NHSA Government Affairs Updates 
NHSA's Government Affairs Update is now included in the bi-weekly electronic publication News You Can Use, providing comprehensive, timely, and insightful information on legislative issues facing Head Start.
News You Can Use Issues are here.
02/20/2009
Legislative Update Week of January 16, 2009
$2.1 Billion for Head Start in Stimulus Package!
On Friday of last week, the House and Senate voted in favor of the conference committee's version of the stimulus package consisting of a mix of tax breaks and spending for a total of about $787 billion. We are thrilled that Head Start programs did very well in this package. A total of $2.1 billion will be appropriated for our programs. Congratulations and thanks for all your hard work!
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Legislative Update Week of January 28, 2009
Special thanks to all of you who joined us in record attendance at our Leadership Institute this week! With a huge audience, hundreds strong, we heard from Congresswoman Hirono and Congressman Polis about their views for the future of early childhood issues, Joan Lombardi, David Johns (Senior Advisor to Senator Kennedy) as well as longstanding leaders in the Head Start community and our advocacy partners.
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