State(s) of Head Start

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The opinions expressed in this report are solely those of the authors. This report
was supported with funding provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The findings, interpretations,
and conclusions in this report are solely those of the authors.
The authors wish to acknowledge the Office of Head Start (OHS) in the Administration for Children and
Families. OHS and NIEER worked in partnership and we could not have produced the report without their
cooperation and assistance. We thank them for sharing data, answering data-related questions, and providing
feedback on the report.
The authors would like to extend their thanks to Michelle Ruess as editor and to Sandy Ogilvie as graphic
designer.
This publication is a product of the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), a unit of the
Graduate School of Education at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. NIEER supports early childhood
education policy by providing objective, nonpartisan information based on research.

State(s) of Head Start

2016 The National Institute for Early Education Research

By W. Steven Barnett, Ph.D.
Allison H. Friedman-Krauss, Ph.D.

STATE(S) OF HEAD START

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................................................................... 4
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................................................7
Head Start...................................................................................................................................................................... 9
History of Head Start..........................................................................................................................................................9
What Research Says About Head Starts Effectiveness........................................................................................... 10

Inequalities in Head Start: Its All Over the Map.................................................................................................... 11

Access................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Quality.................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Duration............................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Funding................................................................................................................................................................................ 17

An Under-Funded Mission.......................................................................................................................................... 19
Conclusions and Policy Recommendations............................................................................................................ 21
NATIONAL FIGURES...................................................................................................................................................... 25
GUIDE TO STATE PROFILES.........................................................................................................................................45
Data Points in the State(s) of Head Start report..................................................................................................52
GLOSSARY.......................................................................................................................................................................58

STATE AND TERRITORY PROFILES..............................................................................................................................59

Alabama....................................................................................................................................................................................60
Alaska........................................................................................................................................................................................ 67
Arizona.......................................................................................................................................................................................74
Arkansas.................................................................................................................................................................................... 81
California..................................................................................................................................................................................88
Colorado.................................................................................................................................................................................... 95
Connecticut.............................................................................................................................................................................102
Delaware..................................................................................................................................................................................109
District of Columbia...............................................................................................................................................................116
Florida...................................................................................................................................................................................... 123
Georgia.....................................................................................................................................................................................130
Hawaii....................................................................................................................................................................................... 137
Idaho.........................................................................................................................................................................................144
Illinois........................................................................................................................................................................................ 151
Indiana......................................................................................................................................................................................158
Iowa...........................................................................................................................................................................................165
Kansas...................................................................................................................................................................................... 172
Kentucky.................................................................................................................................................................................. 179
Louisiana.................................................................................................................................................................................186
Maine........................................................................................................................................................................................ 193
Maryland................................................................................................................................................................................ 200
Massachusetts.......................................................................................................................................................................207

Michigan.................................................................................................................................................................................... 214
Minnesota..................................................................................................................................................................................221
Mississippi................................................................................................................................................................................ 228
Missouri.................................................................................................................................................................................... 235
Montana....................................................................................................................................................................................242
Nebraska.................................................................................................................................................................................. 249
Nevada..................................................................................................................................................................................... 256
New Hampshire...................................................................................................................................................................... 263
New Jersey.............................................................................................................................................................................. 270
New Mexico..............................................................................................................................................................................277
New York.................................................................................................................................................................................. 284
North Carolina......................................................................................................................................................................... 291
North Dakota.......................................................................................................................................................................... 298
Ohio........................................................................................................................................................................................... 305
Oklahoma..................................................................................................................................................................................312
Oregon....................................................................................................................................................................................... 319
Pennsylvania........................................................................................................................................................................... 326
Rhode Island............................................................................................................................................................................333
South Carolina........................................................................................................................................................................340
South Dakota.......................................................................................................................................................................... 347
Tennessee................................................................................................................................................................................ 354
Texas.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 361
Utah.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 368
Vermont....................................................................................................................................................................................375
Virginia..................................................................................................................................................................................... 382
Washington............................................................................................................................................................................. 389
West Virginia........................................................................................................................................................................... 396
Wisconsin.................................................................................................................................................................................403
Wyoming................................................................................................................................................................................... 410
American Samoa..................................................................................................................................................................... 417
Guam........................................................................................................................................................................................ 423
Northern Mariana Islands.................................................................................................................................................... 429
Palau......................................................................................................................................................................................... 435
Puerto Rico.............................................................................................................................................................................. 441
Virgin Islands..........................................................................................................................................................................448

NATIONAL PROFILE........................................................................................................................................................455
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE HEAD START PROFILE......................................................................463
MIGRANT AND SEASONAL HEAD START PROFILE..................................................................................................471
METHODOLOGY...............................................................................................................................................................477

STATE(S) OF HEAD START

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The National Institute for Early Education Researchs

(NIEER) State(s) of Head Start report is the first
report to describe and analyze in detail Head Start
enrollment, funding, quality, and duration, state-bystate. The report focuses on the 2014-2015 program
year but also provides longitudinal data beginning
with the 2006-2007 program year. Despite the
fact that Head Start is a federally funded, national
program, the report reveals that access to Head
Start programs, funding per child, teacher education,
quality of teaching, and duration of services all
vary widely by state. Although in some states Head
Start meets evidence-based quality standards and
serves a high percentage of low-income children
statewide, in other states Head Start reaches fewer
of those in need, often with low-quality instruction,
and insufficient hours. Despite bipartisan support,
Head Start suffers from federal funding that restricts

the number of vulnerable children who can benefit

from Head Start. As a result, some vulnerable
children benefit less than others from Head Start
participation. Yet we can think of no reason children
living in poverty in one state are less deserving of a
high-quality education in Head Start than those in
another.
Revised and streamlined Head Start standards,
released in September 20161, address several of the
concerns spotlighted in the report, and demonstrate
the Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
commitment to continuous quality improvement
and supporting poor children. But without Congress
allocating adequate funding, Head Start programs
will continue to be forced to choose between
providing high-quality or school-day programs; hiring
quality teachers (and paying them adequately); or
enrolling more children. To be effective, Head Start

number of children in poverty.

must be funded sufficiently so that it can provide

high-quality learning experiences to more children
for longer periods of time per day and per year.

In five states more than 30 percent of low-income

3- and 4-year-olds were enrolled in Head Start. In
11 states less than 15 percent of low-income 3- and
4-year-olds attended Head Start.

This reports findings underscore the need for

greater coordination between Head Start and state
and local government agencies to build high-quality
early learning programs with widespread reach
and adequate funding. The authors call for an
independent bipartisan national commission to study
the issues raised in this report and develop an action
plan to ensure every eligible child in every state has
an equal opportunity to benefit from Head Start.

Childrens access to Head Start should be

considered within the broader early childhood
education context. However, even when taking
state-funded preschool into account, most states
only serve a small percentage of preschool-age
children, especially 3-year-olds.
QUALITY

HIGHLIGHTS

Head Start classrooms vary in quality. Quality

observations reveal that they typically provide
much stronger support for social and emotional
development than for instruction related to language
and cognitive development. Teacher qualifications
vary dramatically from one state to another, as
does teacher pay and the lack of parity with public
school teachers with similar credentials. Since the
2007 Head Start Reauthorization that improved
teacher qualifications3, substantially more Head Start
teachers have a bachelors degree or higher in ECE.

ACCESS
Nationwide, the number of 3- and 4-year-olds
enrolled in Head Start (supported by federal funding)
decreased between 2007 and 2015. Enrollment of
children under 3 more than doubled between 2007
and 2015. Head Start eligibility is based on the
federal poverty level (FPL) with certain exceptions.
As family incomes change during program
enrollment, this is necessarily imperfect. Serving lowincome children above the FPL should not be viewed
as a program flaw. For this reason, coverage cannot
be simply measured by the number of children
served as a fraction of those in poverty. Enrollment
in Head Start varies widely from one state to another
whether this is assessed relative to the number of
children in poverty or in low-income families.2

Observed Quality:
For the Emotional Support domain of the
Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS)4,
the average score on a 1 to 7 scale was 6, above
the research-based threshold for an effective
program of 5.5. The average score for every state
significantly exceeded this threshold.

Head Start programs currently serve less than 40

percent of the number of 3- and 4-year-olds in
poverty and less than 5 percent of the number in
poverty under age 3. Programs serve less than 20
percent of low-income 3- and 4-year-olds and less
than 3 percent of low-income children under the
age of 3.

For CLASS Classroom Organization the average

score on a 7 point scale was 5.7, again significantly
above the research-based threshold of 5.5. For
only 1 state (South Carolina) do we have confidence
that its average was significantly below the
threshold, but for half the states we have statistical
confidence their average scores exceeded 5.5.

At age 4, enrollment by state varies from just 7

percent (Nevada) to 52 percent (Mississippi) of
low-income children, and from 17 percent (Nevada)
to 100 percent (North Dakota) of the number of
children in poverty.

The average CLASS Instructional Support score

was 2.9 on a 7 point scale. Scores averaged less
than 3 in the majority of states. Scores were
statistically significantly below the research-based
threshold of 3 in 18 states and the territories, and
across American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN)
and Migrant and Seasonal (MSHS) Head Start
programs. Fourteen states averaged a 3 or above.
In only two states (Kentucky and Vermont) were
scores statistically significantly above 3 such that
we can be confident the state average exceeds the
threshold.

At age 3, enrollment by state varies from 6 percent

(Idaho) to 45 percent (Mississippi) of low-income
children, and from 15 percent (Idaho) to near 100
percent (North Dakota) of the number of children
in poverty.
Enrollment under age 3 varies from 1 percent
(Nevada) to nearly 8 percent (District of Columbia)
of low-income children, and almost 3 percent
(Nevada) to 13 percent (District of Columbia) of the

DURATION
The number of hours per year of Head Start children
receive varies widely across states. Nationally, 42
percent of children already receive 1,020 hours
of Head Start services per year, a new standard
that all programs must meet by 2021.5 Substantial
progress is needed in most states to meet this new
requirement.
Forty-two percent of Early Head Start children
were served in school-day (greater than 6 hours
per day), 5-day per week programs, a decrease of
5 percentage points from 47 percent in 2007.
Forty-four percent of Head Start children were
served in school-day, 5-day per week programs.
Nationally, this number has remained relatively
unchanged since 2007 (45 percent) despite some
small year-to-year fluctuations.
Duration varies widely across the states, with Idaho
and Wyoming serving only 1 percent in school-day,
5-day per week Head Start programs while other
states serve nearly all children on this schedule.
Head Start Staff:
Almost 30 percent of Early Head Start teachers
had a bachelors degree (BA) or higher in ECE or a
related field, a 6 percentage point increase from 24
percent in 2007. However, the percentage varied
from a low of less than 12 percent in New Mexico,
to a high of 64 percent in the District of Columbia.

FUNDING
Federal funding for Head Start (including Early Head
Start, AIAN, and MSHS) was more than $8.42 billion
in 2014-2015. Congress allocated an additional $570
million for fiscal year 2016, which includes additional
funds to support expanded hours per year in Head
Start, Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, and
expansion of Early Head Start.6

Seventy-three percent of Head Start teachers had

a BA or higher in ECE or a related field, compared
to only 44 percent in 2007. This 29 percentage
point increase followed the Improving Head Start
Act for School Readiness of 2007 which increased
teacher qualifications.4 Again, states varied in
increasing teacher qualifications: more than 90
percent of Head Start teachers in West Virginia and
the District of Columbia had a BA or higher, while
only 36 percent in New Mexico did.

Head Start and Early Head Start combined funding

per child increased slightly from $8,369 in 2007 to
$8,801 in 2015 when adjusting for inflation.
Both Head Start and Early Head Start funding
per child is highly variable across the map even
after adjusting for differences in costs across the
country. Adjusting for cost of living, the highest
funded state received twice as much per child
enrolled in Head Start as the lowest funded state.

On average, Head Start teachers earned

almost $24,000 less than public elementary
school teachers with the same credentials. This
discrepancy is even larger for Early Head Start
teachers, who earned over $27,000 less than
public elementary school teachers.

The estimated cost to fully fund Head Start to

meet its expressed goals for 3- and 4-year-olds is
over $20 billion. This is about triple the existing
budget. We based this estimation on serving all
3- and 4-year-olds in poverty (or half of those in
low-income families) in high-quality programs for
1,020 hours per year.

The lack of parity can lead to high turnover and

an inexperienced workforce. In some states the
salary gaps were less than half the average,
below $10,000, but in others they were about
twice the average with gaps exceeding $40,000
in Massachusetts and New York, as well as in New
Jersey for Early Head Start only.

As Early Head Start serves only a very small

percentage of infants and toddlers, we do not
estimate the cost of expanding that part of the
program.

STATE(S) OF HEAD START

INTRODUCTION

offers the same services and benefits from one

program to another. Although local implementation
can and should vary to reflect and meet local needs,
across the states there should be consistency
regarding key aspects of program operation and the
extent to which programs meet the needs of eligible
children and families. Head Start programs ought
to look fairly similar, taking into account obvious
differences such as the extent of poverty and cost of
living. Yet our report finds that Head Start, as well as
Early Head Start, varies substantially between states,
including in the quality of instruction, which needs to
be consistently high in all programs.

As one of our nations oldest federal public programs

serving low-income children and families, Head
Start strives to enhance childrens development and
provide a strong foundation for success in school and
in life. Research on Head Starts impacts confirms its
positive effects on young children and their families,
though the research on the persistence of impacts
has been both encouraging and discouraging.7 The
acknowledged importance of Head Starts mission
has led to broad support for improving Head Start
including the latest major changes announced
on September 1, 2016 which call for a shift from a
compliance orientation to one of continuous quality
improvement.8

Our report explores four key dimensions of Head

Start in depth:

Yet, despite decades of bipartisan support for Head

Start, we conclude that the program suffers from
inadequate overall public investment. Simply put, the
program is not funded at a level that would make it
possible to provide child development services of
sufficient quality and duration to achieve its goals
while serving all eligible children even at ages 3
and 4, much less for those under age 3. As a result,
local programs are required to make a series of
triage decisions, ranging from enrollment eligibility
priorities, to duration choices, to staff salaries. These
resulting decisions and funding allocation differences
create significant disparities across states in both
quality and hours of services provided per year.
This report reveals the extent of these shortfalls
nationally and for each state. The authors call for
an independent bipartisan commission to study the
issues raised in this report and develop an action
plan to ensure every eligible child in every state and
territory has an equal opportunity to benefit from
Head Start.

1. Access: How many children are served and who are

they? What percent of a states children, low-income
children, and children living in poverty is served by
the program? How have these percentages changed
over time?
2. Quality: Head Start sets relatively high and
uniform standards for its services compared to many
other public programs for young children, but some
important features still vary. What is the observed
quality of the instruction children receive? What are
teachers qualifications? How have they improved
over time? How much are teachers paid and how does
this compare to pay in public elementary schools?
3. Duration: How many hours and days per year of
Head Start services do children receive? How has
this changed over time? To what extent do children
stay continuously enrolled over a year and for two, or
even, three years?
4. Funding: How much funding does each state
receive? How does funding per child vary across
states adjusting for each states cost of living? Has
funding per child changed over time?

The National Institute for Early Education Researchs

(NIEER) State(s) of Head Start report is the first
report to describe and analyze in detail four key
dimensions of the federal Head Start program stateby-state: enrollment, quality, duration, and funding.
Although Head Start is a federal program, guided by
federal policies and national Head Start Performance
Standards, approximately 1,700 local public and
private nonprofit and for-profit agencies provide
Head Start services.9 Each provider may implement
the program differently (within the limits of federal
regulations). There is no guarantee that Head Start

These four key dimensions are critically important

to Head Starts ability to enhance childrens school
readiness in significant and positive ways. Although
each dimension may contribute independently to
childrens development, they are interrelated and
dependent on one another. To be highly effective,
Head Start must attend to all four dimensions
simultaneously. Without adequate funding, programs
are forced into trade-offs between enrolling more

children, increasing program duration, or improving

program quality.
First, in order to have a significant impact, Head
Start should reach most if not all eligible children.
Second, Head Start must be funded adequately
to provide sufficient quality of child development
services to produce desired results10 without
cutting back dramatically on the number of children
served. Third, children are more likely to benefit from
Head Start when they are enrolled for more hours.11
As reflected in the revised and streamlined Head
Start standards, programs will be required to shift to
operating schedules similar to public schools. Fourth,
adequate funding is necessary if Head Start is to
provide high-quality early learning experiences of
the intensity and duration required to succeed in its
mission.
Beyond raising concern overall, we seek to call
attention to widespread and large variations in each
of these four key dimensions among the states.
These state-by-state discrepancies may come as a
surprise; after all, Head Start is a federal program
with uniform national standards and goals. All
programs are required to follow the Head Start
Performance Standards that govern many aspects
of design and operation. Despite this uniform set
of standards, there is ample room for disparities
to arise. For example, the Improving Head Start for
School Readiness Act of 2007 required that at least
50 percent of Head Start teachers in center-based
programs have at least a bachelors degree (BA)
in early childhood education or a related field by
2013. Even though tremendous progress has been
made toward this goal, the percentage of Head
Start teachers with a BA or higher varies from 36
percent in New Mexico to 99 percent in the District of
Columbia.

Similarly, both Head Start and Early Head Start

funding per child varies by nearly 100 percent
across the states after controlling for cost of living
differences. Observed classroom quality, particularly
around instruction related to childrens cognitive and
language development, also varies state-by-state. We
can think of no reason that poor children in one state
are less deserving of Head Start or a high-quality
education in Head Start than those in another.
The State(s) of Head Start report relies primarily
on data from the Head Start Program Information
Report (PIR). The PIR compiles data collected
from every grantee and delegate (subgrantee) and
provides the most comprehensive description of the
services provided, staff, and children and families
served by Head Start and Early Head Start programs
nationwide.

We find fundamental and difficult to understand

disparities across states in access. For example, the
percent of low-income 3- and 4-year-old children
served in each state varies from 7 percent in Nevada
to 49 percent in Mississippi. The percent of lowincome infant and toddlers served varies from just
over 1 percent in Nevada to almost 8 percent in the
District of Columbia. Focusing on only children living
in poverty, in Nevada, a number equal to 16 percent
of 3- and 4-year-olds in poverty were enrolled,
compared to 100 percent in North Dakota. Under
age 3 the number enrolled as a percent of children
in poverty ranged from 2.7 percent in Nevada to 13
percent in the District of Columbia. As we discuss
later, not all Head Start children fall below the federal
poverty level (FPL).

The report focuses primarily on the most recently

available data for the 2014-2015 program year. We
also report data over the previous eight years, so
that trends can be tracked from the 2006-2007
to 2014-2015 program year. The report includes
information on both Head Start and Early Head Start.
We present data on Head Start and Early Head Start
combined where this makes sense, but also report
data on each of these programs separately. Head
Start and Early Head Start serve children at different
ages, and, as a result, their services, staffing, and
costs differ in important respects, as do some
performance standards. We also include and, where
appropriate, separately report on, the American
Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Head Start and
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) programs.

HEAD START

services, and opportunities to learn, Head Start

aimed to remove hurdles facing disadvantaged
children and enable them to start school on equal
footing with middle-class peers.

Head Start is a comprehensive child development

program that provides education and support
services to children and their families. It is a federal
program that aims to promote the school readiness
and healthy development of at-risk children. It
focuses on whole-child development, including health
and cognitive and social-emotional development.
Head Start is administered by the Office of Head
Start (OHS) in the Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) within the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS). Funding for Head Start is
allocated by Congress each year and flows directly
to individual Head Start grantees, which can be
public, private, nonprofit, or for-profit agencies. The
federal government funds a Head Start Collaboration
Office within each states government to facilitate
partnerships with state agencies and local entities
and to improve state and local policy and practices so
as to better serve young children and their families.
Head Start is available in all 50 states, the District
of Columbia, U.S. territories, and in tribal areas. The
program has served more the 33 million children
since it inception in 1965 as part of the War on
Poverty including children of migrant and seasonal
workers.12

Head Start began as an eight-week summer pilot

project but quickly expanded to a school-year
schedule as it was almost immediately apparent
that eight-weeks was far from sufficient to meet the
needs of young children in poverty. In 1969, Migrant
Head Start was introduced to reach farmworker
families and their children. That outreach was
expanded nearly 30 years later to include seasonal
agricultural worker families, becoming the Migrant
and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) program.
Throughout the 1970s, policymakers continued to
expand Head Start on paper at least to include
children with disabilities, children and parents
at home (Home Start), and children with a home
language other than English. But it was not until 1979
that Congress allowed Head Start to really grow,
authorizing enrolling up to 20 percent more children
and families each year.
Enrollment continued to increase during the
1980s, and children became eligible for two years
of services beginning at age 3. Celebrating Head
Starts 20th Anniversary in 1985, Dr. Edward Zigler,
one of the architects of Head Start, said that the
programs success was due to the fact that Head
Start is a quality child development program that
involves parents, hires the best teachers that can be
found locally, maintains small classes and provides
comprehensive medical, dental, nutrition and social
services.14

Head Start serves children ages 3 to 5 years (during

the two years before kindergarten), while Early Head
Start serves infants and toddlers (from birth through
age 3), as well as pregnant mothers. Children are
eligible to participate in Head Start if they come from
families living below the federal poverty level (FPL),
are homeless, are receiving public assistance, or are
in foster care. The 2007 Head Start reauthorization
stipulated that children between 100 and 130 percent
of the FPL could also enroll in Head Start once a
program enrolled all children below 100 percent
of the FPL. In addition, up to 10 percent of funded
enrollment can be children with disabilities who are
not required to meet the income guidelines.13

During the 1990s, Head Start received renewed

attention; funding tripled between 1991 and 2001
and program quality became a priority, with funding
to improve staff qualifications and compensation.
Funding increased and enrollment grew, along with
health services for younger siblings, literacy and
child development training for parents and outreach
to homeless families. In 1994, Early Head Start began
meeting needs of pregnant women and children
under age 3. In 1998, the focus of the program
was formally switched from development of social
competence to school readiness.

HISTORY OF HEAD START

President Johnson launched Head Start in 1965
as part of a national War on Poverty specifically
to break the cycle of failure experienced by many
low-income and poor Americans. By providing young
children and their families with health care, social

Efforts to improve quality continued through the

However, the research has not been universally

positive. Results from the 2002 Head Start Impact
Study (HSIS)24 and the 1996 Early Head Start
Research and Evaluation Project (EHSRE)25 raised
important questions about the programs overall
effectiveness. The EHSRE found small positive
impacts of the program on infants and toddlers
cognitive and language development, as well as on
their parents parenting skills. Impacts varied for
center-based, home-based, and mixed-approach
program options.26 The HSIS revealed significant
impacts of Head Start on childrens math, language,
and social emotional skills prior to kindergarten
entry.27 However, the evaluation found essentially no
long-term impacts by the time children reached third
grade.28

next decade. The 2007 Head Start reauthorization,

the Improving Head Start for School Readiness
Act, revised performance standards to be
developmentally appropriate, raised teacher
qualifications (required at least 50 percent of Head
Start teachers to have a BA or higher), called for
school-day services, and expanded eligibility from
100 to 130 percent of the FPL. In 2009, the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act, aimed at stimulating
the U.S. economy, boosted Head Start funding by
$2 billion to enhance quality and expand enrollment.
The additional funding helped to nearly double the
enrollment of infants and toddlers over the next five
years.15
Most recently, in 2016, new Head Start Performance
Standards were announced that reflect research
highlighting both the crucial difference quality
and duration of services make for children and the
challenges children may face transitioning from early
education settings to school classrooms. The new
standards, effective November 2016, call for teachers
to have training and skills needed to provide highquality learning opportunities, prohibit expulsions
and severely limit suspensions of children, and
require nearly all Head Start programs to provide by
2021 at least 1,020 hours of Head Start services per
year, equivalent to a full school-day (6 hours) for 170
days per year.16

Further exploration of the HSIS found substantial

variation in which children did and did not benefit
from the program as well as the size and duration
of those impacts.29 Impacts also varied for children
attending Head Start in urban and rural areas30
and were larger for those attending full-day
programs.31 While other research including recent
Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey
(FACES) analyses are more positive32, variation in
the effectiveness of Head Start is not surprising
given the findings in our report. It is noteworthy
that substantial policy improvements were enacted
subsequent to these earlier studies.

WHAT RESEARCH SAYS ABOUT

HEAD STARTS EFFECTIVENESS
Research has demonstrated that high-quality
preschool, including Head Start, can improve
academic, social, and lifetime outcomes, especially
for children disadvantaged by poverty.17 For
example, a recent meta-analysis of Head Start found
significant impacts of the program on childrens
academic and cognitive skills.18 Another study
found that children randomly assigned to Head
Start (compared to those who were not randomly
assigned but applied to the program) benefited in
their receptive vocabulary, phonemic awareness,
and health.19 The impacts of Head Start are not
limited to childrens cognitive and academic skills.
Attending Head Start is associated with a lower
body mass index20 and higher likelihood of receiving
health screenings, immunizations, and dental care.21
Childrens participation in Head Start also positively
affects their parents. Head Start participation
increases the amount of time parents spend with
their children engaged in learning activities22 and
the likelihood mothers would return to school.23

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INEQUALITIES IN HEAD START: ITS ALL OVER THE MAP

ACCESS

The goal of Head Start is to provide high-quality early

learning opportunities to disadvantaged children;
yet the program has never been funded adequately
to provide high-quality preschool to all children in
poverty much less to all low-income families. Head
Start was designed to be responsive to local needs
and priorities. However, this report reveals stateby-state variation inconsistent with national goals
to meet the needs of every eligible child and family.
From state to state we find substantial differences
in funding levels, the quality and quantity of early
education provided, and whether an eligible child can
even participate.

To examine access, we focus on the percentage of all

low-income children served (200 percent of the FPL)
using federal funding. We do this for several reasons.
Some children are eligible for Head Start even if
their family income is above the poverty line. Even
those who qualify based on family income below the
FPL are not required to leave the program if their
familys income subsequently rises above the FPL.
For many of those Head Start serves, family income
ends up above the FPL by the end of their 4-year-old
year. For example, in the 2009 Head Start FACES,
over 35 percent of childrens household incomes

MAP 1. PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEARS OLD SERVED BY HEAD START

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DE
WV

VA

KY
NC
TN

AZ

OK
NM

SC

AR
MS

AL

GA

LA

TX

FL
1 to 1.99%
2 to 2.99%
3 to 3.99%
4 to 4.99%
5 to 5.99%
6 to 7.70%

AK

HI

11

MA
RI
CT
DC
MD

were above the FPL.33 In the general population,

the number of low-income children is about twice
the number in poverty. To give a sense of how the
number of children served (regardless of income)
compares to the number in poverty we also report
the number of children served as a percentage of
children in poverty for Head Start and Early Head
Start in Figures 1, 2, and 3. Clearly, Head Start cannot
reach all children in poverty, much less, all low-income
children (See Maps 1 and 2; Figures 4, 5, and 6).

this progress, Early Head Start has a long way to

go to reach even half of all children in poverty as it
currently serves less than 5 percent of children in
poverty under age 3.
Across the map, Head Start reached only a very
small part of the current target population of infants
and toddlers in any state (See Map 1 and Figure 4).
Although Head Start does better in some states than
others, in no state does it enroll even 10 percent of
low-income children under age 3. Nationally, less
than 3 percent of low-income infants and toddlers
participated in Head Start in 2014-2015. At the
low end, just 1.3 percent of low-income infants and
toddlers in Nevada were enrolled in Head Start. At
the high end, 7.7 percent were enrolled in the District
of Columbia. In 14 states, 2 percent or less of lowincome infants and toddlers were enrolled in Head
Start (Nevada, Utah, Texas, Tennessee, Indiana,
Idaho, Georgia, Alabama, Maryland, Florida, Arizona,

Infants and Toddlers: In 2014-2015 Head Start

programs (including AIAN and MSHS) served 153,073
children under the age of 3. In addition, 13,329
pregnant women were served by the program. Aided
by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 (ARRA) and an increased focus on state-funded
preschool for 4-year-olds, enrollment of infants and
toddlers in Head Start has increased by more than
100 percent from 73,372 in 2006-2007. Despite

MAP 2. PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME 3- AND 4-YEAR-OLDS SERVED BY HEAD START

ME

WA
ND

MT

VT

MN

OR

WI

SD

ID

MI

WY

UT
CA

CO

PA

IA

NE

NV

IL

OH

IN

MO

KS

NH

NY
NJ
DE
WV

VA

KY
NC
TN

AZ

OK
NM

SC

AR
MS

AL

GA

LA

TX

FL
1 to 10%
11 to 15%
16 to 20%
21 to 25%
26 to 30%
31 to 40%
41 to 50%

AK

HI

12

MA
RI
CT
DC
MD

Colorado, Virginia, and South Carolina). In just 4

states, more than 5 percent of low-income children
under 3 were enrolled in Head Start (South Dakota,
Vermont, North Dakota, and the District of Columbia).

olds in Head Start. Currently only 18 percent of

low-income 3-year-olds and 21 percent of low-income
4-year-olds receive Head Start services (including
AIAN and MSHS).

Three- and Four-Year-Olds: In 2014-2015, Head Start

programs, including AIAN and MSHS, served 351,215
3-year-olds and 412,324 4-year-olds (total of 763,539
3- and 4-year-olds). However, since 2006-2007 as
Head Start served more infants and toddlers and
state-funded preschool served more preschool-age
children, enrollment of 3- and 4-year-olds decreased,
a trend driven by a decrease in 4-year-olds enrolled
in Head Start. During this same period of time, the
increase in enrollment of 4-year-olds in state-funded
preschool was larger than the decrease of 4-yearolds enrolled in Head Start.34 Substantial progress is
still needed to increase the number of 3- and 4-year-

Whether or not a 3- or 4-year-old has access to

Head Start services also varies widely across the
country (See Map 2). In Idaho, less than six percent
of low-income 3-year-olds were enrolled in Head
Start in 2014-2015. In comparison, in Mississippi, 45
percent of low-income 3-year-olds were enrolled. In
only three other states (South Dakota, Louisiana,
and North Dakota) and the District of Columbia were
more than 30 percent of low-income 3-year-olds
served by Head Start. In three other states (Nevada,
Utah, and Oregon) less than 10 percent of low-income
3-year-olds were served (See Figure 5).

MAP 3. C
 LASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT SCORES IN RELATION TO RESEARCH-BASED
THRESHOLD (3)
ME

WA
ND

MT

VT

MN

OR

WI

SD

ID

MI

WY

UT
CA

CO

PA

IA

NE

NV

IL

OH

IN

MO

KS

NH

MA
RI
CT

NY
NJ
DE
WV

DC
MD

VA

KY
NC
TN

AZ

OK
NM

SC

AR
MS

AL

GA

LA

TX

FL

AK

Significantly above threshold

At or above threshold
Below threshold
Significantly below threshold

HI

Note: Instructional Support scores can range from 1 to 7. This report uses a threshold of 3 or higher to indicate high quality, based on prior research.

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the U.S. territories and 2.5 in New Mexico to 3.7

in Vermont. Average Instructional Support scores
were less than 3 in the majority of states and were
statistically significantly below the threshold in 18
states and the territories, and across AIAN and MSHS
programs. Two states averaged a 3 and 12 states
scored above a 3. However, only two states (Kentucky
and Vermont) scored statistically significantly above
a 3.

Turning to 4-year-olds (See Figure 6), less than 7

percent of low-income 4-year-olds were enrolled in
Head Start in Nevada, while in Mississippi 52 percent
of low-income 4-year-olds were served. In three other
states more than 40 percent of low-income 4-yearolds were enrolled in Head Start (South Dakota, North
Dakota, and West Virginia). However, in five states (in
addition to Nevada) less than 15 percent of 4-yearolds were enrolled (Georgia, Oregon, South Carolina,
Idaho, and Utah). Notably, Mississippi not only served
the largest percent of low-income 3- and 4-year-olds
in Head Start but is also the state with the highest
percent of 3- and 4-year-olds who are low-income.

Emotional Support: The picture looks better for

Emotional Support (See Figure 8). The average score
was 6 and this is statistically significantly above the
research-based threshold of 5.5. Average scores
ranged from 5.7 in South Carolina to 6.5 in Vermont
and all states scored significantly above the researchbased threshold of 5.5.

We recognize that Head Start is not the only

program serving young children with a goal of
improving learning, development, and later school
success. Most saliently, many states have preschool
programs for 4-year-olds. However, state programs
vary greatly in quality, coverage, and funding and
thus few can be considered an effective substitute
for Head Start. As we discuss later, these state
programs should be taken into account when
developing future Head Start policy in order to
adequately meet the needs of children and families.

Classroom Organization: The average Classroom

Organization score was 5.7 (See Figure 9), which
is statistically significantly higher than the 5.5
research-based threshold. Classroom Organization
scores ranged from 5.4 in South Dakota to 6.2 in
Vermont. South Carolina (5.4) was the only state
in which Classroom Organization was statistically
significantly below the research-based threshold.
Twenty-five states and AIAN programs were
determined to be statistically significantly above
the 5.5 research-based threshold.

QUALITY
OBSERVED HEAD START CLASSROOM QUALITY

Head Start deserves praise for applying a uniform

measure of classroom quality in all programs as
a guide to program improvement.Like a GPS, this
measure tells each program where it is on the path
towards the goal of high quality.Head Starts strong
support for social and emotional development
is especially valuable as these skills are vitally
important for later success in school and beyond.
However, the data also show that more work must be
done to continue improving instructional quality.

The Classroom Assessment Scoring System

(CLASS)35 is a structured observation of classroom
practices that focuses on the quality of the
interactions between teachers and children across
three domains: Instructional Support, Emotional
Support, and Classroom Organization. The CLASS is
widely used in early childhood education research
and scores on the CLASS are moderately associated
with childrens learning.36 As part of the Head Start
monitoring process, classrooms are observed using
the CLASS. Those data, averaged across grantees
and between 2012 and 2015 are presented in this
report. This report uses research-based thresholds
to determine whether or not states have Head Start
programs that are providing, on average, high-quality
early childhood educations. These thresholds are
3 on Instructional Support and 5.5 on Emotional
Support and Classroom Organization. (Each domain
is scored on a scale of 1 to 7.)

Similar statewide quality data are not available for

other public or private early care and education
programs in all (or even most) states.State quality
rating and improvement systems sometimes provide
similar data on some child care programs, and some
states collect similar data on their state preschool
programs. From this we know that quality in other
programs is highly variable and sometimes quite
low.37The most comprehensive basis for comparison
of Head Start to other programs is provided by
a 2005 national study of observed quality using
a somewhat different classroom observation
measure.38These data indicate that even a decade
ago Head Start was of higher quality than private
sector programs on average.

Instructional Support: Across the country (See

Map 3 and Figure 7), the average Instructional
Support score was 2.9 which was determined to be
statistically significantly below the research-based
threshold of 3. Average scores ranged from 2.3 in

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average of $20,992 nationally for teachers with no

ECE-related credentials. Those with a CDA earned
slightly more, $23,263.

TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS
Early Head Start: The 2007 Head Start
reauthorization required all Early Head Start
teachers in center-based programs to have a CDA
credential (or equivalent) and training in infant
and toddler development. Recently, a report from
the National Academy of Sciences recommended
that teachers of all children under 5 should have
at least a four-year college degree.39 In 2014-2015,
nationally, 30 percent of Early Head Start teachers
had a bachelors degree or higher in ECE or a related
field, a 6 percentage point increase from 24 percent
in 2006-2007. This number varies from less than 12
percent in New Mexico to 64 percent in the District of
Columbia. Vermont and Nebraska are the only other
states where more than 50 percent of Early Head
Start teachers have a bachelors degree or higher
(See Figure 10).

In contrast, public elementary school teachers

earned an average yearly salary of $57,092 $27,323
more than similarly qualified Early Head Start
teachers (See Figure 12). This salary discrepancy
is particularly large in New York ($46,600) and
is also more than $40,000 in New Jersey and
Massachusetts. The District of Columbia comes the
closest to having Early Head Start teachers paid on
par with public school teachers but Early Head Start
teachers are still paid $6,272 less than similarly
qualified public school teachers. The discrepancy
between Early Head Start and public elementary
school teachers is larger than $10,000 in every
state, a figure too large to be accounted for by only
differences in number of hours worked.
Head Start: Head Start teachers with a bachelors
degree or higher earned an average of $33,387
during the 2014-2015 school year. Teachers in
Mississippi earned only an average of $21,638. Head
Start teachers in 14 other states earned an average
of less than $30,000 per year. In contrast, in the
District of Columbia, Head Start teachers earned an
average of $85,819 annually. No other state averaged
more than $50,000 and only three states (Hawaii,
Maryland, and New Jersey) averaged more than
$40,000. As with Early Head Start, teachers with
lower educational qualifications are paid even less,
$21,953 on average for Head Start teachers with no
ECE or related credentials. Those with a CDA earned
slightly more, $22,671.

Head Start: The 2007 Head Start reauthorization

required that 50 percent of Head Start teachers in
center-based programs have a bachelors degree
or higher in ECE or a related field and that all
teachers have at least an associates degree in ECE
or a related field by September 2013. In 2014-2015,
73 percent of all Head Start teachers had a least a
bachelors degree, a 29 percentage point increase
from 44 percent in 2006-2007. Despite this progress,
there still exists substantial variation in the percent
of Head Start teachers with at least a bachelors
degree in ECE (See Figure 11) and progress is still
needed to meet the National Academy of Sciences
recommendation.40 In New Mexico, 36 percent of
teachers had a bachelors degree or higher in ECE.
In two other states, Alaska and Arizona, less than
50 percent of teachers had a bachelors degree or
higher in ECE. On the other end, in the District of
Columbia, 99 percent of Head Start teachers met
these qualifications. West Virginia is the only other
state to top 90 percent.

As reported earlier, public elementary school

teachers earned an average yearly salary of $57,092,
which is $23,705 more than similarly qualified
Head Start teachers (See Figure 13). This salary
discrepancy is largest in Massachusetts ($46,610)
and also tops $40,000 in New York. On the other
hand, the Head Start teachers in the District of
Columbia are paid on par with public elementary
school teachers. West Virginia and South Dakota are
the only other states where the discrepancy is less
than $10,000.

TEACHER SALARY
Early Head Start: Early Head Start teachers with
a bachelors degree or higher earned an average of
$29,769 during the 2014-2015 school year. Teachers
in Mississippi earned only an average of $25,331
and teachers in 20 other states earned less than
$30,000 on average. On the high end, teachers in the
District of Columbia earned an average of $44,668.
No other state averaged more than $40,000 and
only three other states (Washington, Virginia, and
Alaska) averaged over $35,000. Teachers with lower
educational qualifications were paid even less, an

DURATION
Early Head Start: In 2014-2015, an average of 42
percent of Early Head Start children were served in
school-day (more than 6 hours per day), 5-day per
week programs (See Figure 14). This number has
decreased by 5 percentage points from 47 percent
in 2006-2007. In 2014-2015, 90 percent of Early

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Head Start children in Louisiana were enrolled in

school-day, 5-day per week programs. Arkansas and
Georgia also served more than 85 percent of children
in school-day, 5-day per week programs. However,
Idaho and Wyoming did not serve any children in
school-day, 5-day per week programs, while Alaska
only served 7 percent of children in this type of
program. Both Alaska and Wyoming serve a sizable
percentage of children in school-day, 4 day per week
programs which may make sense in rural areas where
transporting children to and from Head Start centers
may require unusually long journeys. However, they
are not the only states where children receive fewer
hours of service.

2006-2007 (45 percent) despite some small year-toyear fluctuations and a high of 47 percent of children
in 2009-2010. In 2014-2015, almost all Head Start
children in the District of Columbia (99.8 percent)
and Georgia (99.1 percent) were served in schoolday, 5-day per week programs. Both the District of
Columbia and Georgia have school-day universal
preschool programs. In another five states (Arkansas,
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, and New Jersey)
over 80 percent of Head Start children were enrolled
in school-day, 5-day per week programs. However,
in Idaho and Wyoming only 1 percent of Head Start
children were served in school-day, 5-day per week
programs and in five other states (Alaska, Utah, West
Virginia, Arizona, and Indiana) less than 5 percent of
children were in similar programs. Most states have a
long way to go to meet the new Head Start standards
requiring most children to receive 1,020 hours of
Head Start per year by 2021 (See Map 4).41

Head Start: In 2014-2015, an average of 44 percent

of Head Start children were served in school-day,
5-day per week programs (See Figure 15). Nationally,
this number has remained relatively unchanged since

MAP 4. P
 ERCENT OF HEAD START CHILDREN RECEIVING AT LEAST 1,020 HOURS OF HEAD START
PER YEAR
ME

WA
ND

MT

VT

MN

OR

WI

SD

ID

MI

WY

UT
CA

CO

PA

IA

NE

NV

IL

OH

IN

MO

KS

NH

NY
NJ
DE
WV

VA

KY
NC
TN

AZ

OK
NM

SC

AR
MS

AL

GA

LA

TX

FL

0%
1 to 10%
11 to 20%
21 to 40%
41 to 60%
61 to 80%
81 to 94%

AK

HI

16

MA
RI
CT
DC
MD

FUNDING

non-federal sources in the form of financial or in-kind

donations. Donated use of space and volunteer
time, including parents time, are major sources of
this match. In general, we do not discuss matching
funds in our report and its exclusion does not affect
state comparisons as everyone is expected to obtain
a proportional match. However, we do report state
supplemental funding for Head Start.

