[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18627-18628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07958]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Tribal Consultation Meetings

AGENCY: Office of Head Start (OHS), Administration for Children and 
Families, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act 
of 2007, Public Law 110-134, notice is hereby given of three 1-day 
Tribal Consultation Sessions to be held between the Department of 
Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, 
OHS leadership and the leadership of Tribal Governments operating Head 
Start (including Early Head Start) programs. The purpose of these 
Consultation Sessions is to discuss ways to better meet the needs of 
American Indian and Alaska Native children and their families, taking 
into consideration funding allocations, distribution formulas, and 
other issues affecting the delivery of Head Start services in their 
geographic locations [42 U.S.C. 9835, Section 640(l)(4)].

DATES: 
    June 16, 2015, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.;
    July 30, 2015, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.;
    August 17, 2015, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Locations:

 June 16, 2015--National Indian Head Start Directors 
Association, Hyatt

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Regency, 1209 L Street, Sacramento, California 95814
 July 30, 2015--Oklahoma Indian Head Start Coalition 
Conference, DoubleTree at Warren Place, 6110 South Yale Avenue, Tulsa, 
Oklahoma 74136
 August 17, 2015--Northwest Indian Head Start Association 
Conference, Holiday Inn Grand Montana, 5500 Midland Road, Billings, 
Montana 59101

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Bialas, Regional Program 
Manager, Region XI, Office of Head Start, email 
[email protected] or phone (202) 205-9497. Additional 
information and online meeting registration is available at http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/hs/calendar/tc2015.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS) announces OHS Tribal Consultations for leaders of Tribal 
Governments operating Head Start and Early Head Start programs.
    The agenda for the scheduled OHS Tribal Consultations in 
Sacramento, California, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Billings, Montana, will be 
organized around the statutory purposes of Head Start Tribal 
Consultations related to meeting the needs of American Indian/Alaska 
Native children and families, taking into consideration funding 
allocations, distribution formulas, and other issues affecting the 
delivery of Head Start services in their geographic locations. In 
addition, OHS will share actions taken and in progress to address the 
issues and concerns raised in 2014 OHS Tribal Consultations.
    The Consultation Sessions will be conducted with elected or 
appointed leaders of Tribal Governments and their designated 
representatives [42 U.S.C. 9835, Section 640(l)(4)(A)]. Designees must 
have a letter from the Tribal Government authorizing them to represent 
the tribe prior to the Consultation Sessions. Other representatives of 
tribal organizations and Native nonprofit organizations are welcome to 
attend as observers.
    A detailed report of the Consultation Sessions will be prepared and 
made available within 45 days of the Consultation Sessions to all 
Tribal Governments receiving funds for Head Start and Early Head Start 
programs. Tribes wishing to submit written testimony for the report 
should send testimony to Robert Bialas at [email protected] 
either prior to the Consultation Sessions or within 30 days after the 
meeting.
    OHS will summarize oral testimony and comments from each 
Consultation Session in the report without attribution, along with 
topics of concern and recommendations. OHS has sent hotel and 
logistical information for the California, Oklahoma, and Montana 
Consultation Sessions to tribal leaders via email and posted 
information on the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center Web 
site at http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/hs/calendar/tc2015.

    Dated: March 26, 2015.
Ann Linehan,
Acting Director, Office of Head Start.
[FR Doc. 2015-07958 Filed 4-6-15; 8:45 am]
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