Briefing ID #: 15964 - Central Region Office

1 Briefing ID #: 15964 SELECTED K-8/ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS/APs: Maintenance of Safe and Healthy head start / early head start Environments Category: Audience: Principals/APs (Elementary) Due Date: Aug 22, 2014 Meeting Date: n/a Attachment(s): To inform principals with head start / early head start Programs of the required procedures to complete and submit the health and safety assessment. Maintaining environments that are both healthy and safe is a top priority of head start / early head start Programs. To ascertain compliance with head start Standard , schools must complete a monthly health and safety assessment of each classroom where head start / early head start services are provided. School principals are asked to complete and submit the first health and safety assessment via e-mail to Ms.

2 Katrina Vasquez, head start Health Coordinator at before August 22, 2014. Subsequent monthly health and safety assessments must be completed by the principal s designee and filed in each head start / early head start teacher s data binder. The attached head start / early head start health and safety checklists must be used to complete the health and safety assessment of each classroom. Non-compliance items must be addressed immediately. head start / early head start programs will be subject to unannounced health and safety monitoring visits from the Department of Health and Human Services and Miami-Dade County. Any outstanding non-compliance item, at the time of a federal/county health and safety monitoring visit, will require a corrective action plan to be submitted to the Office of early Childhood Programs.

3 For additional information please contact Torres, head start / early head start Supervisor at 305 995-7615. Contact: Dr. Maria T. Riestra-Quintero, Executive Director ( 305 995 7689 ) Department: Office of early Childhood Programs