Total federal funding for all Head Start programs

(including AIAN and MSHS) exceeded $8.24 billion in
2014-2015. This amount included almost $334 million
for MSHS and over $237 million for AIAN programs.
States invested an additional almost $177 million in
Head Start programs, and other local and private
funding not included in this report also supported
the program. Federal investments in Head Start have
increased from $6.65 billion in 2006-2007. Adjusting
for inflation, total federal funding for Head Start
increased by over $613 million between 2007 and
2015. Head Start (including Early Head Start) funding
per child increased slightly ($432) over this period,
from $8,369 in 2006-2007 to $8,801 in 2014-2015, in
2015 dollars.

Early Head Start: In 2014-2015, federal funding

for Early Head Start (EHS) was $1,890,324,000
including $60,935,000 for AIAN EHS programs.
This amounts to an average of $12,612 per child (or
$12,575 without AIAN EHS). Additional state, local,
and private funding also supports Early Head Start
programs but is not reported here. Like enrollment,
funding is highly variable across the map even after
adjusting for differences in the costs of living across
the country (See Map 5 and Figure 16). At the low
end, Early Head Start funding per child in the District

Head Start grantees are expected to raise an

additional 20 percent of their total budget from

MAP 5. EARLY HEAD START FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (ADJUSTED FOR COST OF LIVING)

ME

WA
ND

MT

VT

MN

OR

WI

SD

ID

MI

WY

UT
CA

CO

PA

IA

NE

NV

IL

OH

IN

MO

KS

NH

NY
NJ
DE
WV

VA

KY
NC
TN

AZ

OK
NM

SC

AR
MS

AL

GA

LA

TX

FL

$8,000-$10,000
$10,001-$11,000
$11,001-$12,000
$12,001-$13,000
$13,001-$14,000
$14,001-$15,000
$15,001-$16,000

AK

HI

17

MA
RI
CT
DC
MD

MAP 6. HEAD START FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (ADJUSTED FOR COST OF LIVING)

ME

WA
ND

MT

VT

MN

OR

NY

WI

SD

ID

MI

WY

UT
CA

CO

PA

IA

NE

NV

IL

OH

IN

MO

KS

NH

NJ
DE

WV

MA
RI
CT
DC
MD

VA

KY
NC
TN

AZ

OK
NM

SC

AR
MS

AL

GA

LA

TX

FL
$5,500-$7,000
$7,001-$7,500
$7,501-$8,000
$8,001-$8,500
$8,501-$9,000
$9,001-$10,000
$10,001-$11,000

AK

HI

of Columbia was only $8,325 (adjusted for cost of

living). In two other states (Kansas and Illinois),
Early Head Start funding per child was also below
$10,000. At the high end, Early Head Start funding
per child was $15,777 in Maine and it topped $14,000
in 10 other states (Alabama, New Mexico, Louisiana,
Indiana, Nevada, Oregon, Nebraska, Arkansas,
Mississippi, and Vermont).

explained (See Map 6 and Figure 17). After adjusting

for cost of living differences, funding per child in
Head Start in the District of Columbia was $5,507.
In an additional four states, the funding per child
amount was less than $7,000 (Delaware, Texas,
Virginia, and Illinois). In contrast, in Alaska, federal
funding per child was $10,995, almost twice as high
as in the District of Columbia, after adjusting for
cost of living. In three other states (Vermont, Maine,
and Oregon) funding per child also topped $10,000.
Although some regional differences in funding per
child can be noted, there are also large differences
between neighboring states. For example, federal
funding per child (adjusted for cost of living) was
almost $2,000 more in Oregon than Washington.
Similarly, it was about $1,500 higher in Pennsylvania
than neighboring Delaware.

Head Start: Federal funding for Head Start (HS) was

$6,020,670,948 in 2014-2015, including $176,373,066
for AIAH HS programs. States provided an additional
$164 million dollars and local and private funding
(not reported here) also supported Head Start
programs. On average, federal funding for Head
Start amounted to $8,038 per child. Again, there
is substantial variation in federal funding per child
across the map variation which is not easily

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AN UNDER-FUNDED MISSION

In 2014-2015, the federal government spent roughly

$8.24 billion to serve more than 900,000 children
(birth through age 5) and pregnant women in Head
Start across the 50 states, District of Columbia,
U.S. territories and in AIAN and MSHS programs.
Although these are large numbers, substantial
increases in investments in Head Start are needed
to enroll all eligible children while also improving
program quality and increasing program duration.

needed, both nationwide and state-by-state, to serve

50 percent of all low-income children.42 We assumed
that an average of $10,000 per child would be
needed to provide children high-quality Head Start
for 1,020 hours per year. However, since costs of
providing Head Start vary state-by-state, we adjusted
this number by the cost of living in each state.
There are 3.9 million low-income 3- and 4-year-old
children in the 50 states and District of Columbia.
With approximately 730,000 3- and 4-year-olds
currently enrolled in Head Start in the 50 states and
District of Columbia, more than 3 million low-income
3- and 4-year-olds are not enrolled. We estimate
that more than $20 billion dollars would be needed
to serve just half of all low-income 3- and 4-yearolds (or all of those in poverty) in the 50 states and
District of Columbia. This represents an additional
$14.4 billion above current federal investments in
Head Start programs for 3- and 4-year-olds (See
Table 1). An even larger investment would be needed
to increase enrollment of infants and toddlers.

Total federal investments in HS and HS AIAN in

2014-2015 topped $6 billion dollars. But less than 20
percent of low-income 3- and 4-year-olds (a number
equal to about 36 percent of children in poverty)
were served by the programs. Further, in most states,
instructional quality does not meet the researchbased threshold needed to support childrens
learning and development, and most children attend
Head Start for less than a school-day, 5 days per
week.
To move Head Start closer toward fulfilling its
ambitious goals, we estimated the amount of money

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TABLE 1. FUNDING NEEDED TO PROVIDE HEAD START SERVICES TO 50 PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME 3- AND 4-YEAR-OLDS*

STATE
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
United States

2015 FEDERAL FUNDING

FOR HEAD START
$105,931,663
$28,379,111
$132,330,709
$54,547,122
$786,066,938
$67,792,162
$48,547,555
$11,531,271
$17,216,766
$252,679,973
$165,228,366
$ 20,024,782
$22,595,930
$259,658,363
$92,484,306
$46,100,672
$47,593,428
$104,183,497
$137,135,999
$23,472,389
$73,023,931
$103,342,571
$216,362,124
$75,656,454
$163,969,725
$110,512,605
$32,911,370
$30,672,064
$25,090,575
$11,848,328
$122,304,556
$57,846,738
$422,162,135
$135,327,889
$22,852,990
$246,990,917
$97,788,225
$55,871,716
$222,479,706
$19,071,954
$83,476,548
$29,107,557
$117,287,530
$467,174,263
$39,444,996
$10,372,184
$93,865,318
$98,632,728
$50,247,266
$93,273,813
$12,076,768
$5,764,546,547

TOTAL FUNDING NEEDED TO

SERVE 50% OF LOW-INCOME
3- & 4-YEAR-OLDS
$316,516,847
$44,895,470
$482,047,565
$192,587,590
$2,901,491,019
$297,906,353
$157,627,179
$49,192,908
$47,582,920
$1,130,760,658
$760,945,069
$62,629,504
$114,169,414
$786,607,349
$398,120,499
$152,950,209
$179,960,503
$275,199,906
$318,072,507
$58,104,699
$291,828,741
$268,417,788
$548,816,196
$255,009,119
$226,485,199
$339,287,431
$55,085,140
$108,060,172
$199,765,452
$42,937,430
$447,293,705
$163,697,908
$1,245,558,115
$678,835,500
$31,878,041
$697,384,620
$281,673,871
$221,153,814
$648,393,632
$48,357,815
$329,560,946
$41,977,843
$436,823,067
$2,317,804,090
$222,401,629
$26,117,928
$438,595,486
$426,498,017
$97,525,743
$287,438,093
$29,673,183
$20,181,703,882

*Low-income children are those children from families with incomes below 200% FPL.

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ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED TO

SERVE 50% OF LOW INCOME
3- & 4-YEAR-OLDS
$210,585,184
$16,516,359
$349,716,855
$138,040,468
$2,115,424,080
$230,114,191
$109,079,624
$37,661,637
$30,366,154
$878,080,685
$595,716,703
$42,604,722
$91,573,484
$526,948,986
$305,636,193
$106,849,537
$132,367,074
$171,016,409
$180,936,508
$34,632,309
$218,804,810
$165,075,217
$332,454,072
$179,352,664
$62,515,474
$228,774,826
$22,173,770
$77,388,108
$174,674,878
$31,089,102
$324,989,149
$105,851,170
$823,395,979
$543,507,611
$9,025,051
$450,393,703
$183,885,646
$165,282,098
$425,913,926
$29,285,861
$246,084,398
$12,870,285
$319,535,537
$1,850,629,826
$182,956,634
$15,745,744
$344,730,168
$327,865,289
$47,278,477
$194,164,280
$17,596,415
$14,417,157,335

CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS

not adequate to provide a high-quality program to

all of the eligible population. This forces tradeoffs
among quality, duration, and the number of children
served. Differences in local decisions regarding these
tradeoffs and historical precedent seem the likely
causes for the state-by-state variations we observe.

High-quality preschool has shown the potential

to enhance childrens learning and development,
especially among low-income and at-risk children.43
The goal of the federal Head Start program is to
improve disadvantaged childrens school readiness.
However, the program has never been funded
adequately to provide high-quality education to all
poor children, much less all those in low-income
families. The State(s) of Head Start report is the
first report to describe and analyze in detail the
consequences of this funding policy for each state
on four key dimensions of the program: enrollment,
quality, duration, and funding.

The State(s) of Head Start report reveals where the

greatest needs are state-by-state, but the federal
government must step up to help Head Start
programs fulfill their mission. Currently Head Start is
an under-funded mandate and programs are forced
to choose between either improving quality, serving
more children and families, or serving them for
more time. While Head Start is only one part of the
early care and education system, and state and local
governments also have a role to play, this problem
cannot be solved without addressing the need to
provide enough funding for all eligible children this
problem is substantially worse for Early Head Start.

We find large variation among the states in each of

these four dimensions that cannot be explained by
only the needs of children and families served. The
report suggests that Head Start does not have the
resources to serve all children in poverty let alone
all low-income children who could benefit from the
program. Even when children do attend Head Start,
the quality is sometimes too low to have the impacts
that it could. Currently, overall funding for Head
Start is not adequate and the distribution of funding
across states is neither rational nor fair. In sum, these
findings suggest that the extent to which Head Start
has the capacity to achieve its goals is far too limited
generally and varies dramatically state-by-state.
And this variation among the states cannot be fully
explained by any rational policy goal.

Even when considering Head Start, state-funded

preschool, and preschool special education together,
many states serve less than 20 percent of 3- and
4-year-olds. Looking at only Head Start and statefunded preschool (See Figures 18 and 19), only three
states (Vermont, Oklahoma, and Florida) and the
District of Columbia serve more than 80 percent
of 4-year-olds. But most state-funded preschool
programs focus only on 4-year-olds only 27 states
have preschool programs that serve 3-year-olds.
Considering Head Start and state-funded preschool,
the District of Columbia serves 64 percent of
3-year-olds but no other states serves more than
35 percent.44

The current administration, building on the work of

previous administrations, continues to raise Head
Start standards to increase quality and intensity of
services across the country. But implementing these
policy changes will be costly. As the report shows,
although progress has been made, it is uneven across
the states and there is still a long way to go. The
revised and streamlined Head Start standards that
went into effect this year are designed to improve
the program overall and to reduce or eliminate some
of the variation noted in this report. These goals
can only be accomplished if the program receives
greater funding, or if the number of children served
is decreased. Teacher pay needs to be on par with
public school teachers in order to improve the
recruitment of strong teachers while reducing their
stress and turnover.

Many state- and locally-funded preschool programs

are very small and serve even smaller populations
than does Head Start (as shown in Figures 18 and
19). Funding per child and quality standards are also
typically much lower in state-funded preschool than
Head Start. Nationally, Head Start federal funding per
child is $3,000 more than the average state-funded
preschool per child spending. Further, while Head
Start has worked to increase teacher qualifications
and now 73 percent of Head Start teachers have
a bachelors degree or higher, only 33 of 57 statefunded preschool programs require teachers to
have a bachelors degree or higher and not all of
those states require those degrees to be in ECE or a

Ultimately the programs federal budget is simply

21

This report is the beginning of an important

conversation about how the nation can best support
the learning and development of its young children.
Head Start is the single largest federal investment
in early care and education. The federal government
also funds an array of other programs that support
the care and education of young children. Parents,
local government, and state government also
contribute substantial funding to support early
care and education. If the nation is to assure that
the learning and development needs of every child,
everywhere are to be met, all of these sectors will
need to plan and work together. Data provided by
this report are one important resource to spur a
conversation and additional research as we all work
together to realize this vision.

related field.38 Head Start also provides more support

services to children and their families as part of
its mission to serve the most vunerable and at-risk
families. In sum, state-funded preschool offers far
less than Head Start to children in poverty in many
states.
To address these issues we recommend that
policymakers and the broader early care and
education community examine the variance across
states and develop policies that ensure every
eligible child has an equal opportunity to attend a
high-quality, effective Head Start program. While
programs need the latitude to plan based on local
needs, we also need a rational and evidence-based
method for setting funding levels that will ensure
eligible children in every state have an equal
opportunity to participate in a highly effective
Head Start program. By this we do not mean simply
altering the distribution of existing funding as this
would rob some eligible and deserving children of
support in order to serve others.
As we see no easy solutions to the issues raised by
our report, we recommend an independent national
bipartisan commission to study the issues raised
in this report and develop an action plan for Head
Start in conjunction with all of the other early care
and education programs. The commission should
include representatives from policy, research, and
practice throughout the early care and education
community, including Head Start. Head Start is also
well positioned to collaborate with state- and locallyfunded preschool and child care to improve the
quality and accessibility of early childhood education.
The action plan can build on efforts already in place
to blend and braid policy and funding across multiple
public programs. For example, West Virginia and
the District of Columbia serve nearly all 4-year-olds
through collaborations between state- and federallyfunded early care and education programs. In Early
Head Start, the recent Early Head Start-Child Care
Partnerships model collaboration between Early
Head Start and local infant and toddler programs to
raise quality.
Given the gap between Early Head Starts current
capacity to meet the needs of the eligible population,
we also suggest that Head Start consider defining a
smaller, very high need population (e.g., homeless, at
high risk of abuse and neglect, medically fragile) who
could be given priority for Early Head Start services.
The proposed national commission could explore
how to put Early Head Start on a course towards
providing highly-effective supports to all eligible
children and families in all states and territories.

22

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42 We

use 50 percent of low-income children as an estimate of the

number of eligible children given that not all children in Head Start
are below the FPL. The number of poor children is equal to about
half of the number of low-income children.

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State(s) of Head Start

NATIONAL FIGURES

25

FIGURE 1. H
 EAD START ENROLLMENT AS PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN POVERTY UNDER 3 YEARS OLD IN 2014-2015**
District of Columbia

13.07%

North Dakota

12.77%

Vermont

11.05%

Montana

10.06%

South Dakota

9.87%

Wyoming

9.09%

Alaska

8.52%

Maine

8.51%

Nebraska

8.34%

New Hampshire

7.27%

Kansas

7.21%

Iowa

6.80%
6.16%

Hawaii
Rhode Island

6.10%

Oklahoma

6.03%
5.80%

Illinois
New Mexico

5.54%

Connecticut

5.51%

Washington

5.51%

Michigan

5.48%

Arkansas

5.31%
5.15%

Minnesota
Oregon

5.04%

Pennsylvania

4.98%

Wisconsin

4.96%

West Virginia

4.93%

California

4.91%

Missouri

4.85%

Mississippi

4.75%
4.44%

Kentucky

4.38%

National Average*
Massachusetts

4.35%

Delaware

4.29%

Virginia

4.29%

New York

4.28%

Louisiana

4.24%

Idaho

4.20%

Colorado

4.10%

Ohio

4.09%
4.04%

Utah

3.92%

North Carolina
Maryland

3.91%

New Jersey

3.81%

Florida

3.64%

Arizona

3.59%
3.51%

South Carolina

3.25%

Alabama
Georgia

3.17%

Indiana

3.14%

Tennessee

2.88%

Texas

2.85%
2.70%

Nevada

0%

1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%

7%

8%

9%

10%

11%

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

**Children in poverty are those children from families with income below the FPL. Not all Head Start childrens families are below the FPL.

26

12%

13%

14%

15%

FIGURE 2. H
 EAD START ENROLLMENT AS PERCENT OF 3-YEAR-OLDS IN POVERTY IN 2014-2015**

North Dakota

97.34%
75.21%

Mississippi

73.63%

Alaska
66.80%

South Dakota
Montana

59.20%

Louisiana

58.91%
57.29%

District of Columbia

55.35%

Wisconsin
51.18%

Oklahoma

48.18%

Rhode Island

47.73%

Wyoming

44.33%

Illinois

41.87%

Massachusetts

41.21%

Maryland

40.71%

Minnesota

39.93%

Iowa
Michigan

38.94%

Kentucky

38.35%
37.27%

Vermont
Arkansas

37.21%

Ohio

36.77%

Delaware

35.69%

New Mexico

35.45%

Missouri

35.30%

Pennsylvania

34.90%

New Hampshire

34.67%

Hawaii

34.21%

West Virginia

34.17%

New York

34.15%

Kansas

33.87%

Alabama

33.16%

New Jersey

33.03%
32.90%

National Average*

32.15%

South Carolina

31.69%

California

31.21%

Connecticut

30.50%

Nebraska

29.58%

Georgia

28.78%

Colorado

27.15%

Tennessee
Maine

26.23%

Utah

25.89%
25.61%

Virginia

25.48%

Texas

25.14%

Indiana
Arizona

23.44%

Florida

23.17%
22.19%

Washington

19.27%

North Carolina

18.04%

Oregon

15.92%

Nevada

15.00%

Idaho

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

**Children in poverty are those children from families with income below the FPL. Not all Head Start childrens families are below the FPL.

27

80%

90%

100%

FIGURE 3. H
 EAD START ENROLLMENT AS PERCENT OF 4-YEAR-OLDS IN POVERTY IN 2014-2015**
100.00%

North Dakota
90.44%

Montana

89.52%

West Virginia

88.61%

Mississippi

88.06%

Alaska
70.80%

South Dakota
69.92%

Hawaii

68.36%

District of Columbia
Wyoming

61.50%

Maine

61.09%
60.66%

Vermont
51.13%

New Mexico

49.72%

Minnesota

48.65%

Kentucky

47.47%

Alabama

47.15%

New Hampshire

46.51%

Illinois

46.16%

Michigan

45.94%

Ohio

45.11%

Oklahoma
Pennsylvania

44.45%

Rhode Island

43.78%

Utah

43.40%
43.40%

Nebraska

42.20%

Connecticut

41.56%

New York

40.52%

Louisiana
Idaho

40.47%

Iowa

40.36%

Colorado

39.97%

Massachusetts

39.73%
39.68%

Delaware

38.41%

National Average*

38.34%

Virginia

37.43%

New Jersey

36.87%

Arizona

36.83%

Tennessee

36.23%

Missouri
Arkansas

35.70%

Maryland

35.37%
34.76%

Washington

34.73%

California

33.50%

Indiana
Wisconsin

32.19%

Kansas

31.92%

Florida

31.74%

Texas

31.23%

North Carolina

29.07%

Oregon

28.89%
24.36%

South Carolina

22.13%

Georgia
16.91%

Nevada

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

**Children in poverty are those children from families with income below the FPL. Not all Head Start childrens families are below the FPL.

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80%

90%

100%

FIGURE 4. PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEARS OLD ENROLLED IN HEAD START IN 2014-2015**

7.69%

District of Columbia
5.27%

North Dakota
Vermont

5.11%

South Dakota

5.07%
4.55%

Wyoming
4.01%

Maine

3.93%

Alaska

3.81%

Montana

3.77%

Rhode Island

3.67%

Nebraska

3.44%

Kansas

3.30%

New Mexico
Michigan

3.15%

Illinois

3.08%
3.05%

Iowa

3.03%

Oklahoma
Mississippi

2.94%

Connecticut

2.90%
2.89%

Arkansas

2.87%

Hawaii
West Virginia

2.73%

Pennsylvania

2.71%

Oregon

2.67%

New Hampshire

2.66%

Wisconsin

2.65%
2.64%

Kentucky

2.56%

Washington
Missouri

2.56%

California

2.52%
2.50%

Minnesota

2.41%

Louisiana
New York

2.38%

Ohio

2.37%
2.35%

Massachusetts

2.32%

National Average*

2.25%

Delaware

2.12%

North Carolina
New Jersey

2.02%

South Carolina

2.00%

Virginia

1.99%

Colorado

1.97%

Arizona

1.94%

Florida

1.92%

Maryland

1.86%

Alabama

1.84%

Georgia

1.74%

Idaho

1.68%

Indiana

1.62%

Tennessee

1.60%

Texas

1.53%

Utah

1.52%
1.28%

Nevada

0%

1%

2%

3%

4%

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

**Low-income children are those children from families with incomes below 200% FPL.

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5%

6%

7%

8%

9%

FIGURE 5. PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME 3-YEAR-OLDS ENROLLED IN HEAD START IN 2014-2015**

Mississippi

45.29%

North Dakota

39.33%

Louisiana

34.91%

District of Columbia

34.41%

South Dakota

34.17%

Montana

27.78%

Wisconsin

27.17%

Oklahoma

25.51%

Rhode Island

24.00%

Alaska

23.48%

Illinois

22.74%

Massachusetts

22.18%

Kentucky

22.08%

Wyoming

21.83%

Michigan

21.65%

New Mexico

20.66%

Ohio

20.42%

Arkansas

19.42%

Alabama

19.39%

Maryland

19.01%

New York

18.95%

West Virginia

18.67%

South Carolina

18.63%

Missouri

18.63%

Pennsylvania

18.52%

Vermont

17.96%

Iowa

17.76%

Minnesota

17.16%

National Average*

17.08%

Connecticut

16.95%

New Jersey

16.77%

Delaware

16.39%

Georgia

16.28%

California

16.16%

Kansas

15.99%

Tennessee

14.67%

Nebraska

14.54%

Maine

14.32%

Hawaii

14.10%

New Hampshire

13.64%

Colorado

13.47%

Texas

13.44%

Virginia

12.93%

Indiana

12.79%

Arizona

11.87%

Florida

11.59%

Washington

10.39%

North Carolina

10.29%

Oregon

9.30%

Utah
Nevada
Idaho

0%

9.19%
7.32%
5.80%

10%

20%

30%

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

**Low-income children are those children from families with incomes below 200% FPL.

30

40%

50%

60%

FIGURE 6. PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME 4-YEAR-OLDS ENROLLED IN HEAD START IN 2014-2015**

Mississippi

52.41%

West Virginia

47.11%

North Dakota

46.45%

South Dakota

40.76%

Montana

34.85%

Alaska

34.31%

District of Columbia

31.13%

Hawaii

29.20%

Wyoming

27.72%

Kentucky

27.40%

Alabama

27.10%

Michigan

25.56%

New Mexico

25.12%

Maine

24.74%

Illinois

24.58%

Ohio

24.28%

Rhode Island

23.39%

Pennsylvania

23.30%

Oklahoma

22.82%

Louisiana

22.81%

Massachusetts

22.77%

New York

22.03%

Nebraska

20.05%

Minnesota

19.89%

National Average*

19.67%

Vermont

19.48%

Tennessee

19.44%

Delaware

19.24%

Arizona

19.21%

Missouri

19.11%

Connecticut

18.78%

Virginia

18.59%

New Jersey

18.45%

Iowa

18.36%

Colorado

18.20%

Arkansas

17.98%

California

17.59%

Indiana

16.97%

Texas

16.44%

New Hampshire

16.23%

Florida

16.18%

Wisconsin

16.15%

Maryland

16.01%

Kansas

15.92%

Washington

15.80%

North Carolina

15.52%

Utah

14.71%

Idaho

14.53%

South Carolina

14.21%

Oregon

14.18%

Georgia
Nevada

0%

12.57%
6.96%

10%

20%

30%

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

**Low-income children are those children from families with incomes below 200% FPL.

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40%

50%

60%

FIGURE 7. AVERAGE CLASS INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT SCORES**

Vermont

3.72

Kentucky

3.29

Utah

3.25

Rhode Island

3.20

Maine

3.19

Tennessee

3.14

Colorado

3.12

Indiana

3.11

Delaware

3.09

Hawaii

3.09

Illinois

3.02

Washington

3.02

Minnesota

3.00

Wyoming

3.00

Connecticut

2.98

Massachusetts

2.97

New Hampshire

2.97

Ohio

2.97

Pennsylvania

2.92

Missouri

2.91

Montana

2.91

South Dakota

2.90

Oregon

2.89

Michigan

2.88

New York

2.88

Idaho

2.86

Kansas

2.86

National Average*

2.85

Iowa

2.84

Alaska

2.83

California

2.83

Virginia

2.83

New Jersey

2.81

North Dakota

2.80

Wisconsin

2.80

Nebraska

2.79

West Virginia

2.79

Arkansas

2.77

Nevada

2.77
2.77

North Carolina

2.74

Florida
Maryland

2.74

Texas

2.73

Puerto Rico

2.71

District of Columbia

2.68

Georgia

2.63

Mississippi

2.62

Arizona

2.61

AIAN HS

2.58

Louisiana

2.57

Oklahoma

2.56
2.55

Migrant & Seasonal HS

2.49

South Carolina
Alabama

2.48

New Mexico
Guam, Northern Mariana
Islands, Virgin Islands

2.47
2.27

Research-based threshold for high quality (3)

*National Average includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, AIAN and MSHS.
** Scores are averages across grantees in each state that received an on-site review as part of the grant renewal process between 2012 and 2015.

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FIGURE 8. AVERAGE CLASS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SCORES**

Vermont

6.47

Rhode Island

6.24

Colorado

6.22

Maine

6.17

Washington

6.16

Wyoming

6.15

Utah

6.14

Massachusetts

6.13

Nevada

6.13

Oregon

6.13

Delaware

6.12

Illinois

6.12

Minnesota

6.12

Connecticut

6.11

California

6.10

Hawaii

6.10

Kentucky

6.10

Kansas
Guam, Northern Mariana
Islands, Virgin Islands
Michigan

6.06
6.05

Arizona

6.04

6.08

Wisconsin

6.04

New Jersey

6.03

North Dakota

6.03

Arkansas

6.02

Iowa

6.02

New York

6.02

North Carolina

6.02

Migrant & Seasonal HS

6.01

Indiana

6.01

Ohio

6.01

Tennessee

6.01

District of Columbia

6.01

Puerto Rico

6.01

National Average*

6.00

New Mexico

6.00

Pennsylvania

6.00

AIAN HS

5.99

New Hampshire

5.97

Montana

5.96

Nebraska

5.94

West Virginia

5.93

Virginia

5.92

Alaska

5.91

Idaho

5.91

Missouri

5.89

Texas

5.87

Florida

5.84

Georgia

5.84

Maryland

5.84

Oklahoma

5.83

South Dakota

5.83

Mississippi

5.82

Alabama

5.80
5.79

Louisiana

5.71

South Carolina

Research-based threshold for high quality (5.5)

*National Average includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, AIAN and MSHS.
** Scores are averages across grantees in each state that received an on-site review as part of the grant renewal process between 2012 and 2015.

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FIGURE 9. AVERAGE CLASS CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION SCORES**

Vermont

6.21

Rhode Island

6.08

Nevada

5.96

Hawaii

5.95

Colorado

5.94

Kentucky

5.94

Kansas

5.91

Utah

5.89

Minnesota

5.86

Washington

5.85

Delaware

5.84

District of Columbia

5.84

Oregon

5.80

Illinois

5.79

Massachusetts

5.77

Tennessee

5.77

California

5.73

Wisconsin

5.73

Wyoming

5.73

Connecticut

5.71

Indiana

5.71

Iowa

5.71

Maine

5.70

North Carolina

5.70

Arizona

5.69

New York

5.69

Pennsylvania

5.69

North Dakota

5.68

National Average*

5.67

Arkansas

5.67

Michigan

5.67

Virginia

5.67

Ohio
Guam, Northern Mariana
Islands, Virgin Islands
Idaho

5.65
5.62

New Jersey

5.62

5.64

Texas

5.62

AIAN HS

5.61
5.61

West Virginia

5.60

Migrant & Seasonal HS

Puerto Rico

5.58

Florida

5.55

Alaska

5.54

Montana

5.53

Nebraska

5.52

New Mexico

5.52

Maryland

5.49

Oklahoma

5.49

Georgia

5.47

Louisiana

5.45

Mississippi

5.45

Missouri

5.44
5.43

New Hampshire

5.40

Alabama
South Carolina

5.37

South Dakota

5.35

Research-based threshold for high quality (5.5)

*National Average includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, AIAN and MSHS.
** Scores are averages across grantees in each state that received an on-site review as part of the grant renewal process between 2012 and 2015.

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FIGURE 10. PERCENT OF EARLY HEAD START TEACHERS WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE OR HIGHER
District of Columbia

64.29%

Nebraska

54.70%

Vermont

50.00%

Utah

46.43%

Maine

45.10%

Wyoming

42.86%

Mississippi

42.20%

Michigan

41.48%

Pennsylvania

40.99%

Oregon

40.67%

Arizona

40.00%

North Dakota

39.53%

Delaware

37.14%

California

36.33%
36.11%

New Hampshire

34.62%

Connecticut
North Carolina

34.07%

New York

33.42%

Tennessee

32.60%

Hawaii

32.50%

Iowa

32.08%

Massachusetts

32.00%
31.54%

Maryland

31.12%

Illinois
Alabama

30.51%

Missouri

30.29%

Washington

29.81%

Georgia

29.60%
29.51%

South Carolina

29.50%

Ohio

29.41%

Wisconsin
Indiana

28.30%

National Average*

27.48%

Kansas

24.57%

South Dakota

24.36%

Minnesota

23.44%

Kentucky

22.89%
22.41%

West Virginia
Virginia

21.68%

Colorado

21.66%

Alaska

21.43%

Oklahoma

21.34%

Arkansas

20.12%

Montana

19.64%
17.35%

Texas

16.36%

New Jersey

16.16%

Nevada

15.72%

Louisiana

13.64%

Rhode Island
Idaho

12.20%

Florida

12.17%

New Mexico

11.55%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

35

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

FIGURE 11. PERCENT OF HEAD START TEACHERS WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE OR HIGHER
District of Columbia

99.10%

West Virginia

91.60%

New York

89.09%

New Jersey

88.83%

Nebraska

88.67%

Iowa

88.39%

Delaware

87.30%

Vermont

84.78%

Pennsylvania

84.32%

Illinois

84.20%

Maryland

81.29%

Michigan

80.64%

Rhode Island

80.13%

North Carolina

78.47%

Virginia

78.23%
77.77%

Georgia

77.03%

Kansas

75.73%

Maine

74.76%

Tennessee

73.97%

Texas

73.64%

Wisconsin

72.14%

National Average*

70.71%

Florida

70.18%

Mississippi
Ohio

69.41%

South Dakota

68.82%

Oklahoma

68.00%

Kentucky

67.57%
66.87%

South Carolina
Minnesota

66.36%

New Hampshire

66.04%
65.87%

Louisiana

65.26%

Connecticut
California

65.02%

Missouri

64.67%
64.34%

Oregon

64.13%

Wyoming

63.98%

Utah

63.06%

Colorado

61.93%

Indiana

61.78%

Massachusetts

61.33%

Arkansas

60.26%

North Dakota

56.85%

Idaho
Hawaii

56.15%

Alabama

55.91%
53.04%

Washington

50.75%

Nevada

50.43%

Montana
44.65%

Arizona

40.52%

Alaska
36.36%

New Mexico

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

36

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

FIGURE 12. D
 IFFERENCE IN SALARY BETWEEN EARLY HEAD START TEACHERS WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE OR
HIGHER AND PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
South Dakota

$6,272

Oklahoma

$10,286

New Mexico

$10,436

Arizona

$12,111

Virginia

$12,607

Washington

$12,784

Arkansas

$15,687

West Virginia

$16,251

Kansas

$16,332

Colorado

$16,858

Mississippi

$17,233

Utah

$17,466

Nebraska

$18,309

Missouri

$18,645

North Carolina

$18,698

Louisiana

$18,930

Idaho

$19,283

Maine

$19,310

Florida

$19,989

South Carolina

$20,028

Tennessee

$20,102

Wisconsin

$20,690

Iowa

$20,838

Texas

$21,365

Indiana

$21,383
$22,006

North Dakota

$22,578

Alabama
Kentucky

$22,804

Georgia

$22,986
$23,533

Hawaii
Minnesota

$23,846

New Hampshire

$24,075

Delaware

$24,680

Montana

$24,908
$25,848

National Average*

$26,110

Nevada

$26,409

Ohio
Oregon

$27,673

Illinois

$27,793
$27,984

Wyoming
Vermont

$28,803

Alaska

$29,132
$29,431

Michigan

$30,822

District of Columbia
Pennsylvania

$32,900

Maryland

$33,199
$35,102

Rhode Island

$36,977

California

$39,559

Connecticut

$41,819

New Jersey

$42,604

Massachusetts

$46,600

New York

$0

$10,000

$20,000

$30,000

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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$40,000

$50,000

FIGURE 13. D
 IFFERENCE IN SALARY BETWEEN HEAD START TEACHERS WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE OR HIGHER
AND PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
District of Columbia $0
West Virginia
South Dakota

$7,879
$9,101

Florida

$11,590

Oklahoma

$11,888

Virginia

$12,496

Texas

$12,556

Colorado

$13,655

New Mexico

$13,825

Arizona

$14,207

Kansas

$14,308

Nebraska

$15,037

Tennessee

$15,143

Arkansas

$15,200

Hawaii

$16,912

Louisiana

$17,134

Kentucky

$17,193

North Dakota

$17,799

Missouri

$17,893
$19,181

Wisconsin

$19,805

North Carolina
Maryland

$20,452

Utah

$20,746

Washington

$20,873

Mississippi

$20,926

Idaho

$21,266

Illinois

$21,367

Iowa

$21,562
$21,909

Alabama
South Carolina

$22,332

Georgia

$22,567
$22,957

National Average*

$22,992

New Jersey
Maine

$23,562

Indiana

$23,711
$24,075

Nevada
Minnesota

$24,486

Wyoming

$24,693
$25,782

Ohio

$26,508

Vermont

$27,104

Montana
Alaska

$29,778

Oregon

$30,096

Michigan

$33,006

New Hampshire

$33,164

Rhode Island

$33,437

Connecticut

$33,530
$35,451

Pennsylvania

$36,168

Delaware

$37,228

California

$40,418

New York

$46,610

Massachusetts

$0

$10,000

$20,000

$30,000

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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$40,000

$50,000

FIGURE 14. P
 ERCENT OF EARLY HEAD START CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS
Louisiana

89.95%

Arkansas

89.07%

Georgia

87.29%

South Carolina

78.13%

Oklahoma

76.72%

Mississippi

75.27%

Alabama

73.44%

Texas

72.81%

Florida

71.52%

District of Columbia

55.89%

Nevada

54.07%

Missouri

53.01%

Tennessee

50.43%

New Mexico

50.16%

New Jersey

48.63%

Kentucky

47.91%

Illinois

47.56%

North Dakota

46.47%

Montana

43.74%

Virginia

42.94%

Connecticut

42.25%

National Average*

41.00%

North Carolina

40.87%

Massachusetts

38.06%

Delaware

36.92%

South Dakota

36.90%

New York

33.72%

Colorado

30.94%

New Hampshire

29.33%

Maine

29.09%

Ohio

28.35%

Nebraska

27.40%

Rhode Island

25.90%

California

25.45%

Iowa

25.20%

Indiana

23.93%

Michigan

23.24%

Kansas

22.73%

Arizona

22.65%

Vermont

22.19%

Wisconsin

21.04%

Minnesota

19.49%

Oregon

19.05%

West Virginia

19.05%

Hawaii

18.81%

Utah

17.30%

Maryland

16.26%

Washington
Pennsylvania
Alaska

12.81%
10.24%
6.78%

Idaho 0.00%
Wyoming 0.00%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

39

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

FIGURE 15. P
 ERCENT OF HEAD START CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS
District of Columbia

99.83%

Georgia

99.06%

Arkansas

88.99%

South Carolina

86.98%

Florida

85.97%

Alabama

82.31%

New Jersey

80.23%

Mississippi

75.15%

North Carolina

74.76%

Louisiana

74.35%

New York

71.96%

Texas

68.77%

Virginia

64.44%

Tennessee

61.87%

Connecticut

61.86%

Oklahoma

60.60%

Maryland

47.14%

National Average*

44.27%

Pennsylvania

36.63%

Iowa

34.43%

Illinois

33.64%

South Dakota

29.06%

Vermont

28.16%

Massachusetts

27.09%

Nebraska

25.70%

New Mexico

25.53%

Missouri

23.51%

Hawaii

21.89%

Kentucky

20.50%

Nevada

20.02%

California

19.92%

Ohio

15.80%

Kansas

14.95%

Montana

14.78%

Wisconsin

13.83%

Michigan

13.49%

Delaware

12.02%

North Dakota

10.65%

Colorado

10.63%

Rhode Island

10.34%

Maine

10.30%

Oregon

9.89%

Washington

7.84%

Minnesota

7.21%

New Hampshire
Indiana
Arizona
West Virginia
Utah
Alaska

5.50%
4.24%
3.40%
3.03%
2.30%
1.87%

Wyoming

1.10%

Idaho

0.72%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

40

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

FIGURE 16. 2
 014-2015 EARLY HEAD START FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD ADJUSTED FOR COST OF LIVING
Maine

$15,777

Vermont

$15,536

Mississippi

$14,487

Arkansas

$14,255

Nebraska

$14,248

Oregon

$14,223

Nevada

$14,197

Indiana

$14,142

Louisiana

$14,119

New Mexico

$14,117

Alabama

$14,002

Kentucky

$13,981

Montana

$13,975

Arizona

$13,837
$13,734

South Dakota
North Dakota

$13,723

Tennessee

$13,653
$13,636

Idaho

$13,551

South Carolina

$13,384

Michigan

$13,264

Massachusetts

$13,242

West Virginia

$13,064

Florida
Oklahoma

$13,025

Missouri

$12,961
$12,896

North Carolina

$12,773

Wisconsin

$12,575

National Average*

$12,572

Washington
Colorado

$12,532

Delaware

$12,439

Minnesota

$12,424

Georgia

$12,413

Utah

$12,375

New Hampshire

$12,305

Rhode Island

$12,255

Hawaii

$12,102

Maryland

$12,020
$11,991

Alaska
Iowa

$11,976

Texas

$11,896

Ohio

$11,723

Connecticut

$11,702

California

$11,222

Wyoming

$11,156
$10,993

Pennsylvania

$10,335

New Jersey
Virginia

$10,262

New York

$10,195
$9,992

Illinois
$8,462

Kansas

$8,325

District of Columbia**

$0

$5,000

$10,000

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

**The cost of living adjustment for DC is exceptionally large and may overestimate the necessary adjustment for Head Start.

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$15,000

$20,000

FIGURE 17. 2
 014-2015 HEAD START FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD ADJUSTED FOR COST OF LIVING
Alaska

$10,995

Oregon

$10,716

Maine

$10,684

Vermont

$10,579

Idaho

$9,825

Montana

$9,486

South Dakota

$9,257

New Hampshire

$9,221

Washington

$8,842

Nevada

$8,807

Arizona

$8,781

Missouri

$8,630

Connecticut

$8,611

Massachusetts

$8,567

Michigan

$8,370

North Dakota

$8,344

Rhode Island

$8,336

Iowa

$8,334

Nebraska

$8,290

Kansas

$8,289
$8,271

New York

$8,181

Pennsylvania

$8,159

Wyoming

$8,093

National Average*
Florida

$8,066

California

$8,028

Minnesota

$7,981

Ohio

$7,909

Tennessee

$7,833

Indiana

$7,794

New Jersey

$7,777

New Mexico

$7,741

West Virginia

$7,733

South Carolina

$7,731

North Carolina

$7,704

Kentucky

$7,678

Wisconsin

$7,663

Arkansas

$7,572

Hawaii

$7,570
$7,531

Georgia
Louisiana

$7,438

Mississippi

$7,412
$7,398

Utah
Colorado

$7,230

Alabama

$7,193

Oklahoma

$7,177
$7,174

Maryland

$6,970

Illinois

$6,799

Virginia

$6,747

Texas

$6,580

Delaware
$5,507

District of Columbia**

$0

$2,000

$4,000

$6,000

$8,000

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

**The cost of living adjustment for DC is exceptionally large and may overestimate the necessary adjustment for Head Start.

