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Save The Head Start Program
The National Head Start Association believes that all parents, grandparents, educators and other concerned citizens have a right to be heard about the proposal to dismantle Head Start. That's why we have created SaveHeadStart.org. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for Americans to let Congress and governors know that they support the important mission of Head Start and do not want to see this program serving nearly 1 million at-risk children destroyed.
Want to learn more about the proposal to dismantle Head Start and why it should be opposed? Go to "Understand the Issues."
HEAD START LEADERS HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR NEW PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS, BUT BUDGET "DOUBLE WHAMMY" EXPECTED TO FORCE CUTS OF UP TO 14,000 CHILD SLOTS NATIONWIDE "Faced with an effective $1 billion cut in funding since 2002, cash-strapped Head Start programs across the United States will have no choice but to seek up to 14,000 child enrollment cuts now that Congress and the Bush Administration have let down America’s most at-risk children twice in just over six months, according to local Head Start leaders across the nation and officials at the National Head Start Association (NHSA)"