Head Start Program Fact Sheet
Fiscal Year 2002
FY 2001 Actual |
FY 2002 Appropriation |
|
---|---|---|
Local Head Start Projects | ||
Projects in States and Territories | $5,586,523,000 |
$5,887,432,000 |
American Indian and Migrant Programs | $418,194,000 |
$439,926,000 |
Subtotal | $6,004,717,000 |
$6,327,358,000 |
Support Activities | ||
Training and Technical Assistance | $154,895,000 |
$166,441,000 |
Research, Demonstration and Evaluation | $17,000,000 |
$20,000,000 |
Monitoring/Program Review | $22,511,000 |
$23,841,000 |
Subtotal | $194,406,000 |
$210,282,000 |
TOTAL | $6,199,123,000 |
$6,537,640,00 |
ADMINISTRATION ON CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES
Head Start Bureau
330 C Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20447
March, 2002
Head Start Facts
The Head Start program is administered by the Head Start Bureau, the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACFY), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Grants are awarded by the ACF Regional Offices and the Head Start Bureau’s American Indian and Migrant Program Branches directly to local public agencies, private non-profit and for-profit organizations, Indian Tribes and school systems for the purpose of operating Head Start programs at the community level
FY-2001 Program Statistics
ENROLLMENT |
905,235 |
Ages: | |
Number of 5 year olds and older | 4% |
Number of 4 year olds | 54% |
Number of 3 year olds | 35% |
Number under 3 years of age | 7% |
Racial/Ethnic Composition | |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 3.6% |
Hispanic/Latino | 29.7% |
Black/African American | 33.8% |
White | 29.9% |
Asian | 2.0% |
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
NUMBER OF GRANTEES | 1,545 |
Number of Classrooms | 48,512 |
Number of Centers | 18,735 |
AVERAGE COST PER CHILD | $6,633 |
PAID STAFF | 195,000 |
VOLUNTEERS | 1,345,000 |
During the 2000-2001 Operating Period:
- 13 percent of the Head Start enrollment consisted of children with disabilities, (mental retardation, health impairments, visual handicaps, hearing impairments, emotional disturbance, speech and language impairments, orthopedic handicaps and learning disabilities).
- 46,500 children participated in home-based Head Start program services.
- 29 percent of Head Start program staff members are parents of current or former Head Start children. Over 827,000 parents volunteered in their local Head Start program.
- 77 percent of Head Start families had annual income of less than $15,000 per year.
- Head Start programs are encouraged to use non-Head Start resources in their communities for Head Start children and their families. 59 percent of Head Start children were enrolled in the Medicaid/Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) program which pays for their medical and dental services.
- The 1994 reauthorization of the Head Start Act established a new Early Head Start program for low-income families with infants and toddlers. In Fiscal Year 2001, $557,983,000 was used to support nearly 650 programs to provide, Early Head Start child development and family support services in all 50 states and in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. These programs served more than 55,000 children under the age of three.
FY 2001 Head Start Program State Allocations and Enrollment
STATE |
2001 FUNDING |
FY 2001 ENROLLMENT |
FY 2002 FUNDING [EST] |
---|---|---|---|
ALABAMA |
$95,375,529 |
16,498 |
$100,947,000 |
ALASKA |
$11,656,051 |
1,586 |
$12,283,000 |
ARIZONA |
$89,629,094 |
12,865 |
$94,450,000 |
ARKANSAS |
$57,380,784 |
10,818 |
$60,467,000 |
CALIFORNIA |
$758,590,509 |
97,667 |
$799,391,000 |
COLORADO |
$61,804,681 |
9,826 |
$65,129,000 |
CONNECTICUT |
$47,930,594 |
7,207 |
$50,509,000 |
DELAWARE |
$11,830,730 |
2,243 |
$12,467,000 |
District of Columbia |
$23,202,665 |
