Interim operator of Head Start programs to lay off 271 employees by Dec. 31 MGN Online and last updated 2020-12-21 13:28:21-05 UPDATE: The HHSâ Administration for Children and Families has sent us the following additional information for this story: Two new agencies have been awarded five-year grants to provide Head Start and Early Head Start services in Lafayette, Iberia and St. Martin Parishes - Prime Time [protect2.fireeye.com] and St. Martin Parish School Board [techetoday.com] [protect2.fireeye.com]. As the OHS Interim Management services of CDI Head Start are no longer needed in this community, part of their transition plan includes laying off staff who will then be available to apply for jobs at one of the two new Head Start and Early Head Start agencies. Prime Time and St. Martin Parish School have or will hire many of the qualified staff who provided Head Start and Early Head Start services in this area under Community Development Institute Head Start (CDI Head Start). In fact, we know that of the 270 staff that have been laid off, 180 of them have received job offers to being working for the new providers in January.