An amendment numbered 11 printed in House Report 109-229 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assist Head Start programs in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Requires the Secretary to provide additional technical assistance, guidance, and resources to Head Start agencies in affected areas, waives documentation requirements for six months, and provides the Secretary with waiver authority to exempt programs from providing their local match.

1. Adds SEC. ___. CHILDREN AFFECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA at the end of the bill

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   Inserted: SEC. ___. CHILDREN AFFECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA.

   Inserted: (a) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

   Inserted: (1) Children affected by hurricane katrina.--The term "children affected by Hurricane Katrina" means a child who is not older than 5 and who resides or who resided on August 22, 2005, in an area in which the President has declared that a major disaster exists.

   Inserted: (2) Impacted head start agencies.--The term "impacted Head Start Agencies" means a Head Start agency receiving a significant number of children from an area in which a major disaster has been declared.

   Inserted: (3) Major disaster.--The term "major disaster" means a major disaster declared by the President in accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4170), related to Hurricane Katrina.

   Inserted: (b) Techical Assistance, Guidance, and Resources.--The Secretary shall provide technical assistance, guidance, and resources through the Region 4 and Region 6 offices of the Administration for Children and Families (and may provide technical assistance, guidance, and resources, through other regional offices of the Administration, at the request of such offices, that administer affected Head Start agencies) to Head Start agencies in areas in which a major disaster has been declared, and to affected Head Start agencies, to assist the agencies involved in providing Head Start services to children affected by Hurricane Katrina.

   Inserted: (c) Waiver.--For such period up to March 31, 2006, and to such extent as the Secretary considers appropriate, the Secretary of Health and Human Services--

   Inserted: (1) may waive section 640(b) of the Head Start Act.

   Inserted: (2) shall waive requirements of documentation for children affected by Hurricane Katrina who participate in Head Start programs and Early Head Start programs funded under the Head Start Act.

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