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Jun 30, 2024 · Explore key moments in Head Start history with an interactive timeline. Access archival photographs, videos, resources, and more.
Oct 16, 2020 · History: 1965 to Today. As part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s ‘War on Poverty,’ Head Start was conceived based on the recommendations of a panel of childhood development experts who created the Cooke Report as a “blueprint” for what would soon become Head Start.
Jun 27, 2024 · Head Start programs serve children from birth to age 5 and pregnant women and pregnant people in urban and rural areas in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories, including American Indian, Alaska Native, and Migrant and Seasonal communities. See a full timeline.
Head Start is a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and families. It is the oldest and largest program of its kind.
Jun 6, 2024 · Delve into key moments in Head Start history! Explore the timeline below to access archival photographs, video, resources, and more.
May 18, 2015 · Head Start got its start in the summer of 1965, as one salvo in President Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty. The early education program for low-income children supported their social,...
The Head Start program began as an eight-week demonstration project designed to help break the cycle of poverty, It provided preschool children from low-income families with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional, and educational needs.
