HEHS-98-65 Head Start Programs: Participant Characteristics, Services, and Funding
United States General Accounting Office GAO Report to Congressional Requesters March 1998 HEAD START PROGRAMS Participant Characteristics, Services, and Funding GAO/HEHS-98-65 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education, and Human Services Division B-276121 March 31, 1998 Congressional Requesters Head Start—now over 30 years old—has long enjoyed both congressional and public support. Since its inception, Head Start has served over 16 million children at a total cost of $35 billion. Funding for Head Start has tripled in the past 10 years. In addition, the President recently announced several proposals to help working parents secure affordable, quality child care, including significantly expanding Head Start so it could serve more eligible children. Growing out of the War on Poverty in the mid-1960s, Head Start was created to provide comprehensive educational, health, social, and mental health services to disadvantaged preschool children. …
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