Head Start Program

Founded in 1965, the Head Start program was part of President Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty. This federally funded program focuses on supporting low-income children in a variety of ways. Their social, emotional, nutritional, psychological and overall health needs are addressed. The purpose is quite literally to give underprivileged children a "head start" so that they will have a better chance of succeeding in school and beyond. Head Start primarily targets preschool children ages 3-5 years, but there is now also an Early Head Start program that support infants, toddlers, pregnant women and their families who are living below the federal poverty level. These children and families are supported in language and literacy, general knowledge,…

Just as any great structure requires a strong foundation to stand erect hence a person requires a proper foundational education in order to sustain growth within a thriving environment. People of color such as Hispanics are seen in high numbers migrating to states where the farming industry is in need of hard working families to work the fields. This industrious economy attracts Hispanics throughout different seasons which displaces children throughout the school year. The Migrant Head Start…

The topic that I will be discussing is the Head Start program. The Head Start program was developed by President Lyndon B. Johnson it was created to help low- income families. The article states that in 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a "War on Poverty."The Head Start program was basically a way to help struggling families with their daily living helping with healthcare, education and most of all child development. Neukrug (2017) defines a needs assessment as, “a process for…

children attend early childhood programs for various reasons and the attendance of children in these programs is constantly increasing. These classrooms and centers are where children spend much of their waking hours on a daily basis. Therefore, parents carefully choose the type of program and environment wherein to place their child. Since so many different types of early childhood education programs exist, parents have multiple options to select from when deciding on a childcare center.…

enrolled into the Early Head Start program and their families?" Introduction The History of Early Head Start Early head start is a program that stemmed out of Head Start. In January of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared the war on poverty in his state of the union speech. Shortly thereafter, Sargent Shriver took the lead in bringing together a panel of experts that included nutritionists, psychologist and researchers in education to develop a comprehensive child development program…

For my public policy, I decided to focus on Head Start. The Head Start Act is a Federal act. It was last reauthorized in December 2007. This act provides funding for private and public non-profit agencies, as well as compensation for educators, research and evaluation of program models, and monitoring activities. The purpose of Head Start programs are to prepare young children (birth to five years) for school. There are four main areas of focus- education, health, parent involvement, and social…

On Thursday, September 24, 2015 I went to the Judith P. Hoyer Family Learning Center, a Head Start Early Childhood Program, on 8909 Riggs Road in Adelphi, MD. This learning center is the Central Head Start Office in Prince Georges County. While there, I spoke with Ms. Sandra Kee, the current program supervisor employed under Prince George’s County Public Schools in the Early Childhood Programs department. Head Start is a federally funded agency which began in the summer of 1865 as a part of…

succeed later in their educational career. Several programs have been established to help with this concept. There are several programs for children starting at birth, and continuing until the child is 5 years old. Programs continue for children ages 5 through 8 years old as well. The programs that have been put in place have made a difference in the educational success for the children that participated. In early childhood education, educators have had and still have disputes about certain…

Assignment 1 Head Start The social welfare policy that I have selected for this assignment is the Head Start Act Sec. 635. [42 U.S.C. 9801], also commonly referred to as Head Start. The Head Start Program can be traced back to 1965 during the Lyndon B. Johnson United States presidential era of the “Great Society” and “War on Poverty”. According to Marx (2011), “Housed in the Office of Economic Opportunity, these CAP agencies were given several objectives: to plan and coordinate local services…

The Early Head Start program started out as an intended program for preschoolers. Today it consists of three and four-year-old’s and covers more than eighty percent of the kids helped by the Head Start programs every year. The programs encouraged school preparation of kids from ages birth to five years, who come from low-income families. Head Start was formed to assist expectant mothers, babies, as well as toddlers. The program is offered to the families up until the child becomes of age,…