# Head Start Program
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 1996-11-05 · Effective 1998-01-01 · 61 FR 57186
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-28134
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 57186
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 1301
- **Publication date:** 1996-11-05
- **Effective date:** 1998-01-01
## Abstract

The Administration for Children and Families is issuing this final rule to implement the statutory provisions for establishing Program Performance Standards for Early Head Start grantees and Head Start grantee and delegate agencies providing services to eligible children from birth to five years and their families as well as pregnant women, and for taking corrective actions when Early Head Start or Head Start agencies fail to meet such standards.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/11/05/96-28134/head-start-program)
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