[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7608-7609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02859]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Tribal Consultation Meeting
AGENCY: Office of Head Start (OHS), Administration for Children and
Families, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act
of 2007, Public Law 110-134, notice is hereby given of one 1-day Tribal
Consultation Session to be held between the Department of Health and
Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Head Start leadership and the leadership of Tribal Governments
operating Head Start (including Early Head Start) programs. The purpose
of this Consultation Session is to discuss ways to better meet the
needs of American Indian and Alaska Native children and their families,
taking into consideration funding allocations, distribution formulas,
and other issues affecting the delivery of Head Start services in their
geographic locations [42 U.S.C. 9835, Section 640(l)(4)].
DATES: March 16, 2015, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Southwest Consortium of Indian Head Start, Native
American Child and Family Conference, Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town,
800 Rio Grande Boulevard Northwest, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Bialas, Regional Program
Manager, Region XI, Office of Head Start, email
Robert.Bialas@acf.hhs.gov or phone (202) 205-9497. Additional
information and online meeting registration is available at http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/hs/calendar/tc2015.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) announces an Office of Head Start (OHS) Tribal Consultation for
leaders of Tribal Governments operating Head Start and Early Head Start
programs.
The agenda for the scheduled OHS Tribal Consultation in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, will be organized around the statutory
purposes of Head Start Tribal Consultations related to meeting the
needs of American Indian/Alaska Native children and families, taking
into consideration funding allocations, distribution formulas, and
other issues affecting the delivery of Head Start services in their
geographic locations. In
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addition, OHS will share actions taken and in progress to address the
issues and concerns raised in 2014 OHS Tribal Consultations.
The Consultation Session will be conducted with elected or
appointed leaders of Tribal Governments and their designated
representatives [42 U.S.C. 9835, Section 640(l)(4)(A)]. Designees must
have a letter from the Tribal Government authorizing them to represent
the tribe prior to the Consultation Session. Other representatives of
tribal organizations and Native nonprofit organizations are welcome to
attend as observers.
A detailed report of the Consultation Session will be prepared and
made available within 45 days of the Consultation Session to all Tribal
Governments receiving funds for Head Start and Early Head Start
programs. Tribes wishing to submit written testimony for the report
should send testimony to Robert Bialas at Robert.Bialas@acf.hhs.gov
either prior to the Consultation Session or within 30 days after the
meeting.
Oral testimony and comments from the Consultation Session will be
summarized in each report without attribution, along with topics of
concern and recommendations. OHS has sent hotel and logistical
information for the New Mexico Consultation Session to tribal leaders
via email and posted information on the Early Childhood Learning and
Knowledge Center Web site at http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/hs/calendar/tc2015.
Dated: February 6, 2015.
Linda K. Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Early Childhood Development.
[FR Doc. 2015-02859 Filed 2-10-15; 8:45 am]
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