1. Educational Requirements for Head Start Staff: Use these briefs to help determine and justify how your employees meet the requirements., ECLKC, updated May 10, 2021
   
   
2. Food Purchasing Before and After COVID-19, If you are a CACFP Sponsor or Provider of Head Start, Child Care Center or Family Home Child Care, take a moment to help us gather information on food purchasing practices before and during Covid-19. You must be currently participating in CACFP and also be directly responsible or knowledgeable about purchasing to be eligible to respond. Eligible respondents will have a chance to register to win one of several $100 Amazon electronic gift cards. Take the Survey
   
   
3. May is National Water Safety Month! check out The Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida/Prevent Child Abuse Florida NEW Water Safety Toolkit.  On May 20, 2021, @ 10:30 AM EDT they will partner with Diversity in Aquatics to host a webinar Keep Watch Florida...be a Water Watcher! to raise awareness on water safety. You can register here. 

Please visit our COVID-19 Resource page, which is updated regularly, and the FHSA events list for more information. If there is something else you need guidance on, let us know - we will continue to work with state agencies and NHSA to answer your questions. 

Sincerely, 

Wanda Minick 
Executive Director 
FHSA