August 21, 2020
The U.S. Constitution requires the nation’s population to be counted every ten years through the nationwide census. It is not too late to encourage the population whom you serve to participate in the [...]
May 13, 2020
You may think you don’t have grant-related property questions, but you just might: What facility issues should you consider during the COVID-19 pandemic? The COVID-19 pandemic places many organizations in the position of [...]
April 15, 2020
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), the agency that oversees the Office of Head Start (OHS), released guidance on the CARES Act funding for Head [...]
April 2, 2020
On March 27, 2020, the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, which is aimed at addressing the COVID-19 pandemic through over $2 trillion in spending on public health, [...]
February 14, 2020
Investigations into the relationships Chinese entities have with U.S. academia have grown ten-fold this year. The Department of Education recently issued letters to Harvard and Yale requesting a vast amount of information, [...]
October 11, 2019
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released the results of a study to identify problems with Head Start program eligibility screening. What did they find? Out of 15 programs, seven correctly determined ineligibility, [...]
October 1, 2019
Washington, DC – Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP is pleased to announce Partner Nicole M. Bacon’s new leadership role as the President of the Federal Bar Association’s DC Chapter, effective October 1, 2019. [...]
September 27, 2018
On September 26th, 2018, the Office of Head Start (OHS) pushed back the date for Head Start programs to come into compliance with the Head Start Program Performance Standards’ comprehensive background check and [...]
October 13, 2017
For all Head Start programs, the most important priority is to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children and families they serve. The regulatory provision governing how staff must promote health [...]
September 25, 2017
Did you watch the webinar the Office of Head Start presented on monitoring for FY 2018? If you did, chances are you noticed that we’re in a brave new world. Monitoring reviews – [...]