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    Head Start Assignment

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    Introduction to Policy 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 for the needy, to fund and deliver certain services (e.g., the preschool program, Head Start), and to advocate for the poor. During this period of time, the government decision was influenced by research that indicated connections between poverty and negative impacts on education. On the website for The Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center ECLKC (“About Us”, 2011) identifies the originating purpose of Head Start as “Head Start was designed to help break the cycle of poverty, providing preschool children of low-income families with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs. A key tenet of the program established that it be culturally responsive to…

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    How does early intervention affect the development of young children 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…

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    had already been decreasing. This was before the official “War on Poverty” had even begun. This makes you wonder if the decrease would have continued even without government intervention and spending. The poverty rate’s decrease from both 1959-1964 and 1965-1979 can be attributed the rise of wages and increased levels of education. The increased education and wages led to increased self-sufficiency. This was why Johnson’s policies appeared to be working. However, in 1970, self-sufficiency began…

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    From George Washington to John Quincy Adams, the president had always been an aristocrat, until Jackson. Jackson was a military hero from Tennessee known for his rough and tumble personality. He became notorious for hanging two British officials in the Seminole War against the Secretary of War’s commands. His truly American personality earned him the name of the “people’s president”. He won the 1828 election by a landslide. When the Jacksonians took office they claimed they were the guardians of…

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    War On Poverty

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    increasing the education, health, housing and economic opportunities for the poor people in the United Sates. The War on Poverty was the greatest…

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    Some strengths for the Sheriff’s Office is the high quality of staff and the ability for employees to make a decision without a manager’s approval. The majority of employees have multiple years of experience in law enforcement or they have degrees in fields that help them perform better in their job. The employees are well rounded and are capable of handling multiple situations. They also have several employees that speak other languages. With employees that are of high quality, it helps make…

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    The new opportunities were achieved by the international competition encouraging nuclear energy research, the new committees created, and the need for people to fill jobs. In the late 1930s, various countries world-wide were gathering resources and researching how to build the atomic bomb. Germany managed to split the atom in 1938 in order to release massive energy amounts while the United States had not achieved that until late 1942. Also in 1938, Japan had acquired uranium and electrical power…

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    weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Key SWOT issues are identified below. Strengths: • Opportunity Afforded: Murray State offers competitive tuition that makes learning affordable. Murray State offers in-state tuition rates and out-of-state tuition rates. In Washington Monthly, Murray State was ranked “Best Bang for the Buck” in 2015. • Majors and programs offered: Murray State has six colleges and offers 245 majors and programs. Humanities and fine arts, nursing and health professions,…

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    Volunteer Program) under the ACTION agency. The purpose of the ACTION agency was to grow and expand volunteerism in the United States by having one independent agency working towards the common goal in an effort to make the programs more sustainable. In 1993, the AmeriCorps program was founded and President Bill Clinton signed the National and Community Service Trust Act, which combined VISTA with the AmeriCorps Program and moved it under the control of the newly established Corporation for…

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    and they hope that it will greatly benefit both companies (who have both been struggling recently). One of the main advantages of this acquisition is the integration of LinkedIn’s professional network with Microsoft’s Office suite. This would be particularly beneficial if for example you had a meeting set in your calendar using Microsoft’s Outlook, and could directly view LinkedIn’s network to view who you were meeting with, what company they work for, what skills/certifications they hold, etc.…

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