Eligibility, Recruitment and Selection of Participants:The program is open to participants without regard to race, color, creed, gender, disability and national origin. Recruitment includes public relations efforts through person- to- person word of mouth, contacts through churches, community social and recreational events, annual Head Start sponsored activities for the public, television and other forms of media. The program provides enrollment opportunities first to children from eligible families of poverty and low income levels, 130% above poverty, and 10% any income level as specified by the Office of Management and Budget, an official department of the United States Government. A Recruitment and Selection Committee comprised of individual community residents, community agency partners and school board representatives meet twice a year or as often as needed to select children for the program and to develop or review policy. Early Head Start and Head Start accept applications
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