Conversion of Enrollment Slots from Head Start to Early Head Start (HS2EHS)

Discover research findings about how Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs assess community needs, how needs changed over time, and how staff tailored services to meet the shifting needs.

This brief describes what motivates grant recipients to convert enrollment slots; how those motivations vary by policy, program, and community characteristics; how Head Start staff gather information and consider a range of factors to make this decision; and how they assess whether the program is meeting community needs.

This brief describes findings pertaining to how Head Start grant recipients plan to provide new or expanded Early Head Start services. The brief describes the challenges, facilitators, and barriers grant recipients face when preparing to convert enrollment slots. The brief also describes the role the Office of Head Start Regional Offices play in supporting grant recipients preparing to implement services after converting slots.

This brief highlights select findings from the Conversion of Enrollment Slots from Head Start to Early Head Start (HS2EHS) Case Studies pertaining to how Head Start grant recipients prepared and submitted their applications to convert enrollment slots.

This brief describes the extent to which grant recipients successfully deliver Early Head Start services following conversion, the facilitators and barriers to implementation, and the resources and supports available to support implementation.

This OPRE-funded snapshot describes the most common data sources cited by Head Start grant recipients to demonstrate availability of early care and education services and need for infant, toddler, and preschool-age services in applications to convert enrollment slots from Head Start to center-based Early Head Start.

Explore this OPRE-funded brief which describes the motivations Head Start grant recipients cite in applications to covert enrollment slots from Head Start to Early Head to supply infant-and-toddler care.

Explore this OPRE funded brief that describes the characteristics of data sources and data points referenced in Head Start grant recipient enrollment conversion applications.

Explore this OPRE-funded brief which describes the staff qualifications of Head Start grant recipients that converted enrollment slots and presents a summary of strategies grant recipients planned to employ to ensure staff had the appropriate qualifications and competencies needed to serve Early Head Start children and families.

Explore this brief about staff turnover and retention among Head Start grant recipients that converted enrollment slots.

Explore this OPRE-funded brief that examines the first descriptive picture of grant recipients that converted enrollment slots from Head Start to Early Head Start between 2019 and 2021.

This report presents findings from case studies with six Head Start grant recipients that converted enrollment slots to Early Head Start in 2021.