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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.



 
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