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$10,000

$12,000

FIGURE 18. P
 ERCENT OF 3-YEAR-OLDS IN THE STATE ENROLLED IN HEAD START AND
STATE-FUNDED PRESCHOOL IN 2014-2015**
District of Columbia

63.59%

Vermont

33.87%

Arkansas

32.41%

Illinois

29.48%

Mississippi

28.95%

New Jersey

24.64%

Nebraska

20.77%

Kentucky

20.31%

Louisiana

18.95%

California

16.23%

Connecticut

15.09%

South Carolina

14.99%

Oklahoma

14.70%

Texas

14.43%

West Virginia

14.36%

South Dakota

14.22%

Colorado

14.09%

Montana

14.05%

Pennsylvania

13.69%

New Mexico

13.00%

National Average*

12.91%

North Dakota

12.80%

Massachusetts

12.77%

Ohio

12.43%

Wisconsin

11.45%

Michigan

11.21%

Oregon

10.98%

Alabama

10.80%

Missouri

10.77%

Maryland

10.70%

Iowa

10.19%

Alaska

9.82%

Arizona

9.44%

Rhode Island

9.07%

Georgia

8.89%

Tennessee

8.69%

Wyoming

8.35%

New York

8.27%

Maine

8.14%

Washington

8.00%

Kansas

7.62%

Minnesota

6.80%

Delaware

6.59%

Indiana

6.56%

Florida
North Carolina

6.29%
5.64%

Hawaii

5.04%

Virginia

4.80%

Nevada

4.57%

New Hampshire

4.34%

Utah
Idaho

0%

4.09%
3.56%

10%

20%
Federally funded Head Start

40%

30%

State supplement to Head Start

50%

60%

State-funded preschool

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

**Total can overstate public enrollment as some or all state-funded preschool children may be served in Head Start. Where possible an unduplicated percentage is provided.

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70%

FIGURE 19. P
 ERCENT OF 4-YEAR-OLDS IN THE STATE ENROLLED IN HEAD START AND
STATE-FUNDED PRESCHOOL IN 2014-2015**
Vermont

91.16%

Oklahoma

87.51%

District of Columbia

86.25%

Florida

85.02%

West Virginia

72.01%

Wisconsin

71.18%

Iowa

66.55%

Georgia

61.98%

New York

58.62%

Texas

56.48%

South Carolina

55.26%

Arkansas

48.83%

Maine

47.01%

New Mexico

44.82%

Louisiana

43.80%

Maryland

41.70%

Kentucky

39.90%

Michigan

39.63%

Nebraska

39.17%

National Average*

37.79%

Illinois

37.74%

New Jersey

34.82%

Mississippi

34.65%

Colorado

30.86%

Tennessee

30.46%

Connecticut

28.79%

Kansas

28.10%

North Carolina

26.69%

California

26.15%

Virginia

24.78%

Alabama

24.47%

Pennsylvania

22.50%

Montana

19.30%

Alaska

18.06%

Ohio

17.38%

South Dakota

17.27%

Oregon

17.16%

Arizona

16.35%

North Dakota

16.08%

Delaware

15.37%

Washington

15.03%

Rhode Island

14.36%

Missouri

13.07%

Massachusetts

12.09%

Hawaii

11.75%

Wyoming

11.64%

Indiana

9.28%

Minnesota

8.69%

Idaho

8.35%

Nevada

6.72%

Utah

6.63%

New Hampshire

0%

5.49%

10%

20%

30%
Federally funded Head Start

40%

50%

60%

State supplement to Head Start

70%

80%

90%

100%

State-funded preschool

*National Average includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

**Total can overstate public enrollment as some or all state-funded preschool children may be served in Head Start. Where possible an unduplicated percentage is provided.

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STATE(S) OF HEAD START

GUIDE TO THE STATE PROFILES

For each state and territory, the report provides a

one-page overview of Head Start and Early Head
Start in 2014-2015. An additional six pages provide
in-depth data on enrollment, funding, child and family
characteristics, support services, staff, and program
type and duration for the 2014-15 program year with
historical data back to 2006-2007. See the full report
at nieer.org for this information for all states and
territories.

(American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands,

Palau, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands), and includes
data on the American Indian and Alaska Native
(AIAN) programs. Data on the National Overview
page also include MSHS.

Each states information includes data on Head Start

(HS), Early Head Start (EHS), HS AIAN, and EHS AIAN
programs (unless otherwise noted). Migrant and
Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) data are not reported by
state and territory, but are summarized in a separate
MSHS section. AIAN programs are summarized in a
separate section as well.

The one-page overview for each state reports

specific information from the 2014-2015 school year.
State-specific information is presented in green and
national averages in purple. The overview is divided
into eight sections:

HEAD START & EARLY HEAD START

2014-2015 OVERVIEW

Federally Funded Enrollment: The first column

shows the number of federally-funded children and
pregnant women enrolled in Head Start.1 The second
column shows the percent of children in the state
enrolled in Head Start, and the third column shows
the percent of low-income children (less than 200

For comparison purposes, each state profile includes

information on national averages. The national
average on the state pages is based on the 50
states, District of Columbia, and six U.S. territories

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percent of the FPL) in the state enrolled in Head

Start. We do this because family income is not locked
below the FPL permanently after children enter
Head Start and children are not required to leave the
program if their family income rises above the FPL
after they enroll. For many children served by Head
Start, family income ends up above the FPL by the
end of their 4-year-old year.2 For each of these three
data points, the first row of the enrollment table
shows the total number of children and pregnant
women served by Head Start. Subsequent rows show
the number of pregnant women, children under age
3, 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds.3

in each state for Early Head Start and Head Start

teachers holding a bachelors degree or higher (green
bars). The average salary of a public elementary
school teacher in each state is the third green bar.
For comparison, the national averages are provided,
in purple.

Federal Funding: The first row presents the total

federal funding for Head Start programs in the state.4
The second and third rows split this into funding for
Early Head Start and Head Start, respectively. EHS
AIAN funding was not reported by state and is not
reported here, but HS AIAN is included.

Funding: This final figure presents the average

federal funding per child enrolled in Early Head Start
and Head Start in the state (green bars). The light
green bars show federal funding per child that has
been adjusted to account for differences in the cost
of living across states. The purple bars show the
national average Early Head Start and Head Start
federal funding per child. The EHS spending per
child in each state does not include EHS AIAN as this
funding was not reported by state. However, on the
national overview page Early Head Start funding per
child figure does includes EHS and EHS AIAN.

Program Duration: This figure shows the percent

of the Early Head Start and Head Start funded
enrollment served in school-day, 5-day per week
programs. Green bars present this information
for the state and purple bars provide the national
average. School-day programs are those that operate
more than 6 hours per day.

Enrollment: This figure shows the percent of

low-income children under age 3, age 3, and age 4
enrolled in Head Start in the state (in green) and
nationally (in purple).5 Percentages reported on the
national overview page include MSHS but this is not
the case on the individual state profiles.
Quality: This figure presents average scores for each
state on the Classroom Assessment Scoring System
(CLASS).6 CLASS data are from the Head Start
monitoring process and may not reflect all grantees
in a state. Green bars show the average scores
across observed classrooms on the three CLASS
domains: Instructional Support, Emotional Support,
and Classroom Organization. National averages for
each domain are purple. For each CLASS domain,
a research-based threshold is also presented by a
black line. A red X above a states data indicates the
score is statistically significantly below the researchbased threshold. A green 4 above a states data
indicates the score is statistically significantly above
the research-based threshold. No mark indicates the
score is not statistically different from the researchbased threshold.

DETAILED HEAD START & EARLY HEAD

START STATE PROFILES
For each state, the report provides an additional six
pages of data, divided into eight sections described
below. These pages focus primarily on the 20142015 program year but also show trends over time,
beginning with the 2006-2007 program year. The
first four sections (two pages) present information
combined across Early Head Start (EHS and EHS
AIAN) and Head Start (HS and HS AIAN). The next
two sections focus on Early Head Start (including
EHS AIAN) while the final two show data on Head
Start (including HS AIAN).
Enrollment: The enrollment section begins with
a table showing the total number of children and
pregnant women enrolled, and per Early Head Start
and Head Start. The first row shows the total number
of funded slots for children and pregnant women.
The second row shows the number of children and
pregnant women who participated in Head Start
and were funded by federal dollars. This second
row includes funded children and pregnant women
in Early Head Start and Head Start, but does not
include those funded by the AIAN programs. The
third row shows the number of children and pregnant
women who were enrolled through state funding that

Teacher Degree: The green bars in this figure

present the percentage of all Early Head Start and
Head Start teachers in the state holding a bachelors
degree or higher in early childhood education or a
related field. For comparison, national averages are
provided in purple. Early Head Start and Head Start
teachers include lead teachers and co-lead teachers.
All Early Head Start infant and toddler classrooms
must have two teachers.
Teacher Salary: This figure shows the average salary

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supplemented federal Head Start funding. The fourth

row shows the number of children and pregnant
women who participated in Early Head Start and
Head Start who were funded by the federal Maternal,
Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)
program. The fifth row shows the number of children
funded by the AIAN programs. When added together,
rows two through five equal the total in row one.
Row six shows the cumulative enrollment for Early
Head Start and Head Start. Cumulative enrollment
is different from, and typically exceeds, funded
enrollment. It represents the total number of children
and pregnant women who have been enrolled in
the program at any time during the program year,
including children who may have left early or started
late. Some children may be counted more than once
in the cumulative enrollment count if they leave
one location and re-enroll in another. The final row
represents data on the number of children served
through a partnership between Head Start and a
center-based child care program.

columns. The first row shows the total federal funding,

including funding for AIAN programs, plus any state
supplemental funding. The second row shows the
total federal funding for Head Start and Early Head
Start programs (including HS AIAN and EHS AIAN).
This amount is broken out in the third and fourth
rows: the third row reflects HS and EHS whereas the
fourth row reflects HS AIAN and EHS AIAN. Note that
EHS AIAN funding could not be broken out by state
and is listed as Not available in this table for states
that had EHS AIAN funded enrollment. The fifth row
in this table shows the amount of state supplemental
funding for Head Start. This information was not
available for Early Head Start (with two exceptions)
and is listed as Not available in the table.
The Federal Funding Per Child (2015 Dollars) figure
shows how federal funding per child has changed
between 2006-2007 and 2014-2015. All dollar
amounts are adjusted for inflation and converted to
2015 Dollars. From 2006-2007 through 2010-2011,
spending could not be separately allocated for EHS
and HS so only one amount is shown. The green
bars show the amount of federal funding for HS and
EHS divided by the total federally-funded enrollment
in HS and EHS. Beginning in 2011-2012, funding per
child is separated into EHS and HS. As a transitional
comparison, the overall funding per child is also
presented for 2011-2012. Purple bars show the federal
funding per child for EHS while the pink bars show
the federal funding per child for HS (including HS
AIAN in 2014 and 2015). The darker purple and pink
bars show the EHS and HS (respectively) 2014-2015
federal funding per child that have been adjusted
for cost of living differences across the states.
Finally, the light purple and pink hashed bars show
the average federal funding per child across the 50
states, DC, and 6 U.S. territories.

The Number of Children Enrolled Over Time, By

Age figure illustrates how the number of federallyfunded children has changed from 2006-2007 to
2014-2015. This figure also shows how enrollment age
composition has changed over time. Note the scale of
the vertical axis is not fixed across states in order to
accommodate both small and large states.
The Percent of Children in the State Served figure
illustrates how the percentage of children in the state
funded by Early Head Start and Head Start changed
from 2006-2007 to 2014-2015. Note that the vertical
axis is the same for all states, always 0 to 100 percent.
The Percent of Low-Income Children in the State
Served figure shows how the percent of children
from low-income families in the state funded to enroll
in Head Start changed from 2006-2007 to 2014-2015.
This figure focuses on the states low-income children
(defined as less than 200 percent FPL), rather than
all children in the state. Note that the vertical axis is
the same for all states, always 0 to 100 percent.

Child and Family Characteristics: This section

describes the children and families enrolled in HS and
EHS programs during the 2014-2015 program year.
Information in this section is based on cumulative
enrollment (i.e., all children who attended HS or EHS
at any point during the 2014-2015 school year).

Funding: The funding section begins with a table

showing the amounts of Early Head Start and Head
Start federal funding and state supplements. Early
Head Start and Head Start programs receive other
funding that is not captured by this report. For
example, Head Start providers are required to obtain
a 20 percent match which may be cash or in-kind (i.e.,
donated goods and services). The first column shows
the total funding for Head Start and Early Head Start
programs in the state and this amount is broken out
into Early Head Start and Head Start in the next two

The Ethnicity figure shows the percent of

children who are Hispanic/Latino and the percent
of children who are Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino.
The Race figure shows the percent of children by
their racial background: American Indian/Alaska
Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, White, Biracial/Multiracial, and other or unspecified race.
The Home Language figure shows the percent

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of children by the primary language spoken by the

childs family at home. The languages presented
for each state vary in order to show the languages
represented in each state. If a language is not
shown on a states page, that means the percent of
children reported to have that home language was
less than half a percent.

Support Services: The Children Receiving Health

Services figure shows five health services indicators
for 2014-2015 at the time of entry and at the end of
enrollment.
Up-to-date immunizations shows the percent of
HS and EHS children who had received all ageappropriate immunizations, had received all
possible immunizations (although not all of those
appropriate for their age), or met the states
guidelines for exemption from immunizations.

The Parent Education figure shows the percent

of HS and EHS families in the state by highest
level of education earned by either parent. Some
families did not report their highest level of
education; therefore, percentages may not always
add up to 100 percent.

Health insurance shows the percent of HS and EHS

children who had health insurance.
Medical home shows the percent of HS and
EHS children in who had an ongoing source of
continuous, accessible health care excluding urgent
care centers and emergency room settings.

The Family Use of Public Assistance figure

shows the percent of HS and EHS families in the
state who received each of four different types of
public assistance: federal Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families (TANF); Supplemental Security
Income (SSI); Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC);
and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP).

Up-to-date on age-appropriate preventive and

primary health shows the percent of HS and EHS
children who had received all screenings and
health care as stipulated by the states Early and
Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment
(EPSDT) guidelines.

The Other Child and Family Characteristics figure

provides data on some additional characteristics of
HS and EHS children and families in the state:

Dental home shows the percent of HS and EHS

children who had an ongoing source of continuous,
accessible dental care provided by a dentist.

Meets income requirement is the percent of

children enrolled in EHS or HS in the state who
were eligible for HS or EHS based on family
income below 100 percent of the federal poverty
level, being homeless, or receiving public
assistance.

The Children Receiving Transportation pie chart

shows the percent of HS and EHS children for whom
Head Start provided transportation.
The Families Use of Support Services figure shows
the percent of HS and EHS families who used any of
five of the many support services offered by Head
Start programs. The five support services included
(parenting education; health education; emergency/
crisis intervention such as meeting immediate needs
for food, clothing, or shelter; adult education such
as GED programs and college selection; and mental
health services) were selected because they were the
five most frequently used support services across the
country. Families can utilize more than one support
service.

Child has an IEP/IFSP is the percent of children

enrolled in HS or EHS in the state who
were eligible for special education or early
intervention at any point during the 2014-2015
program year.
Child was referred to Head Start by child welfare
is the percent of children enrolled in HS or EHS
in the state who were referred to the program by
a child welfare agency.
Child experienced homelessness is the percent of
children enrolled in HS or EHS in the state who
experienced homelessness at some point during
the 2014-2015 program year.

The Families Receiving at Least One Support

Service pie chart shows the percent of HS and EHS
families who utilized at least one of the support
services offered by their Head Start program.

Single parent family is the percent of HS and

EHS families in the state who were one-parent
households.

Early Head Start Staff: The Percent of Teachers by

Highest Degree in ECE or Related Field figure shows
how EHS teacher qualifications in the state changed
from 2006-2007 to 2014-2015. Each bar shows the
percentage of teachers by degree level in a given
year. Higher qualifications are at the bottom, fewer
qualifications are at the top. All degrees are in ECE or

Parental unemployment is the percent of HS and

EHS families in the state where no parents were
employed. This number includes both one- and
two-parent families.

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a related field. Teachers include lead teachers and colead teachers. All Early Head Start infant and toddler
classrooms are required to have two teachers.

program year.
The three Additional Staff Qualifications pie charts
show the degree qualifications for EHS assistant
teachers, EHS home visitors, and EHS ECD managers
in the state. EHS assistant teachers are the third paid
staff in infant and toddler classrooms working as
teacher aides.

The Average Teacher Salary figure provides

information about average EHS teacher and assistant
teacher salaries in the state overall and by level of
qualifications. It also shows the difference in average
salary between EHS teachers in the state with a BA
or higher and public elementary school teachers in
the state.

The two Staff Demographic Characteristics pie

charts show additional information on EHS Child
Development staff, including language proficiency
and self-identified race.

The Staff Characteristics figure provides additional

information about EHS staff including the percent
of EHS child development staff in the state who
identify as Hispanic or Latino and the percent
who speak a language other than English. Child
development staff includes EHS teacher and
assistant teachers, home-based visitors, and family
child care providers. Also reported is the percent of
all EHS staff who currently are, or previously were,
parents of Head Start children.

Type and Duration of Early Head Start Services:

The three Program Type and Duration pie charts
provide information about the types of EHS programs
serving children in the state and the number of hours
per day, days per week, and years children attended.
The Enrollment by program type pie chart
shows the percent of the funded EHS enrollment
by setting. Children enrolled in center-based EHS
received services in classroom-based settings.
Children in home-based EHS received services
primarily in their own home alongside their parents
and family. Some children received both types,
referred to as combination. Children in family
care received EHS services in the home of a family
child care provider. Other children received EHS
services through other means that were approved
by the Office of Head Start, referred to here as
Locally-designed. The pie chart also includes
the percent of EHS funded enrollment that were
pregnant women.

The Staff Turnover figure provides information

about EHS staff turnover among teachers and home
visitors in the state.
Teacher left shows the percent of EHS teachers in
the state who left their Head Start program during
the 2014-2015 school year.
Teacher left for better compensation is the percent
of all EHS teachers in the state who left their
Head Start program for a job in ECE with higher
compensation and/or a better benefits package.
Teacher vacancies over 3 months shows the
percent of all EHS teacher positions in the state
that remained unfilled for 3 months or longer.

The Enrollment in center-based programs by

operating schedule pie chart shows the percent
of EHS children in centers who attended for a
school-day, 5 days per week; a school-day, 4 days
per week; a part-day, 5 days per week; or a partday 4 days per week. School-day programs provide
services for more than 6 hours per day. Part-day
programs provide services for 6 hours or less per
day.

Teacher vacancies filled shows the percent of EHS

teacher vacancies in the state that were filled due
to hiring new teachers during the program year.
Home visitor left shows the percent of EHS home
visitors in the state who left their Head Start
program during the 2014-2015 school year.
Home visitor left for better compensation is the
percent of all EHS home visitors in the state who
left their Head Start program for a job in ECE with
higher compensation and/or a better benefits
package.

The Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

pie chart shows the percent of EHS children in
each state who have been enrolled in Head Start
for three or more years, two years, or only one
year (the current year). Prior enrollment is only
included if the child was enrolled for at least half of
the program year.

Home visitor vacancies over 3 months shows the

percent of all EHS home visitor positions in the
state that remained unfilled for 3 months or longer.

The Percent of Children in School-Day, 5-Day Per

Week Programs figure shows the percent of EHS
funded enrollment in the state who attended centerbased EHS programs for a school-day, five days per

Home visitor vacancies filled shows the percent of

EHS home visitor vacancies in the state that were
filled due to hiring new home visitors during the

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week. This figure also shows how this percentage

changed from 2006-2007 to 2014-2015.

based visitors, and family child care providers.

Current/Former Head Start parent shows the
percent of all HS staff in the state who currently are
or previously were parents of Head Start children.

The Percent of Children in Child Care Partnerships

figure shows the percent of EHS funded enrollment
in the state who attended EHS through enrollment
in either center-based child care or family child care
that had a formal contractual agreement with Head
Start to provide child care services that met the Head
Start Program Performance Standards. This figure
also shows how this percentage changed between
2006-2007 and 2014-2015.

Speaks a language other than English shows the

percent of all HS child development staff who are
proficient in a language other than English.
The Staff Turnover figure provides information
about HS staff turnover among teachers and home
visitors in the state.
Teacher left shows the percent of HS teachers in
the state who left their Head Start program during
the 2014-2015 school year.

This section includes three other figures that

provide additional information about the type of EHS
programs and the amount of services received by EHS
participants in the state.

Teacher left for better compensation is the percent

of all HS teachers in the state who left their
Head Start program for a job in ECE with higher
compensation and/or a better benefits package.

Child turnover rate shows the percent of children

who left their EHS program before the end of the
program year. This is calculated as the difference
between cumulative enrollment and funded
enrollment divided by funded enrollment (as
reported in the PIR).

Teacher vacancies over 3 months shows the

percent of all HS teacher positions in the state that
remained unfilled for 3 months or longer.

Percent of children receiving a child care subsidy

shows the percent of EHS children with care paid
for by a child care subsidy.

Teacher vacancies filled shows the percent of HS

teacher vacancies in the state that were filled due
to hiring new teachers during the program year.

Percent of pregnant women who left the program

before giving birth shows the percent of pregnant
women receiving EHS services who left the
program prior to giving birth and did not re-enroll
in the program.

Home visitor left shows the percent of HS home

visitors in the state who left their Head Start
program during the 2014-2015 school year.
Home visitor left for better compensation is the
percent of all HS home visitors in the state who
left their Head Start program for a job in ECE with
higher compensation and/or a better benefits
package.

Head Start Staff: The Percent of Teachers by

Highest Degree in ECE or Related Field figure shows
how Head Start teacher qualifications in the state
changed from 2006-2007 to 2014-2015. Each bar
shows the percentage of teachers by degree level in
a given year. Higher qualifications are at the bottom,
fewer qualifications are at the top. All degrees are in
ECE or a related field.

Home visitor vacancies over 3 months shows the

percent of all HS home visitor positions in the state
that remained unfilled for 3 months or longer.
Home visitor vacancies filled shows the percent of
HS home visitor vacancies in the state that were
filled due to hiring new home visitors during the
program year.

The Average Teacher Salary bar graph provides

information about average HS teacher and assistant
teacher salaries in the state overall and by level of
qualifications. The report also presents the average
salary for public elementary school teachers in the
state for comparison, and the difference in average
salary between HS teachers with a BA or higher and
public elementary school teachers.

The three Additional Staff Qualifications pie charts

show the degree qualifications for HS assistant
teachers, HS home visitors, and HS ECD managers in
the state.

The Staff Characteristics figure provides additional

information about HS staff.

The two Staff Demographic Characteristics pie

charts show the percent of HS staff in the state by
language proficiency and self-identified race.

Hispanic or Latino shows the percent of HS child

development staff in the state who identify as
Hispanic or Latino. Child development staff
includes HS teachers and assistant teachers, home-

Type and Duration of Head Start Services: The three

Program Type and Duration pie charts provide
information about the types of HS programs children
in the state are enrolled in and the number of hours

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participants in the state.

per day, days per week, and years of HS children

attend.

Percent of children in school-day programs shows

the percent of funded HS children in school-day
center-based programs and family child care
arrangements (either 4 or 5 days per week).

The Enrollment by program type pie chart shows

the percent of the funded HS enrollment by setting.
Children enrolled in center-based HS received
services in classroom-based settings. Children
in home-based HS received services primarily
in their own home alongside their parents and
family. Some children received both, referred to as
combination. Children in family care received HS
services in the home of a family child care provider.
Other children received HS services through other
means that were approved by the Office of Head
Start, referred to here as Locally-designed.

Percent of children in full-working-day, full-calendaryear programs shows the percent of funded HS

children who attended programs providing services
every week day other than legal public holidays for
10 hours per day or more (in accordance with State
law).
Percent of children in 5-day/week programs shows
the percent of funded HS children in each state who
attended center-based HS programs 5 days per
week (either school- or part-day).

The Enrollment in center-based programs by

operating schedule pie chart shows the percent
of HS children in center-based programs who
attended for a school-day, 5 days per week; a
school-day, 4 days per week; a part-day, 5 days per
week; or a part-day 4 days per week. School-day
programs provide services for more than 6 hours
per day. Part-day programs provide services for 6
hours or less per day.

Percent of children receiving at least 1,020 hours

of Head Start per year shows the percent of HS
children in each state who received at least 1,020
hours of Head Start in 2014-2015. The 1,020 hours
is equivalent to a 6-hour day for 170 days per year
(similar to public school schedules exclusive of staff
professional development days). However, programs
can decide how to distribute those 1,020 hours per
year. For example, programs could offer fewer hours
per day for a full-calendar year.

The Number of years enrolled in Head Start

pie chart shows the percent of HS children in
each state who have been enrolled in Head Start
for three or more years, two years, or only one
year (the current year). Years enrolled includes
enrollment in HS as well as EHS. Prior enrollment
is only included if the child was enrolled for at least
half of the program year.

Child turnover rate shows the percent of children

who left their HS program before the end of the
program year. This is calculated as the difference
between cumulative enrollment and funded
enrollment divided by funded enrollment (as
reported in the PIR).

The Percent of Children in School-Day, 5-Day Per

Week Programs figure shows the percent of HS
funded children who attended center-based HS
programs for a school-day, five days per week. This
figure also shows how this percentage changed
between 2006-2007 and 2014-2015.

Percent of children receiving a child care subsidy

shows the percent of HS children in the state
for whom the Head Start program (or a partner)
received a child care subsidy.
Percent of children in double sessions shows the
percent of HS-funded children in the state who
were enrolled in part-day center-based programs in
which the same teacher had a morning class and an
afternoon class.

This section includes seven other figures that

provide additional information about the type of HS
programs and the amount of services received by HS

FOOTNOTES
1 This

4 This

section reports on only federally funded Head Start

enrollment. Additional children may be enrolled in Head Start but
funded by other sources.

section reports on only federal funds for Head Start.

Additional state, local, and/or private funding, including a
mandatory 20 percent match, may also be used to support Head
Start programs.

2 For

example, over 35 percent of children in the 2009 Head Start

Family and Child Experiences Survey had a household income
above the FPL.

5 This

section reports on only federally funded Head Start

enrollment. Additional children may be enrolled in Head Start but
funded by other sources.

3 Due

to rounding, enrollment numbers by age may not add up to

the total. See methodology for additional information.

6 Pianta,

R. C., LaParo, K. M., & Hamre, B. K. (2008). Classroom

Assessment Scoring System (CLASS). Baltimore, MDL: Brookes.

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DATA POINTS IN THE STATE(S) OF HEAD START REPORT

the research-based threshold (3)

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START 2014-2015

OVERVIEW

CLASS Emotional Support score

Federally Funding Enrollment

Is the score significantly higher or lower than

the research-based threshold (5.5)

Total number of children and pregnant women

enrolled (funded by federal dollars)

CLASS Classroom Organization score

Total (children and pregnant women)

Is the score significantly higher or lower than

the research-based threshold (5.5)

Pregnant women
Children under 3 years old

Teacher Degree (Percent of Teachers with a

Bachelors Degree or Higher)

3-year-olds
4-year-olds

Percent of Early Head Start teachers with a

bachelors degree or higher in infant and toddler
development or a related field

Percent of children in the state enrolled in Head

Start (funded by federal dollars)
Total children birth through 5 years

Percent of Head Start teachers with a bachelors

degree or higher in ECE or a related field

Children under 3 years old

3-year-olds
4-year-olds

Teacher Salary (Average Salary of Teachers with a

Bachelors Degree)

Percent of low-income children in the state

enrolled in Head Start (funded by federal dollars)

Average salary of Early Head Start teachers with

a bachelors degree or higher in infant and toddler
development or a related field

Total children birth through 5 years

Children under 3 years old

Average salary of Head Start teachers with a

bachelors degree or higher in ECE or a related
field

3-year-olds
4-year-olds

Average salary of public elementary school

teachers

Federal Funding
Total federal funding for Head Start and Early
Head Start

Program Duration (Percent of Children in SchoolDay, 5-Day per Week Programs)

Total federal funding for Early Head Start (does

not include AIAN EHS other than on national
overview)

Percent of Early Head Start children enrolled in

school-day (more than 6 hours), 5-day per week
programs

Total federal funding for Head Start (includes

HS AIAN)

Percent of Head Start children enrolled in schoolday (more than 6 hours), 5-day per week programs

Enrollment (Percent of Low-Income Children Served

by Head Start)

Funding

Percent of low-income children under 3 years old

enrolled in Head Start

Federal funding per child enrolled in Early Head

Start (does not include EHS AIAN other than on
the national overview)

Percent of low-income 3-year-olds enrolled in

Head Start

Federal funding per child enrolled in Early Head

Start, adjusted for state cost of living

Percent of low-income 4-year-olds enrolled in

Head Start

Federal funding per child enrolled in Head Start

Federal funding per child enrolled in Head Start,
adjusted for state cost of living

Quality (Classroom Quality Scores)

CLASS Instructional Support score
Is the score significantly higher or lower than

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DETAILED HEAD START & EARLY HEAD START

STATE PROFILES

Head Start federal funding (Total, Early Head

Start, and Head Start)

Enrollment

Head Start federal funding for American

Indian/Alaska Native programs (Total, Early
Head Start, and Head Start)

Total funded enrollment (Total, Early Head Start,

and Head Start)

State supplemental funding for Head Start (Total,

Early Head Start, and Head Start)

Federally funded enrollment (Total, Early Head

Start, and Head Start)

Federal Funding Per Child (2015 Dollars)

Enrollment funded by state supplement (Total,

Early Head Start, and Head Start)

Federal funding per child for Head Start and

Early Head Start (together) each year from 2007
through 2012

Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home

Visiting enrollment (Total, Early Head Start, and
Head Start)

Federal funding per child for Early Head Start

each year from 2012 through 2015

American Indian and Alaska Native funded

enrollment (Total, Early Head Start, and Head
Start)

Federal funding per child for Head Start each

year from 2012 through 2015
Federal funding per child for Early Head Start
and Head Start in 2015 adjusted for state cost of
living

Cumulative enrollment (Total, Early Head Start,

and Head Start)
Funded enrollment in center-based child care
partner (Total, Early Head Start, and Head Start)

National average federal funding per child in 2015

for Early Head Start and Head Start

Number of Children Enrolled Over Time, By Age

Number of children under 3 years old enrolled in
Head Start each year from 2007 through 2015

Child and Family Characteristics

Number of 3-year-olds enrolled in Head Start

each year from 2007 through 2015

Ethnicity: Percent of children enrolled in Head

Start and Early Head Start who are:

Number of 4-year-olds enrolled in Head Start

each year from 2007 through 2015

Hispanic/Latino

Percent of Children In the State Served

Race: Percent of children enrolled in Head Start

and Early Head Start who are:

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

Percent of children under 3 years old in the state

enrolled in Head Start each year from 2007
through 2015

American Indian/Alaskan Native

Asian

Percent of 3-year-olds in the state enrolled in

Head Start each year from 2007 through 2015

Black or African American

Percent of 4-year-olds in the state enrolled in

Head Start each year from 2007 through 2015

White

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

Biracial/Multi-racial

Percent of Low Income Children In the State

Served

Other or unspecified races

Percent of low-income children under 3 years old

in the state enrolled in Head Start each year from
2007 through 2015

Home Language: Percent of children enrolled in

Head Start and Early Head Start whose home
language is:

Percent of low-income 3-year-olds in the state

enrolled in Head Start each year from 2007
through 2015

English
Spanish
Native Central American, South American, or
Mexican

Percent of low-income 4-year-olds in the state

enrolled in Head Start each year from 2007
through 2015

Caribbean
Middle Eastern or South Asian
East Asian

Funding

Native North American or Alaska Native

Total funding (including federal and state

supplemental funding) for Head Start (Total, Early
Head Start, and Head Start)

Pacific Island
European or Slavic
African

Total federal funding for Head Start (Total, Early

Head Start, and Head Start)

Another or unspecified languages

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 Parent Education: Percent of parents of children

enrolled in Head Start and Early Head Start whose
highest educational attainment is:

Early Head Start who had a dental home

At enrollment to Head Start
At the end of Head Start enrollment

Bachelors degree or higher

Percent of children enrolled in Head Start and

Early Head Start receiving transportation

Associates degree, vocational school, or some

college

Families Use of Support Services

High school diploma or a GED

Less than a high school diploma or a GED

Percent of families who used the following

support services:

Family Use of Public Assistance: Percent of Head

Start and Early Head Start families who receive:

Parenting education
Health education

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

Emergency or crisis intervention

Social Security Income (SSI)

Adult education

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Mental health services

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

(SNAP)

Percent of Head Start and Early Head Start

families who used at least one support service

Other Child and Family Characteristics: Percent

of Children or Families enrolled in Head Start and
Early Head Start who:

Early Head Start Staff

Percent of Teachers By Highest Degree in ECE or
Related Field

Meet the Head Start Income Requirements

(below 100 percent FPL, homeless, or received
public assistance)

Percent of Early Head Start Teachers each year

from 2007 through 2015 who had the following
educational attainment

Have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or

Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)

Advanced degree in ECE or a related field

Were referred to Head Start by child welfare

Bachelors degree in ECE or a related field

Experienced homelessness

Associates degree in ECE or a related field

Are single-parent families

CDA

Have no parents employed

No ECE-related credentials

Education was not reported

Support Services

Average Teacher Salary for:

Children Receiving Health Services

Early Head Start assistant teachers

Percent of children enrolled in Head Start

and Early Head Start who had up-to-date
immunizations

Early Head Start teachers

Early Head Start teachers with a CDA or no ECE
credentials

At enrollment to Head Start

Early Head Start teachers with an associates

degree

At the end of Head Start enrollment

Percent of children enrolled in Head Start and
Early Head Start who had health insurance

Early Head Start teachers with a bachelors

degree or higher

At enrollment to Head Start

Difference in salary between public elementary

school teachers and Early Head Start teachers
with a bachelors degree or higher

At the end of Head Start enrollment

Percent of children enrolled in Head Start and
Early Head Start who had a medical home

Public elementary school teachers

At enrollment to Head Start

Staff characteristics:

At the end of Head Start enrollment

Percent of Early Head Start child development

staff who are Hispanic or Latino

Percent of children enrolled in Head Start and

Early Head Start who were up-to-date on ageappropriate preventive and primary health care

Percent of Early Head Start staff who are current

or former Head Start parents

At enrollment to Head Start

At the end of Head Start enrollment

Percent of Early Head Start child development

staff who speak a language other than English

Percent of children enrolled in Head Start and

Staff Turnover

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 Percent of Early Head Start teachers who left

their job during the year

Native Central American, South American, or

Mexican

Percent of Early Head Start teachers who left

their job during the year for a job in ECE with
higher salaries and/or better benefits

Caribbean
Middle Eastern or South Asian
East Asian

Percent of Early Head Start teacher vacancies

that were unfilled for more than 3 months

Native North American or Alaska Native

Pacific Island

Percent of Early Head Start teacher vacancies

that were filled through hiring new teachers

European or Slavic

Percent of Early Head Start home visitors who

left their job during the year

African

Percent of Early Head Start home visitors who

left their job during the year for a job in ECE with
higher salaries and/or better benefits

Staff race: Percent of Early Head Start child

development staff who self-identify as the
following races:

Percent of Early Head Start home visitors

vacancies that were unfilled for more than 3
months

American Indian/Alaskan Native

Another or unspecified language

Asian
Black or African American

Percent of Early Head Start home visitors

vacancies that were filled through hiring new
home visitors

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

White

Additional Staff Qualifications

Biracial/Multi-racial

Assistant teacher degree qualifications: Percent

of Early Head Start assistant teachers with the
following educational attainment:

Other or unspecified races

Advanced degree in ECE or a related field

Program Type and Duration

Type and Duration of Early Head Start Services

Bachelors degree in ECE or a related field

Enrollment by program type:

Associates degree in ECE or a related field

Percent of children enrolled in Early Head

Start who are served in the following types of
program:

CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Home visitor degree qualifications: Percent of
Early Head Start home visitors with the following
educational attainment:

Center-based

Home-based

Advanced degree in ECE or a related field

Combination

Family care

Locally-designed

Bachelors degree in ECE or a related field

Associated degree in ECE or a related field

Percent of Early Head Start enrollment who are

pregnant women

CDA
No ECE-related credentials

Enrollment in center-based programs by

operating schedule: Percent of children enrolled
in center-based Early Head Start programs who
are in programs with the following operating
schedules:

ECD management degree qualifications: Percent

of Early Head Start ECD managers with the
following educational attainment:
Advanced degree in ECE or a related field
Associates degree in ECE or a related field

School-day, 5 days per week (school-day

programs operated for more than 6 hours per
day)

CDA

School-day, 4 days per week

No ECE-related credentials

Part-day, 5 days per week (part-day programs

operate for 6 or fewer hours per day)

Bachelors degree in ECE or a related field

Staff Demographic Characteristics

Staff language proficiency: Percent of Early Head
Start child development staff who speak the
following languages:

Part-day, 4 days per week

English

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start:

Percent of children who have been enrolled in
Early Head Start for:

Spanish

One year

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 Two years
Three or more years

Percent of Head Start staff who are current or

former Head Start parents

Percent of Children School-Day, 5-Day Per Week

Programs

Percent of Head Start child development staff

who speak a language other than English

The percent of children enrolled in Early Head

Start who are enrolled in school-day (more than 6
hours), 5-day per week programs each year from
2007 through 2015

Staff Turnover
Percent of Head Start teachers who left their job
during the year
Percent of Head Start teachers who left their
job during the year for a job in ECE with higher
salaries and/or better benefits

Percent of Children in Child Care Partnerships

The percent of children enrolled in Early Head
Start who are served through partnerships with
child care (including center-based programs and
family child care)

Percent of Head Start teacher vacancies that

were unfilled for over 3 months
Percent of Head Start teacher vacancies that
were filled through hiring new teachers

Additional Type and Duration Information:

Percent of Head Start home visitors who left

their job during the year

Child Turnover: Based on a ratio of funded

enrollment to cumulative enrollment (State and
national average)

Percent of Head Start home visitors who left their

job during the year for a job in ECE with higher
salaries and/or better benefits

Percent of children enrolled in Early Head Start

who received a child care subsidy (State and
national average)

Percent of Head Start home visitors vacancies

that were unfilled for over 3 months

Percent of pregnant women who left Early Head

Start before giving birth (State and national
average)

Percent of Head Start home visitors vacancies

that were filled through hiring new home visitors
Additional Staff Qualifications

Head Start Staff

Assistant teacher degree qualifications: Percent

of Head Start assistant teachers with the
following educational attainment:

Percent of Teachers By Highest Degree in ECE or

Related Field
Percent of Head Start Teachers each year from
2007 through 2015 who had the following
educational attainment

Advanced degree in ECE or a related field

Advanced degree in ECE or a related field

CDA

Bachelors degree in ECE or a related field

No ECE-related credentials

Associates degree in ECE or a related field

Home visitor degree qualifications: Percent of

Head Start home visitors with the following
educational attainment:

Bachelors degree in ECE or a related field

Associates degree in ECE or a related field

CDA
No ECE-related credentials

Advanced degree in ECE or a related field

Education was not reported

Bachelors degree in ECE or a related field

Average Teacher Salary for:

Associates degree in ECE or a related field

Head Start assistant teachers

CDA

Head Start teachers

No ECE-related credentials

Head Start teachers with a CDA or no ECE

credentials

ECD management degree qualifications: Percent

of Head Start ECD managers with the following
educational attainment:

Head Start teachers with an associates degree

Head Start teachers with a bachelors degree or
higher

Advanced degree in ECE or a related field

Bachelors degree in ECE or a related field

Difference in salary between public elementary

school teachers and Head Start teachers with a
bachelors degree or higher

Associates degree in ECE or a related field

CDA

Public elementary school teachers

No ECE-related credentials

Staff characteristics:

Staff Demographic Characteristics

Percent of Head Start child development staff

who are Hispanic or Latino

Staff language proficiency: Percent of Head Start

child development staff who speak the following

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 Two years

languages:
English

Three or more years

Spanish

Percent of Children School-Day, 5 Day Per Week

Programs

Native Central American, South American, or

Mexican

The percent of children enrolled in Head Start

who are enrolled in school-day (more than 6
hours), 5-day per week programs each year from
2007 through 2015

Caribbean
Middle Eastern or South Asian
East Asian

Additional Type and Duration Information:

Native North American or Alaska Native

Percent of children enrolled in Head Start who

are in school-day programs (State and national
average)

Pacific Island
European or Slavic

Percent of children enrolled in Head Start

who are in full-working-day, full-calendar-year
programs (State and national average)

African
Another or unspecified language
Staff race: Percent of Head Start child
development staff who self-identify as the
following races:

Percent of children enrolled in Head Start who

are in 5-day per week programs (State and
national average)

American Indian/Alaskan Native

Percent of children enrolled in Head Start who

received at least 1,020 hours of Head Start per
year (State and national average)

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

Child Turnover: Based on a ratio of funded

enrollment to cumulative enrollment (State and
national average)

White
Biracial/Multi-racial

Percent of children enrolled in Head Start who

received a child care subsidy (State and national
average)

Other or unspecified races

Type and Duration of Head Start Services

Percent of children enrolled in Head Start who

were enrolled in double sessions

Program Type and Duration

Enrollment by program type: Percent of children
enrolled in Head Start who are served in the
following types of program:
Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Enrollment in center-based programs by
operating schedule: Percent of children enrolled
in center-based Head Start programs who are in
programs with the following operating schedules:
School-day, 5 days per week (school-day
programs operated for more than 6 hours per
day)
School-day, 4 days per week
Part-day, 5 days per week (part-day programs
operate for 6 or fewer hours per day)
Part-day, 4 days per week
Number of years enrolled in Head Start: Percent
of children who have been enrolled in Head Start
(or Early Head Start) for:
One year

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GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS

