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Act means the
Head Start Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9801
et seq.
Associate Commissioner
means the Associate Commissioner of the Head Start Bureau in the
Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
Head Start Fellows
means individuals who participate in the Head Start Fellows Program,
who may be staff in local Head Start programs or other individuals
working in the field of child development and family services.
§ 1311.3 Application
process.
An individual who wishes to obtain a Fellowship must
submit an application to the Associate Commissioner. The Administration
for Children and Families will publish an annual announcement of the
availability and number of Fellowships in the FEDERAL REGISTER. Federal
employees are not eligible to apply. (The information collection
requirement contained in this section is approved under OMB Control
Number 0970–0140.)
§ 1311.4
Qualifications, selection, and placement.
(a) The Act specifies that an applicant must be
working on the date of application in a local Head Start program or
otherwise working in the field of child development and family services.
The qualifications of the applicants for Head Start Fellowship positions
will be competitively reviewed. The Associate Commissioner will make the
final selection of the Head Start Fellows.
(b) Head Start Fellows may be placed in:
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The Head Start national and regional offices;
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Local Head Start agencies and programs;
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Institutions of higher education;
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Public or private entities and organizations concerned with
services to children and families; and
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Other appropriate settings. |
(c) A Head Start Fellow who is not an employee of a
local Head Start agency or program may only be placed in the national or
regional offices within the Department of Health and Human Services that
administer Head Start or local Head Start agencies.
(d) Head Start Fellows shall not be placed in any
agency whose primary purpose, or one of whose major purposes is to
influence Federal, State or local legislation.
§ 1311.5 Duration of
Fellowships and status of Head Start Fellows.
(a) Head Start Fellowships will be for terms of one
year, and may be renewed for a term of one additional year.
(b) For the purposes of compensation for injuries
under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, Head Start Fellows
shall be considered to be employees, or otherwise in the service or
employment, of the Federal Government.
(c) Head Start Fellows assigned to the national or
regional offices within the Department of Health and Human Services
shall be considered employees in the Executive Branch of the Federal
Government for the purposes of chapter 11 of title 18, United States
Code, and for the purposes of any administrative standards of conduct
applicable to the employees of the agency to which they are assigned.
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