B – 012How should a Head Start program cover the costs of providing health services to an enrolled child if the child’s family is not eligible for Medicaid/EPSDT?
The vast majority of Head Start families will be eligible for Medicaid/EPSDT, CHIP or some other publicly supported health care system. If a Head Start program enrolls a child whose family is not eligible for any such system, the Head Start program should seek to have services provided to the child by the program’s local health care providers at no or reduced costs. However, if all other funding sources have been exhausted, a grantee should cover any costs related to a child’s health care by using Head Start grant funds. Requirement 45 CFR 1304.
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