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In 2011, all Head Start Programs served 1,141,919 children.
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The percentage of children, under age 6, living below poverty has increased 5.1 percentage points between 2007 and 2011.
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23 states are using innovative funding, policies, and partnerships to expand the critically important Early Head Start (EHS) program and better meet the needs of more low-income children and families.
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Government assistance programs kept millions of children out of poverty in 2011.
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In 2012, only one state met the federally recommended child care assistance provider payment rate.
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In 2012, low-income families in 27 states found themselves worse off under state child care assistance policies than the previous year.
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More than 1 in 4 young children live in poverty.
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23 states have initiatives to expand access to Early Head Start
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Many Eligible Children Are Not Participating in Migrant Seasonal Head Start (MSHS).
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In 2009, 50 states met the recommended Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) screening schedule for children ages 3-5
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Eighty-two percent of Early Head Start families accessed at least one family service in 2010.
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ARRA funds increased child care participation in 2010 to 1.7 million children.
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95 percent of Head Start children had health insurance by the end of the 2010 program year.
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More than one in four young children have a parent who speaks a language other than English.
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Federal TANF funds used for child care decreased in 2010 for the first time in four years.
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In 28 states, a fifth or more of young children in the U.S. are poor.
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Working families who live below the poverty line spend 40 percent of their monthly income on child care costs.
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One in four children under age 6 lives below the poverty line.
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As the result of economic recovery funds, Early Head Start funded enrollment increased by 71% in the 2009-2010 program year.
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Guaranteeing child care assistance to all working families under 200 percent of the federal poverty level would lift 2.7 million families out of poverty.
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