I – 030 Can a Head Start program increase its enrollment if it moves to a new facility which will allow it to have a larger class size than it had in its old facility?
If, for example, a program could only serve 15 children in one of its classes because there was insufficient space to serve any more children and that program moved to another facility which could accommodate a class size of 20, that program could submit a revised budget proposal to its regional office proposing, with the same funding level, to increase its funded enrollment by 5 children. Such a request would need to indicate what revisions the grantee was proposing to make in its approved budget to cover any additional costs incurred by an increase in enrollment. (OHS understands that many of the operating costs would remain unchanged, nevertheless it is likely there would be some increase in such budget items as classroom supplies.) In no case, should a Head Start program enroll more children than it has been approved to serve in its most recent grant award.
Related Questions
- A – 014 Can a grantee that provides land for a Head Start program to build a facility that will be paid by federal funds use the value of the land as in-kind?
- I – 039 If an enrolled Head Start family moves out of the Head Start program’s service area, can the family continue services with that Head Start program?
- A – 004 Can a grantee that owns a facility and makes the facility available to the Head Start program at no charge count this as non-federal share?
