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Georgia has 32 agencies that offer Head Start and Early Head Start services through a variety of models based on the needs of the local community.

Fairbanks is the ancestral and unceded traditional territory of the lower Tanana Dene peoples. While many Alaska Natives live in the Fairbanks area, you will find the largest majority of Athabascan (Gwich'in, Koyukon, Lower Tanana and more) and Iñupiaq people represented here.

Early Head Start programs promote the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of infants and toddlers through safe and developmentally enriching caregiving.

Head Start Locations Across the Country There are more than 20,000 classrooms throughout the country. Explore their locations in detail, state-by-state.

Robert Cooke, a pediatrician at Johns Hopkins University, and Dr. Edward Zigler, a professor of psychology and director of the Yale Child Study Center. They designed a comprehensive child development program intended to help communities meet the needs of disadvantaged preschool children.

President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, into law on December 29, 2022. The funding level for programs under the Head Start Act (the Act) is $11,996,820,000, an increase of $960 million over fiscal year (FY) 2022.

What is California Head Start? Head Start is a Federal program that promotes the school readiness of children from birth to age five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs serve children between 3 and 5 years old. These programs are run by local nonprofit organizations, community action agencies, and school districts.