Review of Head Start Health and Safety Standards at Cerebral Palsy of Colorado, Inc

摘要

Within the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start (OHS), administers the Head Start and Early Head Start programs. We refer collectively to both programs as the Head Start program. In fiscal year (FY) 2009, Congress appropriated $7.1 billion to fund the programs regular operations. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, P.L. No. 111-5 (Recovery Act), provides an additional $2.1 billion for the Head Start program during FYs 2009 and 2010. Cerebral Palsy of Colorado, Inc. (CPCO), a private, nonprofit corporation, operates five Head Start facilities in Colorado: one in Denver and four in Aurora. CPCO provides the following services to enrolled children and their families: education and special education, health and social services, and parental involvement and community partnerships. For the 20092010 grant year (July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010), OHS awarded $5,058,927 in Federal Head Start funds to CPCO to provide services to 462 children at the 5 facilities. On June 30, 2009, CPCO also received $249,781 in Recovery Act funding.