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4. Children in Head Start programs receive significantly more health care screenings than their non-Head Start peers.
The number of dental examinations for Head Start children was higher than the number of those given to non-Head Start children.
During their program year, Head Start children showed gains in cooperative classroom behavior, reductions in hyperactive behavior, and improvement in other problem behavior.
5. Positive impacts for 3- and 4-year-old children enrolled in Head Start on pre-reading, pre-writing, vocabulary, and parent reports of children’s literacy skills.
Parents who participate in Head Start are found to have greater quality of life satisfaction; increased confidence in coping skills; and decreased feelings of anxiety, depression, and sickness
8. Establish a supportive learning environment for children, parents, and staff …
Recognize that the members of the Head Start community children, families, and staff have roots in many cultures.
9. Empowerment of Families occurs when program governance is a responsibility shared by families, governing bodies, and staff.
Embrace a comprehensive vision of health for children, families and staff.
Respect the importance of all aspects of an individual’s development, including social, emotional, cognitive, and physical growth.
10. Each child and adult is treated as an individual while at the same time, building a sense of belonging to a group.
Foster relationships with the larger community so that families and staff are respected.
Develop a continuum of care, education, and services that provide stable uninterrupted support to families and children.
11. Child Development or ECE
Parent Involvement
Health and Dental
Nutrition
Mental Health
Social Services
Services to Children with Disabilities
12. First created – 1972; revised - 1998 in response to changes in the field
The Performance Standards set a floor of quality standards expected across all HS programs in all areas of service to families, and in program design and management systems
In process of being revised by Office of Head Start for the third time
15. Reauthorized every 5 years or so
Reauthorization Act sets the framework for Head Start
Looks at research and new trends in ECE and family services to set priorities
Reauthorization sets funding allocations (funding is determined by annual appropriations)
16. Past Reauthorizations have included:
Comprehensive Services (1972)
Services to children with Disabilities (1972)
Creation of Early Head Start (1994)
Phonemic Awareness and emphasis on pre-literacy (1998)
AA degrees for teaching staff (1998)
Performance Measures (1998)
17. Congressional Goals:
“In this reauthorization, we build on many years of lessons learned to set an even better course for the program. The bill maintains Head Start’s quality services, promotes school readiness, and ensures greater accountability in programs. It provides better access to programs and services for children, communities, and families in need. It provides a blueprint for improving the Head Start workforce. It builds on the highly successful Early Head Start program, and it enables Head Start to better work with other child and family agencies in order to serve children and families more effectively”.
- Senator Edward M. Kennedy, November 2007
18. Promote school readiness of low income children by enhancing their cognitive, social and emotional development
Learning environments which support social, emotional functioning, creative arts, physical skills, and approach to learning
Service provided to low-income children and families include health, educational, social and others services as determined to be necessary.
19. Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act, 2007
Enhanced governing body responsibilities
Increased qualifications for teaching staff – BA/BS degrees by 2013
Enhanced transition requirements with LEAs for articulation into kindergarten
MOUS with State-Pre-k providers for enhanced collaboration and coordination of ECE
20. Mandated services to children with disabilities
Expands Early Head Start
Homeless families categorically eligible
Created State Advisory Councils
New income eligibility
Set funding allocation amounts
Enhanced state-based training system
22. Head Start funding declined 13% since 2002 - $880m cut when adjusted for inflation
Federal deficit growth from 2000 to 2011 – 47% tax cuts, 38% defense, 9% entitlements, 6% domestic discretionary
Poverty is up 1% since 2000 to 12.3%
“Restrained spending” “budget is on a path to balance” is a bi-partisan value.
23. New Administration commitments
$10 billion investment in early childhood education, including Head Start and Early Head Start
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, 2009 -- $2.1 Billion Early/Head Start
Provides funding for cost of living adjustments and quality improvement for Head Start programs
Expands Head Start with emphasis on full-day services through collaborations
Expands Early Head Start program with emphasis on collaborative partners
24. COLA -- $40,858,826
Utilized to enhance salaries and fringe benefits
Pay for increased operational cost
Quality Improvement -- $38,221,112
Utilized to enhance quality programming through increased professional development of staff
Facility Improvements
Reduce class sizes Head Start Expansion -- $12,004,500
Translates into expansion of ~1,670 preschool children
Early Head Start Expansion -- $58,943,000
Translates into expansion of ~5,125 infants, toddlers and pregnant women
26. (Not necessarily eligible to meet matching requirement)
State Pre-k and Child Care
Teen parent funds (CalSAFE)
Preschool Grants (Special education), Part C for children with disabilities
First 5
TANF/CalWORKS
Even Start
Early Reading First
Title 1
27. Separate funding streams are “braided” to support unified/seamless services.
More flexible pots of funding are “blended” into one funding pool.
Programs must meet highest standards of funding sources
Fees for HS services prohibitive
Must meet both sets of standards
28. Head Start/Early Head Start programs an infrastructure of funds and support systems for T/TA
STG – State based federal contractor
ECKLC – web-based repository of information
NHSA – national advocacy organization
EHS NRC – national training organization for Early Head Start
29. State-based advocacy & professional development organization for Early/Head Start organizations
ADVOCACY – on policies and regulations
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – series of trainings for staff and parents
30. Funded in each state to reduce barriers to and enhance collaboration between HS and state agencies/organizations
Funded at $225,000 & administered by CDE since early 1990s
Partners with CHSA, HS Technical Assistance Network, Region IX Office and other state departments