< back to welcome page 1 Recruitment 2 Eligibility

2.1Eligibility Requirements Overview

2.1.1Head Start and Early Head Start Eligibility Requirements 2.1.2Eligibility Requirements for State Programs (CCTR and CSPP)

2.2Application and Eligibility Interview (First Meeting)

2.2.1Preparing for the Application and Eligibility Interview 2.2.2Conducting the Application and Eligibility Interview 2.2.3Completing Tasks from the Application and Eligibility Interview 2.2.4Verifying Head Start Eligibility

2.3Waitlist Management

2.3.1Family Changes prior to Enrollment 2.3.2Reverifying Returning Children

2.4Verifying and Recertifying Families for State Programs

2.5Addressing Family Changes for State Program Applications

3 Selection 4 Enrollment 5 Receiving (or Providing) Services 6 Transition 7 Admin/Operations 8 ChildPlus 9 Learning Paths

2.3.2

Reverifying Returning Children

A child enrolled in Early Head Start may attend until he/she transitions to Head Start Preschool. To transition to Head Start Preschool, the family must complete an appointment and eligibility interview to verify their income.

A child enrolled in Head Start Preschool may attend for two program years before the family must complete an appointment and eligibility interview to verify their income.

Exceptions to the above requirements include:

If the child has been dropped from services and would like to be placed back on the waitlist.
If the family declines a slot for the next program year.

Note: The child must turn three by December 1^stto move to Head Start Preschool.

Families who do not require reverification are automatically rolled over to the next program year by the ERSEA Manager every January.

After the ERSEA Manager completes the annual rollover, Family Workers/Home Visitors begin meeting with enrolled families in January to determine their program option preferences for the following program year.

The ERSEA department notifies families who require reverification in various ways, including email, text messages, and phone calls.

Enrollment Coordinators offer families the option to complete the reverification process in person at the Admin office or via phone interview using DocuSign to collect documents and signatures. To accommodate a family’s needs, some outlying areas complete family reverifications, or they may work with ERSEA and the family to complete the reverification process.

Enrollment Coordinators process all reverifications regardless of who completed the interview and collected the documentation.

Reverifications completed in person must be scanned to the ERSEA scan folder for processing. Follow the steps in Completing Tasks from the Application and Eligibility Interview

If Family Workers/Home Visitors have questions about a family still needing to be reverified or who is already in the reverification process (e.g., late-year enrollee), please contact ERSEA for assistance.