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34 If a child in the family is enrolled in Head Start or Early Head Start, Head Start Wrap-Around funds (budget line 878) may be used to serve all eligible siblings, as long as there are sufficient targets and funds available to serve the children.

E. Authorization During the Summer

Head Start Wrap-Around funds (budget line 878) may be used for child care subsidy while the child remains actively enrolled in a Head Start or Early Head Start program, including during temporary breaks in the program year. Once the child is no longer enrolled in Head Start, targets should be transferred to the Fee Child Care budget line. The locality must request this transfer through the Allocation Request process in VACMS.

F. Waitlist

If Head Start Wrap-Around (BL878) targets are not immediately available to provide services, Head Start families may be placed on the waitlist in VaCMS. Enrollment in a Head Start program is not one of the priorities for placement on the waitlist. The Child Care Worker shall follow the waitlist screening procedures outlined in section 2.6 of this guidance.

When screening a Head Start family for placement on the waitlist, the Child Care Worker will select the eligibility program category of Head Start, if all the children on the case are enrolled in Head Start. A waitlist authorization must then be completed for the Head Start children on the case and Head Start Wrap-Around (BL878) shall be selected as the funding category. Once the waitlist authorization is completed with the Head Start funding category selected, the children will appear on the Waitlist Management screen in VaCMS with the appropriate Head Start indicator reflected. This will allow for easy identification of Head Start families that may be served if additional Head Start Wrap-Around (BL878) targets become available.

Head Start families may be served with Fee program (BL883) funds if requests for Wrap-Around care exceed the LDSS’ BL878 target allocation and the LDSS does not have a waitlist for the Fee program.