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District Head Start staff outline eligibility, wait lists and family needs
Summary
Head Start and Early Head Start officials described how the district administers a federal Head Start grant, eligibility and selection criteria (the IRSE process), current enrollment and wait-list counts, and self-reported family needs including homelessness and mental health.
Head Start leaders told the school board Oct. 1 that Davis School District’s federally funded Head Start and Early Head Start programs maintain full enrollment, operate a points-based selection process and serve families with substantial needs. Heather Linehan, the district’s family services supervisor for Head Start, said the program uses an "IRSE" framework — eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment and attendance — and selects families by eligibility points and documented needs. "We are required to begin the year at a full enrollment and then we maintain a wait list and a 100% enrollment all year," Linehan said.
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