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2002 Head Start Fact Sheet

Head Start Budget

Programs FY-- 2001 Actual FY-- 2002 Appropriation
Local Head Start Projects
Projects in States and Territories
$5,586,523,000
$5,887,432,000
Native American and Migrant Programs
$ 418,194,000
$ 439,926,000
Subtotal
$6,004,717,000
$6,327,358,000
Support Activities
Training and Technical Assistance
$154,895,000
$ 166,441,000
Research, Demonstration and Evaluation
$ 17,000,000
$ 20,000,000
Monitoring/Program Review
$ 22,511,000
$ 23,841,000
Subtotal
$194,406,000
$ 210,282,000
TOTAL
$6,199,123,000
$6,537,640,00

ADMINISTRATION ON CHLDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES

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-2001 Data

ENROLLMENT:    905,235

Ages:
Number of 5 year olds and older
4%
Number of 4 year olds
54%
Number of 3 year olds
35%
Number under 3 years of age
7%

Racial/Ethnic Composition:
American Indian
3.6%
Hispanic
29.7%
Black
33.8%
White
29.9%
Asian
2.0%
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
1.0%

NUMBER OF GRANTEES:   1,545

Number of Classrooms 48,512
Number of Centers 18,735

AVERAGE COST PER CHILD
 $6,633
PAID STAFF
195,000
VOLUNTEERS
1,345,000

During the 2000-2001 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).
  • 46,500 children participated in home-based Head Start program services.
  • 29 percent of Head Start program staff members are parents of current or former Head Start children. Over 827,000 parents volunteered in their local Head Start program.
  • 77 percent of Head Start families had annual income of less than $15,000 per year.
  • Head Start programs are encouraged to use non-Head Start resources in their communities for Head Start children and their families. 59 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 2001, $557,983,000 was used to support nearly 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 more than 55,000 children under the age of three.
FY 2001 STATE ALLOCATIONS AND ENROLLMENT
STATE 2001 FUNDING FY 2001 ENROLLMENT FY 2002 FUNDING[EST]
ALABAMA
$95,375,529
16,498
$100,947,000
ALASKA
$11,656,051
1,586
$12,283,000
ARIZONA
$89,629,094
12,865
$94,450,000
ARKANSAS
$57,380,784
10,818
$60,467,000
CALIFORNIA
$758,590,509
97,667
$799,391,000
COLORADO
$61,804,681
9,826
$65,129,000
CONNECTICUT
$47,930,594
7,207
$50,509,000
DELAWARE
$11,830,730
2,243
$12,467,000
District of Columbia
$23,202,665
3,343
$24,451,000
FLORIDA
$236,056,455
34,657
$248,753,000
GEORGIA
$151,340,480
23,140
$159,480,000
HAWAII
$21,165,615
3,073
$22,304,000
IDAHO
$20,157,609
2,890
$21,242,000
ILLINOIS
$248,854,680
39,805
$262,239,000
INDIANA
$85,240,767
14,256
$89,825,000
IOWA
$47,381,413
7,689
$49,930,000
KANSAS
$44,950,595
7,897
$47,368,000
KENTUCKY
$99,053,896
16,419
$104,381,000
LOUISIANA
$128,483,678
21,969
$135,394,000
MAINE
$24,769,885
3,958
$26,102,000
MARYLAND
$71,713,437
10,487
$75,570,000
MASSACHUSETTS
$99,674,529
13,004
$105,035,000
MICHIGAN
$215,873,226
35,112
$227,484,000
MINNESOTA
$65,522,896
10,164
$69,047,000
MISSISSIPPI
$149,606,362
26,624
$157,653,000
MISSOURI
$108,304,517
17,718
$114,130,000
MONTANA
$18,944,492
2,971
$19,963,000
NEBRASKA
$32,141,653
4,982
$33,870,000
NEVADA
$18,366,961
2,694
$19,355,000
NEW HAMPSHIRE
$12,387,680
1,632
$13,054,000
NEW JERSEY
$120,245,137
15,329
$126,712,000
NEW MEXICO
$45,918,602
7,618
$48,388,000
NEW YORK
$398,522,297
48,952
$419,957,000
NORTH CAROLINA
$124,579,740
18,991
$131,280,000
NORTH DAKOTA
$15,749,932
2,287
$16,597,000
OHIO
$226,942,460
38,072
$239,148,000
OKLAHOMA
$72,189,686
13,228
$76,072,000
OREGON
$54,784,581
9,129
$57,731,000
PENNSYLVANIA
$209,346,239
31,104
$220,606,000
RHODE ISLAND
$20,412,042
3,150
$21,510,000
SOUTH CAROLINA
$74,963,147
12,184
$78,995,000
SOUTH DAKOTA
$17,512,687
2,925
$18,455,000
TENNESSEE
$107,145,843
16,344
$112,909,000
TEXAS
$429,075,102
67,572
$452,153,000
UTAH
$35,858,291
5,403
$37,787,000
VERMONT
$12,553,205
1,573
$13,228,000
VIRGINIA
$89,889,625
13,612
$94,724,000
WASHINGTON
$92,257,118
11,106
$97,219,000
WEST VIRGINIA
$46,712,650
7,590
$49,225,000
WISCONSIN
$83,337,143
13,478
$87,819,000
WYOMING
$10,759,887
1,757
$11,339,000
Subtotal
$5,346,146,877
804,598
$5,634,127,000
 
OUTER PACIFIC
$14,381,145
6,209
$15,155,000
VIRGIN ISLANDS
$9,519,299
1,547
$10,031,000
PUERTO RICO
$216,475,690
35,894
$228,119,000
AMERICAN INDIAN
$171,289,090
23,632
$180,502,000
MIGRANT PROGRAMS
$246,904,899
33,355
$259,424,000
 
GRAND TOTAL
$658,570,123
100,637
$693,231,000
 
Total States/Territories
$6,004,717,000
905,235
$6,327,358,000

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

The Head Start program has enrolled 20,302,000 children since it began in 1965.



 
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