3,343 |
$24,451,000 |
FLORIDA |
$236,056,455 |
34,657 |
$248,753,000 |
GEORGIA |
$151,340,480 |
23,140 |
$159,480,000 |
HAWAII |
$21,165,615 |
3,073 |
$22,304,000 |
IDAHO |
$20,157,609 |
2,890 |
$21,242,000 |
ILLINOIS |
$248,854,680 |
39,805 |
$262,239,000 |
INDIANA |
$85,240,767 |
14,256 |
$89,825,000 |
IOWA |
$47,381,413 |
7,689 |
$49,930,000 |
KANSAS |
$44,950,595 |
7,897 |
$47,368,000 |
KENTUCKY |
$99,053,896 |
16,419 |
$104,381,000 |
LOUISIANA |
$128,483,678 |
21,969 |
$135,394,000 |
MAINE |
$24,769,885 |
3,958 |
$26,102,000 |
MARYLAND |
$71,713,437 |
10,487 |
$75,570,000 |
MASSACHUSETTS |
$99,674,529 |
13,004 |
$105,035,000 |
MICHIGAN |
$215,873,226 |
35,112 |
$227,484,000 |
MINNESOTA |
$65,522,896 |
10,164 |
$69,047,000 |
MISSISSIPPI |
$149,606,362 |
26,624 |
$157,653,000 |
MISSOURI |
$108,304,517 |
17,718 |
$114,130,000 |
MONTANA |
$18,944,492 |
2,971 |
$19,963,000 |
NEBRASKA |
$32,141,653 |
4,982 |
$33,870,000 |
NEVADA |
$18,366,961 |
2,694 |
$19,355,000 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
$12,387,680 |
1,632 |
$13,054,000 |
NEW JERSEY |
$120,245,137 |
15,329 |
$126,712,000 |
NEW MEXICO |
$45,918,602 |
7,618 |
$48,388,000 |
NEW YORK |
$398,522,297 |
48,952 |
$419,957,000 |
NORTH CAROLINA |
$124,579,740 |
18,991 |
$131,280,000 |
NORTH DAKOTA |
$15,749,932 |
2,287 |
$16,597,000 |
OHIO |
$226,942,460 |
38,072 |
$239,148,000 |
OKLAHOMA |
$72,189,686 |
13,228 |
$76,072,000 |
OREGON |
$54,784,581 |
9,129 |
$57,731,000 |
PENNSYLVANIA |
$209,346,239 |
31,104 |
$220,606,000 |
RHODE ISLAND |
$20,412,042 |
3,150 |
$21,510,000 |
SOUTH CAROLINA |
$74,963,147
|
12,184 |
$78,995,000 |
SOUTH DAKOTA |
$17,512,687 |
2,925
|
$18,455,000 |
TENNESSEE |
$107,145,843 |
16,344 |
$112,909,000 |
TEXAS |
$429,075,102 |
67,572 |
$452,153,000 |
UTAH |
$35,858,291 |
5,403 |
$37,787,000 |
VERMONT |
$12,553,205 |
1,573 |
$13,228,000 |
VIRGINIA |
$89,889,625 |
13,612 |
$94,724,000 |
WASHINGTON |
$92,257,118 |
11,106 |
$97,219,000 |
WEST VIRGINIA |
$46,712,650 |
7,590 |
$49,225,000 |
WISCONSIN |
$83,337,143 |
13,478 |
$87,819,000 |
WYOMING |
$10,759,887 |
1,757 |
$11,339,000 |
Subtotal |
$5,346,146,877 |
804,598 |
$5,634,127,000 |
OUTER PACIFIC |
$14,381,145 |
6,209 |
$15,155,000 |
VIRGIN ISLANDS |
$9,519,299 |
1,547 |
$10,031,000 |
PUERTO RICO |
$216,475,690 |
35,894 |
$228,119,000 |
AMERICAN INDIAN |
$171,289,090 |
23,632 |
$180,502,000 |
MIGRANT PROGRAMS |
$246,904,899 |
33,355 |
$259,424,000 |
GRAND TOTAL |
$658,570,123 |
100,637 |
$693,231,000 |
Total States/Territories |
$6,004,717,000 |
905,235 |
$6,327,358,000 |
HEAD START ENROLLMENT HISTORY
FISCAL YEAR |
ENROLLMENT |
APPROPRIATION |
---|---|---|
1965 (Summer only) |
561,000
|
$ 96,400,000
|
1966 |
733,000
|
198,900,000
|
1967 |
681,400
|
349,200,000
|
1968 |
693,900
|
316,200,000
|
1969 |
663,600
|
333,900,000
|
1970 |
477,400
|
325,700,000
|
1971 |
397,500
|
360,000,000
|
1972 |
379,000
|
376,300,000
|
1973 |
379,000
|
400,700,000
|
1974 |
352,800
|
403,900,000
|
1975 |
349,000
|
403,900,000
|
1976 |
349,000
|
441,000,000
|
1977 |
333,000
|
475,000,000
|
1978 |
391,400
|
625,000,000
|
1979 |
387,500
|
680,000,000
|
1980 |
376,300
|
735,000,000
|
1981 |
387,300
|
818,700,000
|
1982 |
395,800
|
911,700,000
|
1983 |
414,950
|
912,000,000
|
1984 |
442,140
|
995,750,000
|
1985 |
452,080
|
1,075,059,000
|
1986 |
451,732
|
1,040,315,000
|
1987 |
446,523
|
1,130,542,000
|
1988 |
448,464
|
1,206,324,000
|
1989 |
450,970
|
1,235,000,000
|
1990 |
540,930
|
1,552,000,000
|
1991 |
583,471
|
1,951,800,000
|
1992 |
621,078
|
2,201,800,000
|
1993 |
713,903
|
2,776,286,000
|
1994 |
740,493
|
3,325,728,000
|
1995 |
750,696
|
3,534,128,000
|
1996 |
752,077
|
3,569,329,000
|
1997 |
793,809
|
3,980,546,000
|
1998 |
822,316
|
4,347,433,000
|
1999 |
826,016
|
4,658,151,448
|
2000 |
857,664
|
5,267,000,000
|
2001 |
905,235
|
6,200,000,000
|