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Head Start Performance Standards Waiver Shared Responsibilities Framework

Head Start Performance Standards Waiver Shared Responsibilities Framework

FY27 Head Start Program Performance Standards Waiver
Shared Responsibilities Framework

This document is to be used in conjunction with the FY27 Head Start Program Performance Standards Waiver Request

MiLEAP

  • Review submitted Annual Single Audit reports.
  • Review required information pertaining to OHS monitoring reports, any identified non-compliance finding or deficiencies, and receive updates on corrective action plans through completion.
  • Verify in Great Start to Quality that all sites meet the minimum “enhancing quality” level upon waiver submission.
  • Support the ISD and partner subrecipient in developing a Shared Improvement Plan in the event a waiver is denied.
  • Include waivered subrecipients in all monitoring and audit processes.
  • Exercise authority to revoke an approved waiver due to non compliance.
  • Ensure that the ISD and partner subrecipient have a current (no more than 2 years) collaborative joint recruitment and enrollment process and policy agreement which includes the required referral of all eligible families when applicable; agreement includes signatures from all participating parties.

ISD

  • Execute a contract with the subrecipient.
  • Receive and review budgets and FERs for all awarded funding.
  • Maintain a process for MSDS entry and ensure accurate reporting.
  • Collaboratively establish a joint recruitment and enrollment process and policy with agreement and signatures from all participating parties.
  • Review MI Registry data and ensure accurate reporting.
  • Collaborate with subrecipient to support strong regional Early Childhood Systems (e.g., invite to collaborative meetings, School Readiness Advisory Committees (SRAC), data analysis meetings, and community planning activities).
  • Ensure special education supports and services outlined in the ISD GSRP Policies and Procedures align with standards applied to all subrecipient GSRP programs.
  • When applicable, refer eligible families to Head Start.

Waiver Subrecipient

  • Provide a completed copy of the FY27 Head Start Program Performance Standards Waiver Request – Site List with the submitted waiver request.
  • Notify the ISD if a site is moved to provisional license.
  • Agree to participate in, and support, the GSRP Longitudinal Evaluation.
  • Meet all MSDS reporting requirements.
  • Ensure CLASS or Classroom Coach observations are completed and ISD has access to the data.
  • Collaborate with the ISD to strengthen regional Early Childhood Systems (e.g., through meeting participation and joint planning) including Data Analysis and (SRAC) meetings.
  • Submit budgets and FERs to ISD.
  • Maintain a joint recruitment and enrollment policy with signatures from all parties.
  • Submit the most recent fiscal year annual Single Audit as described in Head Start Program Performance Standard 45 CFR 1302.102.
  • Submit a report to MiLEAP identifying any Federal Monitoring Reports (CLASS, Focus Area 1 (FA1), Focus Area 2 (FA2), and Risk Assessment Notification (RAN) completed in the last year, along with a description of all non-compliances or deficiencies identified, and the status of any corrective action plans.
  • Notify the ISD if any site becomes disqualified from CACFP.