Specifications include, but are not limited to: Early Childhood Providers submitting under this SOQ must be familiar with the Head Start Program Performance Standards located at https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/policy/45-cfr-chap-xiii (the “Standards”) and must be familiar with the Head Start Act 42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq. (the “Act”). Submitters must be able to provide childcare services, defined as full day, full year education, parent involvement and nutrition services for 6 weeks -35 months for 10 hours per day, five (5) days per week, twelve (12) months per year with the exception of the following holidays when the center is closed: New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day; Submitters must participate in Self-Assessment interviewing process and serve on Self-Assessment Team and Participate in Community Assessment; Submitters must utilize Creative Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers, and must use Teaching Strategies Gold assessments and ongoing progress; Submitters must participate in JeffCAP Early Head Start Expansion Childcare Partnership Program’s Professional Development and training to ensure all staff has the required training hours as deemed by Head Start Performance Standards, Head Start Act and Louisiana Department of Education Division;
