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HEAD START PROGRAM FACT SHEET
FISCAL YEAR 2003
| Programs |
FY
2003 Actual |
FY
2004 Appropriation |
| Local
Head Start Projects |
|
|
| Projects
in States and Territories |
$6,007,430,821 |
$6,104,657,000 |
| Native
American and Migrant Programs |
$443,613,179 |
$ 451,019,000 |
| Subtotal |
$6,451,044,000 |
$6,555,676,000 |
| Support
Activities |
|
|
| Training
and Technical Assistance |
$169,688,000 |
$172,371,000 |
| Research,
Demonstration and Evaluation |
$20,000,000 |
$20,000,000 |
| Monitoring/Program
Review |
$26,051,000 |
$26,801,000 |
| Subtotal |
$215,739,000 |
$219,172,000 |
| TOTAL |
$6,666,783,000 |
$6,774,848,000 |
ADMINISTRATION ON CHLDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES
Head Start Bureau
330 C Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20447
April, 2004
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-2003 Program Statistics
| FY-2003
Data |
| ENROLLMENT |
909,608 |
| Ages: |
|
| Number
of 5 year olds and older |
5% |
| Number
of 4 year olds |
53% |
| Number
of 3 year olds |
34% |
| Number
under 3 years of age |
8% |
| Racial/Ethnic
Composition |
|
| American
Indian |
3.2% |
| Hispanic |
30.6% |
| Black
|
31.5% |
| White
|
27.6% |
| Asian
|
1.8% |
| Hawaiian/Pacific
Islander |
1.1% |
| Multi-Racial/Other
|
4.2% |
|
NUMBER
OF GRANTEES
|
1,670 |
| Number
of Classrooms |
47,000 |
| Number
of Centers |
19,200 |
| AVERAGE
COST PER CHILD |
$7,092 |
| PAID
STAFF |
206,000 |
| VOLUNTEERS |
1,372,000 |
During the 2002-2003 Head Start
Program Year:
12.5 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).
More than 47,000 children
participated in home-based Head Start
program services.
-
28 percent of Head Start
program staff members were parents
of current or former Head Start children.
Over 880,000 parents volunteered
in their local Head Start program.
-
89 percent of Head Start
children had health insurance. 83
percent of those with health insurance
were enrolled in the Medicaid/Early
and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis
and Treatment (EPSDT) program or
a state sponsored child health insurance
program.
-
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 2003,
nearly $667 million was used to support
more than 650 programs 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 programs
served nearly 62,000 children under
the age of three.
-
More than 133,000 Head
Start fathers participated in organized
regularly scheduled activities designed
to involve them in Head Start and
Early Head Start programs.
-
115 Head Start and Early
Head Start Programs were sponsored
by faith-based organizations.
FY 2003 Head Start Program State
Allocations and Enrollment
STATE |
2003
FUNDING |
ENROLLMENT |
ALABAMA |
$103,588,331 |
16,509 |
ALASKA |
$12,126,424 |
1,817 |
ARIZONA |
$100,173,750 |
13,215 |
ARKANSAS |
$62,645,003 |
10,915 |
CALIFORNIA |
$811,486,631 |
98,767 |
COLORADO |
$66,427,807 |
9,843 |
CONNECTICUT |
$50,604,341 |
7,129 |
DELAWARE |
$12,536,909 |
2,214 |
District
of Columbia |
$24,407,526 |
3,403 |
FLORIDA |
$255,501,245 |
35,350 |
GEORGIA |
$163,757,113 |
23,400 |
HAWAII
|
$22,248,160 |
3,063 |
IDAHO |
$21,819,720 |
2,939 |
ILLINOIS
|
$263,047,115 |
39,640 |
INDIANA
|
$93,523,057 |
14,148 |
IOWA |
$50,108,568 |
7,717 |
KANSAS
|
$49,503,208 |
7,924 |
KENTUCKY
|
$104,828,778 |
16,091 |
LOUISIANA
|
$141,891,707 |
22,108 |
MAINE |
$26,990,760 |
3,970 |
MARYLAND
|
$75,851,238 |
10,235 |
MASSACHUSETTS
|
$105,475,665 |
12,981 |
MICHIGAN
|
$228,044,810 |
35,099 |
MINNESOTA
|
$70,369,154 |
10,332 |
MISSISSIPPI
|
$157,164,747 |
26,762 |
MISSOURI
|
$115,662,551 |
17,573 |
MONTANA
|
$20,365,406 |
2,952 |
NEBRASKA
|
$35,008,457 |
5,203 |
NEVADA
|
$23,315,025 |
2,754 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE
|
$13,018,299 |
1,632 |
NEW JERSEY
|
$126,711,091 |
15,099 |
NEW MEXICO
|
$50,852,224 |
7,651 |
NEW YORK
|
$422,349,645 |
49,473 |
NORTH CAROLINA
|
$137,403,001 |
19,125 |
NORTH DAKOTA
|
$16,696,830 |
2,357 |
OHIO |
$239,770,120 |
38,017 |
OKLAHOMA
|
$78,783,942 |
13,474 |
OREGON
|
$57,703,995 |
9,052 |
PENNSYLVANIA |
$222,603,242 |
30,908 |
RHODE ISLAND
|
$21,445,541 |
3,150 |
SOUTH CAROLINA
|
$80,222,592 |
12,248 |
SOUTH DAKOTA
|
$18,301,095 |
2,827 |
TENNESSEE
|
$116,071,781 |
16,473 |
TEXAS |
$465,421,856 |
67,764 |
UTAH |
$36,709,468 |
5,527 |
VERMONT
|
$13,182,631 |
1,573 |
VIRGINIA
|
$96,213,748 |
13,768 |
WASHINGTON
|
$98,022,295 |
11,001 |
WEST VIRGINIA
|
$49,227,458 |
7,650 |
WISCONSIN
|
$88,082,140 |
13,515 |
WYOMING |
$12,027,897 |
1,803 |
|
|
|
AMERICAN
INDIAN |
$183,412,092 |
23,802 |
MIGRANT
PROGRAMS |
$260,201,087 |
33,609 |
OUTER PACIFIC
|
$15,128,452 |
6,209 |
PUERTO
RICO |
$243,016,007 |
36,687 |
VIRGIN
ISLANDS |
$9,992,265 |
1,161 |
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 |
| 2000 |
857,664 |
5,267,000,000 |
| 2001 |
905,235 |
6,200,000,000 |
| 2002 |
912,345 |
6,536,570,000 |
| 2003 |
909,608 |
6,667,533,000 |
The Head Start program has enrolled
more than 22 million children since it
began in 1965.
Last Modified:
06/24/2004
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