Besharov, Douglas J.; Morrow, Jeffrey S. - In: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 26 (2007) 3, pp. 613-631
According to the Head Start Act (1998), children are income-eligible for the program if their “families' incomes are below the poverty line.” There are a number of statutory exceptions to this general rule and, according to the Head Start Bureau, the result is that about 6 percent of the...