num_pages: 91
description: Head Start has served over 16 million children at a cost of $35 billion in the 30+ years of its existence. Funding for Head Start has tripled in the past 10 years. Growing out of the War on Poverty in the mid-1960s, Head Start was created to provide comprehensive educational, health, social, &amp; mental health services to disadvantaged preschool children. This report describes the (1) number &amp; characteristics of those served, (2) services provided &amp; the way they are provided, (3) federal &amp; nonfederal program dollars received &amp; spent by programs delivering Head Start services, &amp; (4) other programs providing similar early childhood services.
language: English
title: Head Start Programs: Participant Characteristics, Services, and Funding
titlecomplete: Head Start Programs: Participant Characteristics, Services, and Funding
publisher: Diane Pub Co