HEAD START CENTER DESIGN GUIDE

1.3 Web Sites and Documents

A new Web site is being established by the Region IV Quality Improvement Center as a reference desk for facilities information. A second Web site that may be useful was developed by the Department of the Army to include their facilities standardization program for child development centers. Both of these sites can be reached through links established through the Head Start Bureau's Web site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/.

Current editions of documents that users may reference can be obtained by contacting the Head Start Information and Publication Center. They include the latest edition of:

• The Head Start Act, as amended, 42 USC 9801, et seq.
• The Head Start Facilities Manual, Head Start Bureau, Administration on Children and Families.
• The Head Start Program Performance Standards, 45 CFR 1304, et seq.
• The Head Start Deep Look Survey, Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Engineering Services, February 2000.
• The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), P.L.105-17.
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
• Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS), Federal Standard 795, General Services Administration.
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act Architectural Guidelines, (ADAAG), Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General.
• Accreditation Criteria and Procedures of the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
• Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth to Age Eight, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
• Caring for Infants and Toddlers in Groups: Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Zero to Three, Washington, D.C., 1996.

The following documents are available from the source:

• Lead in School Drinking Water, EPA 570/89-001.
• State licensing and zoning requirements for the individual states where Head Start centers are located.
• Handbook for Public Playground Safety, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
• The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings, National Park Service.
• Fire Safety Retrofitting in Historic Buildings, August 1989, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the General Services Administration.
• Lead-Based Paint Interim Guidelines for Hazard Identification and Abatement in Public and Indian Housing, September 1990, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
• Radon in Water Sampling Manual (EPA/EERF Manual-78-1), Environmental Protection Agency.
• The Environmental Resource Guide, with Supplements, The American Institute of Architects, 1996.