§ 1304.1-2 - Definitions.

As used in this part:

(a) The term ACYF means the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and includes appropriate Regional Office staff.

(b) The term responsible HHS official means the official who is authorized to make the grant of assistance in question, or his designee.

(c) The term Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families.

(d) The term grantee means the public or private non-profit agency which has been granted assistance by ACYF to carry on a Head Start program.

(e) The term delegate agency means a public or private nonprofit organization or agency to which a grantee has delegated the carrying on of all or part of its Head Start program.

(f) The term goal means the ultimate purpose or interest toward which total Head Start program efforts are directed.

(g) The term objective means the ultimate purpose or interest toward which Head Start program component efforts are directed.

(h) The term program performance standards or performance standards means the Head Start program functions, activities and facilities required and necessary to meet the objectives and goals of the Head Start program as they relate directly to children and their families.

(i) The term “children with disabilities” means children with mental retardation, hearing impairments including deafness, speech or language impairments, visual impairments including blindness, serious emotional disturbance, orthopedic impairments, autism, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, or specific learning disabilities who, by reason thereof need special education and related services. The term “children with disabilities” for children aged 3 to 5, inclusive, may, at a State's discretion, include children experiencing developmental delays, as defined by the State and as measured by appropriate diagnostic instruments and procedures, in one or more of the following areas: physical development, cognitive development, communication development, social or emotional development, or adaptive development; and who, by reason thereof, need special education and related services.