1998 Head Start Statistical Fact
Sheet
Head Start Budget
Programs |
FY 1997 Actual |
FY 1998 Appropriation |
Local Head Start Projects
|
|
|
Projects in States and Territories
|
$3,608,971,900
|
$3,950,181,700
|
Native American and Migrant Programs
|
$267,708,100
|
$293,018,300
|
Subtotal
|
$3,876,680,000
|
$4,243,200,000
|
Support Activities
|
|
|
Training & Technical Assistance/Special Projects
for Children with Disabilities
|
$82,620,000
|
$90,100,000
|
Research, Demonstration and Evaluation
|
$11,546,000
|
$12,000,000
|
Monitoring/Program Review
|
$9,700,000
|
$9,700,000
|
Subtotal
|
$103,866,000
|
$111,800,000
|
Total
|
$3,980,546,000
|
$4,355,000,000
|
Enrollment: FY 1997 = 793,809
Ages
|
% |
Number of 5 year-olds and older
|
6%
|
Number of 4year-olds
|
60%
|
Number of 3year-olds
|
30%
|
Number under 3 years of age
|
4%
|
Racial/EthnicComposition
|
% |
AmericanIndian
|
3.5%
|
Hispanic
|
26.1%
|
Black
|
36.1%
|
White
|
31.2%
|
Asian
|
3.1%
|
Number of Grantees: FY1997 = 1,456
Average Cost Per Child: FY1997 = $4,882
Staff:
PaidStaff: FY1997 = 155,300
Volunteers: FY1997 =1,315,000
Head Start Fiscal Year 1965-1997: Enrollment & Appropriation
History
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
|
A total of 16,892,000 children have been served by the program
since it began in 1965.
OTHER FACTS
The program is administered by Head Start Bureau, the Administration
on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF),Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Grants are awarded by the DHHS Regional Offices and the
Head Start Bureau & American Indian and Migrant Programs Branches
directly to local public agencies, private non-profit organizations and
school systems for the purpose of operating Head Start programs at the
community level.
During the 1996-1997 operating period, Head Start programs
report that:
- 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).
- 90 percent of the Head Start teachers had degrees in
early childhood education or had obtained the Child Development Associate
(CDA) credential or a State certificate to teach in a pre-school classroom.
- 571 programs operated a home based program. Home based
services were provided to 39,833 children by 4,562 home visitors.
- 30 percent of the staff were parents of current or former
Head Start children. Over 808,147 parents volunteered in their local
Head Start program.
- 61 percent of Head Start families have incomes of less
than $9,000 per year and 77.7 percent have yearly 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.
Recent data show that 67.8 percent of the Head Start children are enrolled
in the Medicaid/Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
(EPSDT) program which pays for their medical and dental services.
- About half of all programs provide some full day services
to families who need child care services.
- 39 percent of families need child care for children enrolled
in Head Start. Of those, 25 percent received child care through the
Head Start program or its parent agency.
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 1997, $159,000,000 was used to support 173 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, plus a number of Parent and Child Centers and Comprehensive
Child Development Program & serve 22,000 children under age three.
In Fiscal Year 1998, funding of $279,250,000 will be used to support Early
Head Start programs.
Head Start Fiscal Year 1997: Enrollments State Allocations
State
|
Enrollment |
Allocations |
ALABAMA
|
14,979
|
$65,970,000
|
ALASKA
|
1,212
|
$7,581,000
|
ARIZONA
|
10,561
|
$53,478,000
|
ARKANSAS
|
9,637
|
$36,396,000
|
CALIFORNIA
|
79,929
|
$458,841,000
|
COLORADO
|
8,952
|
$40,902,000
|
CONNECTICUT
|
6,190
|
$32,985,000
|
DELAWARE
|
2,077
|
$8,314,000
|
DC
|
3,273
|
$17,361,000
|
FLORIDA
|
29,523
|
$144,663,000
|
GEORGIA
|
20,505
|
$96,295,000
|
HAWAII
|
2,539
|
$12,632,000
|
IDAHO
|
2,213
|
$12,529,000
|
ILLINOIS
|
33,924
|
$170,193,000
|
INDIANA
|
12,415
|
$55,293,000
|
IOWA
|
6,341
|
$28,458,000
|
KANSAS
|
6,355
|
$28,815,000
|
KENTUCKY
|
14,828
|
$65,587,000
|
LOUISIANA
|
19,998
|
$87,261,000
|
MAINE
|
3,392
|
$15,536,000
|
MARYLAND
|
9,514
|
$47,688,000
|
MASSACHUSETTS
|
11,499
|
$68,913,000
|
MICHIGAN
|
32,440
|
$150,074,000
|
MINNESOTA
|
9,117
|
$43,536,000
|
MISSISSIPPI
|
24,693
|
$103,523,000
|
MISSOURI
|
14,899
|
$66,763,000
|
MONTANA
|
2,510
|
$11,500,000
|
NEBRASKA
|
4,088
|
$19,037,000
|
NEVADA
|
2,019
|
$9,942,000
|
NEW HAMPSHIRE
|
1,267
|
$7,430,000
|
NEW JERSEY
|
13,746
|
$82,650,000
|
NEW MEXICO
|
7,187
|
$33,971,000
|
NEW YORK
|
43,716
|
$261,514,000
|
NORTH CAROLINA
|
16,825
|
$80,559,000
|
NORTH DAKOTA
|
2,121
|
$8,733,000
|
OHIO
|
35,441
|
$155,354,000
|
OKLAHOMA
|
11,631
|
$45,865,000
|
OREGON
|
5,222
|
$34,466,000
|
PENNSYLVANIA
|
27,515
|
$142,973,000
|
PUERTO RICO
|
32,221
|
$143,121,000
|
RHODE ISLAND
|
2,676
|
$13,135,000
|
SOUTH CAROLINA
|
10,822
|
$51,714,000
|
SOUTH DAKOTA
|
2,374
|
$10,139,000
|
TENNESSEE
|
14,553
|
$69,365,000
|
TEXAS
|
54,624
|
$253,186,000
|
UTAH
|
4,419
|
$20,132,000
|
VERMONT
|
1,379
|
$8,433,000
|
VIRGINIA
|
11,480
|
$54,571,000
|
WASHINGTON
|
9,387
|
$59,644,000
|
WEST VIRGINIA
|
6,858
|
$31,064,000
|
WISCONSIN
|
12,556
|
$58,550,000
|
WYOMING
|
1,395
|
$5,814,000
|
VIRGIN ISLANDS
|
1,446
|
$6,560,000
|
OUTER PACIFIC
|
5,849
|
$9,963,000
|
AMERICAN INDIAN
|
21,019
|
$113,920,000
|
MIGRANT PROGRAMS
|
36,458
|
$153,788,000
|
GRAND TOTAL
|
793,809
|
$3,876,680,000
|
|