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Zhang, Qing; Jenkins, Jade Marcus – Exceptional Children, 2023
Little is known about how the expansion of state pre-kindergarten (pre-k) programs affects low-income children with disabilities in Head Start. Using almost 30 years of administrative data of all Head Start programs and a differences-in-differences design, this study tests the possibility that, as state pre-k differentially draws relatively more…
Descriptors: Social Services, Federal Programs, Low Income Students, State Programs
Schmit, Stephanie – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2013
In 1994, the federal Early Head Start (EHS) program was created to address the comprehensive needs of low-income pregnant women and children under age 3. EHS was created almost 30 years after Head Start was established in 1965 to serve low-income 3- and 4-year-old children and their families with comprehensive early education and support services.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Low Income Groups, At Risk Persons, Holistic Approach