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Documents
in Spanish
The Head
Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) state that “Communication
with parents must be carried out in the parents’ primary
or preferred language or through and interpreter, to the extent
feasible” 1304.51 (c)(1)&(2). The majority of Migrant
Farm workers nationwide are of Latino descent and the majority
of the children and families who receive services from Migrant
and Seasonal Head Start list Spanish as their primary language.
In order to comply with Performance Standards in the area
of language and culture, and engage in best practice service
provision to young children and their families the program
must:
- Provide
materials, trainings and classes in the primary language
of the family
- Hire
culturally and linguistically competent staff
Migrant
and Seasonal Head Start programs are not the only programs
that provide services to Spanish speaking families. The numbers
of Spanish speaking families in non-Migrant and Seasonal Head
Start programs is growing every year. Currently, as many as
27% of the families served in Head Start Programs nationwide
list Spanish as their home language.
It is
our hope that this page can serve as a resource for all Head
Start programs. This section will continue to grow as new
materials are discovered and additional materials are translated.
Please keep checking back to see what is new.
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