Policy Council is a decision-making group that gives parents a meaningful role in deciding the direction of the program. They approve or disapprove many of the Head Start decisions such as program plans, budgets and hiring of staff.
Each Head Start/Early Head Start site, as well as the Early Head Start Home Based program has an elected parent representative and up to two alternates. The Council also elects Community partners to attend. The Policy Council meets monthly.
Pasco County Early Childhood Programs, Head Start/Early Head Start Policy Council typically meets on the 2nd or 3rd Thursday of every month. The meetings are currently being held through Zoom conference. In January, we plan to resume in-person Policy Council meetings at Safety Town (the Home Depot building)- 15362 Alric Pottberg Road - Shady Hills, FL 34610
Below you will find each month's meeting date, the handouts for the meeting, the approved minutes, and the monthly newsletter.
September
Day of Meeting - 9/10/20
October
Day of Meeting - 10/8/20
November
Day of Meeting - 11/12/20 - Cancelled due to weather
- Handouts
- Minutes
- Newsletter
December
Day of Meeting - 12/3/20
January
Day of Meeting - 1/21/21
February
Day of Meeting - 2/18/21
March
Day of Meeting - 3/11/21
April
Day of Meeting - 4/8/21
May
Day of Meeting - 5/13/21
- Handouts
- Minutes
- Newsletter
Department Navigation
PROGRAM INFORMATION
- Head Start Application and Interview Information
- Head Start Required Documents
- Head Start Definitions of Income
- Head Start/Early Head Start Locations
- School Boundaries
- Voluntary Pre-K (VPK)
Policy Council
Annual Reports
Community Assessment
Important Links
Parent Engagement
Other Important Links
- HURRICANE RESOURCES
- (FDLRS) Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resource Systems
- Florida Head Start Association
- Florida VPK
- Head Start/Early Head Start Welcome Video
- National Head Start Association
- Poverty Guidelines
- Head Start Community Resources (Espanol)
- Head Start Bus Van Safety Video
- Walk This Way Video
