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TTA Consultant Criteria
General Consultant Requirements
Knowledge of Head Start, including a thorough working knowledge of the following core documents and processes:

     - Head Start Act (as amended December 2007)
     - Head Start Program Performance Standards and other applicable regulations
        that apply to the assigned service/content area
     - Grant & Budget Instruments (i.e., GABI)
     - Program Information Report (PIR)
     - Child Outcomes Framework
     - QIP process
     - Monitoring process

For each of the ten content areas, a set of preferred and minimum qualifications is provided. Content areas include:

1. Disabilities
2. Education and Early Childhood
3. Facilities
4. Family and Community Partnerships
5. Fiscal Management
6. Health
7. Infant/Toddler Care (Early Head Start + Migrant and Seasonal Head Start )
8. Information Technology & Systems
9. Program Design and Management
10. Transportation