[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1305.5]

[Page 149]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1305_ELIGIBILITY, RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE 
IN HEAD START--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1305.5  Recruitment of children.

    (a) In order to reach those most in need of Head Start services, 
each Head Start grantee and delegate agency must develop and implement a 
recruitment process that is designed to actively inform all families 
with Head Start eligible children within the recruitment area of the 
availability of services and encourage them to apply for admission to 
the program. This process may include canvassing the local community, 
use of news releases and advertising, and use of family referrals and 
referrals from other public and private agencies.
    (b) During the recruitment process that occurs prior to the 
beginning of the enrollment year, a Head Start program must solicit 
applications from as many Head Start eligible families within the 
recruitment area as possible. If necessary, the program must assist 
families in filling out the application form in order to assure that all 
information needed for selection is completed.
    (c) Each program, except migrant programs, must obtain a number of 
applications during the recruitment process that occurs prior to the 
beginning of the enrollment year that is greater than the enrollment 
opportunities that are anticipated to be available over the course of 
the next enrollment year in order to select those with the greatest need 
for Head Start services.