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ForwardRecorded Series: ERSEA FAQs
This webinar series is closed to new enrollments. For more ERSEA training options, see our Head Start training topic here.
Feldesman Leifer LLP (Feldesman) has been training Head Start programs on the ERSEA (Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment and Attendance) requirements for many years. Our trainings have covered an overview of all the requirements, but after each training event we often have multiple follow-up questions on just how to implement and apply the rules. Some ERSEA provisions are intricate and tricky, but even when the language seems straightforward, difficulties arise when applying that language to the countless real-life situations.
The ERSEA requirements seem to cause a great deal of anxiety for a number of reasons. First, eligibility requirements gained even more emphasis after the 2010 GAO Report that encouraged the Head Start community to make sure that staff understood the nature and seriousness of the eligibility determination process. A 2019 GAO Report reemphasized the importance of eligibility as well as how programs track enrollment and attendance. Around the same time, the Office of Head Start issued the Enrollment PI which has placed more pressure on Head Start programs to work even harder to maintain full enrollment or risk facing huge financial consequences. Today, as Head Start programs grapple with the newest phase of pandemic, determining eligibility and effectively recruiting eligible families to participate has added even more strain on ERSEA staff.
Over the years, we have logged the many ERSEA questions we have received, and, in this series, we will review the answers to those thorny questions that might be keeping you up at night as well as responses to the questions you didn’t even know you had.
Target Audience
- Eligibility Managers
- ERSEA staff
- Executive Directors
- Head Start Program Directors
- Other senior staff
- But all are welcome!
Learning Objectives
After this webinar series, you will be able to:
- Understand the Head Start income eligibility rules;
- Identify which terms need to be defined in your organization's internal policies and procedures;
- Know what types of documentation eligibility staff should collect and maintain to verify income eligibility; and
- Outline how to conduct internal monitoring to verify whether your program is in compliance with the Head Start income eligibility requirements.
Nicole Bacon
Nicole Bacon, a Partner at Feldesman, works in the firm’s Federal Grants, Litigation, and Health Law practice groups. Nicole offers her clients specialized guidance in compliance with federal grant law including specific programmatic requirements as well as the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements of Federal Awards. Nicole represents a variety of community-based organizations, before State and Federal courts as well as administrative bodies. [Full Bio]
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Read more about maintaining an attendance record in our FAQs.
Price
This webinar series is closed to new enrollments. For more ERSEA training options, see our Head Start training topic here.
ACCESS PERIOD
Each recorded webinar in this series is available for 90 days after the date of purchase. Once posted to your account, you can view the webinars anytime on-demand during the access period identified in your purchase confirmation. For additional information on viewing and accessing webinars, view our full terms and conditions here.
PAYMENT POLICY
If you pay by credit card or PayPal, you will be able to access the recorded webinar immediately (unless the live webinar has not yet occurred). If you pay by check, we will grant access to the recording when we receive your check. You will receive a confirmation email once access is granted. We reserve the right to suspend access to the webinar if payment is not received within 30 days. For more information on payments and registration, please visit our FAQ page.
CANCELLATION POLICY
No refunds will be provided for recorded webinars. Feldesman can transfer a registration to someone else within your organization or, provided you have not already viewed the webinar, transfer the registration to another on-demand program. Where the registration fee for the new webinar is higher, you must also pay the difference between the original course and the new course registration fee at the time of transfer. Administrative fees may also apply. If your organization purchased a webinar under the account of a staff member who no longer works for your organization, please Contact Us. View our full policy on refunds and cancellations here.
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