The Legislative Outlook: Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships

By Cristin Kumar, Consultant, Foundations for Families Yesterday, the U.light. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its full budget request for FY 2018, proposing $635 million for the Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership program. While there is...

Region IV: Join us in Atlanta for a Pre-Conference Session!

The Region IV 2017 Leadership Institute is next month, and we’re excited to see many of you there! On June 26-29, Head Start and Early Head Start leaders will come together in Atlanta to collaborate, learn, and gain skills that you can take back to their program. To...

Time to Think About EHS-CCP Start Up!

With Early Head Start – Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) awards expected this spring, now is the time to think about start up planning. By taking the time now, you’ll be able to hit the ground running once your program receives its notice of award! Over the past few...

FY17 Aligned Monitoring Virtual Expo and EHS-CCP

Are you an Early Head Start – Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) grantee that is new to implementing EHS? If so, you may receive a monitoring visit in FY17 for your EHS-CCP grant. Over the last two weeks the Office of Head Start (OHS) released information about FY17...

Best Practices for Success: Contracts vs. Partnerships

As the central focus of an Early Head Start – Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) grant, you as a grantee are told to “partner” with child care providers. Yet, on paper these relationships are bound by legal contracts. Consider whether your process aligns more with a...

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