National Head Start Association

Securing Head Start’s Future

• Ensure a unified voice for all Head Start and Early Head Start children is heard in every statehouse, in Congress, and in the White House
  
  
• NHSA is the only national organization advocating solely for Head Start and Early Head Start children and their families
  
  
• Dollar Per Child is the only source of support for NHSA’s national advocacy efforts - not a single membership dollar is used. Where do your contributions go?
  

The 2013-2014 Campaign

Our goal is to raise one dollar for each of the one million children in Head Start and Early Head Start programs across the nation.

We’ve formed a national Dollar Per Child Advocacy Council to mobilize the national campaign. They will work with state associations and local programs to plan events in every state throughout the year.

The campaign launches July 1, 2013. We will track progress toward our goals on a Leaderboard.

At the December 2013 NHSA Parent Conference in Atlanta, we will recognize the states and the programs that met their dollar per child goal in 2013.

At the opening session of the Annual Head Start Conference in May, 2014, we will invite programs and states to bring the results of their Dollar Per Child campaigns before thousands of their colleagues.

Get involved today!

Interested in contributing to Dollar per Child, but not sure how to get involved? We've put together a Fundraising Toolkit that you can use to put on fundraising events! You can also click here to donate to the campaign.

Find out more about the Toolkit

Fundraising FAQ

"I work for a Head Start program - am I allowed to raise funds for Dollar Per Child?" and other questions answered.

Click here to view the FAQ