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In January of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared The War on Poverty in his State of the Union speech. Shortly thereafter, Sargent Shriver took the lead in assembling a panel of experts to develop a comprehensive child development program that would help communities meet the needs of disadvantaged preschool children. Among these experts were Dr. Robert Cooke, a pediatrician at John Hopkins University, and Dr. Edward Zigler, a professor of psychology and director of the Child Study Center at Yale University.

Part of the government’s thinking on poverty was influenced by new research on the effects of poverty, as well as on the impacts of education. This research indicated an obligation to help disadvantaged groups, compensating for inequality in social or economic conditions. The Head Start program was designed to help break the cycle of poverty, providing preschool children of low-income families with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs. A key tenet of the program established that it be culturally responsive to the communities served, and that the communities have an investment in its success through the contribution of volunteer hours and other donations as nonfederal share.

The Head Start Program Performance Standards were originally published in 1975. In 1995 the first Early Head Start grants were given. In 1998, the Head Start program was reauthorized to expand to full-day and full-year services.

The Head Start program, to include Early Head Start, was most recently reauthorized in 2007 with bipartisan support. The Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 had several provisions to strengthen Head Start quality. These include alignment of Head Start school readiness goals with state early learning standards, higher qualifications for the Head Start teaching workforce, State Advisory Councils on Early Care and Education in every state, and increased program monitoring, including a review of child outcomes and annual financial audits. The Head Start training and technical assistance system was redesigned to support programs through National Centers and state-based systems to ensure success. The statute also required the development of a system of designation renewal for grants, and a revision of the Head Start Program Performance Standards.

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We are proud of our outstanding reputation for creating a positive atmosphere in Community Action Agencies and Early Head Start/Head Start Programs. The PosiPower Concept asserts that: "All elements of training begin with self." We emphasize the importance of maintaining a positive self-image when serving others. This concept is what makes our training unique. Over the years, we discovered that employees who feel good about themselves and their contribution to the organization, they are more receptive to meeting customer needs.

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