[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: 45CFR1306.34]

[Page 156-157]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1306_HEAD START STAFFING REQUIREMENTS AND PROGRAM OPTIONS
--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart C_Head Start Program Options
 
Sec. 1306.34  Combination program option.

    (a) Combination program option requirements: (1) Grantees 
implementing a combination program option must provide class sessions 
and home visits that result in an amount of contact with children and 
families that is, at a minimum, equivalent to the services provided 
through the center-based program option or the home-based program 
option.
    (2) Acceptable combinations of minimum number of class sessions and 
corresponding number of home visits are shown below. Combination 
programs must provide these services over a period of 8 to 12 months.

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                                                              Number of
                 Number of class sessions                    home visits
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96........................................................             8
92-95.....................................................             9
88-91.....................................................            10
84-87.....................................................            11
80-83.....................................................            12
76-79.....................................................            13
72-75.....................................................            14
68-71.....................................................            15
64-67.....................................................            16
60-63.....................................................            17
56-59.....................................................            18
52-55.....................................................            19
48-51.....................................................            20
44-47.....................................................            21
40-43.....................................................            22
36-39.....................................................            23

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32-35.....................................................            24
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    (3) The following are examples of various configurations that are 
possible for a program that operates for 32 weeks:

     A program operating classes three days a week and 
providing one home visit a month (96 classes and 8 home visits a year);
     A program operating classes two days a week and 
providing two home visits a month (64 classes and 16 home visits a 
year);
     A program operating classes one day a week and 
providing three home visits a month (32 classes and 24 home visits a 
year).

    (4) Grantees operating the combination program option must make a 
reasonable estimate of the number of days during a year that centers may 
be closed due to problems such as inclement weather or illness, based on 
their experience in previous years. Grantees must make provisions in 
their budgets and program plans to operate make-up classes up to the 
estimated number, and provide these classes, when necessary, to prevent 
the number of days of classes from falling below the number required by 
paragraph (a)(2) of this section. Grantees must make up planned home 
visits that were canceled by the program or by the program staff if this 
is necessary to meet the minimums required by paragraph (a)(2) of this 
section. Medical or social service appointments may not replace home 
visits.
    (b) Requirements for class sessions: (1) Grantees implementing the 
combination program option must comply with the class size requirements 
contained in Sec. 1306.32(a).
    (2) The provisions of the following sections apply to grantees 
operating the combination program option: Sec. 1306.32(b) (2), (5), 
(6), (7) and (9).
    (3) If a grantee operates a double session or a full day variation, 
it must meet the provisions concerning double-sessions contained in 
Sec. 1306.32(c)(1) and (3) and the provisions for the center-based 
program option's full day variation found in Sec. 1306.32(d).
    (c) Requirements for home visits: (1) Home visits must last for a 
minimum of 1 and \1/2\ hours each.
    (2) The provisions of the following section, concerning the home-
based program option, must be adhered to by grantees implementing the 
combination program option: Sec. 1306.33(a) (4) and (5); and Sec. 
1306.33(b).