ECE-Curriculum Models - Head Start
ECE-Curriculum Models - Head Start
ECE-Curriculum Models - Head Start
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History of Head Start
President Lyndon B. Johnson created Head
Start- a program to help meet the emotional,
social, health, nutritional, psychological needs of
pre-school age children from low-income
families.
In his State of the Union adress in 1964, He
declared a “War on POVERTY”.
Soon after, Sargent Shriver, Director of the
Office of Economic Opportunity from 1964 to
1968.
History of Head Start
1965 – Head Start
8-week summer program to get children ready for
kindergarten by the Office of Economic opportunity.
Design to break poverty of low-income family with
the comprehensive program to meet their emotional,
social health, nutritional and psychological needs.
1965 – American Indian/Alaska Native
159 grantees in 27 states
1969 – Migrant Head Start
Birth to mandatory school age – children of Migrant
farm workers (full day, at least 5 days/week)
1994 – Early Head Start
Birth to three
History of Head Start
1998 – Head Start Reauthorization Act
includes the mandates to expand to full day
full year services.
Source: Introduction: Head Start Program Performance Standards and other Regulations.
In addition…
Source: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/about/generalinformation/index.htm
Early Head Start
734 programs
nationwide
106,731 infants and
children enrolled in
2006-2007 program year
10,422 pregnant women
enrolled during the same
period
Head Start Act
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Head Start
Program Performance Standards
Birth to 3 (EHS)
Ages 3-5
Meet family income Families receiving public
guidelines assistance (TANF or SSI)
Slightly higher income if regardless of income
space available At least 10% of
Children in foster care enrollment opportunities
regardless of income offered to children with
Children who are disabilities
homeless
Head Start
Program Performance Standards
Provide Head Start grantee regulations for…
Administration for
Children and Families
Head Start
Delegate Agencies
Head Start
State Collaboration Offices
Create a visible partnership at the state level to
support the development of multi-agency and
public/private partnerships.
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Head Start Resources