AA
ACF
AIAN
ARRA
BA
CDA
CLASS
COL
ECD
ECE
EHS
EHSRE
FACES
FPL
GED
HHS
HS
HSD
HSES
HSIS
IEP
IFSP
MIECHV
MSHS
OHS
PIR
SNAP
SSI
TANF
WIC

Associates of Arts
Administration for Children and Families
American Indian and Alaska Native
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Bachelors of Arts
Child Development Associate credentials
Classroom Assessment Scoring System
Cost of Living
Early Childhood Development
Early Childhood Education
Early Head Start
Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project
Family and Child Experiences Survey
Federal Poverty Level
General Equivalency Diploma
Department of Health and Human Services
Head Start
High School Diploma
Head Start Enterprise System
Head Start Impact Study
Individualized Education Plan
Individualized Family Service Plan
Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start
Office of Head Start
Program Information Report
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Supplemental Security Income
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children

58

State(s) of Head Start

STATE AND TERRITORY PROFILES

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ALABAMA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

17,514

6%

10%

Pregnant Women

248

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$27,608,000

< 3-Year-Olds

1,820

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$105,931,663

3-Year-Olds

6,411

11%

19%

4-Year-Olds

9,035

15%

27%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100
80

19%
2%

27%
18%

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Alabama

National average

Emotional Support

Classroom Organization

National average

Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%
56%

60
31%

$57,092

$60,000

$47,920

$40,000

30%

$29,769

$25,342

$26,011

$33,387

$20,000

20
Early Head Start
Alabama

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

Head Start
Alabama

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

82%
73%

$13,350

$14,002
$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60
40

5.7

5.4

2
20%

0
Alabama

80

6.0

2.9

2.5

20

5.8

40

40

7
6
5

60

$133,539,663

Total Federal Funding

42%

$8,000

44%

$6,858

$7,193

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Alabama

$0

Head Start
National average

60

Early Head Start

Alabama
Alabama (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

ALABAMA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

17,532

2,068

15,464

17,514

2,068

15,446

State Supplemental

18

18

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

18,559

1,966

16,593

68

68

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$138,364,563

$27,608,000

$110,756,563

$133,539,663

$27,608,000

$105,931,663

$133,539,663

$27,608,000

$105,931,663

$0

$0

$0

$4,824,900

$0

$4,824,900

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$14,683

$15,000

$15,027
$13,682

$13,350

$14,002
$12,575

$10,000
$7,499

$7,282

$7,517

$7,889

2007

2008

2009

2010

$7,313

$7,594

$6,906

$6,936

$7,011

$6,858

$7,193

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

61

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

ALABAMA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

10%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

90%

American Indian/Alaska Native 1%

BA or higher

3%

AA, vocational school, some college

16%

HSD/GED

51%

Less than HSD/GED

29%

67%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

22%

White
Biracial/Multi-racial

5%

Other/Unspecified

5%

92%

English

HOME LANGUAGE

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

Black or African American

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 0%

Spanish

8%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 0%
Other/Unspecified 0%

TANF

8%

SSI

10%
38%

WIC
SNAP

46%

Meets income requirement

92%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

9%

Child was referred to Head Start 1%

by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

2%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

79%
43%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
98%

96%

97%

96%

92%

93%

85%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
91%

88%

60%

Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

50%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

43%

69%
8%

Parenting education

Health education

14%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

12%
Adult education

62

7%
Mental health services

ALABAMA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$22,466

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$19,065

Teachers with an AA

$21,651

Teachers with a
BA or higher

AA

CDA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

2015

Not reported

Teacher left

1%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

25%

3%

$25,342
Difference
$22,578

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$19,433

All teachers

2011

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

14%
5%
18%
21%

Home visitor left

8%

Home visitor left for

better compensation

8%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled 0%

$47,920

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

63

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ALABAMA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80

73%
58%

57%

2007

2008

54%

54%

2009

2010

62%

60%

2011

2012

65%

66%

2013

2014

60
40
20
0

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
15%

20
0

0%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

15%

2010

16%

2011

2012

13%

8%
2013

2014

7%
2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50
25

38%
22%

25

8%

2%
0

Alabama

National average

Alabama

National average

64

25
6%
0

Alabama

10%
National average

ALABAMA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$23,417

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Teacher left

4%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

$19,511

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

33%

$15,950

Teachers with an AA

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$17,838

All teachers

2011

AA

2%

15%
5%
9%
45%

Home visitor left No home visitors

$26,011

Home visitor left for

better compensation No home visitors

Difference
$21,909

Home visitor vacanies No home visitors

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No home visitors

$47,920

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

ECD management degree qualifications

No home visitors

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish

65

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ALABAMA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80

82%

89%

89%

92%

2008

2009

2010

89%

88%

90%

2011

2012

2013

85%

82%

2014

2015

60
40
20
0

2007

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

84%

75
49%

50
25
0

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

25

Alabama

National average

98%

6%

7%

Alabama

National average

Child turnover rate

100

Alabama

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

Alabama

National average

25
0

4%

Alabama

National average

66

Alabama

18%

25
4%

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

14%

57%

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

13%

75

65%

100

25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

0%
Alabama

National average

National average

ALASKA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

3,038

6%

14%

Pregnant Women

12

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$2,267,000

< 3-Year-Olds

514

2%

4%

Head Start Funding

$28,379,111

3-Year-Olds

1,055

9%

23%

4-Year-Olds

1,457

14%

34%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

5.9

80

6.0

5.7

5.5

5
4

60
34%
23%
20
4%
0

2
20%

18%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Alaska

2.9

2.8

40

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Alaska

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%

$66,755

60

$57,092

$60,000
41%

40

$40,000

30%
21%

20
0

$37,623

$36,977

$29,769

$33,387

$20,000

Early Head Start

Alaska

$0

Head Start
National average

Early Head Start

Head Start
Alaska

PROGRAM DURATION

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000

$12,321

$11,991

$12,575

$10,000

60

$11,297

$10,995
$8,038

$8,000

44%

42%

40

$6,000
$4,000

20
7%
0

$30,646,111

Total Federal Funding

Early Head Start

Alaska

$2,000

2%

$0

Head Start
National average

67

Early Head Start

Alaska
Alaska (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

ALASKA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

3,244

568

2,676

Federally Funded

1,387

184

1,203

State Supplemental

206

42

164

1,651

342

1,309

3,819

750

3,069

Total Funded Enrollment

MIECHV Funded
American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED
100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2007

2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2010

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2009
< 3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING
TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$39,831,211

$2,267,000

$37,564,211

$30,646,111

$2,267,000

$28,379,111

Head Start Federal Funding

$14,697,079

$2,267,000

$12,430,079

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

$15,949,032

Not available

$15,949,032

$9,185,100

Not available

$9,185,100

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,478
$10,626
$10,000

$9,074

$10,763

$10,012

$10,285

$11,035

$10,170

$10,831

$11,202

$12,321

$11,297

$9,983

$11,991

$12,575
$10,995

$8,504

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

68

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

ALASKA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

6%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

94%

American Indian/Alaska Native

61%

Asian

4%

Black or African American

3%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

2%
19%

White
Biracial/Multi-racial

10%

HOME LANGUAGE

English

89%
2%

East Asian

2%

Native North American/Alaska Native

4%

Pacific Island 1%
Other/Unspecified

2%

5%

AA, vocational school, some college

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

Other/Unspecified 1%

Spanish

BA or higher

23%

HSD/GED

57%

Less than HSD/GED

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

RACE

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

13%

TANF
SSI

19%
4%
50%

WIC
SNAP

41%

Meets income requirement

75%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

13%
3%
10%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

39%
28%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
85%
75%

83%

82%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

90%

88%

67%

76%

70%

42%

34%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

32%

Parenting education

27%

Health education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

45%

19%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

6%

5%

Adult education

Mental health services

69

ALASKA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$32,167

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

AA

CDA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

$36,787

41%

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$37,623

14%

14%

Teacher left for 0%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled
Home visitor left

50%
100%
24%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$29,132

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

1%

$29,451

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$22,727

All teachers

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$66,755

42%
33%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
Native North American/Alaskan Native
Pacific Island
Other/Unspecified

70

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ALASKA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

13%

11%

10%
0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

5%

5%

5%

6%

7%

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

38%
27%

25

25

Alaska

National average

14%

8%

Alaska

National average

71

25
0

14%

10%

Alaska

National average

ALASKA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$31,241

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012

CDA

Teacher left

4%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

35%

Speaks a language
other than English

$28,959

Teachers with a
BA or higher

21%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

2015

19%
5%
28%
72%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$36,977
Difference
$29,778

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$26,250

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$21,466

All teachers

2011

AA

39%
4%

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$66,755

44%
67%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
Native North American/Alaska Native
Other/Unspecified

72

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ALASKA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

4%

4%

2%

3%

3%

3%

3%

2%

2%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50
25

25

Alaska

National average

100

50

Alaska

5%
0

National average

Child turnover rate

Alaska

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

12%

14%

Alaska

National average

25
0

25
2%

4%

Alaska

National average

73

Alaska

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

42%

25

17%

7%

1%

75

65%

25

4%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

11%
Alaska

18%

National average

National average

ARIZONA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

18,197

4%

8%

TOTAL

FUNDING

132

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$35,675,000

< 3-Year-Olds

2,722

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$132,330,709

3-Year-Olds

5,685

7%

12%

4-Year-Olds

9,658

11%

19%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

12%
2%

19%

18%

20%

5.7

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Arizona

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Arizona

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%

$57,092

$60,000

60

$45,406

45%

40%

$40,000

30%

$33,295

$31,199

$29,769

$33,387

$20,000

20
Early Head Start
Arizona

$0

Head Start
National average

Early Head Start

Head Start
Arizona

PROGRAM DURATION

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$13,590

$13,837
$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60

$8,625

$8,000

44%

42%

40

5.7

20

20

6.0

2.9

2.6

40

6.0

60

40

7
6

80

$168,005,709

Total Federal Funding

$8,781

$8,038

$6,000
23%

$4,000
$2,000

3%
Early Head Start
Arizona

$0

Head Start
National average

74

Early Head Start

Arizona
Arizona (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

ARIZONA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

18,197

2,854

15,343

14,348

2,625

11,723

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

3,849

229

3,620

21,158

3,359

17,799

83

60

23

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING
TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$168,005,709

$35,675,000

$132,330,709

$168,005,709

$35,675,000

$132,330,709

Head Start Federal Funding

$131,546,683

$35,675,000

$95,871,683

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

$36,459,026

Not available

$36,459,026

$0

$0

$0

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$10,000

$13,733

$9,047

$8,891

$9,141

$9,369

2007

2008

2009

2010

$8,668

$8,991

$13,430

$8,242

$8,223

$13,837

$13,590
$12,431

$8,717

$12,575

$8,625

$8,781

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

75

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

ARIZONA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

60%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

40%

American Indian/AlaskanNative

21%

BA or higher

5%

AA, vocational school, some college

28%

HSD/GED

37%

Less than HSD/GED

30%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

5%
2%
65%

White
Biracial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

4%

59%

HOME LANGUAGE

English
Spanish

38%

Middle Eastern 1%
African

TANF
SSI

6%
4%

WIC

55%

SNAP

55%

2%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

Black or African American

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 1%

1%

Other/Unspecified 1%

Meets income requirement

90%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

11%

Child was referred to Head Start 1%

by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

4%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

43%
32%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
96%

93%

92%

90%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

98%

96%

87%

91%

82%

55%

Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

34%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

44%
21%

Parenting education

Health education

12%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

65%
12%

9%

Adult education

Mental health services

76

ARIZONA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

$30,558

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino
Current/Former
Head Start parent

$28,335

Teachers with a
BA or higher

21%

48%

Teacher left
Teacher left for
better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

15%
3%
3%
63%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$33,295
Difference
$12,111

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

50%

Speaks a language
other than English

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$27,274

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$30,118

All teachers

AA

2011

18%
11%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$45,406

93%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
Native North American/Alaskan Native
Other/Unspecified

77

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ARIZONA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
24%

22%

22%

20%

22%

23%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

20
0

19%

2013

24%

23%

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

5%

4%

4%

1%

0%

1%

1%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

3%
2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

42%

38%

25

25

8%

1%
Arizona

National average

Arizona

National average

78

25
0

21%
10%
Arizona

National average

ARIZONA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$28,823

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$24,372

Teachers with an AA

$24,171

Teachers with a
BA or higher

2012

Teacher left

44%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

41%

Speaks a language
other than English

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

56%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

16%
2%

Home visitor left

37%
57%
11%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

$31,199
Difference
$14,207

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$18,718

All teachers

2011
CDA

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$45,406

29%
86%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
Native North American/Alaska Native
Other/Unspecified

79

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ARIZONA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

6%

5%

4%

5%

4%

5%

5%

5%

3%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50
25

25

Arizona

National average

100

50
23%

Arizona

3%
0

National average

Child turnover rate

Arizona

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

27%

11%

14%

Arizona

National average

Arizona

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

42%

25

7%

1%

75

65%

25

6%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

18%

4%

1%
Arizona

National average

80

Arizona

National average

National average

ARKANSAS Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

10,338

5%

9%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$81,497,122

Total Federal Funding

166

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$26,950,000

< 3-Year-Olds

1,983

2%

3%

Head Start Funding

$54,547,122

3-Year-Olds

4,258

11%

19%

4-Year-Olds

3,931

10%

18%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.0

80

6.0

5.7

5.7

5
4

60

2.9

2.8

40

2
19%

20
3%
0

18%

18%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Arkansas

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Arkansas

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%
61%

60

$57,092

$60,000
$46,400

40

$40,000

30%
20%

20
0

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

$33,387

89%

Early Head Start

Head Start
Arkansas

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

$16,000

89%

$14,000

80

$14,255
$12,541

$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60
40

$31,200

$29,769

$20,000

Early Head Start

Arkansas

100

$30,713

42%

$8,000

44%

$6,661

$7,572

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Arkansas

$0

Head Start
National average

81

Early Head Start

Arkansas
Arkansas (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

ARKANSAS Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

10,338

2,149

8,189

10,338

2,149

8,189

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

11,712

2,043

9,669

152

152

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20

2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

4-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$81,497,122

$26,950,000

$54,547,122

$81,497,122

$26,950,000

$54,547,122

$81,497,122

$26,950,000

$54,547,122

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$14,255

$15,000
$13,066

$12,541

$12,019

$12,575

$10,680
$10,000
$6,894

$6,731

$7,012

$7,208

2007

2008

2009

2010

$7,045

$7,258

$6,497

$5,904

$6,594

$6,661

$7,572

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

82

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

ARKANSAS Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

15%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

85%

American Indian/Alaska Native 1%

BA or higher

5%
18%

AA, vocational school, some college

HSD/GED

55%

Less than HSD/GED

20%

42%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

41%

White
Biracial/Multi-racial

7%

Other/Unspecified

89%

English

HOME LANGUAGE

TANF

4%

SSI

11%
48%

WIC
SNAP

52%

9%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

Black or African American

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 0%

Spanish

10%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 0%
Other/Unspecified 1%

Meets income requirement

88%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

15%

Child was referred to Head Start 1%

by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

5%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

67%
35%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
97%

94%

96%

95%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

96%

93%

79%

89%

83%

53%

Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

7%

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

69%
56%

79%
15%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

9%

9%

Adult education

Mental health services

83

ARKANSAS Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

$22,469

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$21,502

Teachers with an AA

Hispanic or
Latino

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Speaks a language
other than English

2014

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

26%

8%

12%

Teacher left for 0%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

22%

Home visitor left

22%

$30,713

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$15,687

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$46,400

2015

Not reported

8%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$23,838

Teachers with a
BA or higher

CDA

2012

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$18,411

All teachers

2011

83%

50%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Mexican and South & Central American
Pacific Island
Other/Unspecified

84

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ARKANSAS Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100

95%

95%

92%

80

84%

87%

88%

91%

89%

80%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

2%

3%

2%

2%

4%

4%

3%

2%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

35%

38%

25

25

Arkansas

National average

8%

0%
Arkansas

National average

85

25
4%
0

Arkansas

10%
National average

ARKANSAS Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$27,250

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

Teacher left

6%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

$23,538

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

32%

$20,197

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$17,150

All teachers

2011

AA

7%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

16%
4%
9%
64%

Home visitor left

$31,200

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$15,200

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$46,400

31%
6%
120%
40%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Mexican and South & Central American
Native North American/Alaska Native
Other/Unspecified

86

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ARKANSAS Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
86%

89%

2007

2008

95%

90%

89%

89%

80

81%

84%

2013

2014

89%

60
40
20
0

2009

2010

2011

2012

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

89%

75
49%

50
25
0

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

25

Arkansas

National average

98%

4%

7%

Arkansas

National average

Child turnover rate

100

Arkansas

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

75

75

75

50

50

50

14%

Arkansas

National average

25
0

0%

National average

87

Arkansas

18%

25
4%

Arkansas

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

13%

86%

75

65%

100

25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

0%
Arkansas

National average

National average

CALIFORNIA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

103,447

4%

8%

Pregnant Women

1,524

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$257,829,000

< 3-Year-Olds

18,230

1%

3%

Head Start Funding

$786,066,938

3-Year-Olds

40,259

8%

16%

4-Year-Olds

43,434

9%

18%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.0

5.7

5.7

2.9

2.8

40

2
16%

20
3%

18%

18%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
California

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

California

National average

Emotional Support

Classroom Organization

National average

Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80
65%

$80,000

73%

$72,535
$57,092

$60,000

60
36%

$40,000

30%

$35,558

$29,769

$35,307 $33,387

$20,000

20
0

6.1

60

40

7
6

80

$1,043,895,938

Total Federal Funding

Early Head Start

California

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

Head Start
California

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000
$10,000

60

25%
20

$12,575
$11,222
$9,392
$8,028

$8,000

44%

42%

40

$13,129

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20%

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

California

$0

Head Start
National average

88

Early Head Start

California
California (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

CALIFORNIA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

103,447

19,754

83,693

102,728

19,638

83,090

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

719

116

603

125,563

22,649

102,914

1,938

477

1,461

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
120,000

90,000

60,000

30,000

2007

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2010

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2009
< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2008

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$1,043,895,938

$257,829,000

$786,066,938

$1,043,895,938

$257,829,000

$786,066,938

$1,037,138,945

$257,829,000

$779,309,945

$6,756,993

Not available

$6,756,993

$0

$0

$0

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,125
$10,000

$9,738

$9,443

$9,713

$9,913

$9,201

$9,529

$9,144

$13,129

$12,376

$11,917
$9,045

$12,575
$11,222

$9,361

$9,392
$8,028

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

89

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

CALIFORNIA Head Start & Early Head Start

74%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

26%

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian

7%

9%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1%

52%

White
Biracial/Multi-racial

6%

Other/Unspecified

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

HOME LANGUAGE

5%

AA, vocational school, some college

24%

HSD/GED

35%

Less than HSD/GED

36%

TANF
SSI

25%
4%
74%

WIC
SNAP

46%

20%

48%

English

47%

Spanish
East Asian

BA or higher

5%

Black or African American

RACE

PARENT EDUCATION

Hispanic/Latino

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

3%

Middle Eastern 1%
Other/Unspecified 1%

Meets income requirement

88%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

11%

Child was referred to Head Start 1%

by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

3%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

44%
31%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
98%

96%

99%

96%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

97%

95%

84%

93%

86%

49%

3%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

58%
48%

80%
Parenting education

Health education

14%

15%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

90

9%
Mental health services

CALIFORNIA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

CDA

Hispanic or
Latino

$33,013

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

AA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

Current/Former
Head Start parent

16%

Speaks a language
other than English

$32,259

Teachers with a
BA or higher

64%

Teacher left
Teacher left for
better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

Home visitor left for

better compensation
Home visitor vacanies
over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

Difference
$36,977
$72,535

2015

Not reported

13%
4%
13%
60%

Home visitor left

$35,558

Public elementary
school teacher

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

61%

$28,709

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$22,939

All teachers

2011

16%
5%
15%
70%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

91

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

CALIFORNIA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

31%

30%

31%

29%

30%

28%

27%

26%

25%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

20
0

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

17%

16%

2007

2008

14%

2009

8%

10%

9%

9%

7%

9%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

44%

38%

25

25

California

National average

8%

8%

California

National average

92

25
0

9%

10%

California

National average

CALIFORNIA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$34,698

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2011
CDA

2012

Current/Former
Head Start parent

Teachers with a
BA or higher

23%

63%

2015

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

16%
5%
14%
44%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$35,307
Difference
$37,228

Public elementary
school teacher

Teacher left

58%

Speaks a language
other than English

$30,778

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$26,960

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$23,419

All teachers

AA

11%
4%

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$72,535

30%
53%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

93

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

CALIFORNIA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
24%

23%

24%

26%

23%

21%

20%

19%

20%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

20
0

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

49%

50
25
0

21%

25

California

National average

100

2%

7%

California

National average

Child turnover rate

75

65%

56%
50

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

50

50

25

25

California

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

42%
21%

California

Percent of children in double sessions

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

29%
25
0

18%

California

14%
National average

4%

4%

California

National average

94

18%

California

National average

National average

COLORADO Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

11,136

3%

8%

TOTAL

FUNDING

150

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$22,345,000

< 3-Year-Olds

1,663

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$67,792,162

3-Year-Olds

4,157

6%

13%

4-Year-Olds

5,166

8%

18%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.2

80

6.0

5.9

5.7

5
4

60

3.1

40

2.9

20

13%
2%

18%

18%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Colorado

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Colorado

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80
63%

$80,000

73%

60

$60,000

40

$40,000

30%
22%

20
0

Early Head Start

Colorado

$0

Head Start
National average

$32,970

$36,173

$29,769

$57,092

$33,387

Early Head Start

Head Start
Colorado

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,603

$12,532

$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60
40

$49,828

$20,000

PROGRAM DURATION

$7,271

$8,000

44%

42%

$7,230

$8,038

$6,000

31%

$4,000

20
0

$90,137,162

Total Federal Funding

11%
Early Head Start
Colorado

$2,000
$0

Head Start
National average

95

Early Head Start

Colorado
Colorado (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

COLORADO Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

11,136

1,813

9,323

10,945

1,773

9,172

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

191

40

151

13,688

2,315

11,373

426

206

220

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$90,137,162

$22,345,000

$67,792,162

$90,137,162

$22,345,000

$67,792,162

$88,256,806

$22,345,000

$65,911,806

$1,880,356

Not available

$1,880,356

$0

$0

$0

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,178

$12,066

$12,603

$11,824

$12,532

$12,575

$10,000
$8,014

$7,739

$7,957

$8,274

2007

2008

2009

2010

$7,443

$7,940

$7,324

$7,057

$7,412

$7,271

$7,230

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

96

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

COLORADO Head Start & Early Head Start

64%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

36%

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian

3%

8%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White
8%

Other/Unspecified

7%

English

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

73%

Biracial/Multi-racial

HOME LANGUAGE

BA or higher

6%

AA, vocational school, some college

30%

HSD/GED

37%

Less than HSD/GED

27%

1%

Black or African American

RACE

PARENT EDUCATION

Hispanic/Latino

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

67%

Spanish

30%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern

1%

African

1%

Other/Unspecified

1%

12%

TANF
SSI

7%
44%

WIC
SNAP

50%

Meets income requirement

88%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

13%
2%
8%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

46%
27%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
96%

92%

96%

95%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

97%

91%

85%

91%
77%

48%

23%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

37%

45%

62%

19%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

8%

9%

Adult education

Mental health services

97

COLORADO Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

CDA

Current/Former
Head Start parent

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$32,970

16%

29%

Teacher left

33%

Teacher left for

7%
better compensation
Teacher vacancies 0%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled
Home visitor left

76%
27%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 1%

Difference
$16,858

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

40%

Speaks a language
other than English

$31,442

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$26,473

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$28,589

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

AA

2012

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$21,521

All teachers

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$49,828

11%
89%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

98

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

COLORADO Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
46%

43%

40

45%

38%

35%

33%

33%

36%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

31%

20
0

2007

2008

2009

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40

26%

24%
14%

20
0

2007

2008

2009

21%

23%

20%

20%

18%

17%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate
100
75

62%

50

38%

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

50

50

25

25

Colorado

National average

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

13%

8%

Colorado

National average

99

25
0

17%

Colorado

10%
National average

COLORADO Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

2012

28%

Speaks a language
other than English

$24,601

Teachers with a
BA or higher

32%

2015

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

21%
4%
11%
82%

Home visitor left

47%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

$36,173
Difference
$13,655

Public elementary
school teacher

Teacher left

38%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$23,163

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$32,949

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$19,570

All teachers

2011

AA

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$49,828

44%
89%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Native North American/Alaska Native
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

100

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

COLORADO Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

13%

13%

13%

13%

13%

14%

12%

12%

11%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50
25
0

21%

25

Colorado

National average

100

7%

Colorado

National average

Child turnover rate

50
25

13%
Colorado

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

21%

Colorado

14%
National average

25
0

3%
Colorado

National average

101

15%
Colorado

44%
18%

25
4%

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

25
4%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

Colorado

National average

National average

CONNECTICUT Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

6,198

3%

9%

FUNDING

69

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$16,036,000

< 3-Year-Olds

1,143

1%

3%

Head Start Funding

$48,547,555

3-Year-Olds

2,317

6%

17%

4-Year-Olds

2,669

7%

19%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.1

80

2
17%

20
3%

19%

18%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Connecticut

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Connecticut

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80
65%

$80,000

73%

$71,709
$57,092

$60,000

60
35%

$40,000

30%

$38,179

$32,150

$29,769

$33,387

$20,000

20
Early Head Start
Connecticut

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

Head Start
Connecticut

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000
62%

60
40

5.7

2.9

3.0

5.7

40

40

6.0

60

$64,583,555

Total Federal Funding

42%

42%

$10,000

$13,231
$11,702

$12,575
$9,737

$8,000

44%

$8,611

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Connecticut

$0

Head Start
National average

102

Early Head Start

Connecticut
Connecticut (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

CONNECTICUT Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

6,547

1,294

5,253

Federally Funded

6,198

1,212

4,986

State Supplemental

297

30

267

MIECHV Funded

52

52

American Indian/
Alaska Native

7,581

881

6,700

40

40

Total Funded Enrollment

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$70,327,648

$16,036,000

$54,291,648

$64,583,555

$16,036,000

$48,547,555

$64,583,555

$16,036,000

$48,547,555

$0

$0

$0

$5,744,093

Not available

$5,744,093

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$14,001

$10,000

$8,446

$8,203

$9,312

2007

2008

2009

$9,305

$8,786

$8,942

$13,231

$12,603

$12,192

$8,551

$12,575

$11,702
$8,777

$9,716

$9,737
$8,611

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

103

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

CONNECTICUT Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

52%
48%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

2%
27%

RACE

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

41%

White
14%

Biracial/Multi-racial

16%

Other/Unspecified

English

HOME LANGUAGE

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

27%

Carribean 1%
East Asian 1%
Middle Eastern

2%

European & Slavic 1%

Other/Unspecified 1%

19%

HSD/GED

48%

Less than HSD/GED

27%

TANF
SSI

16%
6%

WIC

55%
59%

SNAP

67%

Spanish

6%

AA, vocational school, some college

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian

BA or higher

Meets income requirement

85%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

12%
4%
6%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

63%
33%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
99%

96%

98%

97%

99%

97%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
94%

94%
84%

71%

Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

58%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

59%

83%

31%

Parenting education

11%

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

10%

8%

Adult education

Mental health services

104

CONNECTICUT Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Current/Former
Head Start parent

Teachers with a
BA or higher

18%

41%

Teacher left

10%

Teacher left for 2%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies 0%
filled

20%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$32,150
Difference
$39,559

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

41%

Speaks a language
other than English

$27,596

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$24,955

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$28,988

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$21,962

All teachers

AA

2011

20%
13%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$71,709

75%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Caribbean
Middle Eastern
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

105

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

CONNECTICUT Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

48%

46%

49%

40

41%

42%

42%

2010

2011

2012

38%

39%

42%

2013

2014

2015

20
0

2007

2008

2009

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

5%

8%

2007

2008

1%

3%

2009

2010

6%
2011

3%

3%

3%

2012

2013

2014

9%
2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50
25
0

38%
21%

Connecticut

25

National average

10%

8%

Connecticut

National average

106

25
0

8%

10%

Connecticut

National average

CONNECTICUT Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$35,342

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$29,925

Teachers with an AA

$30,349

Teachers with a
BA or higher

2012

Teacher left

30%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

22%

Speaks a language
other than English

33%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

22%
4%
9%
75%

Home visitor left 0%

Home visitor left for
better compensation 0%

$38,179
Difference
$33,530

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$23,304

All teachers

2011
CDA

Home visitor vacanies No turnover

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No turnover

$71,709

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Caribbean
Middle Eastern
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

107

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

CONNECTICUT Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

54%

53%

52%

62%

56%

54%

49%

47%
39%

40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100
75

62%
49%

50

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

75

75

50

94%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year
100
75

65%

50

50

25

25

49%

42%

31%
25

25
7%

Connecticut

National average

Connecticut

National average

Child turnover rate

Connecticut

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

12%

14%

Connecticut

National average

25
0

18%

25
6%

4%

Connecticut

National average

108

Connecticut

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

4%
0

Connecticut

National average

National average

DELAWARE Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

2,009

4%

8%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$16,306,271

Total Federal Funding

21

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$4,775,000

< 3-Year-Olds

340

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$11,531,271

3-Year-Olds

759

7%

16%

4-Year-Olds

889

8%

19%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.1

6
80

6.0

5.8

5.7

5
4

60

3.1

3
40

2.9

2
16%

20
2%

19%

18%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Delaware

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Delaware

National average

Emotional Support

Classroom Organization

National average

Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000
87%

80

$80,000

73%

60
37%

40

$40,000

30%

$34,515

Early Head Start

Delaware

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

$23,027

Head Start
Delaware

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000

$13,227

$12,439

$12,575

$10,000

60
40

Early Head Start

$57,092

$33,387

$29,769

$20,000

20

37%

$8,000

44%

42%

$6,997

$8,038
$6,580

$6,000
$4,000

20
0

$59,195

$60,000

12%
Early Head Start
Delaware

$2,000
$0

Head Start
National average

109

Early Head Start

Delaware
Delaware (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

DELAWARE Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

2,281

361

1,920

2,009

361

1,648

272

272

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

1,540

272

1,268

72

72

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded
State Supplemental

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$22,291,571

$4,775,000

$17,516,571

$16,306,271

$4,775,000

$11,531,271

$16,306,271

$4,775,000

$11,531,271

$0

$0

$0

$5,985,300

$0

$5,985,300

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$14,056

$10,000

$8,707
$7,360

$7,149

2007

2008

$8,897

$8,236

$8,483

$13,859

$7,476

$13,227

$12,833

$6,885

$7,382

$12,439

$6,997

$12,575

$8,038
$6,580

$5,000

$0

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

110

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

DELAWARE Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

38%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

62%

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

47%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

10%

Biracial/Multi-racial

9%

Other/Unspecified

HSD/GED

34%

Less than HSD/GED

36%

TANF

13%

SSI

8%
70%

WIC
SNAP

77%

32%

English

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

26%

2%

Black or African American

HOME LANGUAGE

4%

AA, vocational school, some college

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian

BA or higher

69%

Spanish

29%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 1%
Other/Unspecified 1%

Meets income requirement

92%
11%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

1%
4%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

63%
38%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
97%

90%

99%

95%

98%

96%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

95%

87%

90%

80%

29%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

74%

85%

43%
24%

29%
11%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

111

Mental health services

DELAWARE Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$29,344

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

Current/Former
Head Start parent

16%

$28,888

Speaks a language
other than English

16%

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

16%

$25,215

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$21,533

All teachers

2011

Teacher left for 0%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

11%

25%
100%

Home visitor left 0%

$34,515

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$24,680

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled 0%

$59,195

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

112

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

DELAWARE Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
64%

59%

60

64%
48%

48%
37%

37%

40%

37%

2012

2013

2014

2015

40%

39%

2014

2015

40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80

73%
60%

60

37%

40

37%

37%

2012

2013

28%

20
0

0%
2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

38%

38%

50

25

25

Delaware

National average

50

35%
8%
Delaware

National average

113

25
0

6%

10%

Delaware

National average

DELAWARE Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$22,275

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Teacher left

26%

2015

21%

Teacher left for

better compensation 2%
Teacher vacancies 0%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

100%

Home visitor left No home visitors

Home visitor left for
better compensation No home visitors

$23,027
Difference
$36,168

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

32%

Speaks a language
other than English

$21,591

2013

18%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials None
Teachers with an AA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$11,912

All teachers

2011
CDA

Home visitor vacanies No home visitors

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No home visitors

$59,195

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

ECD management degree qualifications

No home visitors

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

114

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

DELAWARE Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

15%

15%

2007

15%

2008

2009

10%

8%

5%

5%

6%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

12%
2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

49%

50
25
0

25

12%
Delaware

National average

Delaware

Delaware

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

14%

Delaware

National average

25
0

18%

25

11%

4%

Delaware

National average

115

Delaware

Percent of children in double sessions

100

14%

42%

8%

National average

Child turnover rate

25

75

65%

7%

0%

100

0%
Delaware

National average

National average

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview
FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

3,306

8%

18%

Pregnant Women

98

N/A

< 3-Year-Olds

866

3%

TOTAL

FUNDING

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$10,712,000

8%

Head Start Funding

$17,216,766

3-Year-Olds

1,286

15%

34%

4-Year-Olds

1,056

14%

31%

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START

CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

100

6.0

5.8

5.7

60

40

6.0

80

20

$27,928,766

Total Federal Funding

31%

8%

2
20%

18%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

Instructional Support

3-year-olds
4-year-olds
District of Columbia
National average

District of Columbia*

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

99%

100

2.9

2.7

34%

$100,000
$85,819

80

$80,000

73%

$75,490

64%
60

$57,092

$60,000
$44,668

40

$40,000

30%

20
0

$20,000
Early Head Start
District of Columbia

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

$16,000
$14,000

80

40

Public elementary school

National average

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100%

100

Head Start
District of Columbia

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

60

$33,387

$29,769

$12,000
$10,000

56%

$8,000

44%

42%

$6,000

$12,575
$11,112
$8,325**

$8,038

$7,351
$5,507**

$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

District of Columbia

$0

Head Start
National average

*Scores for only one grantee were available. It cannot be determined

if DC scored significantly above/below the threshold.

116

Early Head Start

Head Start
District of Columbia
District of Columbia (adjusted COL)
National average
**The cost of living adjustment for DC is exceptionally large and
may overestimate the necessary adjustment for Head Start.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

3,306

964

2,342

3,306

964

2,342

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

7,112

1,140

5,972

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$27,928,766

$10,712,000

$17,216,766

$27,928,766

$10,712,000

$17,216,766

$27,928,766

$10,712,000

$17,216,766

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,994

$15,808

$15,000
$12,575

$12,556
$11,112
$10,000

$8,497

$8,205

$8,436

$8,575

$8,261

$8,742
$6,897

$7,731

$6,707

$7,351

$8,325

$8,038
$5,507

$5,000

$0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

**The cost of living adjustment for DC is exceptionally large and may overestimate the necessary adjustment for Head Start.

117

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL*

2015
National average

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

21%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

79%

American Indian/Alaska Native 1%

Asian 1%

RACE

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White
Biracial/Multi-racial

16%
4%
8%

Other/Unspecified

English

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

HOME LANGUAGE

HSD/GED Data not available

Less than HSD/GED Data not available

TANF

18%

East Asian 1%
Middle Eastern 0%
European & Slavic 1%
African 1%
8%

36%

SSI

6%
30%

WIC
SNAP

71%

Spanish

Other/Unspecified

AA, vocational school, some college Data not available

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

70%

Black or African American

BA or higher Data not available

62%

Meets income requirement

49%
12%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

1%
9%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

52%
37%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
91%

92%

89%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

86%

79%

75%

68%
57%

50%

100%

32%

Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

56%

23%
11%
Parenting education

Health education

6%

4%

2%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

Mental health services

118

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

CDA

Hispanic or
Latino

$43,380

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012
No ECE-related credentials

Current/Former
Head Start parent

Teachers with a
BA or higher

41%

Home visitor left

Difference
$30,822

Public elementary
school teacher

16%

Teacher left for 4%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies 0%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled
Home visitor left for
better compensation

$44,668

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

7%

Speaks a language
other than English

$34,828

2014
Not reported

31%

$33,161

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$35,461

All teachers

2011

55%
13%

4%

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$75,490

33%
67%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Mexican and South & Central American
East Asian
Pacific Island
Other/Unspecified

119

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

75%

74%
57%

56%

55%
47%
37%

40

32%

38%

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20

18%
4%

2007

2008

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate
100
75

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

75

75

50

50

51%
50

38%

25

25

District of Columbia

National average

14%

8%

District of Columbia

120

National average

25
3%
0

District of Columbia

10%
National average

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino
$73,265

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

Current/Former
Head Start parent

Teacher left

7%

8%

Speaks a language
other than English

$48,000

Teachers with a
BA or higher

44%

2015

9%

Teacher left for 1%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
10%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

48%

Home visitor left

100%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

$85,819
Difference
-$10,329

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$40,000

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$28,847

All teachers

2011

AA

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled 0%

$75,490

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

121

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80

90%

94%

90%

98%

100%

2014

2015

86%

71%

74%

70%

60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

100%

75
49%

50
25
0

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

National average

100

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

3%

7%

District of Columbia

National average

Child turnover rate

100

District of Columbia

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

75

75

75

50

50

50

1%
District of Columbia

National average

25
0

1%
District of Columbia

National average

122

20%

District of Columbia

18%

25
4%

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

14%

75

65%

100

25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

25

District of Columbia

100%

0%
District of Columbia

National average

National average

FLORIDA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

39,668

4%

7%

FUNDING

591

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$92,530,000

< 3-Year-Olds

6,724

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$252,679,973

3-Year-Olds

13,750

6%

12%

4-Year-Olds

18,603

9%

16%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

12%
2%

18%

16%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Florida

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Florida

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

71%

$80,000

73%

60

$57,092

$60,000

40

$40,000

30%

$48,992
$37,402

$29,769

$29,003

$33,387

$20,000

12%
Early Head Start
Florida

$0

Head Start
National average

Early Head Start

Head Start
Florida

PROGRAM DURATION

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
86%

$14,000

72%

$12,649

$13,064

$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60
40

5.7

5.6

20

80

6.0

2.9

2.7

40

5.8

60

20

7
6

80

$345,209,973

Total Federal Funding

42%

$7,810

$8,000

44%

$8,066

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Florida

$0

Head Start
National average

123

Early Head Start

Florida
Florida (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

FLORIDA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

39,676

7,323

32,353

39,668

7,315

32,353

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

44,986

7,720

37,266

2,254

543

1,711

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
60,000

45,000

30,000

15,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$345,209,973

$92,530,000

$252,679,973

$345,209,973

$92,530,000

$252,679,973

$345,209,973

$92,530,000

$252,679,973

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,495
$10,000

$8,546

$8,266

$8,501

$8,897

2007

2008

2009

2010

$8,185

$8,539

$7,921

$7,538

$13,064

$12,649

$12,224

$12,168

$7,947

$7,810

$12,575

$8,066

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

124

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

FLORIDA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

35%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

65%

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

BA or higher

5%
18%

AA, vocational school, some college

HSD/GED

42%

Less than HSD/GED

34%

50%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White
Biracial/Multi-racial

34%
5%

Other/Unspecified

69%

English
Spanish
Mexican and South & Central American
Caribbean

TANF

7%

SSI

10%
46%

WIC
SNAP

58%

10%

24%
2%
4%

Other/Unspecified 1%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

Black or African American

HOME LANGUAGE

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 1%

95%

Meets income requirement

11%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

1%
3%
66%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

35%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
98%

97%

96%

94%

96%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

96%
84%

89%
78%

62%

Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

60%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

52%

Health education

9%

77%
16%

21%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

10%

125

Mental health services

FLORIDA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

$22,538

Teachers with an AA

$24,390

Teachers with a
BA or higher

CDA

19%

Speaks a language
other than English

2015

Not reported

Teacher left

28%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

27%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

13%
3%
7%
65%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$29,003
Difference
$19,989

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$23,837

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$19,528

All teachers

2011

30%
13%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$48,992

90%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Caribbean
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

126

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

FLORIDA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
86%

85%

80

80%
69%

60

63%

63%

66%

64%

2011

2012

2013

2014

72%

40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

16%

11%

11%

8%

2007

2008

2009

2010

12%

12%

10%

11%

2011

2012

2013

2014

17%

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

36%

38%

25

25

8%

2%
0

Florida

National average

Florida

National average

127

25
0

10%

10%

Florida

National average

FLORIDA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$33,014

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012

19%

Speaks a language
other than English

$24,979

Teachers with a
BA or higher

29%

2015

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

16%
3%
4%
67%

Home visitor left 0%

$37,402

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$11,590

Public elementary
school teacher

Teacher left

27%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$20,195

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,660

All teachers

2011
CDA

Home visitor vacanies No turnover

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No turnover

$48,992

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Caribbean
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

