TABLE OF CONTENTS

     ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      INTRODUCTION
 

  1. ASSESSING HEAD START FACILITIES

    2. Convening a Facilities Assessment Team
    Assessing Existing Facilities
    Planning for the Future
     
  2. UNDERSTANDING HEAD START COMPLIANCE ISSUES

    3. Meeting Head Start Program Performance Standards
    Meeting Other Legal Requirements
    Meeting Accessibility Requirements
     
  3. DESIGNING HEAD START FACILITIES

    4. Designing Head Start Centers
    Classrooms
    Play Areas
    Parent, Staff, and Administrative Space
    Kitchens and Bathrooms
    Building and Grounds
    Recordkeeping and Management Controls
    Designing Home-based, Shared, and Co-located Head Start Facilities
     
  4. DEVELOPING HEAD START FACILITIES

    5. Getting Started
    Finding New Space
    Construction and Altering Existing Space
    Mobile and Modular Facilities
    Contracts
     
  5. FUNDING HEAD START FACILITIES

    6. Identifying Funding Sources
    Leasing and Purchasing Facilities
     
  6. FINDING MORE HELP

    7. General Head Start Resources
    Exemplary Resources
    Building and Property Resources
    Funding Resources
    Other Resources


     HUD Regional Offices

     REFERENCES

This manual was prepared by Collins Management Consulting, Inc., Vienna, Virginia. Final editing and document design was provided by Research Assessent Management, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland. Contract No. 105-90-1513.

The statements and conclusions contained in this manual are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Health and Human Services.

February 1995