Training

Training

Organizations are only as good as the professionals who work for them. Even in highly committed learning organizations, keeping up with the pace of new information is a challenge. HGJA makes that job easier – and our clients more effective.

We specialize in hands-on training that produces results. From national, stand-alone events for individuals to turnkey, tailored programs for organizations, our priority is to deliver a unique experience that not only opens minds but puts them to work in new ways. Customized educational events can also be combined with consultation services for greater organizational impact.

Customer-designed solutions to suit unique needs can be delivered virtually to ensure the greatest number of staff, partners, and stakeholders can participate. Public seminars are also offered and designed to build skills and offer networking opportunities.

2025 In-Person, Partnership & Virtual Training Calendar

  • ERSEA Summit I: Smooth Entry Masterclass
    • ERSEA Summit I - Day One
      January 23, 2025
      9:00 am - 4:00 pm
    • ERSEA Summit I - Day Two
      January 24, 2025
      9:00 am - 4:00 pm

    Smooth Entry Masterclass Texas Head Start Association (TXHSA), H.G. Jones & Associates (HGJA), ESC Region 19 Head Start, state, local, and corporate partners are working…

  • Eligibility & Admissions Compliance Bootcamp: Building Skills of Practitioners (In Person, Chicago and Virtual)
    • Day 1
      February 27, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      February 28, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    This training Bootcamp is designed to assist staff in local Head Start and Early Head Start programs to strengthen their skills and knowledge related to Eligibility and Admissions Compliance. This two-day live session will provide ideas, strategies, and solutions to ensure ongoing compliance with Federal, State, and local mandates. This important and beneficial training will include the most recent GAO Report findings related to Eligibility and Admissions Compliance. The regulations have identified findings related to significant fraud and improper payment risks directly effecting the success of Programs. HGJA will teach you how to avoid and overcome these obstacles by providing participants with the skills and proper insight to help effectively navigate these issues.

  • TXHSA & HGJA Partnership ERSEA Level One Course: Understanding the Fundamentals - (Hybrid) (In-Person, San Antonio, TX)
    • Day 1
      March 12, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      March 13, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    The TXHSA has collaborated with H.G. Jones & Associates to strengthen participants' knowledge and skills for meeting the requirements outlined in Part 1302 of the federal regulations regarding eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance (ERSEA) in Head Start. Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of the ERSEA regulations and the impact of the Head Start Act on eligibility and accessibility issues, such as in the cases of Homeless and Over-income families.

  • ERSEA Level One Course: Understanding the Fundamentals - (Hybrid) (In-Person, Chicago, IL and Virtual)
    • Day 1
      March 20, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      March 21, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    This training is designed to strengthen participants' knowledge and skills for meeting the requirements outlined in Part 1302 of the federal regulations regarding eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance (ERSEA) in Head Start. Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of the ERSEA regulations and the impact of the Head Start Act on eligibility and accessibility issues, such as in the cases of Homeless and Over-income families.

  • Community Assessment Training: Setting a Foundation for Program Planning (Hybrid) (In Person, Savannah, GA and Virtual)
    • Day 1
      April 8, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      April 9, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    In this session, the HGJA team will outline the steps which will assist your program to produce a community assessment of value to your program and community. We will examine these steps from a management and team perspective. The institute will explore how to gather, organize, and prepare the assessment. We will also provide tools and techniques that will assist your team in its efforts to adequately plan and develop a data driven document which will be useful, informational and in line with regulations. In addition, we will examine the various management and service delivery systems to gain insight into how they are impacted by the community assessment.

  • ERSEA Summit II: Masterclass on Outreach, Recruitment & Marketing
    • ERSEA Summit II - Day One
      April 10, 2025
      9:00 am - 4:00 pm
    • ERSEA Summit II - Day Two
      April 11, 2025
      9:00 am - 4:00 pm

    Details forthcoming <!-- // PENDING INFO & AGENDA Smooth Entry Masterclass Texas Head Start Association (TXHSA), H.G. Jones & Associates (HGJA), ESC Region 19 Head…

  • ERSEA Level Two Course: Implementing the Requirements - (Hybrid) (In Person, Chicago, IL and Virtual)
    • Day 1
      April 24, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      April 25, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    This training builds on the basics established in Level One. It develops a further understanding of the regulations, provides ideas for implementation, and places an emphasis on systems management. Level Two focuses on best practices in implementation and management that make ERSEA processes successful.

  • TXHSA & HGJA Partnership ERSEA Level Two Course: Implementing the Requirements - (Hybrid) (In-Person, Houston, TX)
    • Day 1
      May 7, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      May 8, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    This training builds on the basics established in Level One. It develops a further understanding of the regulations, provides ideas for implementation, and places an emphasis on systems management. Level Two focuses on best practices in implementation and management that make ERSEA processes successful.

  • ERSEA Level Three Course: Managing the Process - (Hybrid) (In-Person, Chicago, IL and Virtual)
    • Day 1
      May 29, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      May 30, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    This training builds on Levels One and Two and is designed to assist programs to better track, monitor, and evaluate the overall ERSEA process and the systems that support it.

  • ERSEA Review and Exam: Successful Completion of Core Competencies - (Hybrid) (In-Person, Chicago, IL and Virtual)
    • Day 1
      June 17, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      June 18, 2025
      9:30 am - 12:00 pm

    The ERSEA Certification Review and Exam is a day-and-a-half session to prepare each participant for the comprehensive ERSEA Certification Exam. The Exam includes 100 questions designed to test each participant's skills, knowledge, and understanding of the ERSEA process. Upon satisfactory completion of the Certification process, the ERSEA Certification will be good for one (1) year. After one year, it must be renewed by the completion of a ERSEA Re-Certification training and successful completion of the Re-Certification exam.

