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I Was a Head Start Child. We Can’t Afford to Forget What It Means.
As children across Western Pennsylvania prepare to head back to school, another story deserves our attention—one that could shape the future of thousands of our youngest learners. I know because I was one of them.
Head Start and Early Head Start currently serve roughly 34,600 children and families across Pennsylvania. Here in Allegheny County, enrollment has dropped from 1,238 to 958 children—not because fewer children need help, but because of staffing shortages and financial pressures.
Robin Beckham
Publisher, Pittsburgh Urban Media
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