[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1304.60]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1304_PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THE OPERATION OF HEAD START 
 
                Subpart E_Implementation and Enforcement
 
Sec.  1304.60  Deficiencies and quality improvement plans.


    (a) Early Head Start and Head Start grantee and delegate agencies 
must comply with the requirements of this part in accordance with the 
effective date set forth in 45 CFR 1304.2.
    (b) If the responsible HHS official, as a result of information 
obtained from a review of an Early Head Start or a Head Start grantee, 
determines that the grantee has one or more deficiencies, as defined in 
Sec.  1304.3(a)(6) of this part, and therefore also is in violation of 
the minimum requirements as defined in Sec.  1304.3(a)(14) of this part, 
he or she will notify the grantee promptly, in writing, of the finding, 
identifying the deficiencies to be corrected and, with respect to each 
identified deficiency, will inform the grantee that it must correct the 
deficiency either immediately or pursuant to a Quality Improvement Plan.
    (c) An Early Head Start or Head Start grantee with one or more 
deficiencies to be corrected under a Quality Improvement Plan must 
submit to the responsible HHS official a Quality Improvement Plan 
specifying, for each identified deficiency, the actions that the grantee 
will take to correct the deficiency and the timeframe within which it 
will be corrected. In no case can the timeframes proposed in the Quality 
Improvement Plan exceed one year from the date that the grantee received 
official notification of the deficiencies to be corrected.
    (d) Within 30 days of the receipt of the Quality Improvement Plan, 
the responsible HHS official will notify the Early Head Start or Head 
Start grantee, in writing, of the Plan's approval or specify the reasons 
why the Plan is disapproved.
    (e) If the Quality Improvement Plan is disapproved, the Early Head 
Start or Head Start grantee must submit a revised Quality Improvement 
Plan, making the changes necessary to address the reasons that the 
initial Plan was disapproved.
    (f) If an Early Head Start or Head Start grantee fails to correct a 
deficiency, either immediately, or within the timeframe specified in the 
approved Quality Improvement Plan, the responsible HHS official will 
issue a letter of termination or denial of refunding. Head Start 
grantees may appeal terminations and denials of refunding under 45 CFR 
part 1303, while Early Head Start grantees may appeal terminations and 
denials of refunding only under 45 CFR part 74 or part 92. A deficiency 
that is not timely corrected shall be a material failure of a grantee to 
comply with the terms and conditions of an award within the meaning

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of 45 CFR 74.61(a)(1), 45 CFR 74.62 and 45 CFR 92.43(a).

(The information and collection requirements are approved by the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB Control Number 0970-0148 for 
paragraphs (b) and (c).)

[61 FR 57210, Nov. 5, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 2314, Jan. 15, 1998]