Over four years of implementation of the Head Start National Reporting System, a direct assessment of 4-year-olds in the year prior to kindergarten, Mathematica staff visited multiple nationally representative samples of programs, observed child assessments, and interviewed program staff. This...

Over four years of implementation of the Head Start National Reporting System, a direct assessment of 4-year-olds in the year prior to kindergarten, Mathematica staff visited multiple nationally representative samples of programs, observed child assessments, and interviewed program staff. This...

In 2004, Florida’s Department of Children and Families modernized its approach to administering the food stamp, cash assistance, and Medicaid programs by replacing the caseworker model with ACCESS Florida, a technology-driven system emphasizing self-service. This report examines ACCESS Florida...

This report presents findings from the two-year implementation evaluation of the "I am Moving, I am Learning (IM/IL)" enhancements in Head Start Region III to address childhood obesity.

The Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project, funded by the Head Start Bureau in 2004, supports the quality of care that family, friends and neighbors—"kith and kin" caregivers—provide to infants and toddlers enrolled in home-based Early Head Start programs. This publication describes...