2000 Head Start Fact Sheet
Head Start Budget
Programs
|
FY-- 1999 Actual |
FY-- 2000 Appropriation |
Local Head Start Projects |
|
|
Projects in States and Territories
|
$4,205,307,408
|
$4,751,692,000
|
Native American and Migrant Programs
|
$308,312,943
|
$352,000,000
|
Subtotal
|
$4,513,620,351
|
$5,103,692,000
|
Support Activities |
|
|
Training and Technical Assistance
|
$113,631,097
|
$129,408,000
|
Research, Demonstration and Evaluation
|
$14,000,000
|
$17,000,000
|
Monitoring/Program Review
|
$16,900,000
|
$16,900,000
|
Subtotal
|
$144,531,097
|
$163,308,000
|
TOTAL
|
$4,658,151,448
|
$5,267,000,000
|
HEAD START BUREAU
330 C STREET, S.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20447
Head Start Facts
The Head Start program is administered by the Head Start
Bureau, the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACFY), Administration
for Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS).
Grants are awarded by the ACF Regional Offices and the Head
Start Bureau's American Indian and Migrant Program Branches directly to
local public agencies, private non-profit and for-profit organizations,
Indian Tribes and school systems for the purpose of operating Head Start
programs at the community level.
FY 1999 Data
ENROLLMENT: 826,016
Ages
|
% |
Number of 5 year olds and older |
5%
|
Number of 4 year olds |
58%
|
Number of 3 year olds |
33%
|
Number under 3 years of age |
4%
|
Racial/Ethnic Composition
|
% |
American Indian |
3.4%
|
Hispanic |
27.8%
|
Black |
35.1%
|
White |
30.5%
|
Asian |
2.1%
|
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
1.0%
|
NUMBER OF GRANTEES: 1,520
Number of Classrooms |
47,360 |
Number of Centers |
15,872 |
AVERAGE COST PER CHILD
|
$5,403 |
PAID STAFF
|
172,100 |
VOLUNTEERS
|
1,327,150 |
During the 1998-1999 operating period
- 13 percent of the Head Start enrollment consisted of
children with disabilities, (mental retardation, health impairments,
visual handicaps, hearing impairments, emotional disturbance, speech
and language impairments, orthopedic handicaps and learning disabilities).
- 93 percent of the Head Start teachers had degrees in
early childhood education or had obtained or were in training for the
Child Development Associate (CDA) credential or a state certificate
to teach in a pre-school classroom.
- 668 programs operated a home-based program. 4,980 home
visitors provided home- based services to 44,000 children.
- 30 percent of the staff were parents of current or former
Head Start children. Over 775,000 parents volunteered in their local
Head Start program.
- 52 percent of Head Start families had annual income of
less than $9,000 per year and 69 percent had incomes of less than $12,000.
- Head Start programs are encouraged to use non-Head Start
resources in their communities for Head Start children and their families.
62 percent of Head Start children were enrolled in the Medicaid/Early
and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) program which
pays for their medical and dental services.
- The 1994 reauthorization of the Head Start Act established
a new Early Head Start program for low-income families with infants
and toddlers. In Fiscal Year 1999, $349,361,000 was used to support
more than 500 projects to provide, Early Head Start child development
and family support services in all 50 states and in the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico. These projects served more than 39,000 children
under the age of three.
