Intentional Planning and Quality Improvement in Family Child Care
Use these resources and materials to help plan to deliver services within a family child care setting.
Program Planning
Thoughtful planning is critical to programming. Explore these resources for guidance throughout the five-year Head Start grant cycle. Learn how to establish continuous cycles of improvement that involve key stakeholders in data-based decision-making. Find resources to help build on achievable program and school readiness goals and fiscal objectives. Discover materials that guide grantees in creating community and self-assessments, and achieve positive outcomes for children and families.
Program planning and service system design together make up one of the 12 management, planning, and oversight systems of the Management Systems Wheel.
Strategies to Support Family Child Care
Explore available resources to learn more about ways to support the family child care workforce. Find out how to promote quality care, family engagement, school readiness, and professional growth and development.
Services and Coordinated Approaches
Explore how a community assessment can help mobilize community resources and partnerships.
Community Assessment: The Foundation for Program Planning in Head Start
Explore community assessment standards and best practices. Learn how community assessments help programs remain responsive to the children and families they serve.
Why Conduct a Community Assessment?
Consider how the data gathered during a community assessment will be used to inform strategic planning, goal setting, and decision-making.
What Is Included in a Community Assessment?
Review what should be included in a community assessment.
Standards in Action
Explore these vignettes to learn how programs can implement specific Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS).
Serving Families with Multiple Children in the Home-Based Option
In this tip sheet, find strategies for providing services to children and families, including families with more than one enrolled child.
Head Start Tip Sheets for Grantee Planning
Use these tip sheets to find ways to support grantee planning. Explore what to consider when implementing systems, policies, and practices around topics from developmental screening to home-based programs and more.
Foundations for Excellence
Review a range of planning topics to support programs’ successful completion of the Head Start grant application, and to ensure programming is responsive to community needs throughout the five-year grant period.