---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1302.40"
title: "45"
number: "1302.40"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1302.40"
---

# §1302.40. Purpose.

- (a) A program must provide high-quality health, oral health, mental health, and nutrition services that are developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate and that will support each child's growth and school readiness.
- (b) A program must establish and maintain a Health and Mental Health Services Advisory Committee that includes Head Start parents, professionals, and other volunteers from the community.

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 61412, Sept. 6, 2016, as amended at 89 FR 67810, Aug. 21, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 61412, Sept. 6, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 61412, Sept. 6, 2016, as amended at 89 FR 67810, Aug. 21, 2024]