Foreword
In 1964, a Federal panel of child development experts drew up a plan to help communities meet the needs of economically disadvantaged preschool children. The panel’s report became the blueprint for the Head Start program. Launched as an eight-week summer project by the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, Head Start was designed to help break the cycle of poverty by providing preschool children of low-income families with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, and nutritional needs. Today, the Head Start program is administered by the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families within the Department of Health and…
