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Head Start, U.S. educational program for disadvantaged preschool children, established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Aimed initially only at poor children, its purpose was to organize programs that would prepare preschool children for elementary school. Money was appropriated through the Office of Economic Opportunity, which made individual grants to cities and other localities to set up Head Start centers. In 1969 the program was transferred to the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare (now Health and Human Services). It was later extended to children above the poverty level, whose parents, however, had to pay according to their income.

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No references found			Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Jim Torrey Legislators should hold a few simple truths in mind as they decide whether to approve proposed funding cuts for Oregon Head Start pre-kindergarten, the state's cost-effective preschool program for 3- and 4-year-olds living in poverty: Children growing up now cannot wait for Oregon's economy to rebound. Head Start pre-kindergarten an investment for the future by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) These include the federally funded Head Start and Early Head Start programs, as well as seven state-managed programs, funded through a mix of federal flow-through dollars and state funds. An early childhood program matrix: pulling the pieces together for ... by Beneke, Sallee; Ruther, Gina; Fowler, Susan / Early Childhood Research & Practice Our society receives nearly $9 in benefits for every $1 dollar invested in children who attend Head Start programs. Ludwig and Miller by Policy & Practice			head margin head mast head meter Head Military Procurator head molding head motion head mounted display head nailing Head Normal Form head normalisation theorem Head of State Head of the Mountain State Nature Preserve head organ head parking head piece head plate head process head pulley head scanning head section head shaft head sheave head shield head skew head smut Head Start head stepping rate head stop head tide head unit head up head value Head, Bessie Head, Edith Head, Richard Head, Sir Edmund Walker Head, Sir Francis Bond head-banger head-hunting head-mounted display head-per-track head-per-track disk head-pulley-drive conveyor head-strict head-up display head/disk assembly Headache headache ball headache post headblock headboard			head seas head section head shaft head shaking head shaking head shaking head shaking head sheave head shield head shop Head shops Head shot Head shrinker Head Shrinking head shy head shy head shy head shy Head Side Airbag head skew head smut head smut Head South Head Space Gas Analysis Head Stack Assembly head stall head stall head stall head stall Head stand Head Start Head Start Bureau Head Start Child Development Council, Inc. Head Start Family Information System Head Start Family Literacy Project Head Start Family Partnership Agreement Head Start Fiscal Assistant Head Start Information and Publication Center Head Start National Reporting System Head Start of Greater Dallas Head Start of Lane County Head Start Program Head Start Program Information Report Head Start Program Performance Standards Head Start Publications Management Center Head Start Quality Improvement Centers Head Start Quality Research Consortium Head Start St Maries Head Start State Collaboration Office Head Start State Collaboration Project Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program head station Head Steerable FLIR head stepping rate Head stock Head stock Head stock

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