# Head Start Program
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule; delay of compliance date. · Published 2016-12-06 · 81 FR 87843
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-29183
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 87843
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 1302
- **Publication date:** 2016-12-06
## Abstract

The Office of Head Start will delay the compliance date for background checks procedures described in the Head Start Program Performance Standards final rule that was published in the Federal Register on September 6, 2016. We are taking this action to afford programs more time to implement systems that meet the background checks procedures and to align with deadlines for states complying with background check requirements found in the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/12/06/2016-29183/head-start-program)
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