[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1301.2]



[Page 93-94]

 

                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 1301_HEAD START GRANTS ADMINISTRATION--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 1301.2  Definitions.



    For the purposes of this part, unless the context requires 

otherwise:

    Act means title V of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as 

amended.

    Budget period means the interval of time, into which a multi-year 

period of assistance (project period) is divided for budgetary and 

funding purposes.

    Community means a city, county, a multi-city or multi-county unit 

within a state, an Indian reservation, or any neighborhood or other 

geographic area (irrespective of boundaries or political subdivisions) 

which provides a suitable organizational base and possesses the 

commonality of interest needed to operate a Head Start program.

    Delegate agency means a public or private non-profit organization or 

agency to which a grantee has delegated all or part of its 

responsibility for operating a Head Start program.

    Development and administrative costs mean costs incurred in 

accordance with an approved Head Start budget which do not directly 

relate to the provision of program component services, including 

services to children with disabilities, as set forth and described in 

the Head Start program performance standards (45 CFR part 1304).

    Dual benefit costs mean costs incurred in accordance with an 

approved Head Start budget which directly relate to both development and 

administrative functions and to the program component services, 

including services to children with disabilities, as set forth and 

described in the Head Start program performance standards (45 CFR part 

1304).

    Head Start Agency or ``grantee'' means a local public or private 

non-profit agency designated to operate a Head Start program by the 

responsible HHS official, in accordance with part 1302 of this chapter.

    Head Start program means a program, funded under the Act and carried 

out by a Head Start agency or a delegate agency, that provides ongoing 

comprehensive child development services.

    Independent auditor means an individual accountant or an accounting 

firm, public or private agency, association, corporation, or 

partnership, that is sufficiently independent of the agency being 

audited to render objective



[[Page 94]]



and unbiased opinions, conclusions, and judgments.

    Indirect costs mean those costs of a Head Start agency, as approved 

by the cognizant agency, the agency which has authority to set the 

grantee's indirect cost rate, which are not readily identifiable with a 

particular project or program but nevertheless are necessary to the 

general operation of the agency and the conduct of its activities.

    Major disaster means any natural disaster or catastrophe which is of 

such severity and magnitude as to directly affect the capability of the 

Head Start agency of agencies providing Head Start programs to the 

damaged community to continue the programs without an increase in the 

Federal share above 80 percent.

    Program costs mean costs incurred in accordance with an approved 

Head Start budget which directly relate to the provision of program 

component services, including services to children with disabilities, as 

set forth and described in the Head Start Program Performance Standards 

(45 CFR part 1304).

    Responsible HHS official means the official of the Department of 

Health and Human Services who has authority to make grants under the 

Act.

    Total approved costs mean the sum of all costs of the Head Start 

program approved for a given budget period by the Administration on 

Children, Youth and Families, as indicated on the Financial Assistance 

Award. Total approved costs consist of the Federal share plus any 

approved non-Federal share, including non-Federal share above the 

statutory minimum.



[44 FR 24061, Apr. 24, 1979, as amended at 57 FR 41884, Sept. 14, 1992]