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PRESS RELEASES

• February 5, 2009 - Effort to zero-out Head Start Funds defeated in the Senate, but the House version is preferred...more
• February 5, 2009 - It’s time to set the record straight about Head Start/Early Head Start and the economic stimulus bill now before the U.S. Senate.  The truth is that up to 60,000 jobs could be created –- and that is not even including related construction positions – with the $2.1 billion has been designated for Head Start and Early Head Start...more
• January 15, 2009 - NHSA applauds $2.1 Billion in Economic Recovery Package for Head Start/Early Head Start...more
• January 8, 2009 - Between 62,000 and 120,000 new jobs could be created where they are needed the most in the United States if the Obama economic recovery package now working its way through Congress includes an urgently needed $4.3 billion boost for Head Start and Early Head Start...more
• October 16, 2008 - Research Clearly Demonstrates That America’s Comprehensive Early Education/Health Program Is Effective, Generates Long-Term Benefits; Nearly 40-Year-Old Study Cited in Debate is Flawed, Outdated...more
• September 24, 2008 - D.C. Four-Year-Old Featured as 25-Millionth Child in “Most Important” U.S. Investment in Children, Families and Communities; “Father of Head Start” Joins Leaders From Across Nation for Event...more
• September 15, 2008 - The League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS) and the National Head Start Association (NHSA) announced today that they will work together to promote voter education and registration at local Head Start facilities across the nation...more
• July 30, 2008 - The death of Dr. Julius Richmond, one of the founding fathers of Head Start, marks a sad day for all Americans who care about childhood education, health and family issues, according to the National Head Start Association (NHSA)...more
• June 19, 2008 - Faced with an effective $1 billion cut in funding since 2002, cash-strapped Head Start programs across the United States will have no choice but to... more
• March 19, 2008 - NHSA Survey: 77 percent of Head Start programs are "at a breaking point," unable to absorb new cuts and hundreds of new rules ... more
• March 13, 2008 - NHSA warns that 14,000 Head Start child slot cut proposed by Bush Administration is new White House effort to “dismantle” Head Start ... more
• January 24, 2008 - Billion Broken Promises" Experts Warn "Crippling Crisis" Looms for Head Start Due to Cut in Appropriations, Hundreds of New Unfunded Requirements ... more
• December 12, 2007 - President Bush signs the “Improving Head Start Act of 2007” into law ... more
• December 7, 2007 - National Head Start Association Seeks New Leadership ...more
• November 14, 2007 - NHSA Hails U.S House Passage of Head Start Reauthorization ...more
• November 7, 2007 - Citing Strong House Support, NHSA Urges House-Senate Conferees to Preserve Role of Parents in Head Start ...more
• October 15, 2007 -NIKE/National Head Start Association's "Ley Me Play Head Start" to Expand ... more
• July 6, 2007 - NHSA to Hold Special Election For 2007-2009 Board Members, Officers ...more
• June 18, 2007 - NHSA Urges Senate Appropriations Subcommittee to Approve Head Start Budget that Would Avoid Major Cuts in Services ...more
• March 15, 2007 - NHSA Lauds House Head Start Reauthorization Bill as "Major Positive Step Forward" ...more
• February 14, 2007 - NHSA: More then 30,000 Head Start Slots Would Have to Be Cut Under Bush Fiscal Year 2008 Budget ...more
• February 7, 2007 - NHSA Survey: Over Half of Head Start ProgramsForced toReduce Services to Children in Face of 11 Percent in Federal Cuts That Could Grow to 13 Percent in Fiscal Year 2008 ...more
• October 26, 2006 - Shortchanging Head Head Start Kids: NHSA Objects to HHS Directions to Cut Wages, Health Care Benefits of Teachers, Staff and Also to "Beg" for Help Form Local Businesses ...more
• October 12, 2006 - NikeGo Head Start Comes to Nacogdoches, Texas to Fight Childhood Obesity Epidemic ...more
• July 27, 2006 - Greene: "Sunet Commission" Seen as Sneaky, Backdoor Attack on Head Start, Attempt to Gut Program for At-Risk Children ...more
• Listen to NHSA Budget Cut News Event ...more

• June 22, 2006 - Head Start "Downward Spiral" Seen in Growing Number of Program Closures and Painful Cutbacksin Service ...more

• May 25, 2006 - NHSA Teams with Commontales.com to Publish Head Start Success Stories ... more

• April 11, 2006 - NHSA: "Slow - Motion Demise" of Head Start Seen If Congress Fails to Add $234 Million to Undo Destructive 2006 Budget Cuts ... more

• February 22, 2006 - Funai & Disney Team with First Book to Donate Learning Libraries to Every Head Start Program in the Country ... more