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Head Start Works. It's Been Proven
The National Head Start Association and its researchers put together a letter to Congress, demonstrating the facts about Head Start and how studies have found that Head Start increases educational achievement, decreases annual Medicaid costs, and 12 percent likely to be charged with a crime. Read the full letter to Congress. NHSA has also put together the facts on what's happening State-by-State, number of children  affected, jobs lost and how many classrooms emptied. Get the facts.

HEAD START NEWS
January 26, 2012, Washington, D.C. - More than 400 members of the Head Start community gathered in Washington, D.C., this week to learn and network--and advocate. NHSA Conference participants got to hear six Members of Congress speak at the Hill Breakfast, and many took time to meet with their Senators, Representatives and Congressional staff about the importance of their programs to their districts and share their experiences with immigration and to advocate for their children and their community.