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McCarthy, Colman – Young Children, 1985
Demonstrates typical concerns and problems associated with administering and maintaining a rural community Head Start center as exemplified by the Carbon County Child Development Program in Rawlins, Wyoming. Emphasizes the poverty of families served, lack of federal financial support, enrollment trends, and educational benefits of the Head Start…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Educational Benefits, Enrollment, Financial Support

Washington, Valora; Oyemade, Ura Jean – Young Children, 1985
Discusses four trends in family life which are particularly affecting Head Start and other programs serving low-income families (1) feminization of poverty, (2) teenage parenting, (3) increasing number of employed mothers, and (4) increasing challenges to attaining economic self-sufficiency. Explores the implications of these trends for Head Start…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comprehensive Programs, Early Parenthood, Economic Opportunities