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• 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
• December 12, 2007 - President Bush signs the “Improving Head Start Act of 2007” into law ... more
• December 7, 2007 - National Head Start Association Seeks New Leadership ...more
• November 14, 2007 - NHSA Hails U.S House Passage of Head Start Reauthorization ...more
• November 7, 2007 - Citing Strong House Support, NHSA Urges House-Senate Conferees to Preserve Role of Parents in Head Start ...more
• October 15, 2007 -NIKE/National Head Start Association's "Ley Me Play Head Start" to Expand ... more
• July 6, 2007 - NHSA to Hold Special Election For 2007-2009 Board Members, Officers ...more
• June 18, 2007 - NHSA Urges Senate Appropriations Subcommittee to Approve Head Start Budget that Would Avoid Major Cuts in Services ...more
• March 15, 2007 - NHSA Lauds House Head Start Reauthorization Bill as "Major Positive Step Forward" ...more
• February 14, 2007 - NHSA: More then 30,000 Head Start Slots Would Have to Be Cut Under Bush Fiscal Year 2008 Budget ...more
• February 7, 2007 - NHSA Survey: Over Half of Head Start ProgramsForced toReduce Services to Children in Face of 11 Percent in Federal Cuts That Could Grow to 13 Percent in Fiscal Year 2008 ...more
• October 26, 2006 - Shortchanging Head Head Start Kids: NHSA Objects to HHS Directions to Cut Wages, Health Care Benefits of Teachers, Staff and Also to "Beg" for Help Form Local Businesses ...more
• October 12, 2006 - NikeGo Head Start Comes to Nacogdoches, Texas to Fight Childhood Obesity Epidemic ...more
• July 27, 2006 - Greene: "Sunet Commission" Seen as Sneaky, Backdoor Attack on Head Start, Attempt to Gut Program for At-Risk Children ...more
• Listen to NHSA Budget Cut News Event ...more

• June 22, 2006 - Head Start "Downward Spiral" Seen in Growing Number of Program Closures and Painful Cutbacksin Service ...more

• May 25, 2006 - NHSA Teams with Commontales.com to Publish Head Start Success Stories ... more

• April 11, 2006 - NHSA: "Slow - Motion Demise" of Head Start Seen If Congress Fails to Add $234 Million to Undo Destructive 2006 Budget Cuts ... more

• February 22, 2006 - Funai & Disney Team with First Book to Donate Learning Libraries to Every Head Start Program in the Country ... more