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ERIC Number: ED672657
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Oct
Pages: 18
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: 0000-00-00
The Impacts of Extreme Weather Disasters on the Implementation of Head Start Services
Todd Grindal; Paul Burkander; Nicholas Ortiz
SRI Education, a Division of SRI International
With the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather disasters, it is essential for Office of Head Start staff and Early Head Start/Head Start (EHS/HS) program leaders to prepare for and respond effectively to these challenges. This brief presents data on the number and percentage of EHS/HS sites located in extreme weather affected areas from 2012 to 2017, along with estimates of the impacts of these disasters on EHS/HS enrollment and service delivery. This brief is based on a comprehensive approach to document how extreme weather disasters disrupt the delivery of EHS/HS services to children and their families. The SRI study team integrated multiple years of data from the Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) and Head Start Service Location datasets with contemporary records from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster declarations and community demographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS). The authors linked the FEMA and PIR data using Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) county codes for areas affected by extreme weather disasters that received federal disaster relief funding. They then used regression analyses to estimate the impacts of these weather disasters on the implementation of Head Start services.
SRI International. 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Tel: 650-859-2000; e-mail: customer.service@sri.com; Web site: https://www.sri.com/
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Administration for Children and Families (ACF) (DHHS)
Authoring Institution: SRI Education
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Head Start
Grant or Contract Numbers: 90YR0162
Author Affiliations: N/A