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ERIC Number: ED609106
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 15
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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National American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Collaboration Office Strategic Plan, 2015-2020
Administration for Children & Families
The National American Indian Alaska Native Head Start Collaboration Office (NAIANHSCO), created under Public Law 110-134 ("Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007"), is directed "to facilitate collaboration among Head Start agencies (including Early Head Start agencies) and entities that carry out activities designed to benefit low-income children from birth to school entry, and their families." [Sec. 642B(a)(2)(A)]. Like the Head Start State Collaboration Offices, the NAIANHSCO works to identify potential partners for collaboration, communicates the needs of Head Start children and families, and, in a group effort, forms an alliance to provide appropriate support to Head Start/Early Head Start programs. Unlike the State Collaboration Offices, the NAIANHSCO strives to perform these tasks across multiple states and, due to the unique relationship that sovereign American Indian Alaska Native entities hold with the federal government, this includes developing relationships with offices and organizations that are national in scope (e.g., Indian Health Service; National Congress of American Indians; National Indian Education Association; Office of Child Care, etc.). The 2015-2020 NAIANHSCO strategic plan addresses the broad conclusions and strategies of how the NAIANHSCO will assist and support American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) Head Start (HS) grantees in meeting the requirements of the Head Start Act with respect to collaboration, coordination, and alignment of Head Start services in the areas of school transition, child care and early learning systems, professional development and regional priorities.
Administration for Children & Families. US Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW, Washington, DC 20447. Web site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Collaboration Office (AIANHSCO); Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) (ACF/DHHS), Office of Head Start (OHS)
Grant or Contract Numbers: HHSP23320120000C