128

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

FLORIDA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100

93%

95%

93%

93%

91%

91%

86%

82%

80

86%

60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

86%

75
49%

50
25
0

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

National average

95%

100

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

11%

7%

Florida

National average

Child turnover rate

100

Florida

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

75

75

75

50

50

50

14%

Florida

National average

25
0

4%

Florida

National average

129

Florida

18%

25

10%

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

13%

90%

75

65%

100

25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

25

Florida

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

0%
Florida

National average

National average

GEORGIA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

25,205

4%

7%

Pregnant Women

239

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$52,259,000

< 3-Year-Olds

3,819

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$165,228,366

3-Year-Olds

11,894

9%

16%

4-Year-Olds

9,253

7%

13%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START

CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

100

5.7

5.5

2
16%

20
2%

18%

13%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Georgia

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Georgia

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

100

$100,000

78%

80

$80,000

73%

$60,000

60
30%

$40,000

30%

$52,906
$29,920

$29,769

$57,092

$30,339 $33,387

$20,000

20
Early Head Start
Georgia

$0

Head Start
National average

Early Head Start

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

99%

100

Head Start
Georgia

PROGRAM DURATION

$16,000

87%

$14,000

80

$12,000

$12,878

$12,413

$12,575

$10,000

60
40

6.0

2.9

2.6

40

5.8

60

40

7
6

80

$217,487,366

Total Federal Funding

42%

$7,813

$8,000

44%

$7,531

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Georgia

$0

Head Start
National average

130

Early Head Start

Georgia
Georgia (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

GEORGIA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

25,217

4,070

21,147

25,205

4,058

21,147

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

12

12

American Indian/
Alaska Native

28,025

3,685

24,340

1,964

152

1,812

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
60,000

45,000

30,000

15,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$217,487,366

$52,259,000

$165,228,366

$217,487,366

$52,259,000

$165,228,366

$217,487,366

$52,259,000

$165,228,366

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,588
$10,000
$8,280

$8,022

$8,248

$8,640

2007

2008

2009

2010

$7,975

$8,256

$13,179

$12,497

$7,725

$7,593

$12,878

$7,891

$12,575

$12,413

$7,813

$7,531

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

131

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

GEORGIA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

17%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

83%

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

BA or higher

4%
18%

AA, vocational school, some college

HSD/GED

48%

Less than HSD/GED

28%

68%

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%
White
Biracial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

21%
4%

88%

English

HOME LANGUAGE

TANF
SSI

3%
7%
43%

WIC
SNAP

58%

6%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 1%

Spanish

11%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 0%
Other/Unspecified 1%

93%

Meets income requirement

9%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare

1%

Child experienced homelessness

2%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

76%
40%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
99%

99%

97%

95%

98%

90%

88%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
95%
84%

45%

21%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

51%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

48%

Health education

67%
8%

12%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

132

4%
Mental health services

GEORGIA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$24,528

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

Speaks a language
other than English

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Teacher left

13%

5%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

10%
4%
12%
70%

Home visitor left

24%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

$29,920
Difference
$22,986

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

4%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$22,499

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$18,953

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$18,592

All teachers

AA

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$52,906

25%
50%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

133

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

GEORGIA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100

96%

96%

91%

80

81%

81%

82%

2010

2011

2012

88%

87%

87%

2013

2014

2015

60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

10%

12%

2007

2008

7%
2009

11%

9%

10%

9%

6%

5%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50
25

38%
23%

25

8%

2%
0

Georgia

National average

Georgia

National average

134

25
0

6%

10%

Georgia

National average

GEORGIA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$28,297

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

5%

Teacher left

5%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

$22,661

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

21%

$19,933

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$17,608

All teachers

2011

AA

17%
9%
14%
66%

Home visitor left

$30,339

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$22,567

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$52,906

100%

100%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Other/Unspecified

135

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

GEORGIA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
86%

86%

89%

2007

2008

2009

93%

90%

93%

92%

94%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

99%

80
60
40
20
0

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

99%

75
49%

50
25

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

National average

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

Georgia

100
65%

National average

Georgia

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

14%

Georgia

National average

75
42%

25
0

National average

136

Georgia

18%

25
4%

0%
Georgia

Percent of children in double sessions

100

14%

94%

7%

Child turnover rate

25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

25

Georgia

100%

100

3%
0

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

0%
Georgia

National average

National average

HAWAII Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

3,217

3%

10%

Pregnant Women

50

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$7,235,000

< 3-Year-Olds

543

1%

3%

Head Start Funding

$20,024,782

3-Year-Olds

938

5%

14%

4-Year-Olds

1,686

10%

29%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$27,259,782

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.1

80

6.0

6.0

5.7

5
4

60

3.1

3
40

29%

20

14%
3%

20%

18%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Hawaii

2.9

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Hawaii

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%
56%

60
40

33%

$57,189

$60,000
$40,000

30%

$40,277

$33,656

$29,769

$57,092

$33,387

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

Hawaii

$0

Head Start
National average

Head Start
Hawaii

PROGRAM DURATION

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000

$12,201

$12,102

$12,575

$10,000

60

$7,631

$8,000

44%

42%

40
20

Early Head Start

$7,570

$8,038

$6,000
19%

22%

$4,000
$2,000

Early Head Start

Hawaii

$0

Head Start
National average

137

Early Head Start

Hawaii
Hawaii (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

HAWAII Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

3,217

593

2,624

3,217

593

2,624

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

3,884

771

3,113

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$27,259,782

$7,235,000

$20,024,782

$27,259,782

$7,235,000

$20,024,782

$27,259,782

$7,235,000

$20,024,782

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$11,677
$10,000

$8,644

$8,347

$8,582

$8,738

2008

2009

2010

$8,281

$8,384

$7,776

$12,201

$11,802

$11,472

$7,413

$7,757

$12,575

$12,102

$7,631

$7,570

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2007

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

138

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

HAWAII Head Start & Early Head Start

15%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

85%

1%

Asian

RACE

3%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

45%

White

12%

Biracial/Multi-racial

18%

Other/Unspecified

AA, vocational school, some college

17%

HSD/GED

46%

Less than HSD/GED

21%

TANF

20%

SSI

3%
45%

WIC
SNAP

52%

3%

English

HOME LANGUAGE

16%

18%

Black or African American

Spanish

BA or higher

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

American Indian/Alaska Native

PARENT EDUCATION

Hispanic/Latino

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

81%
2%

East Asian

6%

Pacific Island

11%

Other/Unspecified 0%

84%

Meets income requirement

10%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

2%
6%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

39%
29%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
96%

95%

100%

100%

99%

99%
86%

80%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
89%

89%

45%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

79%

91%

50%

15%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

8%

4%

Adult education

Mental health services

139

HAWAII Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$32,805

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Teacher left

Current/Former
Head Start parent

19%

$29,002
16%

15%

Teacher left for 5%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies 0%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

Teachers with an AA

$32,769

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$33,656

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$23,533

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

8%

Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$25,631

All teachers

AA

2011

83%

Home visitor left

$57,189

31%

75%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
Pacific Island
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

140

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

HAWAII Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
26%

27%

2007

2008

27%

25%

23%

21%

20%

20%

19%

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

20
0

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate
100
75
50

49%
38%

25
0

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

50

50

25

Hawaii

National average

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

5%

8%

Hawaii

National average

141

25
0

6%

10%

Hawaii

National average

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HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

$38,144

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$34,008

Teachers with an AA

Hispanic or
Latino

Public elementary
school teacher

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Speaks a language
other than English

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

4%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$36,846

Teachers with a
BA or higher

CDA

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$25,893

All teachers

2011

AA

44%

16%

17%

Teacher left for 2%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
14%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled
Home visitor left

7%

$40,277

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$16,912

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$57,189

86%

100%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
Pacific Island
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

142

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

HAWAII Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

44%

42%

40%

37%

34%
24%

24%

2012

2013

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

20%

22%

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

49%

50
25
0

22%

National average

0%

Hawaii

National average

Hawaii

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

Hawaii

14%
National average

25
0

4%

Hawaii

National average

143

Hawaii

18%

25
7%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

17%

42%

7%

Child turnover rate

25

75

65%

54%

25

Hawaii

100

92%

4%
0

Hawaii

National average

National average

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FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

3,369

3%

5%

Pregnant Women

88

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$7,250,000

< 3-Year-Olds

638

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$22,595,930

3-Year-Olds

777

3%

6%

4-Year-Olds

1,866

8%

15%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

5.9

80

6.0

5.7

5.6

5
4

60

2.9

40

2.9

2
18%

20
0

$29,845,930

Total Federal Funding

2%

15%

20%

6%

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Idaho

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Idaho

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%
57%

60

$57,092

$60,000
$45,218

40
20
0

$40,000

30%

Early Head Start

Idaho

$0

Head Start
National average

Early Head Start

Head Start
Idaho

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$13,636

$14,000

80

$12,000

$11,866

$12,575
$9,825

$10,000

60

$8,549

$8,000

44%

42%

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20
0

$33,387
$23,952

$20,000

12%

PROGRAM DURATION

40

$29,769

$25,935

0%
Early Head Start
Idaho

$2,000

1%

$0

Head Start
National average

144

Early Head Start

Idaho
Idaho (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

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ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

3,512

754

2,758

3,050

611

2,439

State Supplemental

132

17

115

MIECHV Funded

11

11

319

115

204

4,244

1,029

3,215

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding
Head Start State Supplemental Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$31,345,930

$7,250,000

$24,095,930

$29,845,930

$7,250,000

$22,595,930

$27,906,466

$7,250,000

$20,656,466

$1,939,464

Not available

$1,939,464

$1,500,000

Not available

$1,500,000

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$13,687

$13,636

$13,227
$10,770

$10,000

$8,927

$8,739

2007

2008

$9,675

$9,502

$9,110

$9,519

$8,703

$8,886

$12,575

$11,866
$9,825
$8,803

$8,549

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

145

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

IDAHO Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

42%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

58%

American Indian/Alaska Native

8%

BA or higher

7%
25%

AA, vocational school, some college

HSD/GED

42%

Less than HSD/GED

26%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1%

White

79%

Biracial/Multi-racial

5%

Other/Unspecified

5%

HOME LANGUAGE

English

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

Black or African American 1%

70%

Spanish

26%

East Asian 1%
Middle Eastern 1%
Other/Unspecified

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 1%

2%

TANF
SSI

5%
8%

WIC

55%

SNAP

56%

87%

Meets income requirement

14%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

4%
11%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

41%
28%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
97%

94%

98%

97%

97%

92%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
89%

88%
75%
53%

37%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

59%

59%

75%
27%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

20%

19%

Adult education

Mental health services

146

IDAHO Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

2011

2012

CDA

No ECE-related credentials

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

All assistant teachers No assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

All teachers
Teachers with a CDA
or no ECE credentials
Teachers with an AA
Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

$23,875

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

37%

$21,503

Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

20%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$24,220

2013

18%

20%

Teacher left for 2%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies 0%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

100%

Home visitor left

$25,935

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$19,283

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$45,218

21%
6%
9%
64%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

No assistant teachers

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
Pacific Island
Other/Unspecified

147

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

IDAHO Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

13%
2%

2%

2007

2008

2009

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

3%

3%

2007

2008

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

42%

38%

25
0

25

Idaho

National average

8%

0%
Idaho

National average

148

25
0

15%

Idaho

10%
National average

IDAHO Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$22,639

2012

Teacher left

22%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

30%

Speaks a language
other than English

$21,146

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$15,573

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$14,182

All teachers

2011
CDA

21%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

18%
3%
4%

Home visitor left

$23,952

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$21,266

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$45,218

58%
20%

100%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

149

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

IDAHO Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

3%

3%

3%

1%

1%

1%

1%

1%

1%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50
25

25

Idaho

National average

100

50

Idaho

National average

Child turnover rate

Idaho

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

15%
Idaho

14%
National average

25
0

1%
Idaho

National average

150

1%
Idaho

18%

25
4%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

42%

25

9%

7%

1%

75

65%

25

2%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

2%
0

Idaho

National average

National average

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FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

41,188

5%

12%

Pregnant Women

526

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$75,122,000

< 3-Year-Olds

6,391

1%

3%

Head Start Funding

$259,658,363

3-Year-Olds

16,145

10%

23%

4-Year-Olds

18,126

11%

25%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$334,780,363

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.1

80

6.0

5.8

5.7

5
4

60

3.0

40
23%
20
3%
0

25%

18%

2
20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Illinois

2.9

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Illinois

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000
84%

80

$80,000

73%

60

$61,083

$60,000

40

31%

$40,000

30%

$39,716

$33,290

$29,769

$57,092

$33,387

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

Illinois

$0

Head Start
National average

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

40

Head Start
Illinois

PROGRAM DURATION

60

Early Head Start

$12,000
$10,000
48%

$9,992
$7,577

$8,000

44%

42%

$12,575
$10,860

34%

$6,970

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Illinois

$0

Head Start
National average

151

Early Head Start

Illinois
Illinois (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

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ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

41,188

6,917

34,271

41,188

6,917

34,271

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

50,386

8,656

41,730

6,531

840

5,691

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
60,000

45,000

30,000

15,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$334,780,363

$75,122,000

$259,658,363

$334,780,363

$75,122,000

$259,658,363

$334,780,363

$75,122,000

$259,658,363

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,575
$10,625

$10,232

$10,000
$7,866

$7,616

$7,850

$8,088

$7,633

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

$7,880

$7,563

$10,860

$10,507
$7,222

$7,617

$9,992
$7,577

$6,970

$8,038

$5,000

$0

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

152

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

ILLINOIS Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

31%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

69%

American Indian/Alaska Native 1%

42%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

31%

Biracial/Multi-racial

8%

Other/Unspecified

16%

English

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

26%

HSD/GED

36%

Less than HSD/GED

34%

2%

Black or African American

HOME LANGUAGE

4%

AA, vocational school, some college

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian

BA or higher

72%

Spanish

24%

East Asian 1%
Middle Eastern 1%
African 1%
Other/Unspecified 1%

TANF
SSI

12%
6%
50%

WIC
SNAP

47%

90%

Meets income requirement

11%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start 1%
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

5%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

66%
37%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
95%

90%

97%

89%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

96%

91%

91%
80%

77%

75%

28%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

76%

50%
30%

26%
15%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

12%
Adult education

153

Mental health services

ILLINOIS Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Current/Former
Head Start parent

21%

$26,677

Speaks a language
other than English

21%

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Teacher left
Teacher left for
better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

11%
4%
17%
75%

Home visitor left

Difference
$27,793

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$61,083

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

Home visitor left for

better compensation

$33,290

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

26%

$23,482

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$28,652

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$24,385

All teachers

AA

2011

21%
4%
18%
83%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

154

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ILLINOIS Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

41%

41%

43%

2007

2008

2009

48%
38%

37%

36%

37%

37%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

20
0

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

20%

19%

2007

2008

21%

2009

17%

15%

2010

12%

2011

2012

17%
8%

9%

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

41%

38%

25
0

50

50

31%

25

Illinois

National average

8%
Illinois

National average

155

25
0

10%

10%

Illinois

National average

ILLINOIS Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$37,571

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012

22%

Speaks a language
other than English

$24,030

Teachers with a
BA or higher

23%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

16%
7%
10%
53%

Home visitor left

$39,716

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$21,367

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Teacher left

23%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$20,910

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$22,491

All teachers

2011
CDA

$61,083

21%
7%
28%
69%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Mexican and South & Central American
MIddle Eastern
East Asian
Other/Unspecified

156

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ILLINOIS Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

41%

40%

41%

35%

31%

31%

31%

30%

2011

2012

2013

2014

34%

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

49%
35%

25

21%

25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year
100
75

65%

59%

50

25

25

42%
26%

7%
0

Illinois

National average

Illinois

National average

Child turnover rate

Illinois

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

16%

Illinois

14%
National average

25
0

50%

18%

25

14%

Illinois

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

4%

Illinois

National average

157

Illinois

National average

National average

INDIANA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

15,310

4%

7%

TOTAL

FUNDING

223

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$29,849,000

< 3-Year-Olds

2,089

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$92,484,306

3-Year-Olds

5,525

7%

13%

4-Year-Olds

7,473

9%

17%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.0

80

3.1

3
40
13%
2%

18%

17%

20%

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds

Indiana

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%
62%

60

28%

$60,000
$40,000

30%

$50,877
$29,494

$29,769

$27,166

$57,092

$33,387

$20,000

20
Early Head Start
Indiana

$0

Head Start
National average

Early Head Start

Head Start
Indiana

PROGRAM DURATION

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$14,142
$12,910

$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60

$8,000

44%

42%

40

2.9

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

TEACHER DEGREE

20

5.7

1
0

Indiana

5.7

20

40

6.0

60

$122,333,306

Total Federal Funding

$7,115

$7,794

$8,038

$6,000
24%

$4,000
$2,000

4%
Early Head Start
Indiana

$0

Head Start
National average

158

Early Head Start

Indiana
Indiana (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

INDIANA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

15,310

2,312

12,998

15,310

2,312

12,998

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

19,196

3,189

16,007

63

63

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$122,333,306

$29,849,000

$92,484,306

$122,333,306

$29,849,000

$92,484,306

$122,333,306

$29,849,000

$92,484,306

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$14,142
$12,775

$12,910

$12,343

$12,575

$11,167
$10,000
$7,794

$7,539

$7,776

$8,049

2007

2008

2009

2010

$7,411

$7,753

$7,033

$6,887

$7,056

$7,115

$7,794

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

159

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

INDIANA Head Start & Early Head Start

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

17%

Hispanic/Latino

83%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native 1%

BA or higher

5%
25%

AA, vocational school, some college

46%

HSD/GED
Less than HSD/GED

24%

23%

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1%
White

59%

Biracial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

10%

English

HOME LANGUAGE

TANF
SSI

5%
10%

WIC

54%

SNAP

60%

5%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 1%

88%

Spanish

10%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 1%
Other/Unspecified 1%

Meets income requirement

89%
14%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

3%
6%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

63%
38%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
95%

90%

97%

95%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

98%

94%

85%

91%

81%

51%

33%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

53%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

51%
28%

22%
13%
Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

160

Mental health services

74%

INDIANA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$26,468

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$23,636

Teachers with an AA

$24,601

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

AA

2012

CDA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

5%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$15,824

All teachers

2011

16%

7%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

26%
6%
17%
71%

Home visitor left

$29,494

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$21,383

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$50,877

26%
4%
3%
76%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

161

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

INDIANA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
24%

25%

25%

24%

2007

2008

2009

2010

29%

30%

2011

2012

20
0

23%

21%

24%

2013

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

4%

4%

1%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate
100
75

60%

50

38%

25

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

50

50

25

8%

2%
0

Indiana

National average

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

Indiana

National average

162

25
0

10%

10%

Indiana

National average

INDIANA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$25,671

2011
CDA

2012

Speaks a language
other than English

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Teacher left

6%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$22,820

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

22%

$14,876

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$16,161

All teachers

AA

8%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

21%
4%
19%
76%

Home visitor left

35%

$27,166

Home visitor left for

better compensation

14%

Difference
$23,711

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months

15%

Home visitor
vacancies filled

$50,877

54%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Other/Unspecified

163

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

INDIANA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

17%

18%

17%

19%

18%

18%
9%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

5%

4%

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50
25

25

15%

Indiana

National average

100

50

25

Indiana

National average

Child turnover rate

Indiana

5%
National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

75

75

75

50

50

50

Indiana

14%
National average

25
0

1%
Indiana

National average

164

Indiana

43%
18%

25
4%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

20%

42%

25

14%

100

25

75

65%

7%

2%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

Indiana

National average

National average

IOWA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

7,756

4%

9%

Pregnant Women

134

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$16,533,000

< 3-Year-Olds

1,415

1%

3%

Head Start Funding

$46,100,672

3-Year-Olds

2,805

7%

18%

4-Year-Olds

3,402

9%

18%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$62,633,672

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.0

80

6.0

5.7

5.7

60

2.8

40

2.9

2
18%

20
3%
0

18%

18%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Iowa

Iowa

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

$100,000

88%

80

$80,000

73%

60

$60,000

40

32%

$40,000

30%

$53,524
$32,686 $29,769

$31,962

$57,092

$33,387

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

Iowa

$0

Head Start
National average

Early Head Start

Head Start
Iowa

PROGRAM DURATION

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000

$11,976

$12,575

$10,673

$10,000

60
40

$7,427

$8,000

44%

42%
34%

$8,334

$8,038

$6,000

25%

$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Iowa

$0

Head Start
National average

165

Early Head Start

Iowa
Iowa (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

IOWA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

7,851

1,644

6,207

7,756

1,549

6,207

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

95

95

American Indian/
Alaska Native

9,107

2,097

7,010

324

324

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$62,633,672

$16,533,000

$46,100,672

$62,633,672

$16,533,000

$46,100,672

$62,633,672

$16,533,000

$46,100,672

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,575

$11,976
$9,986

$10,000
$7,700

$7,467

$7,677

$7,925

2007

2008

2009

2010

$7,411

$7,608

$10,286

$10,023
$7,109

$10,673

$7,311

$7,431

$7,427

$8,334

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

166

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

IOWA Head Start & Early Head Start

20%
80%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native

2%

Asian

3%

Black or African American

16%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

64%

Biracial/Multi-racial

11%

Other/Unspecified

4%

English

83%

Spanish

HOME LANGUAGE

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

PARENT EDUCATION

Hispanic/Latino

12%

East Asian 1%
Middle Eastern

BA or higher

2%

African 1%
Other/Unspecified 1%

5%
25%

AA, vocational school, some college

46%

HSD/GED
Less than HSD/GED

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

21%

TANF
SSI

23%
8%

WIC

56%

SNAP

63%

Meets income requirement

85%
12%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

2%
7%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

56%
31%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
97%

95%

97%

94%

98%

93%

90%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
94%
84%

67%

Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

11%

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

66%
54%

77%

35%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

14%

11%

Adult education

Mental health services

167

IOWA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$28,624

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012

CDA

No ECE-related credentials

Teacher left

16%

Speaks a language
other than English

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

5%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$27,436

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$25,214

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$14,409

All teachers

2011

9%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

19%
5%
5%
65%

Home visitor left

$32,686

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$20,838

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$53,524

29%
10%
17%
90%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

168

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

IOWA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

33%

33%

33%

28%

28%

31%

29%

27%

25%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

20
0

2007

2008

2009

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

0%

0%

0%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

34%

38%

25
0

25

Iowa

National average

7%

8%

Iowa

National average

169

25
0

8%

10%

Iowa

National average

IOWA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$30,210

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

Teacher left

4%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

$24,073

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

22%

$26,204

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$19,283

All teachers

2011

AA

7%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

19%
5%
5%

Home visitor left

$31,962

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$21,562

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$53,524

78%
15%

100%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

170

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

IOWA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

42%

46%

45%

40%

34%

32%

32%

2011

2012

2013

39%

34%

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

49%

45%

25
0

25

Iowa

National average

100

7%

Iowa

National average

Child turnover rate

45%

50

25

Iowa

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

11%

14%

Iowa

National average

25
0

25
2%

4%

Iowa

National average

171

42%
20%

Iowa

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

25
6%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

21%

18%

Iowa

National average

National average

KANSAS Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

8,444

4%

9%

TOTAL

FUNDING

195

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$16,170,000

< 3-Year-Olds

1,933

2%

3%

Head Start Funding

$47,593,428

3-Year-Olds

3,047

8%

16%

4-Year-Olds

3,269

8%

16%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.1

2.9

5.7

2.9

2
16%

20
3%

18%

16%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Kansas

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Kansas

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000
77%

80

$80,000

73%

60

$57,092

$60,000

40
25%

$40,000

30%

$48,990
$32,658 $29,769

$34,682 $33,387

$20,000

20
Early Head Start
Kansas

$0

Head Start
National average

Early Head Start

Head Start
Kansas

PROGRAM DURATION

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60

$8,000

44%

42%

40

5.9

40

20

6.0

60

7
6

80

$63,763,428

Total Federal Funding

$7,693

$8,462

$7,535

$8,289

$8,038

$6,000
23%

$4,000

15%
Early Head Start
Kansas

$2,000
$0

Head Start
National average

172

Early Head Start

Kansas
Kansas (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

KANSAS Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

8,516

2,200

6,316

8,356

2,102

6,254

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

72

72

American Indian/
Alaska Native

88

26

62

11,170

3,507

7,663

844

265

579

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2010

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2009
< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2008

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$63,763,428

$16,170,000

$47,593,428

$63,763,428

$16,170,000

$47,593,428

$62,945,707

$16,170,000

$46,775,707

$817,721

Not available

$817,721

$0

$0

$0

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,575
$10,000
$7,171

$6,804

$7,120

$7,305

$6,887

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

$7,271

$7,945

$7,092

$7,715

$6,941 $7,255

$7,693 $7,535

2013

2014

2015

Early Head Start

Head Start

$7,209

$8,462 $8,289

$8,038

$5,000

$0

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

173

National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

KANSAS Head Start & Early Head Start

32%
68%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native

2%

Asian

1%

Black or African American

19%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

54%

Biracial/Multi-racial

11%

Other/Unspecified

13%

HOME LANGUAGE

English

78%

Spanish

19%

East Asian

1%

Middle Eastern

1%

African

1%

BA or higher

Other/Unspecified 0%

5%
32%

AA, vocational school, some college

37%

HSD/GED
Less than HSD/GED

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

RACE

PARENT EDUCATION

Hispanic/Latino

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

25%

TANF

9%

SSI

8%

WIC

51%

SNAP

45%

Meets income requirement

87%
17%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

3%
7%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

57%
27%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
95%

92%

96%

94%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

98%

97%

80%

89%

84%

58%

24%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

65%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

71%

85%

28%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

12%

14%

Adult education

Mental health services

174

KANSAS Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

$23,594

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

15%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

15%

Speaks a language
other than English

15%

$21,378

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$25,481

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$22,774

All teachers

2011

20%

Teacher left for

better compensation 1%
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

11%
69%

Home visitor left

$32,658

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$16,332

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$48,990

21%
2%
11%
46%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Native North American/Alaskan Native
Other/Unspecified

175

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

KANSAS Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

26%

21%

2007

2008

21%

2009

26%

25%

26%

25%

25%

23%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40

39%

41%
21%

20%

16%

2009

2010

2011

20
0

2007

2008

22%

2012

19%

19%

2013

2014

14%

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate
100
75
50

50%
38%

25

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

50

50

25

8%

2%
0

Kansas

National average

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

Kansas

National average

176

25
0

11%

10%

Kansas

National average

KANSAS Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino
$34,200

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

Teacher left

13%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

18%

Speaks a language
other than English

$22,870

Teachers with a
BA or higher

13%

2015

26%

Teacher left for 3%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies 2%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled
Home visitor left

58%
22%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

$34,682
Difference
$14,308

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$30,713

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$16,307

All teachers

2011

AA

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$48,990

88%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Other/Unspecified

177

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

KANSAS Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

19%

20%

2007

2008

21%

22%

20%

2009

2010

2011

19%

18%

2012

2013

12%

15%

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50
25
0

25

18%

Kansas

National average

100

7%

Kansas

National average

Child turnover rate

50

35%

25

Kansas

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

15%
Kansas

14%
National average

25
0

1%
Kansas

National average

178

11%
Kansas

62%

18%

25
4%

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

25
6%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

Kansas

National average

National average

KENTUCKY Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

16,961

6%

12%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$136,136,497

Total Federal Funding

145

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$31,953,000

< 3-Year-Olds

2,300

1%

3%

Head Start Funding

$104,183,497

3-Year-Olds

6,703

12%

22%

4-Year-Olds

7,813

14%

27%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.1

80

3.3

22%

20
3%
0

27%
18%

2
20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Kentucky

5.7

2.9

40

5.9

60

6.0

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Kentucky

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

68%

$80,000

73%

60

$60,000

40
23%

$40,000

30%

$50,992
$33,799

$29,769

$28,188

$57,092

$33,387

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

Kentucky

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Public elementary school

National average

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

40

Head Start
Kentucky

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

60

Early Head Start

$13,069

$13,981
$12,575

$12,000
$10,000
48%

$8,000

44%

42%

$7,177

$7,678

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20%

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Kentucky

$0

Head Start
National average

179

Early Head Start

Kentucky
Kentucky (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

KENTUCKY Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

16,961

2,445

14,516

16,961

2,445

14,516

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

19,711

2,836

16,875

567

129

438

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$136,136,497

$31,953,000

$104,183,497

$136,136,497

$31,953,000

$104,183,497

$136,136,497

$31,953,000

$104,183,497

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,345

$12,021

$13,981

$13,069

$12,957

$12,575

$10,000
$7,728

$7,482

$7,725

$8,035

2007

2008

2009

2010

$7,495

$7,736

$7,148

$6,998

$7,503

$7,177

$7,678

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

180

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

KENTUCKY Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

9%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

91%

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

White

69%
9%

Biracial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

49%

HSD/GED
Less than HSD/GED

17%

TANF

18%

SSI

10%

WIC

49%

SNAP

61%

5%

English

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

16%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

HOME LANGUAGE

28%

1%

Black or African American

93%

Spanish

6%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern

6%

AA, vocational school, some college

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian

BA or higher

1%

Other/Unspecified 0%

Meets income requirement

89%
15%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare

2%

Child experienced homelessness

4%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

56%
41%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
98%

97%

98%

97%

96%

92%

88%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
93%
81%

52%

56%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

64%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

57%

77%
23%
9%
Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

181

5%
Mental health services

KENTUCKY Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$23,871

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$21,104

Teachers with an AA

$23,116

Teachers with a
BA or higher

CDA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

2015

Not reported

Teacher left

3%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

27%

4%

12%

Teacher left for

better compensation 1%
Teacher vacancies
8%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled
Home visitor left

75%

13%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 1%

$28,188
Difference
$22,804

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$13,656

All teachers

2011

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$50,992

89%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

182

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

KENTUCKY Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

60%

60%

57%
49%
41%

40

48%

44%

41%

40%

2012

2013

2014

2015

8%

7%

7%

2013

2014

2015

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

17%

14%

2007

2008

13%

2009

12%
2010

6%

5%

2011

2012

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

40%

38%

25
0

25

Kentucky

National average

9%

8%

Kentucky

National average

183

25
0

8%

10%

Kentucky

National average

KENTUCKY Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$29,714

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$22,354

Teachers with an AA

$21,491

Teachers with a
BA or higher

CDA

2012

2%

Teacher left

2%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

37%

14%
4%
7%
83%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$33,799
Difference
$17,193

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$15,619

All teachers

2011

AA

17%
3%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$50,992

83%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Other/Unspecified

184

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

KENTUCKY Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

27%

27%

27%

2007

2008

2009

23%

26%

28%

2010

2011

2012

29%

20
0

2013

22%

20%

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100
75
57%

49%

50
25

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs
100

100

75

75

50

50

25

Kentucky

National average

100

Kentucky

National average

Child turnover rate

50
27%

25

Kentucky

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

14%

14%

Kentucky

National average

25
0

25
2%

4%

Kentucky

National average

185

42%

8%
Kentucky

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

7%

2%
0

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

22%

18%

Kentucky

National average

National average

LOUISIANA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

21,655

7%

13%

TOTAL

FUNDING

180

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$35,580,000

< 3-Year-Olds

2,424

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$137,135,999

3-Year-Olds

11,701

19%

35%

4-Year-Olds

7,350

12%

23%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100
80

23%

18%
2%

2.6

35%

20
2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds

2.9

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Louisiana

National average

Emotional Support

Classroom Organization

National average

Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER SALARY

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80
66%

$80,000

73%

$57,092

$60,000

60
40

$40,000

30%
16%

$47,886
$28,956 $29,769

$30,752

$33,387

$20,000

Early Head Start

Louisiana

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

Public elementary school

National average

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

$16,000

90%

$14,000

80

Head Start
Louisiana

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

74%

$13,664

$14,119
$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60
40

5.7

5.5

TEACHER DEGREE

100

6.0

2
20%

0
Louisiana

5.8

40

20

7
6
5

60

$172,715,999

Total Federal Funding

42%

$8,000

44%

$7,198

$7,438

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Louisiana

$0

Head Start
National average

186

Early Head Start

Louisiana
Louisiana (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

LOUISIANA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

21,655

2,604

19,051

21,655

2,604

19,051

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

24,156

2,516

21,640

570

362

208

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
60,000

45,000

30,000

15,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$172,715,999

$35,580,000

$137,135,999

$172,715,999

$35,580,000

$137,135,999

$172,715,999

$35,580,000

$137,135,999

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$13,576

$13,432

$14,119

$13,664

$12,764

$12,575

$10,000
$7,782

$7,490

$7,822

$8,078

$7,624

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

$7,952

$7,430

$7,604

$7,211

$7,198

$7,438

$8,038

$5,000

$0

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

187

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

LOUISIANA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

4%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native

96%

1%

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

BA or higher

5%
19%

AA, vocational school, some college

51%

HSD/GED
Less than HSD/GED

25%

80%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

14%

Biracial/Multi-racial

3%

Other/Unspecified

2%

HOME LANGUAGE

English

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

Black or African American

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 0%

96%

Spanish

3%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 0%
Other/Unspecified

1%

TANF

4%

SSI

10%

WIC

41%

SNAP

58%

Meets income requirement

92%
9%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

1%
3%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

80%
34%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
97%

96%

99%

97%

97%

95%

92%
77%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
94%

87%

44%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

43%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

63%

37%

Health education

8%

11%

11%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

Mental health services

188

LOUISIANA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$23,894

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$22,004

Teachers with an AA

$25,210

Teachers with a
BA or higher

AA

CDA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

2015

Not reported

Teacher left

3%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

31%

4%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

9%
3%
5%
43%

Home visitor left

27%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

$28,956
Difference
$18,930

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$19,807

All teachers

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$47,886

33%
33%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

189

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

LOUISIANA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80

82%

84%

86%

2007

2008

2009

79%

80%

80%

80%

2010

2011

2012

2013

87%

90%

2014

2015

60
40
20
0

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
19%

20
0

3%

2%

3%

3%

2007

2008

2009

2010

7%

8%

7%

7%

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50
25

38%
18%

25

8%

1%
0

Louisiana

National average

Louisiana

National average

190

25
2%
0

Louisiana

10%
National average

LOUISIANA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$28,009

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$22,563

Teachers with an AA

$24,708

Teachers with a
BA or higher

CDA

2012

Teacher left

8%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

44%

2%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

11%
5%
6%
84%

Home visitor left 0%

Home visitor left for
better compensation 0%

$30,752
Difference
$17,134

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$16,835

All teachers

2011

AA

Home visitor vacanies No turnover

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No turnover

$47,886

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Other/Unspecified

191

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

LOUISIANA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80

75%

77%

77%

77%

78%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

72%

74%

74%

74%

2012

2013

2014

2015

60
40
20
0

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100
75

75%
49%

50
25
0

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

National average

99%

100

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

12%
Louisiana

100

National average

Louisiana

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

14%

Louisiana

National average

65%
42%

25
0

0%
Louisiana

National average

192

Louisiana

18%

25
4%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

12%

75

65%

7%

Child turnover rate

25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

25

Louisiana

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

0%
Louisiana

National average

National average

MAINE Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

3,274

5%

10%

Pregnant Women

50

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$11,135,000

< 3-Year-Olds

746

2%

4%

Head Start Funding

$23,472,389

3-Year-Olds

1,051

8%

14%

4-Year-Olds

1,427

11%

25%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$34,607,389

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.2

80

6.0

5.7

60

3.2

40
20

14%
4%

25%

18%

1
0

3-year-olds

2.9

2
20%

2%

< 3-year-olds
Maine

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Maine

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000
76%

80

$80,000

73%

60

$60,000

$50,017

45%
40

$40,000

30%

$30,707 $29,769

$26,455

$57,092

$33,387

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

Maine

$0

Head Start
National average

Head Start

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$15,777
$13,989
$12,575

$12,000
$9,472

$10,000

60
40

Early Head Start

Maine

PROGRAM DURATION

$10,684
$8,038

$8,000

44%

42%

$6,000

29%

$4,000

20
0

5.7

10%
Early Head Start
Maine

$2,000
$0

Head Start
National average

193

Early Head Start

Maine
Maine (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

MAINE Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

3,303

825

2,478

3,214

796

2,418

State Supplemental

29

29

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

60

60

4,154

1,251

2,903

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding
Head Start State Supplemental Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$37,120,119

$11,135,000

$25,985,119

$34,607,389

$11,135,000

$23,472,389

$33,851,382

$11,135,000

$22,716,382

$756,007

$0

$756,007

$2,512,730

Not available

$2,512,730

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,777
$15,000
$12,248
$9,737

$10,000
$8,214

$8,038

2007

2008

$9,910

$9,420

$9,772

$13,164

$12,172
$9,118

$13,989

$9,863

$12,575
$10,684
$9,411

$9,472
$8,038

$5,000

$0

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

194

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

MAINE Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

3%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native

97%

2%

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

BA or higher

8%
33%

AA, vocational school, some college

45%

HSD/GED
Less than HSD/GED

14%

RACE

Black or African American

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 1%
7%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

82%

Biracial/Multi-racial

8%

TANF

25%

SSI

10%

WIC

64%

SNAP

65%

HOME LANGUAGE

English

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

Other/Unspecified 0%

92%

Spanish 0%
Middle Eastern

2%

African
Other/Unspecified

4%
2%

Meets income requirement

83%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness
Single parent family
Parental unemployment

20%
3%
12%
48%
45%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
96%
85%

97%

93%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

98%

93%

76%

74%
59%
42%

Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

81%

11%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

86%

93%
25%
14%
Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

195

21%

Mental health services

MAINE Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

2011

AA

CDA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

1%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

22%
2%

All teachers

$29,724

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$26,890

Teachers with an AA

$28,899

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$30,707

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$19,310

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

Public elementary
school teacher

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2015

Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,875

2014

22%

2%

Home visitor left

$50,017

14%
50%
9%

75%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

196

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MAINE Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

34%

31%

34%

29%

30%

27%

29%

24%

20%

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

6%

7%

2007

2008

12%

2009

4%

6%

4%

1%

1%

1%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate
100
75

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

75

75

50

50

51%
50

38%

25
0

25

Maine

National average

20%
8%
Maine

National average

197

25
0

6%

10%

Maine

National average

MAINE Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$25,378

CDA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

2014

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

1%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

26%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

15%
5%

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$25,331

Teachers with an AA

$25,300

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$26,455

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$23,562

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

Public elementary
school teacher

Speaks a language
other than English

2015

Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$17,912

All teachers

2011

AA

2%

Home visitor left

$50,017

13%
60%
7%

100%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

198

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MAINE Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

17%

17%

17%

14%

14%

15%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

11%

11%

10%

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50
25
0

25

12%
Maine

National average

100

7%

Maine

National average

Child turnover rate

50
18%

Maine

25

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

13%

14%

Maine

National average

25
0

25

14%

4%

Maine

National average

199

42%
17%

Maine

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

25

10%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

13%

18%

Maine

National average

National average

MARYLAND Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

10,426

3%

8%

Pregnant Women

144

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$21,608,000

< 3-Year-Olds

1,421

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$73,023,931

3-Year-Olds

4,605

6%

19%

4-Year-Olds

4,256

6%

16%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

5.8

80

6.0

5.7

5.5

60

2.9

2.7

40

2
19%

20
0

$94,631,931

Total Federal Funding

2%

18%

16%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Maryland

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Maryland

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

81%

80

$80,000

73%

$64,952
$60,000

60

$57,092
$44,500

40

32%

$40,000

30%

Early Head Start

Maryland

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

Head Start
Maryland

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000

$13,807
$12,020

$12,575

$10,000

60
42%

40
20

$33,387

$29,769

$20,000

20
0

$31,753

47%

$8,241

$8,000

44%

$7,174

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

16%

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Maryland

$0

Head Start
National average

200

Early Head Start

Maryland
Maryland (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

MARYLAND Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

10,426

1,565

8,861

10,426

1,565

8,861

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

12,335

2,330

10,005

75

75

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$96,431,931

$21,608,000

$74,823,931

$94,631,931

$21,608,000

$73,023,931

$94,631,931

$21,608,000

$73,023,931

$0

$0

$0

$1,800,000

$0

$1,800,000

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$10,000

$13,313

$8,685

$8,387

$8,639

$8,919

$8,370

$8,574

$13,193

$7,936

$13,807

$13,051

$7,678

$12,575

$12,020

$8,376

$8,241

$7,174

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

201

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

MARYLAND Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

18%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

82%

2%

BA or higher

7%
26%

AA, vocational school, some college

42%

HSD/GED
Less than HSD/GED

25%

58%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

24%

Biracial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

10%

English

HOME LANGUAGE

TANF
SSI

15%
8%

WIC

64%

SNAP

65%

5%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

Black or African American

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 1%

80%

Spanish

16%

Middle Eastern 1%
African 1%
Other/Unspecified 1%

Meets income requirement

91%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

11%
2%
5%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

67%
38%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
98%

96%

99%

97%

100%

98%

95%

93%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
96%
86%

34%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

68%

84%

47%
21%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

11%

9%

Adult education

Mental health services

202

MARYLAND Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

CDA

$29,296

Teacher left

13%

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$31,753

Speaks a language
other than English

25%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

13%
3%
11%
79%
20%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

Difference
$33,199

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

22%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$22,719

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$27,899

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,626

All teachers

2011

7%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$64,952

100%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

203

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MARYLAND Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

32%

32%

30%

34%

29%

28%

29%

28%

16%

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
13%

20
0

4%

6%

2007

2008

2009

7%
2010

3%

4%

3%

5%

2%

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate
100
75

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

75

75

50

50

50%
50

38%

25

25

8%

1%
0

Maryland

National average

Maryland

National average

204

25
0

13%

10%

Maryland

National average

MARYLAND Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino
$42,398

2011
CDA

2012

Teacher left

6%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

24%

Speaks a language
other than English

$25,112

Teachers with a
BA or higher

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$16,006

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,808

All teachers
Teachers with a CDA
or no ECE credentials

AA

11%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

14%
4%
3%
74%

Home visitor left 0%

Home visitor left for
better compensation 0%

$44,500
Difference
$20,452

Public elementary
school teacher

Home visitor vacanies No turnover

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No turnover

$64,952

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Caribbean
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

