News Releases
- January 14, 2010 - The National Head Start Association stands ready to partner with the Obama Administration and others as they announce plans to strengthen Head Start and Early Head Start programs following new research. The research conclusions are a mixed bag...more
- September 9, 2009 - The National Head Start Association recently announced a collaboration with Together Rx Access to launch the Together Rx Access® FOR HEAD START Card. The Card will help eligible uninsured individuals and families associated with Head Start access immediate and meaningful savings on prescription medicines and products right at their neighborhood pharmacies...more
- August 26, 2009 - The National Head Start Association mourns the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a tireless champion of the Head Start program and one the most effective U.S. Senators...more
- August 11, 2009 - The National Head Start Association mourns the death of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the founder of Special Olympics, sister of the late President John F. Kennedy, and wife of Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. who founded the Head Start Program...more
- April 27, 2009 - The National Head Start Association (NHSA) announced today that Yasmina Vinci is the new executive director of the membership organization representing more than one million children, 200,000 staff and 2,600 Head Start programs in the United States...more
- February 5, 2009 - Effort to zero-out Head Start Funds defeated in the Senate, but the House version is preferred...more
- February 5, 2009 - It's time to set the record straight about Head Start/Early Head Start and the economic stimulus bill now before the U.S. Senate. The truth is that up to 60,000 jobs could be created -- and that is not even including related construction positions - with the $2.1 billion has been designated for Head Start and Early Head Start...more
- January 15, 2009 - NHSA applauds $2.1 Billion in Economic Recovery Package for Head Start/Early Head Start...more
- January 8, 2009 - Between 62,000 and 120,000 new jobs could be created where they are needed the most in the United States if the Obama economic recovery package now working its way through Congress includes an urgently needed $4.3 billion boost for Head Start and Early Head Start...more
- October 16, 2008 - Research Clearly Demonstrates That America's Comprehensive Early Education/Health Program Is Effective, Generates Long-Term Benefits; Nearly 40-Year-Old Study Cited in Debate is Flawed, Outdated...more
- September 24, 2008 - D.C. Four-Year-Old Featured as 25-Millionth Child in "Most Important" U.S. Investment in Children, Families and Communities; "Father of Head Start" Joins Leaders From Across Nation for Event...more
- September 15, 2008 - The League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS) and the National Head Start Association (NHSA) announced today that they will work together to promote voter education and registration at local Head Start facilities across the nation...more
- July 30, 2008 - The death of Dr. Julius Richmond, one of the founding fathers of Head Start, marks a sad day for all Americans who care about childhood education, health and family issues, according to the National Head Start Association (NHSA)...more
- June 19, 2008 - Faced with an effective $1 billion cut in funding since 2002, cash-strapped Head Start programs across the United States will have no choice but to... more
- March 19, 2008 - NHSA Survey: 77 percent of Head Start programs are "at a breaking point," unable to absorb new cuts and hundreds of new rules ... more
- March 13, 2008 - NHSA warns that 14,000 Head Start child slot cut proposed by Bush Administration is new White House effort to "dismantle" Head Start ... more
- January 24, 2008 - Billion Broken Promises" Experts Warn "Crippling Crisis" Looms for Head Start Due to Cut in Appropriations, Hundreds of New Unfunded Requirements ... more