Head Start

Head Start and Early Head Start provide education, health, social, and nutrition services to economically disadvantaged young children and their families.

Highlights

Fact Sheet | Expand Access to High-Quality Early Care and Education for Infants and Toddlers

March 8, 2013

High-quality early care and education is essential for children in their earliest years of life when they are first learning and exploring, yet high-quality programs are in short supply.

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Fact Sheet | Head Start: Supporting Success for Children and Families

November 3, 2011

Head Start helps infants, toddlers, and preschoolers build the confidence and skills they need to succeed in school and to become the leaders, taxpayers, and productive citizens of the future. This fact sheet provides an overview of the program, describes how it supports children and their families, and summarizes research on the program’s impacts.

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Fact Sheet | Early Care and Education Programs in the President’s FY 2013 Budget Proposal

February 14, 2012

This fact sheet summarizes the Obama Administration's Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposals for early childhood programs.

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Coalition Action Materials | Coalition Letter In Support of Early Childhood Funding for FY 2013 Appropriations

April 27, 2012

On April 27, 2012, the Child Care and Early Learning Coalition sent a sign-on letter to the chairs and ranking minority members of the Appropriations Committees and the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services in support of early childhood programs for the FY 2013 appropriations process.

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More Resources

Webinars & Presentations | Conference Call Recording: What’s Next for Early Childhood in the 112th Congress (1/13/2011)

January 19, 2011

In 2010, we made our presence known. Congress’ phone lines were jammed, switchboards were overloaded, and inboxes were full. We plan to do that, and more, in 2011. This conference call was recorded on January 13, 2011.

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Fact Sheet | The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010

December 16, 2010

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 includes provisions for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), National School Lunch Program, Summer Food Service Program, and WIC. The provisions for CACFP are focused on the promotion of nutrition and wellness, reducing paperwork, and increasing access to after-school meals for school-age children.

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Legal Briefs & Testimony | Testimony of Helen Blank Before the Subcommittee on Children and Families of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee

November 18, 2010

Helen Blank provided testimony on the importance of supporting and opportunities to improve early care and education at the hearing, The State of the American Child: Securing Our Children's Future, before the Senate HELP's Subcommittee on Children and Families. 

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Coalition Action Materials | Coalition Letter to Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform

October 20, 2010

The Child Care and Early Learning Coalition's letter to the Administration's Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform urges them to ensure that domestic discretionary spending not be reduced to or frozen at levels that would jeopardize investments in programs such as early care and education.

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Webinars & Presentations | Audio Recording and Transcript for Congress is Wrapping Up: Get the Scoop on Early Childhood

October 06, 2010

The NWLC/CLASP conference call discussed important pieces of early childhood legislation from the 111th Congress as well as what's on the horizon for the lame duck session and the 112th Congress.

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