# Vaccine and Mask Requirements To Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Head Start Programs
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Interim final rule with comment period. · Published 2021-11-30 · Effective 2021-11-30 · 86 FR 68052
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-25869
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 68052
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 1302
- **Publication date:** 2021-11-30
- **Effective date:** 2021-11-30
## Abstract

This interim final rule with comment (IFC) adds new provisions to the Head Start Program Performance Standards to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Head Start programs. This IFC requires effective upon publication, universal masking for all individuals two years of age and older, with some noted exceptions, and all Head Start staff, contractors whose activities involve contact with or providing direct services to children and families, and volunteers working in classrooms or directly with children to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by January 31, 2022.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/30/2021-25869/vaccine-and-mask-requirements-to-mitigate-the-spread-of-covid-19-in-head-start-programs)
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