ERIC Number: ED666084
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Dec
Pages: 4
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Six Lessons Learned about Engaging Families in Head Start's Family Support Services. OPRE Report 2024-381
Marissa Strassberger
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
A defining feature of Head Start is its whole-family approach where programs partner with parents and guardians to identify their strengths and needs, set goals, and access services to improve family wellbeing. However, little research evidence exists about how Head Start and Early Head Start staff members do this essential work. The "Head Start Connects" case studies, sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, examined how six Head Start programs coordinate family support services (for example, education and employment services, and housing and food assistance) that are responsive to families' specific interests and needs and promote their well-being. This report presents six lessons learned from the case studies about the practices that the Head Start programs participating in the case studies used to engage families in family support services.
Descriptors: Social Services, Low Income Students, Federal Programs, Family Involvement, Family Needs, Early Intervention, Family Programs, Well Being, Parent Participation, Interpersonal Relationship, Employees, Parent Attitudes, Interaction
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. Administration for Children & Families, US Department of Health and Human Services, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201. Web site: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE); MDRC; NORC at the University of Chicago
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Head Start; Early Head Start
Grant or Contract Numbers: HHSP233201500059I
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