205

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MARYLAND Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

58%

55%

51%

47%

47%

47%

44%
36%

40
26%
20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs
100

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year
100

81%
75
50

49%

48%

25

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

20%

25

75

65%

51%

42%

7%
0

Maryland

National average

Maryland

National average

Child turnover rate

Maryland

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

12%

14%

Maryland

National average

25
0

25
1%

4%

Maryland

National average

206

Maryland

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

17%

18%

Maryland

National average

National average

MASSACHUSETTS Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

12,422

3%

10%

FUNDING
$130,475,571

Total Federal Funding

133

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$27,133,000

< 3-Year-Olds

1,670

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$103,342,571

3-Year-Olds

5,339

7%

22%

4-Year-Olds

5,280

7%

23%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.1

80

6.0

5.8

5.7

5
4

60

3.0

40
22%

20
2%

23%

18%

2
20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Massachusetts
National average

2.9

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Massachusetts

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%
62%

60
40

32%

$75,398
$57,092

$60,000
$40,000

30%

$32,794 $29,769

$28,788

$33,387

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

Massachusetts

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Head Start
Massachusetts

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$15,066
$13,264

$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60
40

Early Head Start

38%

$8,000

44%

42%

$9,730

$8,567

$8,038

$6,000

27%

$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Massachusetts

$0

Head Start
National average

207

Early Head Start

Head Start
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (adjusted COL)
National average

MASSACHUSETTS Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

12,647

1,841

10,806

12,422

1,801

10,621

State Supplemental

205

20

185

MIECHV Funded

20

20

American Indian/
Alaska Native

15,430

2,577

12,853

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$139,575,571

$27,133,000

$112,442,571

$130,475,571

$27,133,000

$103,342,571

$130,475,571

$27,133,000

$103,342,571

$0

$0

$0

$9,100,000

Not available

$9,100,000

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,066

$15,000

$10,000

$9,743

$9,456

$9,998

$10,170

$9,445

$9,827

$9,489

$13,264

$13,130

$12,634

$12,419

$10,208

$9,907

$12,575

$9,730
$8,567

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

208

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

MASSACHUSETTS Head Start & Early Head Start

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native

PARENT EDUCATION

43%

Hispanic/Latino

57%

2%
5%

Asian
Black or African American

RACE

White

36%

Biracial/Multi-racial

11%

Other/Unspecified

27%

English

26%

AA, vocational school, some college

40%

HSD/GED
Less than HSD/GED

26%

TANF

27%

SSI

13%

WIC

70%

SNAP

63%

56%

Spanish

27%

Caribbean

3%

East Asian

3%

Middle Eastern

4%

European & Slavic

4%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

HOME LANGUAGE

8%

19%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

African

BA or higher

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

2%

Other/Unspecified 1%

Meets income requirement

Child has an IEP/IFSP
Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

88%
13%
6%
12%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

64%
39%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
97%

96%

99%

98%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

99%

97%

86%

83%

90%
79%

28%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

60%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

55%

79%
22%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

9%

12%

Adult education

Mental health services

209

MASSACHUSETTS Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

$27,359

Teachers with an AA

$29,370

Teachers with a
BA or higher

CDA

Hispanic or
Latino

$30,300

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012
No ECE-related credentials

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2015

Not reported

Teacher left

33%

16%

Speaks a language
other than English

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

44%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

15%
3%
59%
83%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$32,794
Difference
$42,604

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$25,291

All teachers

AA

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$75,398

16%
3%
25%
50%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Caribbean
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

210

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MASSACHUSETTS Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

56%

51%

50%

40

43%

38%

37%

36%

34%

34%

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

10%
2007

4%

4%

7%

7%

4%

5%

4%

3%

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate
100
75

64%

50

38%

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

75

75

50

50
28%

25
0

25

Massachusetts

National average

8%
Massachusetts

211

National average

25
0

7%

10%

Massachusetts

National average

MASSACHUSETTS Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$28,132

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012

26%

Speaks a language
other than English

$26,819

Teachers with a
BA or higher

32%

2015

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

14%
6%
19%
70%

Home visitor left

19%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

$28,788
Difference
$46,610

Public elementary
school teacher

Teacher left

30%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$22,456

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$21,105

All teachers

2011
CDA

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$75,398

67%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Caribbean
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

212

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MASSACHUSETTS Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

34%

29%

36%

31%

30%

31%

2011

2012

25%

27%

27%

2013

2014

2015

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

49%

50
28%
25

20%

25

100

92%

75

65%

7%
0

Massachusetts

National average

Massachusetts

National average

Child turnover rate

Massachusetts

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

42%
15%
Massachusetts

Percent of children in double sessions

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50
30%

25
0

18%

Massachusetts

14%
National average

25
0

18%

25
4%
Massachusetts

213

National average

1%
Massachusetts

National average

National average

MICHIGAN Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

33,261

6%

11%

Pregnant Women

465

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$72,442,000

< 3-Year-Olds

5,493

2%

3%

Head Start Funding

$216,362,124

3-Year-Olds

12,890

11%

22%

4-Year-Olds

14,413

12%

26%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.1

80

6.0

5.7

4
2.9

3
40
22%

20
3%

26%

18%

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds

2.9

2
20%

0
Michigan

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Michigan

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

81%

80

$80,000

73%

$63,856
$60,000

60
40

41%

$40,000

30%

$34,425

Early Head Start

Michigan

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

$33,387

Head Start
Michigan

Public elementary school

National average

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,671

$13,384

$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60

$7,924

$8,000

44%

42%

40

$30,850

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

20

$29,769

$57,092

$20,000

20
0

5.7

60

$288,804,124

Total Federal Funding

$8,370

$8,038

$6,000
23%

$4,000

13%
Early Head Start
Michigan

$2,000
$0

Head Start
National average

214

Early Head Start

Michigan
Michigan (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

MICHIGAN Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

33,357

6,054

27,303

32,662

5,717

26,945

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

96

96

American Indian/
Alaska Native

599

241

358

38,996

7,017

31,979

727

101

626

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
60,000

45,000

30,000

15,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$288,804,124

$72,442,000

$216,362,124

$288,804,124

$72,442,000

$216,362,124

$284,859,570

$72,442,000

$212,417,570

$3,944,554

Not available

$3,944,554

$0

$0

$0

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$13,384

$12,671
$10,970
$10,000
$7,703

$7,463

$7,852

$8,050

$7,679

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

$7,786

$7,398

$12,575

$10,759

$10,705
$7,263

$7,997

$7,924

$8,370

$8,038

$5,000

$0

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

215

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

MICHIGAN Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

12%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native

2%

Asian

2%
32%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

51%

Biracial/Multi-racial

10%

Other/Unspecified

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

HOME LANGUAGE

6%
34%

AA, vocational school, some college

40%

HSD/GED
Less than HSD/GED

20%

TANF

13%

SSI

9%

WIC

59%

SNAP

62%

3%

English

91%

Spanish

5%

East Asian 1%
Middle Eastern

BA or higher

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

88%

Black or African American

RACE

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

2%

Other/Unspecified 1%

Meets income requirement

90%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

12%
2%
6%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

58%
33%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
97%

94%

97%

94%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

97%

92%

88%

86%
74%
55%

35%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

43%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

45%

68%

25%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

8%

7%

Adult education

Mental health services

216

MICHIGAN Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

CDA

Hispanic or
Latino

$30,368

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

AA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

Speaks a language
other than English

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Teacher left

27%

6%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

14%
3%
4%
31%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$34,425
Difference
$29,431

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

9%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$27,912

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$23,935

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,843

All teachers

2011

17%
2%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$63,856

75%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
Other/Unspecified

217

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MICHIGAN Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

32%

29%

29%

25%

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

21%

19%

2011

2012

23%

16%

17%

2013

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

6%

6%

6%

4%

2%

0%

1%

1%

2%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50
30%

38%

25

25

8%

2%
0

Michigan

National average

Michigan

National average

218

25
0

10%

10%

Michigan

National average

MICHIGAN Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$29,885

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

6%

Teacher left

6%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

$26,259

Teachers with a
BA or higher

29%

2015

Home visitor left

18%
6%
9%
70%
6%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

$30,850
Difference
$33,006

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$23,928

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$18,886

All teachers

2011

AA

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$63,856

50%
50%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
Other/Unspecified

219

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MICHIGAN Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

9%

8%

8%

7%

7%

6%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

12%

10%

13%

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

49%
35%

25
0

25

Michigan

National average

100

50

25

Michigan

National average

Child turnover rate

25

15%
Michigan

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

11%

14%

Michigan

National average

25
0

2%
Michigan

National average

220

12%
Michigan

50%

18%

25
4%

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

7%

0%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

Michigan

National average

National average

MINNESOTA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

11,701

3%

9%

Pregnant Women

228

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$22,787,000

< 3-Year-Olds

1,896

1%

3%

Head Start Funding

$75,656,454

3-Year-Olds

4,214

6%

17%

4-Year-Olds

5,363

8%

20%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$98,443,454

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START

100

6.1

6
80

5.9

5.7

5
4

60

3.0

3
40

2.9

2
17%

20
3%
0

20%

18%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Minnesota

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Minnesota

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80
66%

$80,000

73%

60

$56,670

$60,000

40
23%

$40,000

30%

$32,824 $29,769

$32,184

$57,092

$33,387

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

Minnesota

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Head Start
Minnesota

Public elementary school

National average

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000

$12,297

$12,424

$12,575

$10,000

60

$8,000

44%

42%

40
20

Early Head Start

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

$7,899

$7,981

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

19%

$2,000

7%
0

6.0

Early Head Start

Minnesota

$0

Head Start
National average

221

Early Head Start

Minnesota
Minnesota (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

MINNESOTA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded
State Supplemental
MIECHV Funded
American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

12,391

2,201

10,190

10,769

1,853

8,916

690

78

612

932

270

662

16,180

2,981

13,199

259

114

145

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING
TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$118,543,454

$32,082,056

$86,461,398

$98,443,454

$22,787,000

$75,656,454

Head Start Federal Funding

$91,416,875

$22,787,000

$68,629,875

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

$7,026,579

Not available

$7,026,579

$20,100,000

$9,295,056

$10,804,944

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$11,244
$10,000
$8,025

$7,769

$8,163

$8,457

2007

2008

2009

2010

$7,922

$8,152

$7,754

$7,789

$7,895

$12,575

$12,424

$12,297

$11,931

$11,241

$7,899

$7,981

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

222

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

MINNESOTA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

22%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

78%

American Indian/Alaska Native

9%

White

48%

Biracial/Multi-racial

8%
5%

English

69%

HOME LANGUAGE

Spanish

Middle Eastern

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

25%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

East Asian

7%

AA, vocational school, some college

21%

HSD/GED

48%

Less than HSD/GED

23%

TANF

22%

5%

Black or African American

Other/Unspecified

BA or higher

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

14%
4%
2%

African

10%

Other/Unspecified 1%

SSI

7%

WIC

61%

SNAP

53%

Meets income requirement

87%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

14%
2%
9%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

49%
29%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
95%

86%

94%

91%

97%

91%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
91%

74%

89%
67%

56%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

61%

54%

82%
27%
12%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

223

18%

Mental health services

MINNESOTA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$31,234

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$27,814

Teachers with an AA

$29,861

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

CDA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

2014

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

7%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

25%

Speaks a language
other than English

2015

Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$21,740

All teachers

AA

2011

20%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

22%
3%
12%
77%

Home visitor left

$32,824

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$23,846

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$56,670

24%
5%
8%
73%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

224

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MINNESOTA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

17%

17%

2007

2008

23%

2009

18%

16%

16%

2010

2011

2012

21%

2013

16%

19%

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

19%

13%

2007

2008

11%
2009

9%

5%

4%

3%

3%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

9%
2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

39%

38%

25
0

25

Minnesota

National average

8%

8%

Minnesota

National average

225

25
0

7%

10%

Minnesota

National average

MINNESOTA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$31,617

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

2014

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

7%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

32%

$23,747

Speaks a language
other than English

15%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

Teachers with an AA

$29,775

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$32,184

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$24,486

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,376

All teachers

2011

AA

14%
7%
8%
75%

Home visitor left

$56,670

20%
7%
10%
81%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

226

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MINNESOTA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

6%

7%

6%

6%

6%

5%

6%

5%

7%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50
25

25

16%

Minnesota

National average

100

50

25

Minnesota

National average

Child turnover rate

25

11%
Minnesota

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

16%

Minnesota

14%
National average

25
0

25
4%

4%

Minnesota

National average

227

42%

10%
Minnesota

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

7%

2%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

19%

18%

Minnesota

National average

National average

MISSISSIPPI Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

26,750

14%

22%

Pregnant Women

243

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$30,147,000

< 3-Year-Olds

2,119

2%

3%

Head Start Funding

$163,969,725

3-Year-Olds

11,346

29%

45%

4-Year-Olds

13,042

33%

52%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

52%

45%

3%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Mississippi

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Mississippi

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

70%

$80,000

73%

$57,092

$60,000

60
42%

$42,564

$40,000

30%

Early Head Start

Mississippi

$25,331

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

$21,638

Early Head Start

Head Start
Mississippi

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
75%

$33,387

$29,769

$20,000

20

$14,000

75%

$14,487
$13,142

$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60
40

5.7

5.5

2
20%

18%

20

80

6.0

2.9

2.6

40

5.8

60

40

7
6

80

$194,116,725

Total Federal Funding

42%

$8,000

44%

$6,723

$7,412

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Mississippi

$0

Head Start
National average

228

Early Head Start

Mississippi
Mississippi (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

MISSISSIPPI Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

26,750

2,362

24,388

26,474

2,294

24,180

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

276

68

208

29,077

2,368

26,709

159

151

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
60,000

45,000

30,000

15,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$194,116,725

$30,147,000

$163,969,725

$194,116,725

$30,147,000

$163,969,725

$192,492,216

$30,147,000

$162,345,216

$1,624,509

Not available

$1,624,509

$0

$0

$0

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$14,487

$15,000

$13,142

$12,140

$11,929

$12,575

$11,221

$10,000
$6,985

$6,751

$6,971

$7,152

$6,796

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

$6,890

$6,539

$6,377

$6,566

$6,723

$7,412

$8,038

$5,000

$0

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

229

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

MISSISSIPPI Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

4%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

96%

American Indian/Alaska Native 1%

BA or higher

4%

AA, vocational school, some college

25%

HSD/GED

41%

Less than HSD/GED

28%

80%

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%
White

13%

Biracial/Multi-racial

3%

Other/Unspecified

3%

HOME LANGUAGE

English
Spanish

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 0%

96%
3%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 0%
Other/Unspecified 1%

TANF

6%

SSI

8%

WIC

48%

SNAP

53%

Meets income requirement

92%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

10%

Child was referred to Head Start

by child welfare

1%

Child experienced homelessness

1%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

84%
46%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
98%

98%

94%

93%

93%

88%

90%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
93%

84%

48%

56%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

47%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

62%

38%
23%
9%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

6%
Adult education

230

Mental health services

MISSISSIPPI Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$22,634

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$19,479

Teachers with an AA

$20,395

Teachers with a
BA or higher

AA

CDA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Not reported

Teacher left

5%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

30%

3%

8%
3%

Home visitor left

21%
82%
7%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

$25,331
Difference
$17,233

Public elementary
school teacher

2014

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$18,426

All teachers

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$42,564

100%
100%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
Native North American/Alaskan Native
Other/Unspecified

231

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MISSISSIPPI Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100

92%

90%

80

80%

81%

81%

82%

82%

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

77%

75%

2014

2015

60
40
20
0

2007

2008

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

7%

5%

5%

6%

8%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

3%

2%

1%

2%

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50
25
0

38%
17%

Mississippi

25

National average

8%

0%
Mississippi

National average

232

25
5%
0

Mississippi

10%
National average

MISSISSIPPI Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$20,226

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

1%

Teacher left

1%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

$16,056

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

40%

$12,618

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$14,229

All teachers

2011

AA

11%
2%
25%
74%

Home visitor left No home visitors

$21,638

Home visitor left for

better compensation No home visitors

Difference
$20,926

Home visitor vacanies No home visitors

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No home visitors

$42,564

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

ECD management degree qualifications

No home visitors

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

233

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MISSISSIPPI Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80

68%

75%

75%

2008

2009

80%

81%

79%

2010

2011

2012

75%

76%

75%

2013

2014

2015

60
40
20
0

2007

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100
75

75%
49%

50
25
0

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

National average

99%

100

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

Mississippi

100

National average

Mississippi

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

Mississippi

14%
National average

40%

42%

25

Mississippi

National average

18%

25
1%

4%

Mississippi

National average

234

Percent of children in double sessions

100

9%

75

65%

7%

1%

Child turnover rate

25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

25

Mississippi

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

0%
Mississippi

National average

MISSOURI Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

16,919

4%

9%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$149,016,605

Total Federal Funding

282

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$38,504,000

< 3-Year-Olds

2,904

1%

3%

Head Start Funding

$110,512,605

3-Year-Olds

6,786

9%

19%

4-Year-Olds

6,947

9%

19%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

5.9

80

6.0

5.7

5.4

5
4

60

2.9

40

2.9

2
19%

20
3%
0

19%

18%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Missouri

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Missouri

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80
65%

$80,000

73%

60

$57,092

$60,000
$46,796

40

30%

$40,000

30%

$29,769

$28,151

$28,903

$33,387

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

Missouri

$0

Head Start
National average

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

40

Head Start
Missouri

PROGRAM DURATION

60

Early Head Start

$12,000

$12,085

$12,961

$12,575

$10,000

53%
42%

$8,047

$8,000

44%

$8,630

$8,038

$6,000
24%

20

$4,000
$2,000

Early Head Start

Missouri

$0

Head Start
National average

235

Early Head Start

Missouri
Missouri (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

MISSOURI Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded
State Supplemental
MIECHV Funded
American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

17,141

3,408

13,733

16,919

3,186

13,733

222

222

21,287

4,083

17,204

1,029

356

673

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$152,516,605

$42,004,000

$110,512,605

$149,016,605

$38,504,000

$110,512,605

$149,016,605

$38,504,000

$110,512,605

$0

Not available

$0

$3,500,000

$3,500,000

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,961

$12,085

$11,211

$11,089
$10,000
$7,850

$7,590

$7,800

$8,097

2007

2008

2009

2010

$7,619

$7,992

$7,547

$12,575

$10,910
$7,708

$7,800

$8,047

$8,630

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

236

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

MISSOURI Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

16%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

84%

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

BA or higher

4%

AA, vocational school, some college

27%

HSD/GED

45%

Less than HSD/GED

23%

TANF

23%

33%

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%
White

52%

Biracial/Multi-racial

8%

Other/Unspecified

6%

HOME LANGUAGE

English
Spanish

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 1%

91%
6%

Middle Eastern 1%
African 1%
Other/Unspecified 1%

SSI

8%

WIC

46%

SNAP

53%

Meets income requirement

90%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

11%
2%
6%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

66%
35%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
96%

91%

94%

91%

96%

90%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
88%

87%
73%
52%

31%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

52%

47%

69%
18%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

9%

11%

Adult education

Mental health services

237

MISSOURI Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$25,392

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

$26,594

22%

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$28,151

4%

Public elementary
school teacher

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

18%
2%
6%
77%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

Difference
$18,645

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

5%

$21,694

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$19,922

All teachers

2011

24%
5%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$46,796

71%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

238

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MISSOURI Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
63%

63%

65%

60

59%

61%

2010

2011

59%

55%

55%

53%

2013

2014

2015

17%

18%

17%

2013

2014

2015

40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

2012

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60

58%
49%

40
22%

22%

22%

23%

2009

2010

2011

2012

20
0

2007

2008

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate
100
75

60%

50

38%

25
0

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

50

50

25

Missouri

National average

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

17%

8%

Missouri

National average

239

25
0

15%

Missouri

10%
National average

MISSOURI Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$26,832

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

Speaks a language
other than English

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Teacher left

4%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$22,100

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

27%

$18,422

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$18,328

All teachers

2011

AA

5%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

19%
5%
3%

Home visitor left

$28,903

Home visitor left for

better compensation 1%

Difference
$17,893

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$46,796

74%
14%

38%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
Other/Unspecified

240

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MISSOURI Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

29%

32%

2007

2008

34%

33%

33%

31%

24%

26%

24%

2013

2014

2015

20
0

2009

2010

2011

2012

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50

100

25

Missouri

National average

50

36%

25

11%

7%

Missouri

National average

Child turnover rate

25

Missouri

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

18%

Missouri

14%
National average

25
0

25

9%

4%

Missouri

National average

241

42%
20%

Missouri

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

31%
25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

21%

18%

Missouri

National average

National average

MONTANA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

4,901

8%

15%

Pregnant Women

64

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$6,599,000

< 3-Year-Olds

738

2%

4%

Head Start Funding

$32,911,370

3-Year-Olds

1,719

14%

28%

4-Year-Olds

2,380

19%

35%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

2.9

3
35%

28%
4%

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds

2.9

1
0

Montana

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Montana

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%

60

$60,000

50%

40

$50,670

$40,000

30%

$29,769

$25,762

20%

$57,092

$33,387
$23,566

$20,000

Early Head Start

Montana

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

Head Start
Montana

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$13,975

$14,000

80

$12,000

$11,826

$12,575
$9,486

$10,000

60
44%

$8,027

$8,000

44%

42%

$8,038

$6,000

20
0

5.7

5.5

2
20%

18%

20

40

6.0

40

6.0

60

20

7
6

80

$39,510,370

Total Federal Funding

$4,000

15%
Early Head Start
Montana

$2,000
$0

Head Start
National average

242

Early Head Start

Montana
Montana (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

MONTANA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

4,901

801

4,100

3,193

558

2,635

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

1,708

243

1,465

5,228

959

4,269

40

40

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING
TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$39,510,370

$6,599,000

$32,911,370

$39,510,370

$6,599,000

$32,911,370

Head Start Federal Funding

$26,537,354

$6,599,000

$19,938,354

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

$12,973,016

Not available

$12,973,016

$0

$0

$0

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$13,975

$10,000

$8,265

$7,981

$8,254

$8,467

2007

2008

2009

2010

$12,575

$11,826

$11,490

$11,166

$11,055

$9,486
$7,934

$8,154

$7,714

$7,640

$8,060

$8,027

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

243

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

MONTANA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

6%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

94%

American Indian/Alaska Native

35%

BA or higher

7%

AA, vocational school, some college

29%

HSD/GED

46%

Less than HSD/GED

11%

Asian 0%

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

RACE

Black or African American 1%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%
White

54%
9%

Biracial/Multi-racial

English

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

Other/Unspecified 1%

99%

HOME LANGUAGE

Spanish 0%
East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 0%
African 0%
Other/Unspecified 1%

TANF
SSI

14%
6%

WIC

46%

SNAP

54%

Meets income requirement

83%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

13%
3%
11%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

46%
33%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
97%

95%

91%

86%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

94%

90%

81%

90%

82%

66%

36%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

53%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

68%

46%
29%
9%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

244

15%
Mental health services

MONTANA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

$23,857

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$22,596

AA

CDA

2012

Hispanic or
Latino

No ECE-related credentials

$25,041

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$25,762

Speaks a language
other than English

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

39%

3%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

40%
4%
4%
87%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

Difference
$24,908

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

4%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$19,944

All teachers

2011

58%
4%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$50,670

64%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Native North American/Alaskan Native
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

245

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MONTANA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
64%

63%

60

52%

47%

44%

2010

2011

48%

45%

44%

2013

2014

2015

9%

6%

6%

2013

2014

2015

40%

40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

2012

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

0%

0%

2007

2008

3%
2009

0%

0%

0%

2010

2011

2012

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

43%

38%

25
0

25

Montana

National average

3%

8%

Montana

National average

246

25
0

15%

Montana

10%
National average

MONTANA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$20,562

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

3%

Teacher left

3%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

$19,678

Teachers with a
BA or higher

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

44%

$17,404

Teachers with an AA

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$14,287

All teachers

2011

AA

24%
7%
7%
63%

Home visitor left 0%

Home visitor left for
better compensation 0%

$23,566
Difference
$27,104

Public elementary
school teacher

Home visitor vacanies No turnover

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No turnover

$50,670

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
Native North American/Alaska Native
Other/Unspecified

247

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MONTANA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

20%

18%

17%

19%

19%

20%

18%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

14%

15%

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50
25
0

25%

25

Montana

National average

100

50
27%

25

Montana

National average

Child turnover rate

25

Montana

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

12%

14%

Montana

National average

25
0

2%
Montana

National average

248

14%
Montana

18%

25
4%

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

7%

1%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

1%
Montana

National average

National average

NEBRASKA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

5,560

4%

9%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$48,380,064

Total Federal Funding

110

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$17,708,000

< 3-Year-Olds

1,288

2%

4%

Head Start Funding

$30,672,064

3-Year-Olds

1,879

7%

15%

4-Year-Olds

2,283

9%

20%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

5.9

80

6.0

5.7

5.5

5
4

60

2.8

40

2.9

2
15%

20
4%
0

20%

18%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Nebraska

Nebraska

National average

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

$100,000

89%

80

$80,000

73%

$60,000

55%

40

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

TEACHER SALARY

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

60

Emotional Support
National average

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

100

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

$40,000

30%

$50,597
$32,288 $29,769

$35,560

$57,092

$33,387

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

Nebraska

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

Head Start
Nebraska

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$14,248
$12,667

$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60
42%

40
27%

$7,370

$8,000

44%

$8,290

$8,038

$6,000

26%

$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Nebraska

$0

Head Start
National average

249

Early Head Start

Nebraska
Nebraska (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

NEBRASKA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

5,560

1,398

4,162

5,334

1,398

3,936

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

226

226

6,404

1,674

4,730

76

76

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING
TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$48,380,064

$17,708,000

$30,672,064

$48,380,064

$17,708,000

$30,672,064

Head Start Federal Funding

$46,414,012

$17,708,000

$28,706,012

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

$1,966,052

$0

$1,966,052

$0

$0

$0

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$14,248

$15,000
$11,580
$10,000

$8,174

$7,926

$8,149

$8,418

2008

2009

2010

$7,808

$8,079

$11,932

$11,107

$7,087

$12,667

$7,195

$7,372

$12,575

$7,370

$8,290

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2007

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

250

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

NEBRASKA Head Start & Early Head Start

33%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

67%

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian

7%

12%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

59%
9%

Biracial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

73%

Spanish

HOME LANGUAGE

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

11%

English
21%

East Asian 1%
Middle Eastern

BA or higher

8%

AA, vocational school, some college

23%

HSD/GED

39%

Less than HSD/GED

25%

2%

Black or African American

RACE

PARENT EDUCATION

Hispanic/Latino

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

3%

African 1%
Other/Unspecified 1%

TANF
SSI

10%
7%

WIC

48%

SNAP

48%

Meets income requirement

83%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

15%

Child was referred to Head Start 1%

by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

6%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

50%
26%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
95%

89%

90%

87%

97%

88%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
91%

90%
76%
52%

21%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

67%
57%

77%

26%
12%
Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

251

19%

Mental health services

NEBRASKA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

CDA

22%

Speaks a language
other than English

$28,819

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

Teacher left

23%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$23,420

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$29,547

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

AA

2012

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,844

All teachers

2011

25%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

44%
11%
6%
41%

Home visitor left

$32,288

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$18,309

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$50,597

24%
8%
4%
84%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
African

252

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NEBRASKA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

32%

30%

31%

28%

28%

26%

2010

2011

2012

20
0

2007

2008

2009

22%

2013

28%

27%

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

3%

3%

1%

2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

32%

38%

25
0

25

Nebraska

National average

9%

8%

Nebraska

National average

253

25
0

12%

10%

Nebraska

National average

NEBRASKA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino
$35,387

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012

CDA

Teacher left

14%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

21%

Speaks a language
other than English

$25,540

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$19,049

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$15,295

All teachers

2011

AA

15%

8%

Teacher left for 1%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
9%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled
Home visitor left

6%

$35,560

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$15,037

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$50,597

87%

100%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

254

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NEBRASKA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

19%

16%

16%

17%

2007

2008

2009

2010

21%

21%

21%

23%

26%

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50

100
75

65%

50

42%

33%

42%
27%

25
0

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

25

Nebraska

National average

25
2%

7%

Nebraska

National average

Child turnover rate

25

Nebraska

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

10%

14%

Nebraska

National average

25
0

25
2%

4%

Nebraska

National average

255

Nebraska

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

22%

Nebraska

18%

National average

National average

NEVADA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

3,490

2%

4%

Pregnant Women

75

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$11,912,000

< 3-Year-Olds

719

1%

1%

Head Start Funding

$25,090,575

3-Year-Olds

1,316

4%

7%

4-Year-Olds

1,380

4%

7%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$37,002,575

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.1

6
80

5.7

5
4

60

2.8

3
40

2.9

2
20%

18%

20
0

6.0

6.0

1%

2%

< 3-year-olds

7%

7%

3-year-olds

4-year-olds

Nevada

1
0

Instructional Support
Nevada

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80
60

$40,000

30%
16%

Early Head Start

Nevada

$0

Head Start
National average

$32,628

$33,387

Early Head Start

Head Start
Nevada

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

40

$30,593 $29,769

$20,000

PROGRAM DURATION

60

$56,703 $57,092

$60,000

51%

40
20

$80,000

73%

$15,003

$14,197
$12,575

$12,000
$9,307

$10,000

54%

$8,000

44%

42%

$8,807

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20%

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Nevada

$0

Head Start
National average

256

Early Head Start

Nevada
Nevada (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

NEVADA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

3,545

849

2,696

3,128

794

2,334

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

55

55

American Indian/
Alaska Native

362

362

4,364

893

3,471

24

24

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING
TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$37,002,575

$11,912,000

$25,090,575

$37,002,575

$11,912,000

$25,090,575

Head Start Federal Funding

$33,441,731

$11,912,000

$21,529,731

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

$3,560,844

$0

$3,560,844

$0

$0

$0

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$17,384

$17,045

$15,527

$15,003

$15,000

$14,197
$12,575

$10,000

$10,153

$9,804

$10,080

$10,513

$9,512

$10,090
$8,629

$9,307

$8,727

$8,807

$8,038

$6,381
$5,000

$0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

257

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

NEVADA Head Start & Early Head Start

53%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

47%

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian

9%

26%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1%

White

43%
5%

Biracial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

14%

English

70%

Spanish

HOME LANGUAGE

BA or higher

6%

AA, vocational school, some college

22%

HSD/GED

48%

Less than HSD/GED

24%

2%

Black or African American

RACE

PARENT EDUCATION

Hispanic/Latino

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

28%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 0%
African 1%
Other/Unspecified 1%

TANF
SSI

12%
8%

WIC

50%

SNAP

51%

Meets income requirement

Child has an IEP/IFSP
Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

89%
11%
15%
9%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

56%
31%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
96%

92%

93%

90%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

97%

93%

90%
74%

80%

43%

0%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

58%

82%

42%

Parenting education

Health education

18%

19%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

258

10%
Mental health services

NEVADA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

AA

2011

2012

CDA

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$28,204

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$26,628

Teachers with an AA

$31,153

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$30,593

Teacher left

13%

Speaks a language
other than English

29%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

28%
4%
32%
75%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

Difference
$26,110

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

25%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$17,628

All teachers

2013

36%
8%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$56,703

89%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Mexican and South & Central American
East Asian
Pacific Islander
Other/Unspecified

259

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NEVADA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

59%

58%

54%
45%

45%

2008

2009

49%

49%

53%

54%

2014

2015

40
20
0

2007

2010

2011

2012

2013

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

0%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

8%

6%

6%

5%

3%

4%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

45%

38%

25
0

50

50
29%

25

Nevada

National average

8%
Nevada

National average

260

25
6%
0

Nevada

10%
National average

NEVADA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$30,098

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012

27%

Speaks a language
other than English

$30,107

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Teacher left

29%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$21,154

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$22,822

All teachers

2011
CDA

33%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

31%
9%
10%
86%

Home visitor left No home visitors

$32,628

Home visitor left for

better compensation No home visitors

Difference
$24,075

Home visitor vacanies No home visitors

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No home visitors

$56,703

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

ECD management degree qualifications

No home visitors

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Mexican and South & Central American
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

261

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NEVADA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20

11%

3%
0

2007

2008

18%

17%

15%

2009

2010

2011

20%
11%

11%

11%

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50
25

23%

25

Nevada

National average

100

50
21%

25

Nevada

National average

Child turnover rate

Nevada

42%

25

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

0%
Nevada

Percent of children in double sessions

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

75

65%

7%

1%
0

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

68%

28%
25
0

14%
Nevada

National average

25
0

18%

25
7%

4%

Nevada

National average

262

Nevada

National average

National average

NEW HAMPSHIRE Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview
FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

1,686

3%

7%

Pregnant Women

22

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$4,679,000

< 3-Year-Olds

363

1%

3%

Head Start Funding

$11,848,328

3-Year-Olds

581

4%

14%

4-Year-Olds

720

5%

16%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.0

80

6.0

5.7

5.4

60

3.0

40

2.9

20

14%
3%

18%

16%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
New Hampshire
National average

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

New Hampshire

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80
66%

$80,000

73%

60

$58,554 $57,092

$60,000
36%

40

$40,000

30%

$34,479

$29,769

$25,390

$33,387

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

New Hampshire

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

Public elementary school

National average

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000
$10,000

60
40

Head Start
New Hampshire

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

$8,000

44%

42%

$12,153

$12,305

$12,575
$9,107

$9,221

$8,038

$6,000

29%

$4,000

20

$2,000

6%
0

$16,527,328

Total Federal Funding

Early Head Start

New Hampshire

$0

Head Start
National average

263

Early Head Start

Head Start
New Hampshire
New Hampshire (adjusted COL)
National average

NEW HAMPSHIRE Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

1,686

385

1,301

1,686

385

1,301

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

2,054

565

1,489

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$16,527,328

$4,679,000

$11,848,328

$16,527,328

$4,679,000

$11,848,328

$16,527,328

$4,679,000

$11,848,328

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,013
$10,000

$9,446

$9,121

$9,378

$9,585

$9,197

$8,578

$8,109

$8,914

$9,164

$12,575

$12,305

$12,153

$11,628

$11,195

$9,107

$9,221
$8,038

$5,000

$0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

264

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

NEW HAMPSHIRE Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

11%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

89%

Asian

4%

Black or African American

3%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

75%

Biracial/Multi-racial

10%

Other/Unspecified

8%

English
6%

HOME LANGUAGE

East Asian 1%
Middle Eastern

3%

European & Slavic 1%

African 1%
Other/Unspecified 1%

30%

HSD/GED

43%

Less than HSD/GED

20%

TANF

15%

SSI

16%

WIC

69%

SNAP

87%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

Spanish

6%

AA, vocational school, some college

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

RACE

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

BA or higher

76%

Meets income requirement

90%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

15%
2%
9%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

58%
47%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
100%

98%

97%

96%

98%

96%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

89%

84%
68%

60%

2%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

97%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

96%

97%
25%
11%
Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

265

18%

Mental health services

NEW HAMPSHIRE Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$26,983

Teachers with an AA

$29,431

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

CDA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$29,758

2012

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

5%

4%

Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

All assistant teachers No assistant teachers

All teachers

2011

10%

Teacher left for

better compensation 3%
Teacher vacancies 0%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled
Home visitor left

$34,479

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$24,075

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$58,554

19%

86%
12%

33%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

No assistant teachers

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

266

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NEW HAMPSHIRE Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

38%

38%

38%
28%

31%

31%

31%

31%

29%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

20
0

2007

2008

2009

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate
100
75

61%

50

38%

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

75

75

50

50
28%

25
0

25

New Hampshire

National average

8%
New Hampshire

267

National average

25
0

18%

New Hampshire

10%
National average

NEW HAMPSHIRE Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$25,126

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Teacher left

1%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

$25,101

Teachers with a
BA or higher

15%

Teacher left for 1%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
6%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

17%

4%

50%

Home visitor left 0%

Home visitor left for
better compensation 0%

$25,390
Difference
$33,164

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

$26,998

Teachers with an AA

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$17,998

All teachers

2011

AA

Home visitor vacanies No turnover

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No turnover

$58,554

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

268

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NEW HAMPSHIRE Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

6%

6%

6%

6%

5%

6%

5%

6%

6%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

49%

50
25

25
6%

7%

New Hampshire

National average

6%
0

New Hampshire

National average

Child turnover rate

100

91%

New Hampshire

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

14%

14%

New Hampshire

National average

25
0

25

11%

4%

New Hampshire

269

National average

42%

0%
New Hampshire

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

10%
New Hampshire

18%

National average

National average

NEW JERSEY Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview
FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

16,021

3%

8%

FUNDING

459

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$34,583,000

< 3-Year-Olds

2,352

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$122,304,556

3-Year-Olds

6,527

6%

17%

4-Year-Olds

6,683

6%

18%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.0

80

6.0

5.7

5.6

5
4

60

2.9

2.8

40

2
17%

20
0

$156,887,556

Total Federal Funding

2%

18%

18%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
New Jersey

New Jersey

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

$100,000

89%

80

$80,000

73%

60

$69,038
$57,092

$60,000
$46,046

40
20
0

$40,000

30%
16%

$20,000

Early Head Start

New Jersey

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Head Start
New Jersey

Public elementary school

National average

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80%

80

40

Early Head Start

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

60

$33,387

$29,769

$27,219

$12,000
$10,000
49%

42%

$12,575

$12,303
$10,335

$9,258
$7,777

$8,000

44%

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

New Jersey

$0

Head Start
National average

270

Early Head Start

New Jersey
New Jersey (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

NEW JERSEY Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

16,021

2,811

13,210

16,021

2,811

13,210

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

16,693

2,701

13,992

1,168

343

825

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$156,887,556

$34,583,000

$122,304,556

$156,887,556

$34,583,000

$122,304,556

$156,887,556

$34,583,000

$122,304,556

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$16,009
$15,000

$13,765

$10,000

$10,002

$9,661

$9,934

$10,193

$9,494

$9,971

$9,313

$9,425

$12,575

$12,303

$11,418
$10,197

$9,258

$10,335
$7,777

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

271

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

NEW JERSEY Head Start & Early Head Start

51%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

49%

American Indian/Alaska Native

2%

Asian

3%

Black or African American

35%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

26%

Biracial/Multi-racial

6%

Other/Unspecified

28%

English

HOME LANGUAGE

Spanish
Caribbean

BA or higher

39%
1%

Middle Eastern

5%

European & Slavic

1%

African

1%

Other/Unspecified

1%

8%

AA, vocational school, some college

20%

HSD/GED

40%

Less than HSD/GED

29%

TANF
SSI

11%
6%

WIC

50%

SNAP

52%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

PARENT EDUCATION

Hispanic/Latino

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

45%

Meets income requirement

Child has an IEP/IFSP
Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

89%
7%
4%
4%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

54%
34%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
96%

95%

92%

88%

92%

84%

82%
71%

Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
87%
76%

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

46%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

63%

39%
17%

Parenting education

Health education

14%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

11%
Adult education

272

7%
Mental health services

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EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

$22,023

Teachers with an AA

$24,461

Teachers with a
BA or higher

CDA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$24,567

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012

Current/Former
Head Start parent

22%

41%

Teacher left

10%

Teacher left for

better compensation 1%
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

14%
71%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$27,219
Difference
$41,819

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
46%

Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$16,773

All teachers

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$69,038

19%
8%
13%
67%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

273

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NEW JERSEY Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

54%

53%

51%

40

41%

38%

2010

2011

46%

45%

47%

49%

2012

2013

2014

2015

20
0

2007

2008

2009

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
17%

20
0

2%

2%

2%

3%

2%

5%

4%

2%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50
25
0

38%

25

7%
New Jersey

National average

14%

8%

New Jersey

National average

274

25
0

11%

10%

New Jersey

National average

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HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

2012

CDA

Hispanic or
Latino

All teachers

$41,127

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$23,618

Teachers with an AA

$23,054

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Teacher left
Teacher left for
better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

26%

Speaks a language
other than English

41%

15%
6%

Home visitor left

$46,046

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$22,992

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

34%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$21,758

Teachers with a
BA or higher

2011

AA

$69,038

10%
92%
22%

50%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Mexican and South & Central American
Caribbean
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

275

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NEW JERSEY Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100

88%

86%

89%

2008

2009

89%

91%

85%

88%

84%

80

80%

60
40
20
0

2007

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

93%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

100

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

80%
75
49%

50
25
0

25

New Jersey

National average

5%

7%

New Jersey

National average

Child turnover rate

New Jersey

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

7%
0

New Jersey

14%
National average

25
0

4%

New Jersey

National average

276

42%

New Jersey

18%

25
8%

73%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

7%
0

New Jersey

National average

National average

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FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

