#head start

Head Start is designed to ensure that all children - regardless of their family's income, race, or ethnic background - are able to enter kindergarten ready to learn. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

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Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program. ↗

— Joe Baca

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I had a head start in acting. Because of my parents, I had a SAG card, an agent and a recognizable name. But I knew if I screwed up, people would never forget. I'd be dead. ↗

— Mary Crosby

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Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

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The government gets it right on Head Start. We are providing opportunities for children in underserved areas where parents may not be able to afford preschool so they can begin their schooling with a running or Head Start. ↗

— Bob Filner

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Funding and maintaining programs from Head Start to Pell Grants must be a high priority. ↗

— Ed Pastor

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I have long been a supporter of the Head Start program because each and every year I witness the dramatic positive impact that early intervention services have on children's lives in my congressional district. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

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Head Start graduates are more likely to graduate from high school and less likely to need special education, repeat a grade, or commit crimes in adolescence. ↗

— Joe Baca

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I was on the San Diego school board for 4 years, where I watched children successfully matriculate into elementary schools from Head Start programs from all around our city. ↗

— Bob Filner

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During consideration in the Education and the Workforce Committee this year, Democrats and Republicans worked constructively together to improve the delivery of Head Start services to the target populations. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

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