Facilities Guidance
Log Number: ACF-OHS-IM-24-04 | Issuance Date: 10-21-2024
Facilities
A program’s physical environment supports the quality and quantity of the services it provides. Browse facilities resources that helpprograms create environments that are conducive to learning. Explore resources about adhering to safety guidelines for designing, constructing, and maintaining healthy classrooms and playgrounds. Also, find materials that outline the procedures for applying for funds to purchase, construct, or make major renovations to facilities that operate Head Start programs. This includes the measures that must be taken to protect the federal interest in such facilities.
Practice Disaster Response Drills
Learn about the protocols and regular drills programs can practice now to help them prepare for a natural disaster.
Implement Short-term Disaster Management Measures
Identify some of the measures a program can implement immediately to prepare for a natural disaster.
Adhere to Federal, State, and Local Regulations
Learn about the federal, state, and local regulations that programs should consider as they prepare their facilities for natural disasters.
Prepare Your Facility for a Tornado
Learn how to prepare your facility to withstand the impact of a tornado.
Prepare Your Facility for a Hurricane
Learn how to prepare your facility to withstand the impact of a hurricane.
Collect Resources and Assess Facility Vulnerabilities
Explore key resources that can help Head Start programs assess their facility’s strengths and vulnerabilities.
Anticipate and Mitigate Natural Disaster Risks
Learn how to anticipate the most likely natural disasters and how facilities planning can help you mitigate risks to the children and staff in your program.
Preparing Head Start Facilities for Natural Disasters
Learn how to create a customized disaster management plan that addresses your facility’s specific needs.
Natural Disasters and Head Start Facilities
Learn how to establish resilient facilities and implement emergency response systems that ensure programs are ready to assess, prepare, respond to, and recover from natural disasters.