Self-Assessment: Building on Strengths and Improving Systems
Learn about the standards, expectations, and best practices that guide the annual self-assessment, an integral step in improving responsive programs.
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Tracking Progress Database: Standardized Measures to Assess Family Engagement Efforts and Effects
Find tools to help programs learn ways to measure family engagement outcomes and relationships with families.
Services and Coordinated Approaches
Explore how a community assessment can help mobilize community resources and partnerships.
Community Assessment: The Foundation for Program Planning in Head Start
Explore community assessment standards and best practices. Learn how community assessments help programs remain responsive to the children and families they serve.
Why Conduct a Community Assessment?
Consider how the data gathered during a community assessment will be used to inform strategic planning, goal setting, and decision-making.
What Is Included in a Community Assessment?
Review what should be included in a community assessment.
Host a Transition-to-Kindergarten Summit: Supporting Materials
Smooth transitions to kindergarten depend on strong partnerships. Find ways to use these materials to help organize and carry out a successful local transition summit.
Real Property Guidance and Regulations
Learn about the laws and regulations grantees must comply with and the forms they must complete when they acquire, construct, or renovate property with federal funds.
Equipment Management and Maintenance
Learn about the regulations governing the management, maintenance, and disposition of equipment purchased with federal funds.
Foundations for Excellence
Review a range of planning topics to support programs’ successful completion of the Head Start grant application, and to ensure programming is responsive to community needs throughout the five-year grant period.