Early Head Start, a federal program begun in 1995 for low-income pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers, was evaluated through a randomized trial of 3,001 families in 17 programs. Interviews with primary caregivers, child assessments, and observations of parent– child...

This report highlights information from a survey of Early Head Start programs that examined management structures and program services nationally. The report describes program approaches to service delivery, management and staffing, and partnerships. It also examines the characteristics of...

The research empirically defined three program approaches based on services provided: (1) a home-based approach, in which all families received the home-based option; (2) a center-based approach, in which all families received the center-based option; and (3) a mixed approach, in which families...

This article examines the effectiveness of the Early Head Start (EHS) home-based program for children and families at the end of the program and 2 years later, with a particular focus on the role of program implementation in the impacts of the EHS home-based program on child and family outcomes.

Head Start has been the setting and source of a great deal of research over the four decades since its inception. The authors summarize previous reviews of Head Start research and examine more recent outcome and impact studies that have not been systematically summarized. The authors conclude...