U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES  Administration for Children and Families  Administration on Children, Youth and Families  Head Start Bureau

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HEAD START
Volunteer Policies

TABLE OF CONTENTS  

Head Start Policies
Volunteers and Resources
 

1. AUTHORITY FOR THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

1.1 Commitment of Management

1.2 Coordinator of Volunteers

1.3 Duties and Qualifications of a Coordinator of Volunteers

1.4 Development of a Plan for Volunteer Services

2. RECRUITMENT OF VOLUNTEERS

2.1 Responsibility for Recruitment of Volunteers

2.2 Role of the Policy Council/Committee in Recruitment of Volunteers

2.3 Mobilization of Community Resources

3. HEAD START PARENTS AS VOLUNTEERS

3.1 Parents as Members of Decisionmaking Groups

3.2 Parents as Program Volunteers

3.3 Parent Participation Is Voluntary

4. SCREENING VOLUNTEERS

4.1 Placing Volunteers

4.2 Screening Volunteers to Help Safeguard Children from Disease

4.3 Screening Volunteers to Help Safeguard Children from Child Abuse and Neglect

5. ORIENTATION / TRAINING OF VOLUNTEERS

5.1 Written Agreements with Volunteers

5.2 Training for Volunteers

5.3 Including Volunteers in the Training Plan for Each Program Option

5.4 Volunteer Positions as the First Step on the Career Ladder

5.5 Training to Be a Volunteer Enhances Personal Growth and Development

6. VOLUNTEERS IN THE EDUCATION SERVICES COMPONENT

6.1 Volunteers in the Classroom

6.2 Volunteers in Home-Based Programs

6.3 Volunteers as a Resource in Meeting the Special Needs of Children

6.3.1 Parents as Multicultural Curriculum Resources

6.3.2 Bilingual Volunteers

6.3.3 Serving Handicapped Children

7. VOLUNTEERS IN THE HEALTH SERVICES COMPONENT

7.1 Health Services Advisory Committee (HSAC)

7.2 Volunteers and Health Services

7.3 Protection of Confidentiality of Children's Health Records

8. VOLUNTEERS IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES COMPONENT

8.1 Social Services Advisory Committee

8.2 Volunteers and Client Confidentiality

8.3 Protection of Confidentiality of Family's Social Service Records

8.4 Parent Volunteers in Social Services

 
9. LIABILITY COVERAGE OF VOLUNTEERS

 
10. ALLOWABLE COSTS INCURRED BY VOLUNTEERS
 

11. ALLOWABLE VOLUNTEER SERVICES FOR MATCHING REQUIREMENTS

11.1 Cost Sharing or Matching

11.2 Services Provided Within Grant Period

11.3 Services Provided from Outside Agency (Accounting Technicality)

11.4 Services as an Indirect Cost

12. VALUATION OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES

12.1 Establishment of Wage Comparability Rates

12.2 Services from Employees of Another Employer

12.3 Services by Volunteer Decisionmakers.

13. DOCUMENTATION OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES
 
 

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