These hearing transcripts present testimony on removing barriers that may impede the successful integration of Head Start with other programs that serve to prepare disadvantaged children for success. It begins with the prepared statements of Honorable Michael N. Castle, Chairman, Subcommittee on Education Reform, Committee on Education and the Workforce; and Honorable Lynn C Woolsey, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Education Reform, Committee on Education and the Workforce. It then presents the prepared statement of witnesses: Jeffrey Alexander, Assistant Head Start Director, Big Five Community Services, Inc., Durant, OK; W. Steven Barnett, Director, National Institute for Early Education Research, New Brunswick, NJ; Helen Blank, Director of Leadership and Public Policy, National Women's Law Center, Washington, DC; Richard M. Clifford, Senior Scientist, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, Chapel Hill, NC; and Marsha H. Moore, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning, Atlanta, GA.