Head Start supporters fear impact of threatened cutbacks

From March 16th issue. Head start is an early health, nutrition and education program for low income family pre-schoolers and is in fear of losing billions of funding. "Head start and Early Head Start programs together enroll 965,000 children". This is an important program to raise academic achievement for low-income children who without this "head start" will most likely have a very difficult time in school. Marci Young, project director of Pre-K Now warned that "Head Start cuts would have an impact beyond the children immediately affected". That it most likely would affect Pre-K programs as well. I have seen first hand what Head Start can do for families. The program can make a big difference in how a child does in school. It gives children of disadvantaged famalies a "leg-up" so to speak. This program needs to be saved.