conversations. Discover ways to ask and answer questions.

Coordinated Approach

These resources support the integrated efforts of Head Start staff, other professionals, and families to support the learning and development of children with disabilities.

Coping with Crisis

Learn why it’s key that Head Start home-based programs establish protocols to cope with various kinds of crises. This includes how and when to contact community partners and the management team.

Cost Estimation Tool for EHS-CCP Services

Explore the use of this tool, which provides a step-by-step process for identifying relevant costs and resources that support the implementation of an EHS program in a child care setting or EHS-CC Partnership.

Creating a Welcoming Early Childhood Program for LGBTQIA2S+ Families

In this resource series, learn ways to enhance relationships with parents who identify as LGBTQIA2S+. Directors, teachers, providers, and parents can use this resource to help build strong partnerships.