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Early childhood, the first six years of life, is a critical time for children to develop the physical, emotional, social and cognitive skills they will need for the rest of their life. Good nutrition and health care are essential to maximize this developmental process. Head Start is a 55-year-old $11.6 billion federal program helping children attain this goal. Head Start is one of our most successful and longest-running programs fighting systemic poverty. About 35 million children from low-income families have attended Head Start programs and there are more than a million children enrolled today. Beginning at age three, Head Start kids learn fundamental cognitive skills while developing the social and emotional capabilities to begin school. Head Start feeds these children and provides medical, dental and mental health care. Their parents learn about nutrition, child development, and are guided into appropriate community programs if needed. However, due to budget constraints, only 3 of 5 eligible children are currently enrolled in one of our 1,700 Head Start programs nationwide.

Pending Legislation: H.R.5815 - Head Start Expansion and Improvement Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Adam Schiff (CA)
Status: House Committee on Education and the Workforce
Chair: Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC)

I oppose reforming current Head Start policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Speaker Mike Johnson (LA).
I support amending the Head Start Act to expand and improve participation in Head Start programs by increasing funding to $36,000,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2030 for: 1.) Awarding grants to Head Start agencies, including Early Head Start agencies, to construct or improve outdated facilities which provide Head Start services. 2.) Establishing and carrying out a program to make grants for the purpose of supplementing, not supplanting, the compensation paid by Head Start agencies to the employees of such agencies. And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.

Winning Option »» I support amending the Head Start Act to expand and improve participation in Head Start programs by increasing funding to $36,000,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2030 for: 1.) Awarding grants to Head Start agencies, including Early Head Start agencies, to construct or improve outdated facilities which provide Head Start services. 2.) Establishing and carrying out a program to make grants for the purpose of supplementing, not supplanting, the compensation paid by Head Start agencies to the employees of such agencies. And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.