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Head Start officials report improved enrollment, submit corrective plan after monitoring findings
Summary
County Head Start reported enrollment recovering to near‑target levels and submitted a corrective Quality Improvement Plan to the Office of Head Start after federal monitoring cited multiple incidents related to staff conduct; the board accepted the monthly report.
Contra Costa County Head Start staff told supervisors that enrollment and attendance have rebounded and that the program has submitted a Quality Improvement Plan after a federal review identified deficiencies related to staff conduct in a small number of incidents.
Enrollment and monitoring Head Start officials reported that the program has met or exceeded 97% enrollment for consecutive months and that May attendance was about 81%. They noted that Head Start needs six consecutive months at the qualifying enrollment level to lose a chronic under‑enrollment designation.
On May 1 the Office of Head Start (OHS)…
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