FISCAL YEAR 1999 STATE ALLOCATIONS
STATE |
DOLLARS |
ENROLLMENT |
ALABAMA |
71,983,000
|
15,263
|
ALASKA |
8,786,000
|
1,281
|
ARIZONA |
62,444,000
|
11,127
|
ARKANSAS |
43,449,000
|
10,097
|
CALIFORNIA |
554,366,000
|
88,860
|
COLORADO |
46,602,000
|
9,135
|
CONNECTICUT |
37,906,000
|
6,825
|
DELAWARE |
8,873,000
|
2,126
|
District of Columbia
|
19,201,000
|
3,279
|
FLORIDA |
169,996,000
|
30,792
|
GEORGIA |
112,040,000
|
21,121
|
HAWAII |
15,786,000
|
2,799
|
IDAHO |
14,122,000
|
2,266
|
ILLINOIS |
192,580,000
|
35,211
|
INDIANA |
65,226,000
|
13,057
|
IOWA |
36,038,000
|
7,003
|
KANSAS |
32,958,000
|
7,000
|
KENTUCKY |
76,409,000
|
15,281
|
LOUISIANA |
100,196,000
|
20,703
|
MAINE |
18,695,000
|
3,618
|
MARYLAND |
54,966,000
|
9,626
|
MASSACHUSETTS |
78,544,000
|
12,094
|
MICHIGAN |
171,121,000
|
33,400
|
MINNESOTA |
51,740,000
|
9,630
|
MISSISSIPPI |
117,375,000
|
25,091
|
MISSOURI |
78,622,000
|
16,191
|
MONTANA |
13,839,000
|
2,678
|
NEBRASKA |
23,890,000
|
4,518
|
NEVADA |
11,484,000
|
2,035
|
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
9,114,000
|
1,425
|
NEW JERSEY |
94,945,000
|
14,443
|
NEW MEXICO |
35,363,000
|
7,108
|
NEW YORK |
304,283,000
|
45,040
|
NORTH CAROLINA |
93,979,000
|
17,394
|
NORTH DAKOTA |
10,561,000
|
2,002
|
OHIO |
178,271,000
|
37,696
|
OKLAHOMA |
54,422,000
|
12,217
|
OREGON |
40,118,000
|
5,480
|
PENNSYLVANIA |
165,674,000
|
29,124
|
PUERTO RICO |
165,387,000
|
33,470
|
RHODE ISLAND |
15,330,000
|
2,817
|
SOUTH CAROLINA |
56,280,000
|
11,207
|
SOUTH DAKOTA |
12,708,000
|
2,485
|
TENNESSEE |
81,387,000
|
14,753
|
TEXAS |
299,891,000
|
58,173
|
UTAH |
23,185,000
|
4,679
|
VERMONT |
9,691,000
|
1,438
|
VIRGINIA |
66,246,000
|
12,243
|
WASHINGTON |
69,601,000
|
9,831
|
WEST VIRGINIA |
36,062,000
|
7,043
|
WISCONSIN |
67,582,000
|
13,113
|
WYOMING |
7,546,000
|
1,500
|
VIRGIN ISLANDS |
7,165,000
|
1,430
|
OUTER PACIFIC |
11,279,000
|
5,989
|
AMERICAN INDIAN |
130,191,000
|
21,443
|
MIGRANT PROGRAMS |
178,122,000
|
30,366
|
GRAND TOTAL
|
$4,513,620,000
|
826,016
|
HEAD START ENROLLMENT HISTORY
FISCAL YEAR |
ENROLLMENT |
APPROPRIATION |
1965 (Summer only) |
561,000
|
$ 96,400,000
|
1966 |
733,000
|
198,900,000
|
1967 |
681,400
|
349,200,000
|
1968 |
693,900
|
316,200,000
|
1969 |
663,600
|
333,900,000
|
1970 |
477,400
|
325,700,000
|
1971 |
397,500
|
360,000,000
|
1972 |
379,000
|
376,300,000
|
1973 |
379,000
|
400,700,000
|
1974 |
352,800
|
403,900,000
|
1975 |
349,000
|
403,900,000
|
1976 |
349,000
|
441,000,000
|
1977 |
333,000
|
475,000,000
|
1978 |
391,400
|
625,000,000
|
1979 |
387,500
|
680,000,000
|
1980 |
376,300
|
735,000,000
|
1981 |
387,300
|
818,700,000
|
1982 |
395,800
|
911,700,000
|
1983 |
414,950
|
912,000,000
|
1984 |
442,140
|
995,750,000
|
1985 |
452,080
|
1,075,059,000
|
1986 |
451,732
|
1,040,315,000
|
1987 |
446,523
|
1,130,542,000
|
1988 |
448,464
|
1,206,324,000
|
1989 |
450,970
|
1,235,000,000
|
1990 |
540,930
|
1,552,000,000
|
1991 |
583,471
|
1,951,800,000
|
1992 |
621,078
|
2,201,800,000
|
1993 |
713,903
|
2,776,286,000
|
1994 |
740,493
|
3,325,728,000
|
1995 |
750,696
|
3,534,128,000
|
1996 |
752,077
|
3,569,329,000
|
1997 |
793,809
|
3,980,546,000
|
1998 |
822,316
|
4,347,433,000
|
1999 |
826,016
|
4,658,151,448
|
The program has served a total of 18,539,548 children since
it began in 1965.
|