Reauthorization Of Head Start: Key Changes In The New Law

Jan 24, 2008

The federal Head Start program was reauthorized in December 2007. The new legislation made substantial changes to the program, including provisions to expand access to Head Start programs, strengthen and expand Early Head Start, increase the quality of the program, and improve collaboration between early childhood programs at the state and local levels. This PowerPoint presentation from CLASP, presented at the 2008 Head Start/Johnson & Johnson Advanced Management Insitute, provides an overview of key changes in the new law.