[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: 45CFR1306.33]



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                        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. 1306.33  Home-based program option.



    (a) Grantees implementing a home-based program option must:



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    (1) Provide one home visit per week per family (a minimum of 32 home 

visits per year) lasting for a minimum of 1 and \1/2\ hours each.

    (2) Provide, at a minimum, two group socialization activities per 

month for each child (a minimum of 16 group socialization activities 

each year).

    (3) Make up planned home visits or scheduled group socialization 

activities that were canceled by the grantee or by program staff when 

this is necessary to meet the minimums stated above. Medical or social 

service appointments may not replace home visits or scheduled group 

socialization activities.

    (4) Allow staff sufficient employed time to participate in pre-

service training, to plan and set up the program at the start of the 

year, to close the program at the end of the year, to maintain records, 

and to keep component and activities plans current and relevant. These 

activities should take place when no home visits or group socialization 

activities are planned.

    (5) Maintain an average caseload of 10 to 12 families per home 

visitor with a maximum of 12 families for any individual home visitor.

    (b) Home visits must be conducted by trained home visitors with the 

content of the visit jointly planned by the home visitor and the 

parents. Home visitors must conduct the home visit with the 

participation of parents. Home visits may not be conducted by the home 

visitor with only babysitters or other temporary caregivers in 

attendance.

    (1) The purpose of the home visit is to help parents improve their 

parenting skills and to assist them in the use of the home as the 

child's primary learning environment. The home visitor must work with 

parents to help them provide learning opportunities that enhance their 

child's growth and development.

    (2) Home visits must, over the course of a month, contain elements 

of all Head Start program components. The home visitor is the person 

responsible for introducing, arranging and/or providing Head Start 

services.

    (c) Group socialization activities must be focused on both the 

children and parents. They may not be conducted by the home visitor with 

babysitters or other temporary caregivers.

    (1) The purpose of these socialization activities for the children 

is to emphasize peer group interaction through age appropriate 

activities in a Head Start classroom, community facility, home, or on a 

field trip. The children are to be supervised by the home visitor with 

parents observing at times and actively participating at other times.

    (2) These activities must be designed so that parents are expected 

to accompany their children to the group socialization activities at 

least twice each month to observe, to participate as volunteers or to 

engage in activities designed specifically for the parents.

    (3) Grantees must follow the nutrition requirements specified in 45 

CFR 1304.23(b)(2) and provide appropriate snacks and meals to the 

children during group socialization activities.



[57 FR 58092, Dec. 8, 1992, as amended at 61 FR 57227, Nov. 5, 1996]