[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45 Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 45CFR1305.5]



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                        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.