When assessing the children of the first generation of Head Start participants, Notre Dame researcher Chloe Gibbs, saw decreases in teen parenthood and criminal engagement and increases in educational attainment, which correspond to an estimated 6 to 11 percent increase in wages through age 50.
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Increase in Head Start funding ‘a national priority’
Increased funding for Head Start – the largest federally funded, early childhood development program in the United States – is needed to support families during the COVID-19 recession and to ensure a more stable economic recovery.