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Article: Head Start program receives millions
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- The Philadelphia Tribune
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- June 21, 1994
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Vincent Thompson
Philadelphia Tribune, The
06-21-1994
Head Start program receives millions.
By Vincent Thompson
Tribune staff
The seven providers of the federally funded "Head Start" program in Philadelphia and other Head Start providers nationwide are smiling broadly because it looks like they'll be getting more money in their budgets for next year.
President Bill Clinton last month signed into law a bill that would extend the life of the 29-year-old U.S. Department of Human Services' Head Start program nationwide through September 1998 and would increase the funding in the program by $800 million in the upcoming federal budget, which starts October 1.
Head Start is a comprehensive ...