9,540

7%

11%

Pregnant Women

163

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$19,960,000

< 3-Year-Olds

1,618

2%

3%

Head Start Funding

$57,846,738

3-Year-Olds

3,613

13%

21%

4-Year-Olds

4,146

15%

25%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$77,806,738

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.0

80

6.0

5.7

5.5

60

40
21%

20
3%
0

25%

18%

2
20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
New Mexico

2.9

2.5

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

New Mexico

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%

60

$57,092

$60,000
$45,683

40

30%

20

36%

$40,000

Early Head Start

New Mexico

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

Head Start
New Mexico

Public elementary school

National average

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

40

$33,387

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

60

$31,858

$29,769

$20,000

12%

$35,247

$13,597

$14,117
$12,575

$12,000
50%

$10,000
$8,000

44%

42%

$7,455

$7,741

$8,038

$6,000

26%

$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

New Mexico

$0

Head Start
National average

277

Early Head Start

New Mexico
New Mexico (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

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ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

9,540

1,781

7,759

7,851

1,468

6,383

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

1,689

313

1,376

10,491

2,092

8,399

40

40

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING
TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$77,806,738

$19,960,000

$57,846,738

$77,806,738

$19,960,000

$57,846,738

Head Start Federal Funding

$65,124,060

$19,960,000

$45,164,060

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

$12,682,678

Not available

$12,682,678

$0

$0

$0

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$10,000

$13,945

$13,855

$8,274

$8,023

$8,249

2008

2009

$8,628

$7,920

$8,331

$7,300

$7,118

$14,117

$13,597

$12,747

$12,575

$7,648

$7,455

$7,741

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2007

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

278

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

NEW MEXICO Head Start & Early Head Start

62%

Hispanic/Latino
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

38%

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian

23%
1%

Black or African American

RACE

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

2%

BA or higher

6%

AA, vocational school, some college

31%

HSD/GED

42%

Less than HSD/GED

21%

White

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

57%

Biracial/Multi-racial

6%

Other/Unspecified

11%

English

76%

Spanish

16%

TANF
SSI

11%
6%

WIC

47%

SNAP

55%

Caribbean 0%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

HOME LANGUAGE

Mexican and South & Central America 0%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 0%
Native North American/Alaska Native

4%

Pacific Island 0%
European & Slavic 0%
African 0%
Other/Unspecified

4%

Meets income requirement

81%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

13%
1%
4%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

52%
29%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
96%

92%

95%

93%

95%

93%

86%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
90%

87%

61%

21%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

57%

33%
19%

Parenting education

Health education

10%

6%

10%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

Mental health services

279

NEW MEXICO Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

AA

2012

CDA

$27,547

Hispanic or
Latino

All teachers

$26,865

Current/Former
Head Start parent

No ECE-related credentials

34%

$29,547

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Speaks a language
other than English

47%

Teacher left
Teacher left for
better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

22%
2%
21%
82%

Home visitor left

Difference
$10,436

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

Home visitor left for

better compensation

$35,247

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

51%

$21,427

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

All assistant teachers

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2011

13%
4%

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$45,683

33%
83%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Native North American/Alaska Native
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

280

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NEW MEXICO Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

59%
51%

58%

54%

50%

53%

56%

2011

2012

2013

51%

50%

2014

2015

40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

7%
2007

3%

2%

5%

3%

3%

3%

3%

3%

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50
30%

38%

25
0

25

New Mexico

National average

3%

8%

New Mexico

National average

281

25
5%
0

New Mexico

10%
National average

NEW MEXICO Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Current/Former
Head Start parent

44%

Speaks a language
other than English

$23,923

Teachers with a
BA or higher

50%

2015

Teacher left
Teacher left for
better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

18%
7%
30%
73%

Home visitor left 0%

Home visitor left for
better compensation 0%

$31,858
Difference
$13,825

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

56%

$21,499

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF TURNOVER

Hispanic or
Latino

$26,524

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$16,052

All teachers

2011
CDA

Home visitor vacanies No turnover

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No turnover

$45,683

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Mexican and South & Central American
East Asian
Native North American/Alaska Native
Other/Unspecified

282

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NEW MEXICO Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

30%

28%

29%

30%

2007

2008

2009

2010

34%

34%

31%

25%

26%

2014

2015

20
0

2011

2012

2013

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

49%

50

50

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year
100
75

65%
52%

50

50

42%

31%
25
0

25

New Mexico

National average

25
8%

7%

New Mexico

National average

Child turnover rate

25

New Mexico

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

7%
0

New Mexico

14%
National average

25
0

25
1%

4%

New Mexico

National average

283

New Mexico

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

21%

19%

18%

New Mexico

National average

National average

NEW YORK Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview
FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

51,130

4%

10%

Pregnant Women

1,061

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$105,669,000

< 3-Year-Olds

7,569

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$422,162,135

3-Year-Olds

19,663

8%

19%

4-Year-Olds

22,837

10%

22%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

2.9

40
19%

20
2%

22%

18%

5.7

5.7

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

New York

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

2.9

1
0

TEACHER DEGREE

$100,000

89%

80

$77,628

$80,000

73%

60

$57,092

$60,000
33%

$40,000

30%

$31,028

$37,210

$29,769

$33,387

$20,000

20
Early Head Start
New York

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

Head Start
New York

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

72%

$12,000
$10,000

60
40

6.0

2
20%

2%
New York

6.0

60

40

7
6

80

$527,831,135

Total Federal Funding

42%

$12,575

$12,244
$10,195

$8,271

$8,000

44%

34%

$9,933
$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

New York

$0

Head Start
National average

284

Early Head Start

New York
New York (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

NEW YORK Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

51,130

8,630

42,500

50,987

8,630

42,357

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

143

143

64,731

9,777

54,954

681

284

397

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
60,000

45,000

30,000

15,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$527,831,135

$105,669,000

$422,162,135

$527,831,135

$105,669,000

$422,162,135

$526,522,384

$105,669,000

$420,853,384

$1,308,751

$0

$1,308,751

$0

$0

$0

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$10,000

$10,219

$10,019

$10,316

$10,436

$11,834

$11,487
$9,798

$9,976

$9,746

$9,700

$12,575

$12,244

$11,265
$10,036

$9,933

$10,195
$8,271

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

285

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

NEW YORK Head Start & Early Head Start

39%

Hispanic/Latino
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino
American Indian/Alaska Native

61%

2%

Asian

4%

RACE

Black or African American

8%

AA, vocational school, some college

22%

HSD/GED

45%

Less than HSD/GED

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

34%
11%

Biracial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

22%

English

57%

Spanish

25%

TANF
SSI

15%
7%

WIC

56%

SNAP

56%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

27%

Mexican and South & Central American 1%

Caribbean 1%
East Asian

3%

Middle Eastern

2%

European & Slavic

African

BA or higher

27%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

HOME LANGUAGE

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

6%
2%

Other/Unspecified 1%

Meets income requirement

89%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

16%
3%
6%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

50%
27%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
99%

96%

99%

97%

99%

97%

92%

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

90%

80%

78%

Up-to-date
immunizations

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

54%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

45%

Health education

16%

71%
14%

10%

10%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

Mental health services

286

NEW YORK Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$27,512

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

Current/Former
Head Start parent

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Teacher left

18%

45%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

16%
5%
16%
78%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$31,028
Difference
$46,600

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

34%

Speaks a language
other than English

$26,725

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$24,148

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$21,054

All assistant teachers

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$77,628

22%
8%
12%
78%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Caribbean
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

287

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NEW YORK Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

31%

30%

29%

30%

32%

32%

33%

31%

34%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

20
0

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

10%

11%

2007

2008

7%

7%

6%

7%

5%

5%

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

10%
2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

38%
27%

25
0

25

New York

National average

6%

8%

New York

National average

288

25
0

8%

10%

New York

National average

NEW YORK Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$29,172

Teachers with an AA

$26,835

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$36,290

Teachers with a
BA or higher

2011
CDA

Current/Former
Head Start parent

Teacher left
Teacher left for
better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

21%

44%

26%
13%
11%
77%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$37,210
Difference
$40,418

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

30%

Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$22,736

All teachers

AA

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$77,628

26%
8%
15%
88%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Caribbean
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

289

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NEW YORK Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

55%

56%

57%

2007

2008

2009

56%

55%

54%

2010

2011

2012

69%

69%

72%

2013

2014

2015

40
20
0

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100
75

74%
49%

50
25

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

75

75

50
27%

25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year
100

84%

75

65%

50

50

25

25

74%

42%

7%
0

New York

National average

New York

National average

Child turnover rate

New York

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

12%

14%

New York

National average

25
0

25

11%

4%

New York

National average

290

New York

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

11%
New York

18%

National average

National average

NORTH CAROLINA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview
FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

22,020

4%

7%

Pregnant Women

325

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$57,056,000

< 3-Year-Olds

4,166

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$135,327,889

3-Year-Olds

6,873

6%

10%

4-Year-Olds

10,656

9%

16%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$192,383,889

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.0

80

6.0

5.7

5.7

60

40

2.9

2.8

3
2
18%

20
2%

10%

2%

< 3-year-olds

16%

20%

1
0

3-year-olds
North Carolina
National average

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

North Carolina

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000
78%

80

$80,000

73%

60

$57,092

$60,000

40

34%

$40,000

30%

$47,819
$29,769

$29,121

$28,014

$33,387

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

North Carolina

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Head Start
North Carolina

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000

80

$14,000

75%

$12,923

$12,896

$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60
40

Early Head Start

41%

42%

$8,000

44%

$7,720

$7,704

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

North Carolina

$0

Head Start
National average

291

Early Head Start

North Carolina
North Carolina (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

NORTH CAROLINA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

22,020

4,491

17,529

21,800

4,415

17,385

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

220

76

144

24,913

4,342

20,571

1,061

33

1,028

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
60,000

45,000

30,000

15,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$192,383,889

$57,056,000

$135,327,889

$192,383,889

$57,056,000

$135,327,889

$190,807,343

$57,056,000

$133,751,343

$1,576,546

Not available

$1,576,546

$0

$0

$0

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$14,348

$15,000

$10,000

$8,579

$8,311

$8,545

$8,938

2007

2008

2009

2010

$8,143

$8,753

$13,787

$7,830

$12,923

$12,720

$7,597

$7,853

$12,896

$7,720

$12,575

$7,704

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

292

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

NORTH CAROLINA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

29%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

71%

3%

BA or higher

4%

AA, vocational school, some college

17%

HSD/GED

43%

Less than HSD/GED

34%

46%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

27%

Biracial/Multi-racial

10%

Other/Unspecified

72%

English

HOME LANGUAGE

TANF

7%

SSI

8%
51%

WIC
SNAP

59%

13%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

Black or African American

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 1%

Spanish

25%

East Asian 1%
Middle Eastern 1%
Other/Unspecified 1%

Meets income requirement

93%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

11%
2%
4%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

63%
38%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
97%

92%

95%

92%

95%

90%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
89%

88%
74%
63%

38%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

52%

70%

43%
15%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

10%

7%

Adult education

Mental health services

293

NORTH CAROLINA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

$23,359

Teachers with an AA

$24,149

Teachers with a
BA or higher

CDA

Hispanic or
Latino

$25,840

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

AA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

Current/Former
Head Start parent
13%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

9%
4%
5%
63%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

Difference
$18,698

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

21%

Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

11%

$29,121

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,064

All teachers

2011

18%
2%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$47,819

61%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Native North American/Alaska Native
Other/Unspecified

294

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NORTH CAROLINA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

61%

55%

50%

40

41%

41%

39%

42%

45%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

41%

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

5%

3%

2%

3%

6%

6%

5%

3%

1%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

38%
27%

25
0

25

North Carolina

National average

10%

8%

North Carolina

National average

295

25
0

7%

10%

North Carolina

National average

NORTH CAROLINA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$26,428

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$20,470

Teachers with an AA

$21,361

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2011
CDA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

6%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$18,417

All teachers

AA

25%

7%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

18%
6%
11%
59%

Home visitor left

$28,014

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$19,805

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$47,819

16%

40%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Native North American/Alaska Native
Other/Unspecified

296

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NORTH CAROLINA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80

89%

83%

78%

81%

77%

74%

76%

2011

2012

2013

80%

75%

60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

100

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

90%

78%
75
49%

50
25

25

North Carolina

National average

North Carolina

National average

Child turnover rate

North Carolina

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

15%
North Carolina

14%
National average

25
0

3%
North Carolina

National average

297

North Carolina

18%

25
4%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

49%

42%

7%

2%
0

75

65%

1%
North Carolina

National average

National average

NORTH DAKOTA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview
FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

3,442

7%

20%

Pregnant Women

52

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$6,213,000

< 3-Year-Olds

565

2%

5%

Head Start Funding

$22,852,990

3-Year-Olds

1,269

13%

39%

4-Year-Olds

1,556

16%

46%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

46%

39%

5.7

2
5%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
North Dakota

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

North Dakota

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%
60%

60

$60,000

40%

$40,000

30%

$50,025
$32,226 $33,387

$29,769

$28,019

$57,092

$20,000

20
Early Head Start
North Dakota

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

Head Start
North Dakota

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$13,304

$13,723

$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60
46%

$8,000

44%

42%

$8,090

$8,344

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20
0

5.7

2.9

2.8

3
20%

18%

20

40

6.0

40

6.0

60

40

7
6

80

$29,065,990

Total Federal Funding

11%
Early Head Start
North Dakota

$2,000
$0

Head Start
National average

298

Early Head Start

North Dakota
North Dakota (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

NORTH DAKOTA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

3,442

617

2,825

2,442

467

1,975

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

1,000

150

850

3,994

824

3,170

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING
TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$29,065,990

$6,213,000

$22,852,990

$29,065,990

$6,213,000

$22,852,990

Head Start Federal Funding

$21,282,274

$6,213,000

$15,069,274

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

$7,783,716

Not available

$7,783,716

$0

$0

$0

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,915
$10,000

$8,406

$8,117

$8,363

$8,736

2007

2008

2009

2010

$8,109

$8,383

$7,481

$7,553

$13,723

$13,304

$13,362

$12,779

$8,163

$12,575

$8,090

$8,344

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

299

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

NORTH DAKOTA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

8%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

92%

American Indian/Alaska Native

35%
2%

RACE

Black or African American

8%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

43%

Biracial/Multi-racial

9%

Other/Unspecified

3%

English
2%

East Asian 1%
Middle Eastern 1%
European & Slavic 1%
African

2%

Other/Unspecified 1%

10%

AA, vocational school, some college

27%

HSD/GED

47%

Less than HSD/GED

TANF
SSI

92%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

HOME LANGUAGE

Spanish

BA or higher

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

14%

9%
5%

WIC

42%

SNAP

42%

Meets income requirement

76%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

15%
5%
8%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

52%
30%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
97%

95%

93%

92%

89%

86%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

89%
75%

84%

75%

28%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

58%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

54%

77%

37%
14%
3%
Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

300

Mental health services

NORTH DAKOTA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$27,995

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

AA

CDA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

Speaks a language
other than English

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Teacher left

30%

4%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

43%
6%
24%
76%

Home visitor left

27%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

$28,019
Difference
$22,006

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

1%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$29,640

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$23,747

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,183

All assistant teachers

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$50,025

14%
71%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
Native North American/Alaska Native
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

301

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NORTH DAKOTA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

61%

60%

53%

47%

47%

46%

46%

48%

46%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

46%

38%

25

25

8%

2%
0

North Dakota

National average

North Dakota

302

National average

25
0

8%

10%

North Dakota

National average

NORTH DAKOTA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$30,022

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Teacher left

34%

$25,958
5%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

19%
5%
3%

Teachers with an AA

$30,046

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$32,226

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$17,799

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

10%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$16,902

All teachers

2011

AA

66%

Home visitor left

$50,025

30%

67%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
Native North American/Alaska Native
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

303

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NORTH DAKOTA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

12%

12%

2007

2008

11%

10%

12%

2009

2010

2011

12%
2012

6%

5%

2013

2014

11%
2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

49%
40%

25
0

25

North Dakota

National average

100

50

National average

Child turnover rate

25

12%

7%

0%

North Dakota

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

12%

14%

North Dakota

National average

25
0

42%
16%
North Dakota

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

25

North Dakota

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

36%
18%

25
4%

0%
North Dakota

304

National average

North Dakota

National average

National average

OHIO Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

37,032

5%

10%

Pregnant Women

440

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$61,877,000

< 3-Year-Olds

4,914

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$246,990,917

3-Year-Olds

14,130

10%

20%

4-Year-Olds

17,548

13%

24%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.0

80

6.0

5.7

5.7

5
4

60

3.0

40
20%

20
2%

24%

18%

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds

2.9

2
20%

0
Ohio

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Ohio

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

69%

$80,000

73%

60

$56,172

$60,000

40

29%

$40,000

30%

$29,763

$29,769

$30,390

$57,092

$33,387

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

Ohio

$0

Head Start
National average

Early Head Start

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000

$11,557

$11,723

$12,575

$10,000

60
40

Head Start
Ohio

PROGRAM DURATION

$7,909

$8,038

$6,000

28%

$4,000

16%
Early Head Start
Ohio

$7,797

$8,000

44%

42%

20
0

$308,867,917

Total Federal Funding

$2,000
$0

Head Start
National average

305

Early Head Start

Ohio
Ohio (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

OHIO Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

37,128

5,354

31,774

37,032

5,354

31,678

State Supplemental

96

96

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

45,658

6,937

38,721

3,524

304

3,220

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
60,000

45,000

30,000

15,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$309,251,917

$61,877,000

$247,374,917

$308,867,917

$61,877,000

$246,990,917

$308,867,917

$61,877,000

$246,990,917

$0

$0

$0

$384,000

$0

$384,000

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$10,705

$9,788

$10,000
$7,494

$7,426

$7,615

$7,881

$7,416

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

$7,653

$7,336

$12,575

$11,723

$11,557

$10,501
$7,330

$7,266

$7,797

$7,909

$8,038

$5,000

$0

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

306

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

OHIO Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

10%
90%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native 1%

BA or higher

6%

AA, vocational school, some college

27%

HSD/GED

45%

Less than HSD/GED

21%

Asian 1%

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

34%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

50%
10%

Biracial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

4%

English

91%

Spanish

HOME LANGUAGE

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

Black or African American

5%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern

2%

African 1%
Other/Unspecified 1%

TANF

18%

SSI

9%
52%

WIC
SNAP

55%

Meets income requirement

89%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

9%
2%
4%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

62%
41%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
95%

90%

96%

92%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

95%

92%

86%

84%
72%

65%

28%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

47%

62%

40%
15%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

8%

7%

Adult education

Mental health services

307

OHIO Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$27,759

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

Speaks a language
other than English

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

Teacher left

3%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$27,064

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

19%

$24,166

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$18,124

All teachers

2011

4%

24%

Teacher left for

6%
better compensation
Teacher vacancies 1%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled
Home visitor left

$29,763

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$26,409

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$56,172

83%
21%

4%
5%
72%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

308

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

OHIO Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

53%

52%

45%

40

32%

29%

28%

28%

27%

28%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

20
0

2007

2008

2009

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

16%

2007

8%

5%

5%

5%

5%

4%

2%

7%

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate
100
75

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

75

75

50

50

54%
50

38%

25
0

25

Ohio

National average

16%
8%
Ohio

National average

309

25
0

14%

Ohio

10%
National average

OHIO Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$28,635

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

Teacher left

3%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

$24,100

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

26%

$29,928

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,244

All teachers

2011

AA

5%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

19%
6%
12%
57%

Home visitor left

$30,390

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$25,782

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$56,172

20%
7%
14%
66%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

310

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

OHIO Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

17%

18%

19%

18%

17%

17%

17%

17%

16%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50
25
0

18%

25

Ohio

National average

100

7%

Ohio

National average

Child turnover rate

75

65%

50
21%

25
7%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

Ohio

25

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

42%
17%

Ohio

Percent of children in double sessions

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

53%

25
0

17%

Ohio

14%
National average

25
0

18%

25
8%

4%

Ohio

National average

311

Ohio

National average

National average

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FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

17,439

7%

12%

TOTAL

FUNDING

144

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$29,623,000

< 3-Year-Olds

2,635

2%

3%

Head Start Funding

$97,788,225

3-Year-Olds

7,861

15%

26%

4-Year-Olds

6,799

13%

23%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

5.8

80

6.0

5.7

5.5

60

26%
20
3%

23%

18%

2
20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Oklahoma

2.9

2.6

40

$127,411,225

Total Federal Funding

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Oklahoma

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

68%

$80,000

73%

$57,092

$60,000

60

$44,827

40
20
0

$40,000

30%
21%

Early Head Start

Oklahoma

$0

Head Start
National average

$32,939

$33,387

Early Head Start

Head Start
Oklahoma

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

77%

$12,000
61%

60
40

$29,769

$20,000

PROGRAM DURATION

80

$34,541

42%

$12,106

$13,025

$12,575

$10,000
$8,000

44%

$6,670

$7,177

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Oklahoma

$0

Head Start
National average

312

Early Head Start

Oklahoma
Oklahoma (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

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ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

17,439

2,779

14,660

14,641

2,447

12,194

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

2,798

332

2,466

19,593

3,081

16,512

464

48

416

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING
TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$127,411,225

$29,623,000

$97,788,225

$127,411,225

$29,623,000

$97,788,225

Head Start Federal Funding

$107,630,139

$29,623,000

$78,007,139

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

$19,781,086

Not available

$19,781,086

$0

$0

$0

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,242

$13,025

$12,106

$12,575

$10,771

$10,574
$10,000
$6,927

$6,689

$6,877

$7,306

2007

2008

2009

2010

$6,700

$7,322

$6,860

$6,363

$6,747

$6,670

$7,177

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

313

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

OKLAHOMA Head Start & Early Head Start

19%

Hispanic/Latino
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

81%

American Indian/Alaska Native

24%

17%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

42%

Biracial/Multi-racial

9%

Other/Unspecified

AA, vocational school, some college

23%

HSD/GED

48%

Less than HSD/GED

19%

English

86%

Spanish

12%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 0%
Other/Unspecified

TANF

4%

SSI

7%
46%

WIC
SNAP

42%

7%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

9%

1%

Black or African American

HOME LANGUAGE

BA or higher

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

2%

Meets income requirement

81%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

11%
1%
4%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

49%
27%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
96%

94%

96%

93%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

94%

91%

84%

90%
77%

47%

18%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

44%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

65%

38%

Health education

10%

12%

10%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

Mental health services

314

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EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

AA

CDA

2012

$24,894

Hispanic or
Latino

All teachers

$23,962

Current/Former
Head Start parent

No ECE-related credentials

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Teacher left

33%

13%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

25%
5%
7%
56%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$34,541
Difference
$10,286

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

10%

Speaks a language
other than English

$23,389

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$20,976

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

All assistant teachers

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$44,827

29%
5%
17%
50%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
Native North American/Alaska Native
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

315

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

OKLAHOMA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100

90%
82%

80

80%

77%

74%

71%

71%

2010

2011

2012

2013

75%

77%

2014

2015

60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

13%

9%
2007

2008

11%
2009

5%

8%

2010

2011

4%

4%

5%

2%

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

46%

38%

25
0

25

Oklahoma

National average

10%

8%

Oklahoma

National average

316

25
0

11%

10%

Oklahoma

National average

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HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$29,696

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

8%

Teacher left

8%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

$24,248

Teachers with a
BA or higher

37%

2015

20%
6%
5%
53%

Home visitor left

50%

Home visitor left for

better compensation

$32,939
Difference
$11,888

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$22,295

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$19,828

All teachers

2011

AA

25%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled 0%

$44,827

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Other/Unspecified

317

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

OKLAHOMA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

48%

53%

52%

2008

2009

60%

58%

61%

58%

53%

48%

40
20
0

2007

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100
75

62%
49%

50
25

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

100

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

25

Oklahoma

National average

95%

Oklahoma

100

National average

Oklahoma

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

14%

Oklahoma

National average

49%

25
0

2%
Oklahoma

National average

318

Oklahoma

18%

25
4%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

11%

75

65%

42%

7%

Child turnover rate

25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

2%
0

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

2%
0

Oklahoma

National average

National average

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FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

7,381

3%

6%

Pregnant Women

142

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$25,946,000

< 3-Year-Olds

1,817

1%

3%

Head Start Funding

$55,871,716

3-Year-Olds

2,100

5%

9%

4-Year-Olds

3,322

7%

14%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$81,817,716

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.1

80

6.0

5.8

60

2.9

40

2.9

2
18%

20
3%
0

14%

9%

2%

< 3-year-olds

20%

1
0

3-year-olds
Oregon

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Oregon

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%
64%

60

$59,474

$60,000
41%

40

$40,000

30%

$31,801

$29,769

$29,378

$57,092

$33,387

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

Oregon

$0

Head Start
National average

Head Start

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$13,677

$14,223
$12,575

$12,000

$10,305

$10,000

60

$10,716
$8,038

$8,000

44%

42%

40

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

20

Early Head Start

Oregon

PROGRAM DURATION

5.7

$6,000
$4,000

19%
10%
Early Head Start
Oregon

$2,000
$0

Head Start
National average

319

Early Head Start

Oregon
Oregon (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

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ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

13,635

2,269

11,366

Federally Funded

7,015

1,897

5,118

State Supplemental

6,134

190

5,944

MIECHV Funded

120

120

American Indian/
Alaska Native

366

62

304

15,435

2,476

12,959

67

30

37

Total Funded Enrollment

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding
Head Start State Supplemental Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$148,080,894

$25,946,000

$122,134,894

$81,817,716

$25,946,000

$55,871,716

$78,684,445

$25,946,000

$52,738,445

$3,133,271

Not available

$3,133,271

$66,263,178

Not available

$66,263,178

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$13,000
$10,967

$11,141

$10,000

$10,266

$10,692

$10,189

$10,456

$14,223

$13,677

$12,601

$12,133

$12,575
$10,518

$10,305

$10,716
$8,038

$7,770
$6,500
$5,000

$0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

320

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

OREGON Head Start & Early Head Start

50%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

50%

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian

4%
2%

Black or African American

RACE

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

7%
1%

White

68%

Biracial/Multi-racial

7%

Other/Unspecified

11%

English

BA or higher

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

34%

Mexican and South & Central American

1%

East Asian

1%

Middle Eastern

1%

African

1%

Other/Unspecified

1%

5%

AA, vocational school, some college

23%

HSD/GED

38%

Less than HSD/GED

33%

TANF
SSI

25%
6%

WIC

66%

SNAP

61%

Spanish

HOME LANGUAGE

PARENT EDUCATION

Hispanic/Latino

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

62%

Meets income requirement

85%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

16%
7%
12%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

43%
27%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
96%

89%

98%

96%

96%

93%

88%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
93%
84%

57%

48%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

60%
49%

79%

27%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

14%

11%

Adult education

Mental health services

321

OREGON Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

CDA

Hispanic or
Latino

All teachers

$29,585

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$29,061

Teachers with an AA

$26,437

2012
No ECE-related credentials

29%

Speaks a language
other than English

2015

Not reported

Teacher left

33%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

37%

21%

Teacher left for

9%
better compensation
Teacher vacancies 0%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled
Home visitor left
Home visitor left for
better compensation

$31,801
Difference
$27,673

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$19,996

Teachers with a
BA or higher

AA

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$59,474

81%
22%

6%
14%
77%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Mexican and South & Central American
East Asian
European & Slavic
African

322

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

OREGON Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

28%

32%

34%

28%

26%

25%

22%

20%

19%

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

0%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2%

1%

1%

1%

0%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

3%
2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

32%

38%

25
0

25

Oregon

National average

4%

8%

Oregon

National average

323

25
0

10%

10%

Oregon

National average

OREGON Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

All teachers

$27,237

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$23,646

Teachers with an AA

$24,459

2012

Teacher left

21%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

31%

Speaks a language
other than English

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

23%

24%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

9%
10%
74%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$29,378
Difference
$30,096

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$17,935

Teachers with a
BA or higher

2011
CDA

19%
6%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$59,474

100%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

324

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

OREGON Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

14%

13%

13%

13%

12%

11%

13%

12%

10%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50
25

25

12%
Oregon

National average

100

50
19%

25

Oregon

National average

Child turnover rate

25

Oregon

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

14%

14%

Oregon

National average

25
0

2%
Oregon

National average

325

11%
Oregon

18%

25
4%

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

7%

2%
0

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

6%
0

Oregon

National average

National average

PENNSYLVANIA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

32,040

4%

10%

Pregnant Women

568

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$63,183,000

< 3-Year-Olds

5,022

1%

3%

Head Start Funding

$222,479,706

3-Year-Olds

11,392

8%

19%

4-Year-Olds

15,058

11%

23%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.0

80

6.0

5.7

5.7

5
4

60

2.9

40
19%

20
3%
0

$285,662,706

Total Federal Funding

23%

18%

2
20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Pennsylvania

2.9

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Pennsylvania

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000
84%

80

$80,000

73%

$64,447
60
40

$60,000
41%

$40,000

30%

Early Head Start

Pennsylvania

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

$33,387

Early Head Start

Head Start
Pennsylvania

Public elementary school

National average

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000
$10,000

60
42%

40

$28,996

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

20

$29,769

$20,000

20
0

$31,547

$57,092

37%

$8,000

44%

$11,303

$12,575
$10,993
$8,411

$8,181

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

10%
Early Head Start
Pennsylvania

$2,000
$0

Head Start
National average

326

Early Head Start

Head Start
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (adjusted COL)
National average

PENNSYLVANIA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

36,733

5,718

31,015

Federally Funded

32,040

5,590

26,450

State Supplemental

4,565

4,565

128

128

44,500

7,038

37,462

5,322

122

5,200

Total Funded Enrollment

MIECHV Funded
American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
60,000

45,000

30,000

15,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$324,384,683

$63,183,000

$261,201,683

$285,662,706

$63,183,000

$222,479,706

$285,662,706

$63,183,000

$222,479,706

$0

$0

$0

$38,721,977

$0

$38,721,977

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,575
$10,568
$10,000
$7,431

$7,156

2007

2008

$8,479

$8,690

2009

2010

$8,124

$8,408

$8,094

$11,303

$10,607

$10,565
$8,297

$8,259

$10,993
$8,411

$8,181

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

327

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

PENNSYLVANIA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

22%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

78%

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

Asian

44%
10%

Biracial/Multi-racial

HSD/GED

45%

Less than HSD/GED

26%

TANF

18%

SSI

14%

WIC

53%

SNAP

62%

13%

Other/Unspecified

English

HOME LANGUAGE

23%

AA, vocational school, some college

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

White

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

30%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

83%

Spanish

Middle Eastern

6%

3%

Black or African American

East Asian

BA or higher

10%
1%
2%

Other/Unspecified

4%

Meets income requirement

88%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

18%
3%
5%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

59%
44%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
94%

97%

95%

83%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

96%

90%

86%

84%
73%

65%

26%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

46%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

66%

40%
20%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

9%

8%

Adult education

Mental health services

328

PENNSYLVANIA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

CDA

Hispanic or
Latino

All teachers

$28,712

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$25,086

Teachers with an AA

$27,745

2012
No ECE-related credentials

Current/Former
Head Start parent

13%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

20%
5%
34%
88%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

Difference
$32,900

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$64,447

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

12%

Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

9%

$31,547

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$22,663

Teachers with a
BA or higher

2011

16%
5%
15%
84%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
Other/Unspecified

329

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

PENNSYLVANIA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

11%

8%

9%

10%

8%

6%

9%

9%

10%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

6%

6%

3%

4%

4%

3%

3%

2%

3%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

48%
38%

25

25

8%

2%
0

Pennsylvania

National average

Pennsylvania

330

National average

25
0

8%

10%

Pennsylvania

National average

PENNSYLVANIA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$29,688

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012

Teacher left

10%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

18%

Speaks a language
other than English

$24,005

Teachers with a
BA or higher

11%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

2015

14%
5%
9%
77%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$28,996
Difference
$35,451

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$22,189

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$18,020

All teachers

2011
CDA

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$64,447

13%
3%
15%
77%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

331

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

PENNSYLVANIA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

43%

40%

44%

43%

37%

34%

31%

2011

2012

2013

36%

37%

2014

2015

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

50

49%

42%

25
0

25

Pennsylvania

National average

National average

Child turnover rate

Pennsylvania

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

15%
Pennsylvania

14%
National average

42%
17%

25
0

25
2%

4%

Pennsylvania

National average

332

Pennsylvania

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

62%

7%

1%
Pennsylvania

100

13%
Pennsylvania

18%

National average

National average

RHODE ISLAND Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview
FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

2,763

5%

11%

Pregnant Women

39

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$8,264,000

< 3-Year-Olds

590

2%

4%

Head Start Funding

$19,071,954

3-Year-Olds

943

9%

24%

4-Year-Olds

1,191

11%

23%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.2

80

6.1

6.0

5.7

5
4

60

3.2

2.9

40
24%
20
4%
0

23%

18%

2
20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Rhode Island

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Rhode Island

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000
80%

80

$80,000

73%

$65,918

60

$57,092

$60,000

40

$40,000

30%

20

$30,816

$32,481

$29,769

$33,387

$20,000

14%

Early Head Start

Rhode Island

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

Head Start
Rhode Island

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000
$10,000

60

$12,575
$8,937

$8,336

$8,038

$4,000
10%

Early Head Start

Rhode Island

$12,255

$6,000

26%
20

$13,138

$8,000

44%

42%

40

$27,335,954

Total Federal Funding

$2,000
$0

Head Start
National average

333

Early Head Start

Rhode Island
Rhode Island (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

RHODE ISLAND Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

2,893

629

2,264

2,763

629

2,134

130

130

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

3,669

927

2,742

115

115

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded
State Supplemental

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20

2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

4-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$28,135,954

$8,264,000

$19,871,954

$27,335,954

$8,264,000

$19,071,954

$27,335,954

$8,264,000

$19,071,954

$0

$0

$0

$800,000

$0

$800,000

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,119
$10,000

$9,309
$8,168

$7,941

2007

2008

$9,481

$9,031

$9,622

$9,219

$13,138

$12,281

$11,588
$8,548

$8,990

$12,575

$12,255
$8,937

$8,336

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

334

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

RHODE ISLAND Head Start & Early Head Start

42%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native

58%

1%

Asian

13%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

48%

Biracial/Multi-racial

16%

8%
21%

AA, vocational school, some college

HSD/GED

43%

Less than HSD/GED

26%

TANF

16%

SSI

14%

WIC

68%

SNAP

75%

English

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

19%

Other/Unspecified

HOME LANGUAGE

BA or higher

3%

Black or African American

RACE

PARENT EDUCATION

Hispanic/Latino

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

76%

Spanish

18%

East Asian

1%

Middle Eastern

1%

Other/Unspecified

4%

Meets income requirement

93%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

15%
2%
5%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

58%
35%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
99%

98%

97%

96%

98%

96%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

95%
77%

89%
69%

2%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

83%
58%

90%
22%
4%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

335

11%
Mental health services

RHODE ISLAND Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

CDA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$30,827

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012

$32,626

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$30,816

Speaks a language
other than English

11%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

16%

25%

9%
100%
80%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

Difference
$35,102

Public elementary
school teacher

Not reported

Teacher left

22%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

$26,682

Teachers with an AA

2014

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$24,232

All teachers

AA

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months

13%
3%
20%

Home visitor
vacancies filled

$65,918

80%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

336

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

RHODE ISLAND Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

42%

42%

42%

37%

32%

26%

26%

2012

2013

20%

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2014

26%

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

0%

0%

0%

2%

6%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

0%

0%

0%

0%

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate
100
75

70%

50

38%

25
0

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

50

50

25

Rhode Island

National average

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

21%
8%
Rhode Island

337

National average

25
0

12%

10%

Rhode Island

National average

RHODE ISLAND Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$31,489

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$29,968

Teachers with an AA

$27,909

Teachers with a
BA or higher

2011
CDA

2012

18%

Speaks a language
other than English

2015

Teacher left

19%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

25%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

18%
7%
11%
74%

Home visitor left 0%

Home visitor left for
better compensation 0%

$32,481
Difference
$33,437

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$21,538

All teachers

AA

Home visitor vacanies No turnover

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No turnover

$65,918

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Caribbean
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

338

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

RHODE ISLAND Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

23%

22%

2007

18%

2008

2009

10%

10%

2010

2011

7%

7%

6%

2012

2013

2014

10%
2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year
100

78%
75
49%

50
25
0

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

25

10%
Rhode Island

National average

8%
Rhode Island

7%
National average

Child turnover rate

Rhode Island

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

20%

Rhode Island

14%
National average

25

4%
0

Rhode Island

339

National average

8%
Rhode Island

18%

25

16%

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

0%
Rhode Island

National average

National average

SOUTH CAROLINA.Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

13,544

5%

8%

Pregnant Women

154

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$27,231,000

< 3-Year-Olds

1,971

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$83,476,548

3-Year-Olds

6,377

11%

19%

4-Year-Olds

5,042

8%

14%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

5.7

80

6.0

5.7

5.4

60

2.5

40

2.9

2
19%

20
0

$110,707,548

Total Federal Funding

2%

18%

14%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
South Carolina
National average

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

South Carolina

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80
67%

$80,000

73%

60

$57,092

$60,000
$46,533

40

30%

$40,000

30%

Early Head Start

South Carolina

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Head Start
South Carolina

Public elementary school

National average

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
87%

$14,000

78%

$12,815

$13,551

$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60
40

Early Head Start

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS
80

$24,201

$20,000

20
0

$33,387

$26,505 $29,769

42%

$8,000

44%

$7,310

$7,731

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

South Carolina

$0

Head Start
National average

340

Early Head Start

South Carolina
South Carolina (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

SOUTH CAROLINA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

13,544

2,125

11,419

13,464

2,125

11,339

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

80

80

14,925

1,824

13,101

145

144

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$110,707,548

$27,231,000

$83,476,548

$110,707,548

$27,231,000

$83,476,548

$109,764,780

$27,231,000

$82,533,780

$942,768

$0

$942,768

$0

$0

$0

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$13,340

$13,551

$12,815

$12,706

$12,526

$12,575

$10,000
$7,757

$7,491

$7,735

$8,161

2007

2008

2009

2010

$7,531

$7,832

$7,160

$6,890

$7,372

$7,310

$7,731

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

341

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

SOUTH CAROLINA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

10%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

90%

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

BA or higher

8%
19%

AA, vocational school, some college

HSD/GED

48%

Less than HSD/GED

25%

78%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

12%

Biracial/Multi-racial

5%

Other/Unspecified

5%

HOME LANGUAGE

English

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

Black or African American

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 0%

92%

Spanish

7%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 0%
Other/Unspecified

1%

TANF

8%

SSI

6%

WIC

41%

SNAP

59%

Meets income requirement

94%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

8%
1%
3%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

82%
39%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
98%

98%

96%

95%

95%

92%

89%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
90%

87%

72%

46%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

57%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

67%

49%

Health education

13%

11%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

342

7%
Mental health services

SOUTH CAROLINA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$23,225

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$20,952

Teachers with an AA

$23,183

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

AA

CDA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

2%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$16,153

All teachers

2011

18%

3%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled
Home visitor left

$26,505

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$20,028

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$46,533

16%
8%
10%
79%
23%
19%
17%
67%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

343

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

SOUTH CAROLINA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
85%

83%

80

81%
71%

67%

74%

74%

73%

2012

2013

2014

78%

60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

16%

13%

2007

2008

8%

6%

4%

5%

6%

5%

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

10%
2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50
25
0

38%

25

14%

South Carolina

National average

3%

8%

South Carolina

National average

344

25
0

6%

10%

South Carolina

National average

SOUTH CAROLINA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$23,046

CDA

2012

2%

Teacher left

2%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

$19,290

Teachers with a
BA or higher

29%

2015

22%
11%
11%
60%

Home visitor left No home visitors

Home visitor left for
better compensation No home visitors

$24,201
Difference
$22,332

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$9,500

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$16,578

All teachers

2011

AA

Home visitor vacanies No home visitors

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No home visitors

$46,533

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

ECD management degree qualifications

No home visitors

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

345

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

SOUTH CAROLINA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100

91%

86%

93%

90%

80

79%

79%

2010

2011

87%

87%

2014

2015

77%

60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

2012

2013

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

87%

75
49%

50
25
0

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

25

South Carolina

National average

94%

4%

7%

South Carolina

National average

Child turnover rate

100

South Carolina

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

75

75

75

50

50

50

South Carolina

National average

25
0

1%

346

National average

South Carolina

18%

25
4%

South Carolina

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

14%

57%

National average

100

14%

75

65%

100

25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

0%
South Carolina

National average

National average

SOUTH DAKOTA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview
FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

4,602

7%

18%

Pregnant Women

87

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$7,091,000

< 3-Year-Olds

745

2%

5%

Head Start Funding

$29,107,557

3-Year-Olds

1,725

14%

34%

4-Year-Olds

2,045

17%

41%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$36,198,557

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

5.8

80

6.0

5.7

5.4

5
4

60
40

34%

5%
0

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
South Dakota

2.9

2
20%

18%

20

2.9

41%

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

South Dakota

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

69%

$80,000

73%

60

$57,092

$60,000

40
24%

$40,000

30%

$34,514

$40,786

$31,685 $33,387

$29,769

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

South Dakota

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Head Start
South Dakota

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$13,734

$14,000

80

$12,000

$11,456

$12,575
$9,257

$10,000

60
40

Early Head Start

37%

$8,000

44%

42%

$7,721

$8,038

$6,000

29%

$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

South Dakota

$0

Head Start
National average

347

Early Head Start

South Dakota
South Dakota (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

SOUTH DAKOTA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

4,602

832

3,770

2,912

619

2,293

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

1,690

213

1,477

5,397

1,188

4,209

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING
TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$36,198,557

