As used in this
part,
ACF means the
Administration for Children and Families in the Department of Health and Human
Services, and includes the Regional Offices.
Acquire means
to purchase or construct in whole or in part with Head Start grant funds through
payments made in satisfaction of a mortgage agreement (both principal and
interest), as a down payment, and for professional fees, closing costs and any
other costs associated with the purchase or construction of the property that
are usual and customary for the locality.
Act means the
Head Start Act, 42 U.S.C. section 9801, et seq.
ACYF means the
Administration on Children, Youth and Families, a component of the
Administration for Children and Families in the Department of Health and Human
Services.
Construction
means new buildings, and excludes renovations, alterations, additions, or work
of any kind to existing buildings.
Facility means
a structure such as a building or modular unit appropriate for use by a Head
Start grantee to carry out a Head Start program.
Grant funds
means Federal financial assistance received by a grantee from ACF to administer
a Head Start or Early Head Start program pursuant to the Head Start
Act.
Grantee means
any agency designated to operate a Head Start program (including an agency
designated to operate an Early Head Start program) pursuant to section 641 or
645A of the Head Start Act.
Head Start center
or a direct support facility for a Head Start program means a facility used
primarily to provide Head Start services to children and their families, or for
administrative or other activities necessary to the conduct of the Head Start
program.
Incidental
alterations and renovations means improvements to facility which do not meet
the definition of major renovation.
Major
renovation means a structural change to the foundation, roof, floor, or
exterior or load-bearing walls of a facility, or extension of an existing
facility to increase its floor area. Major renovation also means extensive
alteration of an existing facility, such as to significantly change its function
and purpose, even if such renovation does not include any structural change to
the facility. Major renovation also includes a renovation of any kind which has
a cost exceeding the lesser of $200,000, adjusted annually to reflect the
percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (issued by
the Bureau of Labor
Statistics) beginning one year after June 2, 2003, or 25 percent of the total
annual direct costs approved for the grantee by ACF for the budget period in
which the application is made.
Modular unit
means a portable prefabricated structure made at another location and moved to a
site for use by a Head Start grantee to carry out a Head Start
program.
Purchase means
to buy an existing facility, either outright or through a mortgage. Purchase
also refers to an approved use of Head Start funds to continue paying the cost
of purchasing facilities begun after December 31, 1986 as permitted by the Head
Start Act and by Sec. 1309.2.
Real property
means land, including land improvements, structures and appurtenances thereto,
excluding movable machinery and equipment.
Responsible HHS
official means the official who is authorized to make the grant of financial
assistance to operate a Head Start program, or such official's
designee.
Suitable
facility means a facility which is large enough to meet the foreseeable
needs of the Head Start program and which complies with local licensing and code
requirements and the access requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA), if applicable, and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973.
[64 FR 5945, Feb. 8, 1999,
as amended at 68 FR 23219, May 1, 2003]
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