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President
Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963 - 1969)
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January
1964
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January
- February 1964
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July
- August 1964
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November
1964
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December
1964
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| President Johnson declares "War on Poverty"
in his State of the Union message. |
Sargent Shriver is named head of War on Poverty
program by President Johnson. He convenes first task force meeting to plan legislation. |
July 1964. Economic Opportunity Act
passes Senate.
August 1964. Economic Opportunity Act passes House and is signed into law. |
Office of Economic Opportunity makes first
grants to Community Action Agencies. Lyndon Johnson is elected President. |
Mr. Shriver asks Dr. Robert Cooke, pediatrician
at Johns Hopkins University to head a steering committee of specialists in all fields
to discuss what should be done for young children. |
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January
1965
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February
1965
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May 18,
1965
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Summer
1965
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1965
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| Steering Committee convenes at the White House
led by Mrs. Lyndon Johnson and Sargent Shriver. |
Recommendations for the Head Start Program
are issued by the Planning Committee in the Cooke Memorandum.
OEO memo from Jules Sugarman announces initiation of Project Head Start. |
President Lyndon B. Johnson
officially announces the Head Start program in the White House Rose Garden. |
Head Start is launched, serving over 560,000
children and families across America in an eight-week summer program. |
American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start
programs also began in 1965 with 43 grantees in 14 states. |
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July
1966
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1968
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| Economic Opportunity Act is amended,
requiring the Office of Economic Opportunity to operate a Head Start program. |
Head Start begins funding a program that will
eventually be called Sesame Street. It is a Carnegie Corporation Preschool Television
Show. |
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President Richard
M. Nixon
(1969 - 1974)
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1969
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August
1972
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1973
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| Head Start is transferred from the Office
of Economic Opportunity to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and becomes
a part of HEW's Office of Child Development. |
Economic Opportunity Act is amended,
calling for expansion of Head Start program opportunities for handicapped children.
The legislation mandates that at least 10 percent of the national enrollment of Head
Start consist of handicapped children. |
Head Start home-based program option is added. |
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President Gerald
R. Ford
(1974-1977)
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October
1974
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July
1975
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| Total number of children served since 1965
reaches 5,300,000. |
Head Start Program Performance Standards
are issued. |
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President Jimmy
Carter
(1977 - 1981)
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1977
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1977
- 1981
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| Bilingual and bicultural Head Start Migrant
programs serve 6,000 children in twenty-one states. |
Major expansion of Head Start, adding 43,000
children and families. |
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President Ronald
Reagan
(1981 - 1989)
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October
1984
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| Head Start budget exceeds the one billion
mark and the number of children served since the beginning reaches 9,144,990. |
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President George
Bush
(1989 - 1993)
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1992
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| Head Start funding is increased by $600 million.
This additional funding extends services to another 180,000 children and families. |
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President William
J. Clinton
(1993 - 2001)
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September
1995
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November
5, 1996
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October
1998
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May 18,
2000
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| First Early Head Start grants are awarded
to provide services for children birth to age three and pregnant women. |
First major revision of the Head Start
Program Performance Standards is issued. |
Head Start Reauthorization Act includes mandate
to expand full-day, full-year services. |
Head Start celebrates 35th
Anniversary and marks five-year period of significant expansion in services to children
and families. |
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