TAKE ACTION TO RESTORE HEAD START FUNDING
The early childhood health and education program for low-income children, Head Start, was reauthorized in bi-partisan legislation that President Bush signed in December. However, the politicians in Washington took away what they gave by funding of the program at $480 million below the authorized level. And last week President Bush proposed a budget which would reduce even further below what the Congress authorized with the number of children who would be served in Head Start falling to 895,000 in 2009, with deeper cuts in the future. Head Start will have no choice but to turn away children who need this support the most.
Click here for more information on the cuts : http://www.cbpp.org/2-5-08bud.htm
Contact your member of Congress and tell them to defend Head Start and the children and families in their district enrolled in a Head Start Program: Send a message to your Congressmember: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/956/t/4330/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=22809
Since many of these key decisions relating to investing in our children will be pushed off to the next president: Send a message to the 2008 Presidential Candidates:
http://www.everychildmatters.org/2008/index.html
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