Tribal Integrated Early Education Service Listening Session
The Administration for Children and Families' Office of Early Childhood Development will host a virtual listening session on Thursday, October 24th to gather input on the Tribal Integrated Early Education Services (TIEES) legislative proposal. TIEES would give Tribes the flexibility to integrate early childhood funding streams (Child Care and Development Fund, Head Start, and Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting) into a single coordinated, culturally grounded, comprehensive, and Tribally-driven program. The listening session is an opportunity to learn more about the proposal and provide feedback on the design of the proposed program. Please see the attachment for more information on TIEES. Additional details below and register here.
In this listening session, ACF is seeking feedback, comments and questions on:
Providing authority to tribes to integrate funds across three early childhood programs.
Integration of program services into a coordinated, culturally grounded and comprehensive, Tribally-driven program to improve quality and streamline Federal program and reporting requirements.
Additional flexibility that would return more decision making to Tribes so that Tribes can more easily embed their culture, language, and values in programs that reach children during their most formative years.
Audience:
Tribal Leaders
Region 11 Head Start administrators
Tribal Child Care Administrators
Tribal MIECHV program leadership
Other parties interested in learning more about the TIEES proposal and sharing feedback, input, and comments
Tribal Integrated Early Education Services Listening Session (PDF)