Public Policy Report. Head Start: A Story of Need.

McCarthy, Colman

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Publication Date: 1985

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Public Policy Report. Head Start: A Story of Need.

McCarthy, Colman

Young Children, v40 n6 p67 Sep 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 from a broader national context. (DST)

Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Educational Benefits, Enrollment, Financial Support, Low Income Groups, Poverty, Poverty Programs, Preschool Children, Program Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Rural Education, Sociocultural Patterns

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Wyoming

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