| | It's time to Renew Your NHSA Membership for 2012-2013! Invoices have been mailed, so check your USPS mailbox and renew right away! If you want to renew online, go here.
Tell President Obama What Head Start Means to You! President Obama has been a steadfast supporter of Head Start and Early Head Start. However, pressure to resolve our nation’s economic problems is growing, and the President and members of his administration will be forced to make difficult decisions about how to spend federal dollars. Research tells us the benefits of Head Start last, but just as important, our experience tells us Head Start works. If you have a Head Start story about someone who attended Head Start and has had success in school and in life, visit www.supportheadstart.org and email your story to the President. Everyone’s support is needed to ensure that Head Start remains a window of opportunity for at-risk children and their families.
Help a Dad You Know Win this Father’s Day Mark Shriver has donated 50 copies of his new memoir about his father, Head Start founder Sargent Shriver, and NHSA will be raffling them away this Father’s Day to recognize fathers and father figures across the country who share their Head Start stories with the 27 Million Windows project. Help a dad you know get involved today!
Let’s Feature Head Start’s 28th Million! This month, Head Start will pass its milestone of 28,000,000 graduates! Send in photos of your graduating classes with program and center name and we’ll display them all together on the 27 Million Windows website. Email photos to edropkin@nhsa.org.
Abriendo Puertas Opens Doors! Abriendo Puertas is the nation's first evidence-based parent leadership and advocacy training program for Latino parents with children 0-5 years of age. This peer-to-peer training program seeks to improve the outcomes of our nation's Latino children by focusing on building the capacity and confidence of parents to be strong and powerful advocates in the lives of their children. To learn more, click here. Si se puede/Yes we can! Upcoming Abriendo Puertas training opportunities:
Nominate Now! 2012-2013 Awards and Scholarships Do you know a Head Start parent, staff member or graduate who deserves recognition? Nominations for NHSA’s 2012-2013 Scholarships and Awards are being accepted through May 31, 2012. For more information: http://www.nhsa.org/membership/scholarships_and_awards
Help Improve Access to Healthy Food The Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems (CFRS) is working with NHSA to conduct a survey around the specific activities that support access to and awareness of healthy, fresh, local foods. We look forward to gathering and sharing with you opportunities, barriers and perspectives that influence the inclusion of whole/fresh local foods and gardening programs in early childhood environments! Take the survey now!
International Working Forum of the Global Collaborative OnDesign for Children The Global Collaborative OnDesign, the newest working group of the World Forum Foundation, is hosting a global meeting of the minds in Berkeley, California, USA, from June 27th to 29th, 2012. This meeting, conference, party and world festival is looking for a few more good men and women to join us in creating amazing environments for children. Please join our worldwide family on behalf of great design for children by going to the conference web site or by asking questions at info@worldforumfoundation.org.
Be a 2012 Promise Neighborhoods Peer Reviewer! The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, is seeking individuals to serve as peer reviewers for the FY 2012 Promise Neighborhoods planning and implementation grant competitions. Promise Neighborhoods is a competitive grant program that supports cradle-to-career services designed to improve educational and developmental outcomes for students in distressed urban and rural neighborhoods. Learn more about Promise Neighborhoods and apply today!
Cooking Matters In the News Recent news coverage from NPR Morning Edition addresses a new study by USDA researchers that says healthy food isn’t necessarily more expensive. The NPR piece features Share Our Strength's resident nutrition expert Laura Seman. Learn more about the work Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters program does with Head Start at http://cookingmatters.org/.
SAVE THE DATES Wipfli and NHSA are teaming up to offer three excellent 90-minute webinars this Summer! Each webinar is scheduled for 10:00 - 11:30 am EST. Watch your inbox for registration links and additional details. Fees: 1 webinar, $125 (NHSA Member), $145 (Non-Member); Series of 3 webinars: $300 (NHSA Member), $350 (Non-Member). - Thursday, June 28, 2012, Subrecipients and Contracted Vendors, Who's Who?
Presented by Janet S. Johnson, CPA, CMA - Tuesday, July 24, 2012, EHS/HS Audit and Review Findings
Presented by Denes L. Tobie, CPA - Tuesday, August 21, 2012, Keeping Employees Engaged in Challenging Times
Presented by Debra Pagel
Upcoming Head Start Legal Advisory Service Webinars Wednesday, May 30th from 3-5 pm EST
Time & Effort Reporting and Cost Allocation
Presented by Ted Waters, Esq, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
Register With the myriad funding sources that programs juggle, following the federal rules for cost allocation carefully and appropriately has never been more important. If your program fails to follow these rules correctly, monitoring findings, cost disallowances, and additional penalties can result. In addition, if you are applying under recompetition, the Phase 2 part of the application requires information on these topics. Register for this webinar to learn: - Requirements for Time and Effort Reporting, including the 4 necessary elements for time sheets/personnel activity reports;
- Common timesheet problems;
- How to do cost allocation; and
- Why all of this should matter to you.
Who Should Attend: Executive Directors, Head Start Program Directors, CFOs, and others involved in planning or accounting activities, but all are welcome to attend. Wednesday, June 20th from 3-5 pm EST
Understanding Head Start and Early Head Start Eligibility
Presented by Ted Waters, Esq, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
Register This webinar will help your program comply with the often-confusing eligibility rules, and ensure that all of your employees who determine eligibility get needed training. We'll cover not only the basics of the Head Start eligibility process, but also discuss the consequences of knowing violations of the eligibility rules. This webinar will cover: - What the Head Start eligibility rules are (and, which are mandatory or optional);
- Where the pitfalls lie for your program in determining eligibility (including reviewing eligibility documents and signing income verification forms); and
- How to ensure your program is in compliance with the requirements of the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act; PIs and the Head Start Policy Clarifications.
Tips for best practices will be included and your questions will be addressed. Who Should Attend: Eligibility Workers, Eligibility Managers, ERSEA staff, Executive Directors, Head Start program Directors, and other senior staff, but all are welcome. Please Note: The Head Start Legal Advisory Service’s Live Webinar options will be on hiatus for the summer, but our extensive library of On-Demand content will be available. Please check out http://headstart.peachnewmedia.com/store/provider/provider09.php for more. We’ll be out with our new calendar of Live Webinars soon, so stay tuned!
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