Quick Facts
Through Early Head Start, more than 16,000 pregnant women received services to support the health and development of their babies in 2011.
Head Start programs operate in 57,000 classrooms in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and six territories.
30% of Head Start participants speak a language other than English at home, representing more than 140 languages.
Over 1.3 million adultsvolunteered in Head Start programs in 2011
Nearly 870,000 of whom were parents.
- 17
Children's Bureau grants
were awarded in 2008 to support research on home visiting programs to prevent child maltreatment.
- 15%
decrease in the number of child abuse victims between 2005 and 2009.
- 22%
decrease in the number of children in foster care between 2002 and 2010.
- 17
Abandoned Infants Assistance projects funded by CB
to help infants in families affected by HIV/AIDS.
- 758
letters sent to the White House
in 2010 regarding child welfare issues and answered with CB assistance.