Explore sustainability strategies that can help programs thrive in the face of anticipated and unexpected opportunities and challenges.

Explore key components of ongoing monitoring and continuous improvement. Examine their purpose in the planning cycle and identify valuable tools and practices for program leaders.

Learn about the standards, expectations, and best practices that guide the annual self-assessment, an integral step in improving responsive programs.

Explore how a community assessment can help mobilize community resources and partnerships.

Explore community assessment standards and best practices. Learn how community assessments help programs remain responsive to the children and families they serve.

Consider how the data gathered during a community assessment will be used to inform strategic planning, goal setting, and decision-making.

Review what should be included in a community assessment.

Review a range of planning topics to support programs’ successful completion of the Head Start grant application, and to ensure programming is responsive to community needs throughout the five-year grant period.

Learn how using data and evaluation enables programs to make data-informed decisions. Also, find out how data and evaluation informs each stage of the program planning cycle.

Ongoing monitoring helps Head Start programs better address goals and objectives. It also engages all stakeholders in the program planning process.