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1994.07.07 : Advisory Committee on Services for Families with Infants and Toddlers 

Contact:  ACF                                    David Siegel
Thursday, July 7, 1994                           (202) 40l-9215


     HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala today announced the formation of
the Advisory Committee on Services for Families with Infants and
Toddlers.  The committee will help implement a new national Head
Start initiative for families with children age 3 and under. 

     "The years from birth to age 3 are among the most important in
a child's development," Secretary Shalala said.  "We are seeking
advice from some of the brightest and the best experts in the field,
including people working in the Head Start programs, on how to
invest wisely in America's youngest generation."

     Bipartisan legislation to reauthorize and re-energize the Head
Start program, signed by President Clinton May 18, included new
provisions for serving families with infants and toddlers.  The new
advisory committee will examine the parenting and child development
needs of low-income families with very young children.  

     The members of the committee will pay especially close
attention to ensuring that services are culturally appropriate for
the families being served, according to Mary Jo Bane, HHS assistant
secretary for children and families.

     The advisory committee, chaired by Olivia Golden, HHS
commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, 
consists of leading experts in children's health, education and
development, both academics and practitioners, representatives from
state government and the Head Start community.  

     The committee was created under the rules governing the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, and all meetings of the full committee will
be public.

     Members of the Advisory Committee on Services for Families with
Infants and Toddlers are -- 

Sue Aronson, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of
     Pennsylvania, Narberth, Pa.

Kathryn Barnard, Professor of Nursing and Psychology, University     
  of Washington, Seattle

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Mary Jane Bevins, Director, Child and Family Development Program 
     Southwestern Community Action Council, Inc., Huntington, 
     W.Va.

Helen Blank, Director, Child Care and Development, Children's
     Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.

Sue Bredenkamp, Director of Professional Development, National
     Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington,
     D.C.

Urie Bronfenbrenner, Professor Emeritus of Human Development and
     Family Studies and Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca,
     N.Y.

Bettye Caldwell, Professor of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's
     Hospital, Little Rock, Ark.

Jane Campbell, State Representative, Ohio House of
     Representatives, Columbus

Gayle Cunningham, Executive Director, Jefferson County Committee for
     Economic Opportunity, Birmingham, Ala.

Sharon Darling, President, National Center for Family Literacy,
     Louisville, Ky.

Amy Dombro, Infant/Toddler Specialist, New York, N.Y.

Anne Cohen Donnely, Executive Director, National Committee to
     Prevent Child Abuse, Chicago, Ill.

Robert Emde, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado,
     Denver

Lily Wong Fillmore, Professor, Language and Literacy Division,
     University of California, Berkeley, Calif.

Susan Fowler, Professor, Department of Special Education,
     University of Illinois, Champaign

Sarah Greene, Chief Executive Officer, National Head Start
     Association, Alexandria, Va.

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Olivia Golden, Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth
     and Families, Department of Health and Human Services,
     Washington, D.C.

Judy Jerald, Director, Early Education Services Comprehensive
     Child Development Program, Brattleboro, Vt.

Linda Kills Crow, Director of Early Childhood Services, Osage
     Tribe of Oklahoma, Pawhuska.

Ron Lally, Director, Center for Child and Family Studies, Far
     West Laboratory, Sausalito, Calif.

Joan Lombardi, Policy Consultant, Office of the Assistant
     Secretary for Children and Families, Department of Health
     and Human Services, Washington, D.C.

Harriet Meyer, Executive Director, The Ounce of Prevention Found,
     Chicago, Ill.

Evelyn Moore, Executive Director, National Black Child
     Development Institute, Washington, D.C.

Genoveva Morales, Migrant Head Start Director, Sunnyside, Wash.

Delores Norton, Professor, School of Social Service
     Administration, University of Chicago, Ill.

Maria Elena Orrego, Consultant, Silver Spring, Md.

Carol Phillips, Executive Director, Council for Early Childhood
     Professional Recognition, Washington, D.C.

Deborah Phillips, Director, Board on Children and Families,
     National Research Institute, Washington, D.C.

Ed Pitt, Director, Male Involvement Project Families and Work
     Institute, New York, N.Y.

Gloria Johnson Powell, Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
     Mass.

Linda Randolph, Clinical Professor, Department of Community
     Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.

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Julius Richmond, Professor of Health Policy, Emeritus, Harvard
     Medical School, Department of Social Medicine, Boston, Mass.

Ann Rosewater, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and External
     Affairs, Administration for Children and Families,
     Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.  

Shirley Senegal, Parent, Opelousas, La.

Lisbeth Schorr, Director, Harvard University Project on Effective
     Services, Washington, D.C.

Helen Taylor, Associate Commissioner, Head Start Bureau,
     Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.

Sally Vogler, Director, Governor's Office, Denver, Colo.

Bernice Weissbourd, President, Family Focus, Inc., Chicago, Ill.

Ed Zigler, Sterling Professor of Psychology, Yale University, New
     Haven, Conn.

Barry Zuckerman, Professor and Chairman, Department of
     Pediatrics, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass.