Although my previous post took a more critical stance of the wording used in Head Start's policy guides, the program still does many wonderful things for families in the community. And they are in danger of losing 25% of their funding (and all of the funding that keeps my center running!).
They are urging people to write to their congressfolk and urge them to vote against the budget proposal. Here are the details and a link to a website where you can send an email to your congressional representative:
On Friday night (2/11/11), the U.S. House of Representatives introduced H.R. 1, a proposal to slash many important services during the current fiscal year. This includes a nearly 22.4 percent cut to Head Start that would result in over 200,000 children losing services nationally (approximately 27,000 in California) and many Head Start employees losing their jobs. The House will be debating and voting on the bill this week.
To be clear, this is not about ARRA expansion slots. This is about core program funding in the current, FY 2011 budget.
Up until now, rhetoric in Washington about budget cutting has been in the abstract. Now that House leaders have abruptly placed Head Start on the chopping block, we need to respond. If adopted, this would be the largest cut in the history of Head Start.
Send an email today to your Member(s) of Congress urging them not to cut funding for Head Start. It will only take 30 seconds to complete. Click here to send your Members of Congress the email
Sabra: Have you read Gabriela's post? It contains a bunch of links to articles and videos from the Brookings Institution that question the effectiveness of Head Start. I'm sure you'll find them useful and interesting.
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