WHAT DOES THE POLICY COMMITTEE DO?

• Assists in developing and planning of the Head Start and Early Head programs
• Approves funding applications, program plans and goals, budgets, personnel policies and decisions, training and technical assistance plans and more
• Participates in the program’s self-assessment process
• Plans and approves activities for parent engagement
• Acts as a liaison between classroom parent committee and Policy Committee

WHO IS ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE?

• At least 51% of the Committee must be made up of current Head Start or Early Head Start parents.  This includes elected parent representatives and alternates
• The remaining representatives may be community representatives and/ or past parents elected by the Policy Committee members

WHEN AND WHERE ARE THE POLICY COMMITTEE MEETINGS HELD?

• The meetings are usually held in the morning for approximately two hours
• The Policy Committee meets once a month during the school year
• Most of the Policy Committee meetings are held at the General Davie, Jr. Primary Center, 1500 Dom Way, Sacramento, CA, 95864, in room 12