  • TXHSA & HGJA Partnership ERSEA Level Three Course: Managing the Process - (Hybrid) (In-Person, South Padre Island, TX and Virtual)
    • Day 1
      June 23, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      June 24, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    This training builds on Levels One and Two and is designed to assist programs to better track, monitor, and evaluate the overall ERSEA process and the systems that support it.

  • Family Engagement: Managing the Partnership Development Process (Hybrid) (In-Person - Chicago, IL and Virtual)
    • Day 1
      July 16, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      July 17, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    HGJA’s Family Engagement Training Session will demonstrate the critical elements of Family Engagement and Development with specific activities to understand the mandates, organize families, and increase outcomes. The session provides CDC Planning Guides and Resources related to COVID-19. In addition to the OHS PFCE framework and tools on how to encourage, involve, and measure families’ involvement at different levels, it provides early childhood and human/social services practitioners and professionals with the core fundamentals of enhancing and building sustainable partnerships with families intentionally and reciprocally.

  • ERSEA Summit III: Masterclass on Workforce Retention & Strategies to Meet and Maintain Full Enrollment
    • ERSEA Summit III - Day One
      July 21, 2025
      9:00 am - 4:00 pm
    • ERSEA Summit III - Day Two
      July 22, 2025
      9:00 am - 4:00 pm

    Details forthcoming <!-- // Smooth Entry Masterclass Texas Head Start Association (TXHSA), H.G. Jones & Associates (HGJA), ESC Region 19 Head Start, state, local, and…

  • ERSEA Re-Certification Masterclass - (In-Person Only, Chicago, IL)
    • Day 1
      July 23, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      July 24, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 3
      July 25, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    This session will strengthen participants' knowledge and skills for meeting the requirements outlined in Part 1302 of the federal regulations regarding Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, and Attendance (ERSEA). Participants will explore new ideas, strategies, solutions, and best practices for successfully leading, managing, and implementing ERSEA processes. Ultimately, the session will assist programs to understand better that ERSEA means access to services, not service delivery.

  • ERSEA Train the Trainer (In-Person Only, Austin, TX)
    • Day 1
      September 8, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      September 9, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 3
      September 10, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    Details forthcoming.

  • TXHSA & HGJA Partnership ERSEA Review and Exam: Successful Completion of Core Competencies - (Hybrid) (In-Person, Austin, TX and Virtual)
    • Day 1
      September 11, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      September 12, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    The ERSEA Certification Review and Exam is a day-and-a-half session to prepare each participant for the comprehensive ERSEA Certification Exam. The Exam includes 100 questions designed to test each participant's skills, knowledge, and understanding of the ERSEA process. Upon satisfactory completion of the Certification process, the ERSEA Certification will be good for one (1) year. After one year, it must be renewed by the completion of a ERSEA Re-Certification training and successful completion of the Re-Certification exam.

  • ERSEA Level One Course: Understanding the Fundamentals - (Hybrid) (In-Person, Chicago, IL and Virtual)
    • Day 1
      September 24, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      September 25, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    This training is designed to strengthen participants' knowledge and skills for meeting the requirements outlined in Part 1302 of the federal regulations regarding eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance (ERSEA) in Head Start. Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of the ERSEA regulations and the impact of the Head Start Act on eligibility and accessibility issues, such as in the cases of Homeless and Over-income families.

  • ERSEA Level Two Course: Implementing the Requirements - (Hybrid) (In Person, Chicago, IL and Virtual)
    • Day 1
      October 29, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      October 30, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    This training builds on the basics established in Level One. It develops a further understanding of the regulations, provides ideas for implementation, and places an emphasis on systems management. Level Two focuses on best practices in implementation and management that make ERSEA processes successful.

  • ERSEA Level Three Course: Managing the Process - (Hybrid) (In-Person, Chicago, IL and Virtual)
    • Day 1
      November 12, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      November 13, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    This training builds on Levels One and Two and is designed to assist programs to better track, monitor, and evaluate the overall ERSEA process and the systems that support it.

  • ERSEA Re-Certification: Building on Established Foundations - (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
    • Day 1
      November 17, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      November 18, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm

    This session will strengthen participants' knowledge and skills for meeting the requirements outlined in Part 1302 of the federal regulations regarding Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, and Attendance (ERSEA). Participants will explore new ideas, strategies, solutions, and best practices for successfully leading, managing, and implementing ERSEA processes. Ultimately, the session will assist programs to understand better that ERSEA means access to services, not service delivery.

  • ERSEA Summit IV: Masterclass on Innovation, Technology, and Finance (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
    • ERSEA Summit IV - Day One
      November 19, 2025
      9:00 am - 4:00 pm
    • ERSEA Summit IV - Day Two
      November 20, 2025
      9:00 am - 4:00 pm

    Details forthcoming <!-- // Smooth Entry Masterclass Texas Head Start Association (TXHSA), H.G. Jones & Associates (HGJA), ESC Region 19 Head Start, state, local, and…

  • ERSEA Review and Exam: Successful Completion of Core Competencies - (Hybrid) (In-Person, Chicago, IL and Virtual)
    • Day 1
      December 4, 2025
      9:30 am - 3:30 pm
    • Day 2
      December 5, 2025
      9:30 am - 12:00 pm

    The ERSEA Certification Review and Exam is a day-and-a-half session to prepare each participant for the comprehensive ERSEA Certification Exam. The Exam includes 100 questions designed to test each participant's skills, knowledge, and understanding of the ERSEA process. Upon satisfactory completion of the Certification process, the ERSEA Certification will be good for one (1) year. After one year, it must be renewed by the completion of a ERSEA Re-Certification training and successful completion of the Re-Certification exam.