[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1301.2]

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                        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

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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]