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1993.10.08 : Head Start Services for Homeless Preschool Children and Their Families

Contact:  David Siegel (202) 40l-9215
October 8, 1993
     
     HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala today announced the award of
$3 million in grants to enable Head Start programs to serve
homeless preschool children and their families.
     "Homelessness should not keep children from receiving the
developmental support they need.  We have an obligation to
provide assistance where it is required," said Secretary Shalala. 
"The needs of homeless children and their families for quality
preschool education through the Head Start program spans
metropolitan areas, towns and rural areas."  
     The 16 demonstration grants will provide resources to Head
Start agencies to enable additional homeless families to access
Head Start services; provide services responsive to the special
needs of homeless children and families; identify effective
methods of addressing the needs of homeless families; and
implement and document replicable strategies for collaboration
between Head Start programs and community agencies on behalf of
homeless families.
     Head Start is a national program which provides
comprehensive developmental services primarily to low-income
preschool children and their families.  To help enrolled children
achieve their full potential, Head Start programs provide
comprehensive health, nutritional, educational, social and other
services.  Head Start programs also provide for the direct
participation of the parents of enrolled children in the
development, conduct and direction of local programs.  
     Head Start currently serves approximately 720,000 children
through a network of approximately 1,370 grantees.
     A list of grant recipients is attached:
 
Attachment
Grant recipients:

o    Hawkeye Area Community Action Program, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 
     $200,000.

o    Community Services Agency of Reno, Nev., $199,477.

o    Westchester Community Opportunity Program, Inc., Elmsford,
     N.Y., $200,000.

o    United Planning Organization, Washington, D.C., $200,000.

o    Dane County Parent Council, Inc., Madison, Wis., $138,082.

o    City of Oakland, Calif., $200,000.

o    Action for Boston Community Development, Inc., Boston,
     Mass., $200,000.

o    Puget Sound Educational Service District, Seattle, Wash.,
     $200,000.

o    Department of Human Services, City of Chicago, Ill.,
     $200,000.

o    Urban Services Agency, Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
     Md., $200,000.

o    Child Development Council of Franklin County, Inc.,
     Columbus, Ohio, $200,000.

o    Coastal Community Action Program, Aberdeen, Wash., $200,000.

o    Southwest Human Development, Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., $199,054.

o    Human Resources Administration of the Agency for Child
     Development, Brooklyn, N.Y., $200,000.

o    Parents in Community Action, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.,
     $200,000.

o    Community Action Council for Lexington-Fayette-et al, 
     Lexington, Ky., $199,986.