The Head Start Monitoring Protocol 2013: ERSEA

Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, and Attendance issues continue to be a focus of Head Start monitoring, with a particular emphasis on Eligibility following the Government Accountability Office’s recent investigation. With the implementation of recompetition, Head Start grantees understand the important role that Federal monitoring reviews play in the future of their programs and the serious implications of any deficiency. The Office of Head Start is preparing to issue the Head Start Monitoring Protocol for Fiscal Year 2013, and this all-new webinar will discuss monitoring of Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, and Attendance (ERSEA) to help grantees prepare for on-site monitoring reviews. This webinar will cover the following topics:

• Review of the ERSEA component of the 2013 Monitoring Protocol;
• Discussion of recent review findings related to Eligibility and other aspects of ERSEA;
• Examination of the key regulations reviewed as part of ERSEA monitoring;
• Documentation strategies for Eligibility; and,
• Preparing for ERSEA monitoring

This webinar will focus on the Program Governance and Management Systems components of the Head Start Monitoring Protocol. For a general discussion of the Head Start Monitoring Protocol or for discussions of other aspects of monitoring, please see the additional entries in our Head Start monitoring webinar series.

We suggest that organizations purchase a single registration and use this webinar as a group training event. Participating in this webinar as a group using a single registration is easy: Just gather all the participants from the organization in a central location and log-in from there.

Attendee Takeaways:

• Understand changes to ERSEA monitoring for the 2013 Fiscal Year
• Learn how to better prepare for the ERSEA component of monitoring reviews
• Understand what reviewers will look for in terms of ERSEA compliance
• Learn about common review findings related to ERSEA so that your program can avoid them

Who Should Attend:

• Head Start and Early Head Start Program Directors
• Head Start and Early Head Start Staff
• Executive Directors
• Governing Body and Policy Council Members