Back to School Enrollment Resources for Head Start Programs
It's back to preschool time for many Head Start and Early Head Start programs. There are a variety of health, family and education service resources that are an important part of recruitment and enrollment of children and families. Below are resources and materials that may assist your program in planning for enrollment events, health fairs, classroom activities and other Head Start programming efforts.
National and state-specific information is included on the following topics:
- Asthma
- Children with Special Health Care Needs
- Health Insurance
- Immunizations
- Income eligibility
- National Reporting System activities
Health Resources by State
Alaska
Alaska Immunization Program
http://www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/id/immune.stm
Alaska Immunization Manual
http://www.epi.alaska.gov/pubs/ImmunizationManual_v03.pdf [PDF]
Idaho
Idaho Child – Resources and Information
http://www.idahochild.org/
Immunizations
http://www.healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/portal/alias__Rainbow/lang__en-US/tabID__3478/DesktopDefault.aspx
Oregon
Oregon Immunization Program
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/imm/
Washington
Lifetime Immunization Record
http://www3.doh.wa.gov/here/materials/CRA_Detail.aspx?ID=278
Plain Talk about Childhood Immunizations
http://www3.doh.wa.gov/here/materials/CRA_Detail.aspx?ID=312
Washington State Immunization Page
http://www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/immunize/
Be a Germ Buster! - Handwashing Poster
http://www3.doh.wa.gov/here/materials/CRA_Detail.aspx?ID=217
Illustrates the proper way to wash one's hands. Plastic coated 8.5 x 11 poster. Printed with English on one side and Spanish on the other.
Fight Lice!
http://www3.doh.wa.gov/here/materials/CRA_Detail.aspx?ID=216
Offers head lice prevention and treatment alternatives, including non-chemical and commercial products.
Health Education Materials Catalog and Order form
http://www3.doh.wa.gov/here/materials/hedcatalog.html
National Health Resources
CDC – Recommended Immunization Schedule
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/recs/child-schedule.htm#Printable
How Asthma Friendly is your Child-Care Setting?
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/lung/asthma/chc_chk.htm
EPA – Smoke Free Homes
http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/
Caring for Our Children – Special Care Plan for a Child with Asthma
http://nrc.uchsc.edu/CFOC/PDFVersion/National%20Health%20and%20Safety%20Performance%20Standards.pdf [PDF]
*The special health care plan details are located in the appendix section of this book.
Covering Kids and Families – A National Health Access Initiative for Low-Income Uninsured Children and Adults
http://coveringkidsandfamilies.org/
Income Eligibility Information
Child and Adult Care Food Program – Income Eligibility Determinations
http://www.fns.usda.gov/CND/Care/CACFP/aboutcacfp.htm
2006 – Federal Poverty Level Determinations
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/06poverty.shtml
Internal Revenue Service – Definition of Income, Military Income
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p3/ar02.html#d0e350
NEW!!! The Head Start Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Center
http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc
National Reporting System Updates
Fall 2006 HSNRS Assessment Easels
The easels will be shipped to all programs on the US mainland throughout August.
Interim Reports available online
Head Start National Reporting System (HSNRS) Interim reports are available online via the Computer-Based Reporting System (CBRS) to the more than 1,500 programs that submitted their Spring 2006 HSNRS answer forms on time.
Social-Emotional Development Ratings
Beginning in fall 2006, the HSNRS will include teacher ratings of children’s social-emotional development. The social-emotional rating scale has been constructed based on results from the spring 2006 field test. This scale, requiring about seven minutes for teachers to complete per child, includes measure of children's "Approaches to Learning," "Cooperative Classroom Behavior," and "Behavior Problems." These rating forms will be mailed to programs later this summer.
Region 10 Federal and State Related Regulations and Laws
Introduction
The purpose of this online resource list is to provide links to state and federal regulations and laws that are applicable to Head Start Grantees in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Links to the regulations and laws are provided for each of the following topics.
Topics
- State Administrative Codes
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Child Care Licensing
- Disabilities
- Fire Inspections - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Medicaid - Early, Periodic, Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT)
- Medicaid – Health Insurance
- Food and Sanitation - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
- State Pre-Kindergarten Programs
- USDA - Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
- Federal Regulations