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  1. Today the Office of Head Start released IM-HS-22-06 Strategies to Stabilize the Head Start Workforce, OHS encourages grant recipients to consider restructuring their programs as a sustainable mechanism which may include consolidating grants, restructuring management or organizations, or requesting a reduction in the overall number of funded slots while continuing to prioritize services to the children and families who are most in need. OHS encourages programs to use their wage comparability study to help support their decisions. Log on to the FHSA website to download a copy of FHSA 2020 Compensation and Benefits Study Findings. 

  2. The 2022 Home Visiting Yearbook presents the landscape of early childhood home visiting across America. In Florida, 982,100 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten could benefit from home visiting. These families included 1,310,200 children. National Home Visiting Resource Center, September 12, 2022

  3. Exploring Strategies to Increase Compensation and Benefits for the ECE Workforce, Wednesday, September 14 @ 11:00 a.m. ET, Join the National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance Workforce Wednesday series for their upcoming webinar exploring various strategies to improve compensation, including benefits, for the early care and education (ECE) workforce. 

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 partners to answer your questions. 

Sincerely, 

Wanda Minick 
Executive Director 
FHSA  

Florida Head Start Association

111 N. Gadsden Street, Suite 200
Tallahassee, FL 32301
(850) 694-6477
[email protected]

www.FLHeadStart.org