CFR 1307 in the President's 2013 Budget Request
"Fiscal Year 2013, Budget in Brief: Strengthening Health and Opportunities for All Americans" (US Department of Health and Human Services), an electronic document, was made available today. It details the 2013 budget requests for DHHS.All of it is interesting, generally, but we particularly encourage you to look at page 89. This is the page that talks about the discretionary budget for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and that is we find the Head Start budget. Although the 2013 budget request shows a decrease of $309 million from 2012 generally, the Head Start request, particularly, is for $85 million more than in 2012. Much of the increase seems to be going to fund the changes brought about by CFR 1307:
"On November 8, 2011 the President announcedimportant new steps to improve the quality ofservices and accountability at HeadStart programs across the country.Under these new rules, grantees thatdo not meet quality benchmarks willbe required to compete against otherorganizations in their community forcontinued funding. Of the additional$85 million requested over FY 2012,$40 million would be used to supportthis effort by minimizing potentialservice disruptions in the transitionbetween incumbent and newgrantees. The request includes$2 million for monitoring of newgrantees to ensure that they meet Head Start’s criticalmission - to help children from low-income familiesachieve their full potential and, in turn,help our country build tomorrow’s workforce." (p. 89)
That's $40 million to minimize service disruptions and $2 million for monitoring of new grantees to make sure they do what they are supposed to do: meet Head Start's mission of helping children from low-income families achieve their full potential.Moreover, on page 89 there is a blue box, highlighted from the rest, that talks about CFR 1307 in particular:
What do you and your organization think about the 2013 budget as it relates to CFR 1307?
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