What Do Head Start Program Performance Standards Require?
This brief describes specific requirements in Head Start Program Performance Standards to involve parents in programs and to provide or link families to support services. The data provided on family support and involvement in Head Start programs is for 2002. www.clasp.org/DMS/Documents/1053553717.7/HS_fam_supp.pdf Leave No Youth Behind: Opportunities for Congress to Reach Disconnected Youth This report, being considered for reauthorization by the 108th Congress, offers recommendations to help disconnected youth in six programs: the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, the Higher Education Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, and the Workforce Investment Act. www.clasp.org/DMS/Documents/1057083505.88/Disconnected_Youth.pdf State Developments in Child Care, Early Education, and School-Age Care 2002 This Children’s Defense Fund report highlights states’ accomplishments and shortco