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Forward(Recorded Webinar) The Dreaded Deficiency Determination: How to Prepare and React
Register now to receive access to the recorded webinar on December 11, 2025. Live webinar registrants will automatically receive access to the recorded webinar.
To maintain status as “high performing” and to automatically receive new five-year funding awards without needing to re-compete, Head Start programs must refrain from being the subject of “deficiency” determinations. Under the Head Start Act and the Designation Renewal System, a “deficiency” occurs when The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determines a Head Start agency suffers “a systemic or substantial material failure … in an area of performance that the Secretary determines involves” any of six factors, such as “a threat to the health, safety, or civil rights of children or staff” or “the misuse of [granted] funds.” 42 U.S.C § 9832(2). If a grantee fails to correct the deficiencies, HHS may initiate proceedings to terminate the grantee’s Head Start designation.
Because Head Start deficiency determinations have significant impacts for your program, this webinar will cover HHS’s legal bases for imposing deficiencies, the ramifications for your program, how to incorporate policies and procedures that follow performance standards governing grantees’ Head Start programming, and how to potentially challenge the imposition of such deficiencies before your federal funding is altered.
This training is important for any program hoping to proactively take steps to avoid the consequences associated with deficiencies.
Please note: This webinar is offered as a complimentary product to all Head Start Training Package holders. For more information on our Head Start Training Package, click here or contact us.
Target Audience
- Executive Directors
- Head Start Directors
- Management Team
- New Leadership/Management Staff
- Any program personnel who run orientations and trainings for new employees
Learning Objectives
After this webinar, you will be able to:
- Understand the process by which the Office of Head Start levies deficiencies and how such a determination could impact your federal funding award;
- Plan for trainings, programs, policies, and procedures to address common deficiency-related areas before they arise; and
- Improve your ideas about how to communicate and negotiate with Head Start officials after deficiency determinations are made.
Mindy B. Pava
Mindy serves as a Partner in the firm’s Litigation & Government Investigations, Federal Grants, Health Care and Education practice groups, where she focuses her practice on advising federal grantees (including health centers) as they navigate all facets of administrative and judicial review. A seasoned litigator, she also represents organizations in health care and other industries in responding to civil investigative demands and federal subpoenas. [Full Bio]
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Available Credit
- 1.25 Certificate of Attendance
Price
ACCESS PERIOD
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CANCELLATION POLICY
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