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PDF pending restorationAdministration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 2001
This pamphlet, in English- and Spanish-language versions, offers information to parents on the functioning and benefits of Head Start, a federal program for preschool children from low-income families. The pamphlet's sections answer the following questions: (1) "What Is Head Start?" (2) "What Can the Head Start Program Offer to Your…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups
Download full textGoldberg, Marge; Moses, Judith – 2002
This document includes a three-part set of Parent Briefs that focus on supplemental security income. The first Brief (published in March 2003)provides basic information on Supplemental Security Income (SSI), the federal income support program for people who have disabilities and limited income and resources. It identifies myths about SSI…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, Eligibility, Federal Aid
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1989
This document consists of examples of budget forms to assist school district superintendents in North Carolina in administering funds for programs for low-income students under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. General information is supplied on the following topics: (1) budgets; (2) amendments; (3) substitute teacher…
Descriptors: Budgets, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Office of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2010
This report presents a revision of the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework (2000), renamed The Head Start Child Development and Learning Framework: Promoting Positive Outcomes in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children 3-5 Years Old. The Framework outlines the essential areas of development and learning that are to be used by Head Start programs…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. Office of Policy Development and Research. – 1988
This guidebook is for community leaders who are implementing the Federal Partners in Self-Sufficiency (PS-S) program, a community-based approach to service delivery that helps families get off welfare. The program offers a comprehensive package of services including housing, education, child care, transportation, counseling, and job training and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Daily Living Skills, Federal Programs
Savage, David G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Chapter 1 was the federal government's first large-scale school aid program attempting to break the "cycle of poverty." The program's effectiveness--especially the formula for funding disbursement--is questioned. Congressional hearings in 1987 are expected to examine the program and consider the most effective means to provide poor…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, DC. – 1990
On October 27, 1990, Congress enacted comprehensive federal child care legislation targeted toward low-income workers and a broad expansion of assistance to parents through the earned income tax credit. This guide alerts union members to the benefits that are now available under the new law: the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. The guide…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Family Income
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1991
The Hawkins Stafford Act of 1988 amended the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Chapter 1 provides financial assistance through the state education agencies to local education agencies to meet the special needs of educationally disadvantaged children in areas with high concentrations of children from low-income families, as well as…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Child Neglect, Compensatory Education, Delinquency
Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Office of Family Assistance. – 2000
This guide suggests ways that states may expend their federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and State Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) funds. The guide is organized into these seven sections: (1) "Introduction" provides background information, explaining the progress that has been made on welfare reform, what the funding…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Block Grants, Children
