[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: 45CFR1311.4]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

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

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 1311_HEAD START FELLOWS PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  1311.4  Qualifications, selection, and placement.



    (a) The Act specifies that an applicant must be working on the date 

of application in a local Head Start program or otherwise working in the 

field of child development and family services. The qualifications of 

the applicants for Head Start Fellowship positions will be competitively 

reviewed. The Associate Commissioner will make the final selection of 

the Head Start Fellows.

    (b) Head Start Fellows may be placed in:

    (1) The Head Start national and regional offices;

    (2) Local Head Start agencies and programs;

    (3) Institutions of higher education;

    (4) Public or private entities and organizations concerned with 

services to children and families; and

    (5) Other appropriate settings.

    (c) A Head Start Fellow who is not an employee of a local Head Start 

agency or program may only be placed in the national or regional offices 

within the Department of Health and Human Services that administer Head 

Start or local Head Start agencies.

    (d) Head Start Fellows shall not be placed in any agency whose 

primary purpose, or one of whose major purposes is to influence Federal, 

State or local legislation.