$7,091,000

$29,107,557

$36,198,557

$7,091,000

$29,107,557

Head Start Federal Funding

$22,843,940

$7,091,000

$15,752,940

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

$13,354,617

Not available

$13,354,617

$0

$0

$0

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$13,734
$11,042

$12,575

$11,456

$11,181

$11,026

$9,257

$10,000
$7,669

$7,405

$7,614

$7,870

2008

2009

2010

$7,366

$7,552

$6,743

$7,745

$8,038

$7,721

$6,520

$5,000

$0

2007

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

348

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

SOUTH DAKOTA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

7%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

93%

American Indian/Alaska Native

48%

BA or higher

9%
21%

AA, vocational school, some college

HSD/GED

47%

Less than HSD/GED

20%

Asian 1%
5%

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

RACE

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

38%

Biracial/Multi-racial

7%

HOME LANGUAGE

English
Spanish

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

Other/Unspecified 1%

92%
4%

East Asian 1%
European & Slavic

2%

African 1%
Other/Unspecified 0%

TANF
SSI

10%
7%

WIC

50%

SNAP

59%

Meets income requirement

86%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

13%
2%
8%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

53%
32%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
98%

96%

95%

95%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

94%

91%

91%

83%
69%
55%

52%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

55%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

52%

66%
10%
Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

4%

6%

Adult education

Mental health services

349

SOUTH DAKOTA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$28,252

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

$29,581

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Current/Former
Head Start parent

23%

Speaks a language
other than English

2015

Not reported

Teacher left

5%

11%

24%

Teacher left for

better compensation 0%
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled
Home visitor left
Home visitor left for
better compensation

$34,514
Difference
$6,272

Public elementary
school teacher

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$24,491

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$23,396

All teachers

2011

26%
68%
15%

2%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$40,786

100%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Native North American/Alaska Native
African
Other/Unspecified

350

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

SOUTH DAKOTA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

48%
37%

40

31%

31%

2010

2011

35%

35%

38%

37%

2012

2013

2014

2015

23%
20
0

2007

2008

2009

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

2%

3%

4%

6%

2007

2008

2009

2010

0%
2011

5%

5%

5%

2012

2013

2014

0%
2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

39%

38%

25
0

25

South Dakota

National average

11%

8%

South Dakota

National average

351

25
0

14%

10%

South Dakota

National average

SOUTH DAKOTA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$28,421

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

Teacher left

2%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

$23,300

Teachers with a
BA or higher

36%

5%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

2015

22%
5%
17%
51%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$31,685
Difference
$9,101

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$18,258

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$15,404

All teachers

2011

AA

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$40,786

17%
6%
17%
100%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
Native North American/Alaska Native
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

352

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

SOUTH DAKOTA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
26%
20
0

2007

20%

20%

2008

2009

25%

28%

29%

26%

29%

2012

2013

2014

2015

19%

2010

2011

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year
100
75

65%
43%

50

42%

31%
25

25

South Dakota

National average

South Dakota

25

25

7%

5%

6%

National average

Child turnover rate

South Dakota

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of children in double sessions

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

25
0

11%

14%

South Dakota

National average

25
0

25
2%

4%

South Dakota

National average

353

South Dakota

23%

South Dakota

18%

National average

National average

TENNESSEE Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

17,750

4%

8%

Pregnant Women

213

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$30,903,000

< 3-Year-Olds

2,118

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$117,287,530

3-Year-Olds

6,368

8%

15%

4-Year-Olds

9,051

11%

19%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

3.1

40
15%
2%

19%

18%

20%

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds

5.7

2.9

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Tennessee

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000
75%

80

$80,000

73%

60

$57,092

$60,000
33%

$40,000

30%

$47,979
$32,836 $33,387

$29,769

$27,877

$20,000

20
Early Head Start
Tennessee

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

Head Start
Tennessee

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

40

5.8

1
0

Tennessee

60

6.0

20

6.0

60

40

7
6

80

$148,190,530

Total Federal Funding

$13,257

$13,653

$12,575

$12,000
62%
50%
42%

$10,000
$8,000

44%

$7,607

$7,833

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Tennessee

$0

Head Start
National average

354

Early Head Start

Tennessee
Tennessee (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

TENNESSEE Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

17,750

2,331

15,419

17,750

2,331

15,419

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

20,256

2,165

18,091

328

88

240

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$148,190,530

$30,903,000

$117,287,530

$148,190,530

$30,903,000

$117,287,530

$148,190,530

$30,903,000

$117,287,530

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$14,737

$15,000

$10,000

$8,381

$8,122

$8,351

$8,580

2007

2008

2009

2010

$8,056

$8,264

$14,478

$7,650

$13,428

$7,449

$13,653

$13,257

$7,743

$12,575

$7,607

$7,833

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

355

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

TENNESSEE Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

13%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

87%

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

BA or higher

4%
19%

AA, vocational school, some college

HSD/GED

58%

Less than HSD/GED

19%

Asian 1%

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

40%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

46%

Biracial/Multi-racial

6%

Other/Unspecified

7%

HOME LANGUAGE

English

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

Black or African American

88%

Spanish

10%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 1%
African 1%
Other/Unspecified 0%

TANF
SSI

20%
8%

WIC

39%

SNAP

58%

Meets income requirement

91%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

11%
2%
2%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

64%
39%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
99%

99%

98%

98%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

99%

98%

86%

94%

87%

59%

24%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

71%

81%

46%
21%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

10%

8%

Adult education

Mental health services

356

TENNESSEE Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$24,288

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

Speaks a language
other than English

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

4%

Teacher left

4%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$24,683

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

18%

$20,984

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$11,524

All teachers

2011

13%
2%

Home visitor left

$27,877

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$20,102

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$47,979

7%
59%
22%

67%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
Other/Unspecified

357

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

TENNESSEE Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80

75%

71%

69%

68%

68%

65%

60

61%
47%

50%

2014

2015

4%

4%

6%

2013

2014

2015

40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

19%
8%

7%

6%

2007

2008

2009

15%

12%

2010

2011

2012

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

39%

38%

25

25

8%

2%
0

Tennessee

National average

Tennessee

National average

358

25
4%
0

Tennessee

10%
National average

TENNESSEE Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$28,404

CDA

2012

Teacher left

2%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

$20,664

Teachers with a
BA or higher

26%

4%

2015

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

11%
2%
2%
66%

Home visitor left 0%

Home visitor left for
better compensation 0%

$32,836
Difference
$15,143

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$10,256

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$17,339

All teachers

2011

AA

Home visitor vacanies No turnover

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No turnover

$47,979

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Other/Unspecified

359

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

TENNESSEE Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
66%

69%

64%

69%

69%

62%

60

50%

48%

49%

2012

2013

2014

40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs
100

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year
100

81%
75

68%
49%

50

75

75

50

50

75

65%

50
32%

25
0

25

Tennessee

National average

25

11%

7%

Tennessee

National average

Child turnover rate

25

Tennessee

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

12%

14%

Tennessee

National average

25
0

1%
Tennessee

National average

360

Tennessee

18%

25
4%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

42%

0%
Tennessee

National average

National average

TEXAS Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

73,236

4%

7%

Pregnant Women

894

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$136,445,000

< 3-Year-Olds

9,513

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$467,174,263

3-Year-Olds

28,279

7%

13%

4-Year-Olds

34,550

9%

16%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$603,619,263

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

5.9

80

6.0

5.7

5.6

60
40

2.9

2.7

3
2

20

13%
2%

18%

16%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Texas

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Texas

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

74%

$80,000

73%

60

$60,000

40

$40,000

30%
17%

20
0

$50,175
$37,619

$0

Head Start
National average

Early Head Start

Head Start
Texas

PROGRAM DURATION

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000
73%

$12,000

69%

$13,111

$11,896

$12,575

$10,000

60
40

$33,387

$20,000

Early Head Start

Texas

80

$29,769

$28,810

$57,092

42%

$7,436

$8,000

44%

$8,038
$6,747

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Texas

$0

Head Start
National average

361

Early Head Start

Texas
Texas (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

TEXAS Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

73,260

10,431

62,829

73,202

10,407

62,795

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

24

24

American Indian/
Alaska Native

34

34

83,157

11,248

71,909

1,141

388

753

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
100,000

75,000

50,000

25,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$603,619,263

$136,445,000

$467,174,263

$603,619,263

$136,445,000

$467,174,263

$603,179,267

$136,445,000

$466,734,267

$439,996

$0

$439,996

$0

$0

$0

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$13,123

$12,698

$13,111

$12,730

$12,575

$11,896

$10,000
$8,151

$7,866

$8,098

$8,373

$7,762

2010

2011

$8,119

$7,534

$7,338

$7,521

$7,436

$8,038
$6,747

$5,000

$0

2007

2008

2009

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

362

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

TEXAS Head Start & Early Head Start

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

1%

Asian

1%

RACE

Black or African American

18%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

2%

White

63%

Biracial/Multi-racial

BA or higher

4%

4%
18%

AA, vocational school, some college

HSD/GED

43%

Less than HSD/GED

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

29%

American Indian/Alaska Native

TANF
SSI

33%

4%
7%

WIC

57%

SNAP

60%

11%

Other/Unspecified

English

HOME LANGUAGE

PARENT EDUCATION

71%

Hispanic/Latino

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

64%

Spanish

34%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern

1%

Other/Unspecified

1%

Meets income requirement

91%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

10%

Child was referred to Head Start

by child welfare

2%

Child experienced homelessness

3%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

58%
29%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
95%

93%

95%

93%

96%

91%

85%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
95%

90%

62%

Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

33%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

62%

29%
19%

Parenting education

Health education

17%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

10%

10%

Adult education

Mental health services

363

TEXAS Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

CDA

Current/Former
Head Start parent

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

Teacher left

54%

26%

Speaks a language
other than English

$24,906

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$20,989

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$24,117

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

AA

2012

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$15,973

All teachers

2011

46%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

18%
6%
9%
78%

Home visitor left

$28,810

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$21,635

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$50,175

20%
5%
7%
61%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Other/Unspecified

364

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

TEXAS Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
84%

84%

80

76%

73%

70%

71%

72%

72%

73%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

8%

9%

6%

8%

6%

5%

5%

5%

6%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

35%

38%

25

25

8%

1%
0

Texas

National average

Texas

National average

365

25
0

9%

10%

Texas

National average

TEXAS Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

2012

Current/Former
Head Start parent

Teachers with a
BA or higher

26%

46%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

2015

16%
5%
7%
66%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$37,619
Difference
$12,556

Public elementary
school teacher

Teacher left

58%

Speaks a language
other than English

$25,639

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$24,171

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino
$34,570

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2011
CDA

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$18,522

All teachers

AA

20%
3%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$50,175

92%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Other/Unspecified

366

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

TEXAS Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80

72%

71%

68%

2007

2008

2009

74%

73%

71%

70%

69%

69%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

60
40
20
0

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

98%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

100

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

79%
75

69%
49%

50
25

25

Texas

National average

Texas

National average

Child turnover rate

Texas

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

12%

14%

Texas

National average

25
0

25
0%

4%

Texas

National average

367

Texas

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

42%

7%

3%
0

75

65%

10%
Texas

18%

National average

National average

UTAH Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

6,558

3%

6%

Pregnant Women

102

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$13,472,000

< 3-Year-Olds

1,010

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$39,444,996

3-Year-Olds

2,059

4%

9%

4-Year-Olds

3,387

7%

15%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.1

80

6.0

5.9

3.3

40

2.9

2
18%

20
2%

15%

9%

2%

< 3-year-olds

20%

1
0

3-year-olds
Utah

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Utah

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%
64%

60

$57,092

$60,000
46%

40

$45,848
$40,000

30%

Early Head Start

Utah

$0

Head Start
National average

$33,387

Early Head Start

Head Start

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000

$12,115

$12,375

$12,575

$10,000

60

$7,243

$8,000

44%

42%

40

$25,102

Utah

PROGRAM DURATION

20

$28,382 $29,769

$20,000

20
0

5.7

60

$52,916,996

Total Federal Funding

$7,398

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

17%

$2,000

2%
Early Head Start
Utah

$0

Head Start
National average

368

Early Head Start

Utah
Utah (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

UTAH Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

6,558

1,112

5,446

6,343

1,112

5,231

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

215

215

7,503

1,342

6,161

76

16

60

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING
TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$52,916,996

$13,472,000

$39,444,996

$52,916,996

$13,472,000

$39,444,996

Head Start Federal Funding

$51,029,242

$13,472,000

$37,557,242

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

$1,887,754

$0

$1,887,754

$0

$0

$0

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$10,000
$8,054

$7,611

$7,996

2008

2009

$8,199

$7,369

$7,699

$12,575

$12,375

$12,115

$11,472

$10,301

$9,657
$7,296

$6,643

$7,581

$7,243

$7,398

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2007

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

369

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

UTAH Head Start & Early Head Start

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

52%

American Indian/Alaska Native

6%

Asian

12%
17%

AA, vocational school, some college

HSD/GED

48%

Less than HSD/GED

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

RACE

BA or higher

23%

2%

Black or African American

3%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

2%

White

67%

Biracial/Multi-racial

5%

TANF

4%

SSI

4%

WIC

50%

SNAP

42%

15%

Other/Unspecified

English

HOME LANGUAGE

PARENT EDUCATION

48%

Hispanic/Latino

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

68%

Spanish

29%

East Asian

1%

Middle Eastern

1%

Other/Unspecified

1%

Meets income requirement

81%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

16%
2%
9%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

40%
25%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
97%

91%

91%

85%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

97%

89%

93%

86%
72%

40%

Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

64%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

55%

76%
22%
12%

Parenting education

Health education

14%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

370

17%

Mental health services

UTAH Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

2012

CDA

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$26,146

2013

Teacher left

16%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

21%
4%

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$25,286

Teachers with an AA

$26,823

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$28,392

Home visitor left for

better compensation 1%

Difference
$17,466

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

Public elementary
school teacher

Speaks a language
other than English

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

27%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$13,697

All teachers

AA

2011

32%

Home visitor left

$45,848

8%
83%
20%

69%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Mexican and South & Central American
Middle Eastern
East Asian
Native North American/Alaska Native
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

371

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

UTAH Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

26%

23%

20
0

2007

2008

19%

2009

27%
18%

2010

14%

2011

2012

21%

20%

17%

2013

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

12%

2007

6%

4%

5%

6%

3%

2%

2%

2%

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate
100
75

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

75

75

50

50

55%
50

38%

25

25

8%

1%
0

Utah

National average

Utah

National average

372

25
0

8%

10%

Utah

National average

UTAH Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

All teachers

$24,168

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$24,400

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

No ECE-related credentials

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

26%

Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

17%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$21,106

Teachers with a
BA or higher

2012

CDA

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$15,949

Teachers with an AA

2011

AA

22%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

25%
5%
5%
69%

Home visitor left

$25,102

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$20,746

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled 0%

$45,848

23%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
Native North American/Alaska Native
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

373

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

UTAH Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

8%

7%

7%

2007

2008

2009

3%

3%

3%

1%

2%

2%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50
25

25
4%

Utah

National average

Utah

100

National average

Child turnover rate

46%

50

25

25

Utah

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

13%

14%

Utah

National average

25
0

0%
Utah

National average

374

1%
Utah

51%

18%

25
4%

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

7%

2%
0

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

Utah

National average

National average

VERMONT Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

1,503

5%

11%

Pregnant Women

38

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$6,164,000

< 3-Year-Olds

395

2%

5%

Head Start Funding

$10,372,184

3-Year-Olds

479

8%

18%

4-Year-Olds

591

10%

19%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$16,536,184

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START

100

6.5

7
6

80
60

3.7

5.7

2.9

40

6.2

6.0

2
18%

20
5%
0

19%

18%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Vermont

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Vermont

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000
85%

80

$80,000

73%

60
40

$57,642

$60,000

50%

$40,000

30%

$31,134

$28,839 $29,769

$57,092

$33,387

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

Vermont

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Head Start
Vermont

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$14,236

$15,536
$12,575

$12,000
$9,694

$10,000

60

22%

$10,579
$8,038

$8,000

44%

42%

40
20

Early Head Start

$6,000

28%

$4,000
$2,000

Early Head Start

Vermont

$0

Head Start
National average

375

Early Head Start

Vermont
Vermont (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

VERMONT Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

1,503

433

1,070

1,503

433

1,070

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

1,765

511

1,254

199

10

189

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$16,536,184

$6,164,000

$10,372,184

$16,536,184

$6,164,000

$10,372,184

$16,536,184

$6,164,000

$10,372,184

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,536
$15,000

$10,000

$10,061

$9,716

$10,294

$10,429

$10,003

$10,121

$13,498

$13,481

$13,079

$9,187

$14,236

$9,903

$12,575
$9,998

$9,694

$10,579
$8,038

$5,000

$0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

376

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

VERMONT Head Start & Early Head Start

5%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

95%

American Indian/Alaska Native

1%

Asian

2%

Black or African American

4%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

83%

Biracial/Multi-racial

7%

Other/Unspecified

3%

HOME LANGUAGE

English
Spanish

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

PARENT EDUCATION

Hispanic/Latino

94%
1%

East Asian

2%

Middle Eastern

1%

African

2%

BA or higher

Other/Unspecified 0%

6%
25%

AA, vocational school, some college

HSD/GED

51%

Less than HSD/GED

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

18%

TANF

44%

SSI

15%

WIC

68%

SNAP

68%

Meets income requirement

87%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

22%
3%
17%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

49%
38%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
90%

81%

99%

98%

100%

99%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
91%

84%

76%

75%

3%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

57%

53%

73%
20%
9%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

377

15%

Mental health services

VERMONT Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

No ECE-related credentials

Speaks a language
other than English

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

Teacher left

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$27,732

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

20%

$22,106

Teachers with an AA

2013

Hispanic or 0%
Latino

$24,052

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,546

All teachers

2011

1%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

16%
6%
60%
80%

Home visitor left

$28,839

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$28,803

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$57,642

23%
3%
29%
57%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

378

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

VERMONT Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

19%

19%

18%

16%

17%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

22%

22%

22%

22%

2012

2013

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

3%

1%

1%

2007

2008

2009

8%

4%

3%

5%

3%

5%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50
30%

38%

25
0

25

Vermont

National average

18%
8%
Vermont

National average

379

25
0

20%
10%
Vermont

National average

VERMONT Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Teacher left

Current/Former
Head Start parent

16%

Speaks a language
other than English 0%

$21,638

Teachers with a
BA or higher

2015

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

11%
4%
7%
100%

Home visitor left 0%

Home visitor left for
better compensation 0%

$31,134
Difference
$26,508

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$26,831

Teachers with an AA

2013

Hispanic or 0%
Latino

$29,478

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$21,427

All teachers

2011
CDA

Home visitor vacanies No turnover

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No turnover

$57,642

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

380

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

VERMONT Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

21%

24%

24%

25%

2007

2008

2009

2010

29%

28%

28%

27%

28%

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50

100

25

Vermont

National average

50

36%

25

Vermont

25

National average

Child turnover rate

Vermont

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

16%

Vermont

14%
National average

20%

25

20%

Vermont

National average

381

Vermont

18%

25
4%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

42%

7%

4%
0

75

65%

33%
25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

0%
Vermont

National average

National average

VIRGINIA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

14,427

3%

8%

TOTAL

FUNDING

228

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$29,196,000

< 3-Year-Olds

2,237

1%

2%

Head Start Funding

$93,865,318

3-Year-Olds

4,957

5%

13%

4-Year-Olds

7,005

7%

19%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

5.7

5.7

20

13%
2%

19%

18%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Virginia

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Virginia

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000
78%

80

$80,000

73%

60

$60,000

40

$40,000

30%
22%

$50,620
$38,124

$38,013
$29,769

$57,092

$33,387

$20,000

Early Head Start

Virginia

$0

Head Start
National average

Early Head Start

Head Start
Virginia

PROGRAM DURATION

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000

64%

$10,000

60
40

6.0

2.9

2.8

40

5.9

60

20

7
6

80

$123,061,318

Total Federal Funding

43%

42%

$12,575

$11,844
$10,262

$7,847

$8,000

44%

$6,799

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Virginia

$0

Head Start
National average

382

Early Head Start

Virginia
Virginia (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

VIRGINIA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

14,427

2,465

11,962

14,427

2,465

11,962

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

17,176

2,755

14,421

287

287

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$123,061,318

$29,196,000

$93,865,318

$123,061,318

$29,196,000

$93,865,318

$123,061,318

$29,196,000

$93,865,318

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$10,000

$12,253

$11,951

$11,776

$12,575

$11,844
$10,262

$8,442

$8,116

$8,382

$8,600

$8,066

$8,322

$7,794

$7,610

$7,557

$7,847

$8,038
$6,799

$5,000

$0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

383

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

VIRGINIA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

19%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

Asian

81%

1%
2%

RACE

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

32%

Biracial/Multi-racial

8%

Other/Unspecified

7%

English
12%

Mexican and South & Central American

1%

East Asian

1%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

HOME LANGUAGE

23%

AA, vocational school, some college

HSD/GED

47%

Less than HSD/GED

24%

TANF
SSI

13%
8%

WIC

48%

SNAP

57%

81%

Spanish

2%

African

1%

African

1%

Other/Unspecified

6%

47%
3%

White

Middle Eastern

BA or higher

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

American Indian/Alaska Native

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

2%

Meets income requirement

89%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

11%
3%
5%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

65%
32%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
97%

96%

96%

94%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

97%

96%

86%
76%

87%

81%

57%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

47%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

71%

46%
23%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

11%

10%

Adult education

Mental health services

384

VIRGINIA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$26,936

Teachers with an AA

$27,375

Teachers with a
BA or higher

CDA

Hispanic or
Latino

$29,764

2012
No ECE-related credentials

Teacher left

20%

Speaks a language
other than English

2015

Not reported

16%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

30%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

19%
3%
2%
70%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$38,013
Difference
$12,607

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$22,739

All teachers

AA

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$50,620

25%
3%
6%
75%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Mexican and South & Central American
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

385

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

VIRGINIA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40

36%

36%

37%

39%

38%

35%

36%

39%

43%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

20
0

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

13%

13%

12%

10%

8%

7%

7%

7%

7%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

42%

38%

25
0

25

Virginia

National average

9%

8%

Virginia

National average

386

25
0

17%

Virginia

10%
National average

VIRGINIA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino
$34,916

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

Teacher left

5%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

24%

Speaks a language
other than English

$26,797

Teachers with a
BA or higher

9%

2015

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

14%
5%
4%

Home visitor left

72%
19%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

$38,124
Difference
$12,496

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$23,982

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$19,210

All teachers

2011

AA

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$50,620

83%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Mexican and South & Central American
Middle Eastern
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

387

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

VIRGINIA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

57%

58%

60%

2007

2008

2009

64%

66%

64%

64%

63%

64%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

40
20
0

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100
75

68%
49%

50
25
0

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

National average

100

75

75

50

50

50

100

25

25

86%

6%

7%

Virginia

National average

Virginia

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

12%

14%

Virginia

National average

25
0

3%
Virginia

National average

388

Virginia

18%

25
4%

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

75

65%

51%

Child turnover rate

25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

25

Virginia

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

3%
0

Virginia

National average

National average

WASHINGTON Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

13,453

3%

7%

FUNDING

273

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$39,713,000

< 3-Year-Olds

2,969

1%

3%

Head Start Funding

$98,632,728

3-Year-Olds

4,101

5%

10%

4-Year-Olds

6,110

7%

16%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.2

80

6.0

5.9

5.7

5
4

60

3.0

40

2.9

2
18%

20
3%
0

16%

10%

2%

< 3-year-olds

20%

1
0

3-year-olds
Washington

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Washington

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%

60

$60,000

53%

40

30%

$40,000

30%

$51,857
$39,073
$29,769

$57,092

$30,984 $33,387

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

Washington

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Head Start
Washington

Public elementary school

National average

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$13,723

$12,572

$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60

$9,651

$8,000

44%

42%

40
20

Early Head Start

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

$138,345,728

Total Federal Funding

$8,842

$8,038

$6,000
13%
Early Head Start
Washington

$4,000
8%

$2,000
$0

Head Start
National average

389

Early Head Start

Washington
Washington (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

WASHINGTON Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded
State Supplemental
MIECHV Funded
American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

13,783

3,253

10,530

12,040

2,894

9,146

330

20

310

1,413

339

1,074

16,989

4,400

12,589

372

32

340

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$138,345,728

$39,713,000

$98,632,728

$138,345,728

$39,713,000

$98,632,728

$128,465,154

$39,713,000

$88,752,154

$9,880,574

Not available

$9,880,574

$0

Not available

Not available

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$13,723

$12,744
$10,000

$10,248

$9,897

$10,440

$10,603

$9,867

$10,210

$12,422
$9,584

$12,572

$12,072
$9,335

$9,862

$9,651

$12,575
$8,842

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

390

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

WASHINGTON Head Start & Early Head Start

47%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

53%

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian

9%
3%

RACE

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

55%

Biracial/Multi-racial

9%

Other/Unspecified

14%

English

1%
2%
1%

European & Slavic

1%

Other/Unspecified

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

HOME LANGUAGE

34%

Middle Eastern

African

6%
22%

AA, vocational school, some college

HSD/GED

37%

Less than HSD/GED

33%

TANF
SSI

18%
6%

WIC

66%

SNAP

52%

55%

Spanish

East Asian

BA or higher

9%
1%

White

Mexican and South & Central American

PARENT EDUCATION

Hispanic/Latino

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

4%
2%

Meets income requirement

87%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

12%
2%
9%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

43%
31%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
97%

92%

99%

97%

98%

96%

85%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
94%

88%

71%

30%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

50%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

54%

70%

27%
13%
Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

391

8%
Mental health services

WASHINGTON Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

Hispanic or
Latino

$33,763

2012
No ECE-related credentials

Teacher left

31%

Speaks a language
other than English

$33,917

Teachers with a
BA or higher

37%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

15%
3%
19%
53%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$39,073
Difference
$12,784

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

24%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$29,232

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$23,016

All teachers

AA

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$51,857

14%
1%
3%
69%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

392

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

WASHINGTON Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

20%

20%

21%

19%

18%

16%

14%

16%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

13%

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

9%

9%

5%

4%

3%

3%

2%

2%

1%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

48%
38%

25
0

25

Washington

National average

13%

8%

Washington

National average

393

25
0

14%

Washington

10%
National average

WASHINGTON Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$30,182

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012

CDA

Teacher left

18%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

27%

Speaks a language
other than English

$29,707

Teachers with a
BA or higher

22%

2015

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

17%
6%
16%
62%

Home visitor left 0%

Home visitor left for
better compensation 0%

$30,984
Difference
$20,873

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$20,063

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,833

All teachers

2011

AA

Home visitor vacanies No turnover

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No turnover

$51,857

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

394

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

WASHINGTON Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

16%

12%
2007

2008

10%

11%

11%

9%

9%

8%

8%

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50
25
0

25

10%
Washington

National average

100

50

25

Washington

National average

Child turnover rate

25

16%

Washington

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

17%

Washington

14%
National average

25
0

25

9%

4%

Washington

National average

395

42%

8%
Washington

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

7%

5%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

10%
Washington

18%

National average

National average

WEST VIRGINIA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview
FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

8,138

8%

15%

Pregnant Women

165

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$12,331,000

< 3-Year-Olds

855

1%

3%

Head Start Funding

$50,247,266

3-Year-Olds

1,935

9%

19%

4-Year-Olds

5,183

26%

47%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100
80

2.8

40

3%

20%

18%

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds

2.9

West Virginia

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

TEACHER DEGREE

$100,000

92%

80

$80,000

73%

60

$57,092

$60,000

40

$40,000

30%
22%

$37,620
$29,248 $29,769

$45,499
$33,387

$20,000

Early Head Start

West Virginia

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

Head Start
West Virginia

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000

$12,089

$13,242

$12,575

$10,000

60

$8,000

44%

42%

40

5.7

5.6

1
0

West Virginia

20

6.0

2
19%

20

5.9

4
47%

20

7
6
5

60

$62,578,266

Total Federal Funding

$7,059

$7,733

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

19%

$2,000

3%
Early Head Start
West Virginia

$0

Head Start
National average

396

Early Head Start

West Virginia
West Virginia (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

WEST VIRGINIA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

8,138

1,020

7,118

8,138

1,020

7,118

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

9,262

1,277

7,985

235

235

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20

2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

4-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$62,578,266

$12,331,000

$50,247,266

$62,578,266

$12,331,000

$50,247,266

$62,578,266

$12,331,000

$50,247,266

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$13,242
$11,224

$11,224

$10,565

$12,575

$12,089

$10,000
$7,592

$7,400

$7,609

$7,835

2007

2008

2009

2010

$7,193

$7,525

$7,120

$7,030

$7,129

$7,059

$7,733

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

397

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

WEST VIRGINIA Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

3%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

97%

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

BA or higher

7%

AA, vocational school, some college

21%
51%

HSD/GED
Less than HSD/GED

15%

7%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

85%

Biracial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

7%

98%

HOME LANGUAGE

English
Spanish

1%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 0%
Other/Unspecified

TANF
SSI

8%
10%
42%

WIC
SNAP

54%

1%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

Black or African American

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 0%

1%

Meets income requirement

86%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

17%

Child was referred to Head Start

by child welfare

4%

Child experienced homelessness

5%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

47%
41%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
96%

90%

98%

96%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

97%

94%

85%

93%
81%

68%

64%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

55%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

58%

77%
Parenting education

Health education

10%

6%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

398

15%

Mental health services

WEST VIRGINIA Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

$24,515

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$21,987

Teachers with an AA

$23,311

Teachers with a
BA or higher

AA

CDA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

2014

Hispanic or
Latino

Not reported

Teacher left 2%

2%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

22%

4%

Teacher left for

better compensation 2%
Teacher vacancies 0%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled
Home visitor left

$29,248

100%
10%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$16,251

Public elementary
school teacher

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$15,441

All teachers

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$45,499

17%
50%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
Other/Unspecified

399

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

WEST VIRGINIA Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

18%

18%

18%

20%

2007

2008

2009

2010

14%

14%

16%

19%

19%

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

2%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

5%

5%

3%

2010

2011

2012

0%

0%

0%

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

40%

38%

25

25

8%

1%
0

West Virginia

National average

West Virginia

400

National average

25
0

16%

West Virginia

10%
National average

WEST VIRGINIA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$32,981

CDA

2012

Teacher left

1%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

$21,497

Teachers with a
BA or higher

26%

1%

2015

6%

Teacher left for 1%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
5%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

70%

Home visitor left

50%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

$37,620
Difference
$7,879

Public elementary
school teacher

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$15,536

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,558

All teachers

2011

AA

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$45,499

100%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
Other/Unspecified

401

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

WEST VIRGINIA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

16%

18%

13%

2007

2008

5%

5%

2009

2010

14%

2011

12%

2012

2013

3%

3%

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

87%

75
49%

50
25
0

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

75

75

50

50

25

West Virginia

National average

100

50

25

West Virginia

5%

West Virginia

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

14%

West Virginia

National average

25
0

1%
West Virginia

National average

402

West Virginia

18%

25
4%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

12%

42%

25
4%

National average

Child turnover rate

25

75

65%

7%

1%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

1%
West Virginia

National average

National average

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FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

15,100

4%

10%

Pregnant Women

253

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$27,696,000

< 3-Year-Olds

2,317

1%

3%

Head Start Funding

$93,273,813

3-Year-Olds

7,330

11%

27%

4-Year-Olds

5,200

7%

16%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.0

80

6.0

5.7

5.7

60
40

27%
18%

20
3%
0

16%

20%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Wisconsin

2.9

2.8

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Wisconsin

National average

Emotional Support

Classroom Organization

National average

Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

74%

$80,000

73%

60

$54,535 $57,092

$60,000

40

29%

$40,000

30%

$33,845

$35,354 $33,387

$29,769

$20,000

20
0

Early Head Start

Wisconsin

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Head Start
Wisconsin

Public elementary school

National average

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000

$12,409

$12,773

$12,575

$10,000

60

$8,000

44%

42%

40
20

Early Head Start

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

$120,969,813

Total Federal Funding

$7,444

$7,663

$8,038

$6,000
21%

Early Head Start

Wisconsin

$4,000

14%

$2,000
$0

Head Start
National average

403

Early Head Start

Wisconsin
Wisconsin (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

WISCONSIN Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

15,619

2,663

12,956

14,068

2,232

11,836

State Supplemental

489

63

426

MIECHV Funded

30

30

1,032

338

694

18,456

3,529

14,927

578

140

438

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding
Head Start State Supplemental Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$127,233,913

$27,696,000

$99,537,913

$120,969,813

$27,696,000

$93,273,813

$114,647,602

$27,696,000

$86,951,602

$6,322,211

Not available

$6,322,211

$6,264,100

Not available

$6,264,100

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$7,499

$7,966

$8,156

$7,663

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

$7,898

$12,575

$10,347

$10,000
$7,730

$12,773

$12,409

$11,719

$11,078
$7,494

$7,903

$7,390

$7,444

$7,663

$8,038

$5,000

$0

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

404

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

WISCONSIN Head Start & Early Head Start

25%

Hispanic/Latino
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

75%

7%

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian

5%
26%

AA, vocational school, some college

HSD/GED

44%

Less than HSD/GED

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

26%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

49%

Biracial/Multi-racial

9%

Other/Unspecified

25%

TANF

16%

SSI

11%

WIC

56%

SNAP

68%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

5%

English

HOME LANGUAGE

BA or higher

4%

Black or African American

RACE

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

81%

Spanish

15%

East Asian

2%

Middle Eastern

1%

Other/Unspecified

1%

Meets income requirement

86%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

15%
4%
8%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

55%
36%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
95%

91%

96%

94%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

95%

92%

85%
67%
50%

49%

44%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

59%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

56%

74%

24%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

11%

11%

Adult education

Mental health services

405

WISCONSIN Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

CDA

Hispanic or
Latino

$28,265

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

AA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

17%

Speaks a language
other than English

Teachers with a
BA or higher

13%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

14%
4%
5%
67%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$33,845
Difference
$20,690

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

Teacher left

11%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$28,512

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$21,851

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$17,160

All teachers

2011

18%
7%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$54,535

94%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
Other/Unspecified

406

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

WISCONSIN Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

15%

13%

10%

2007

2008

2009

21%

19%

18%

17%

16%

16%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

9%

9%

8%

9%

2007

2008

2009

2010

5%

5%

5%

3%

6%

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

46%

38%

25
0

25

Wisconsin

National average

7%

8%

Wisconsin

National average

407

25
0

13%

10%

Wisconsin

National average

WISCONSIN Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$34,100

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2011

2012

CDA

Teacher left

12%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

27%

Speaks a language
other than English

$25,647

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2014

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$21,511

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$19,377

All teachers

AA

15%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

21%
7%
6%

Home visitor left

$35,354

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$19,181

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$54,535

83%
12%

100%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
Other/Unspecified

408

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

WISCONSIN Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

17%

2007

13%

15%

2008

2009

11%

10%

10%

12%

12%

14%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year
100
75

65%

50

42%

32%
25

18%

25

25

Wisconsin

National average

Wisconsin

25

7%

2%

National average

Child turnover rate

Wisconsin

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

11%

14%

Wisconsin

National average

25
0

40%
18%

25
5%

4%

Wisconsin

National average

409

Wisconsin

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

15%

Wisconsin

National average

National average

WYOMING Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

2,019

5%

13%

TOTAL

FUNDING

Pregnant Women

44

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$4,027,000

< 3-Year-Olds

429

2%

5%

Head Start Funding

$12,076,768

3-Year-Olds

638

8%

22%

4-Year-Olds

908

12%

28%

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

6.2

80

6.0

5.7

5.7

5
4

60

3.0

40
22%

20
5%
0

$16,103,768

Total Federal Funding

28%
20%

18%

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Wyoming

2.9

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

Wyoming

National average

Emotional Support
National average

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%
64%

60

$56,744 $57,092

$60,000
43%

40

$40,000

30%

Early Head Start

Wyoming

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

Head Start
Wyoming

Public elementary school

National average

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000

$12,575
$10,682

$11,156

$10,000

60
42%

$7,812

$8,000

44%

$8,159

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20
0

Early Head Start

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

40

$33,387

$20,000

20
0

$32,051

$28,760 $29,769

0%
Early Head Start
Wyoming

$2,000

1%

$0

Head Start
National average

410

Early Head Start

Wyoming
Wyoming (adjusted COL)

Head Start
National average

WYOMING Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

2,019

473

1,546

1,724

377

1,347

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

295

96

199

2,401

589

1,812

12

12

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING
TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$16,103,768

$4,027,000

$12,076,768

$16,103,768

$4,027,000

$12,076,768

Head Start Federal Funding

$14,478,824

$4,027,000

$10,451,824

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

$1,624,944

Not available

$1,624,944

$0

$0

$0

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,575
$9,786

$9,695

$10,000
$7,743

$7,677

$7,911

$8,017

$7,705

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

$7,691

$7,257

$7,327

$11,156

$10,682

$10,480
$7,992

$7,812

$8,159

$8,038

$5,000

$0

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

411

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

WYOMING Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

29%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

71%

American Indian/Alaska Native

18%

BA or higher

6%
26%

AA, vocational school, some college

HSD/GED

50%

Less than HSD/GED

18%

2%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1%

White
Biracial/Multi-racial

66%
4%

Other/Unspecified

HOME LANGUAGE

English

86%

Spanish

12%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 0%
Other/Unspecified

TANF

4%

SSI

5%

WIC

44%

SNAP

36%

8%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

Black or African American

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 1%

2%

Meets income requirement

81%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

25%
3%
12%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

50%
31%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
95%

93%

94%

91%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

96%

93%

81%

93%

85%

53%

34%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

85%

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

81%

91%
26%

25%
12%
Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

412

Mental health services

WYOMING Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$23,906

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$19,258

Teachers with an AA

$18,943

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

AA

CDA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
Teacher left

13%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$12,400

All teachers

2011

39%

14%

Teacher left for

better compensation 4%
Teacher vacancies 0%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled
Home visitor left

$28,760

Home visitor left for

better compensation 0%

Difference
$27,984

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$56,744

21%

83%
29%

67%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Native North American/Alaska Native
Other/Unspecified

413

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

WYOMING Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

36%

38%

25
0

25

Wyoming

National average

5%

8%

Wyoming

National average

414

25
4%
0

Wyoming

10%
National average

WYOMING Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$30,424

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$26,791

Teachers with an AA

$26,048

Teachers with a
BA or higher

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Teacher left

16%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

36%

17%
3%
6%
44%

Home visitor left 0%

Home visitor left for
better compensation 0%

$32,051
Difference
$24,693

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

16%

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$15,990

All teachers

2011
CDA

Home visitor vacanies No turnover

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No turnover

$56,744

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
Native North American/Alaska Native
Other/Unspecified

415

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

WYOMING Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

7%
2007

11%

9%

2008

2009

1%

1%

1%

1%

1%

1%

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

49%

50

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year
100
75

65%

50

42%

27%
25
0

25

Wyoming

National average

25
0%

Wyoming

25

7%
0

National average

Child turnover rate

7%

1%
Wyoming

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

17%

Wyoming

14%
National average

25
0

18%

25
4%

0%
Wyoming

National average

416

Wyoming

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

4%
0

Wyoming

National average

National average

AMERICAN SAMOA Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview
FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

1,322

26%

26%

Pregnant Women

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

< 3-Year-Olds

0%

0%

Head Start Funding

3-Year-Olds

572

60%

60%

4-Year-Olds

760

90%

90%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

$ 0
$2,317,881

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
100

90%

80

5
60%

60

DATA NOT AVAILABLE

40

2
20%

18%

20
2%
0%
< 3-year-olds

1
0

Instructional Support

3-year-olds
4-year-olds
American Samoa
National average

American Samoa

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

95%

80

$100,000
$80,000

73%

60

$60,000

NO EARLY HEAD START

40

$40,000

20

$20,000

$0

Early Head Start

American Samoa

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

$57,092

NO EARLY
HEAD START

Early Head Start

$23,596

$33,387

Head Start
American Samoa

Data not
available
Public elementary school
National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80
60

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

TEACHER SALARY

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

Emotional Support
National average

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

$12,000
$10,000

NO EARLY HEAD START

$8,000

44%

40

$8,038

NO EARLY HEAD START

$6,000
$4,000

20
0

$2,317,881

Total Federal Funding

Early Head Start

American Samoa

$1,740

$2,000

0%
Head Start
National average

$0

417

Early Head Start

American Samoa

Head Start
National average

AMERICAN SAMOA Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

1,332

1,332

1,332

1,332

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

1,339

1,339

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
2,000

1,500

1,000

500

2007

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2010

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2009
< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2008

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$2,317,881

$0

$2,317,881

$2,317,881

$0

$2,317,881

$2,317,881

$0

$2,317,881

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,575
$10,000
$8,038

$5,000
$1,616
$0

$1,561

$1,605

$1,609

$1,570

$1,784

$1,784
$0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

$0

$0

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

418

$1,740

$1,782

$1,658
$0

Not available
2015

National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

AMERICAN SAMOA Head Start & Early Head Start

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

Hispanic/Latino 0%
100%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

RACE

Black or African American 0%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

99%

White 0%
Biracial/Multi-racial

1%

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

HOME LANGUAGE

1%

Spanish 0%
Pacific Island

98%

Other/Unspecified

1%

7%

HSD/GED

65%

Less than HSD/GED

25%

TANF 0%
SSI 0%
88%

WIC
SNAP 0%

Other/Unspecified 0%

English

2%

AA, vocational school, some college

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 0%

BA or higher

100%

Meets income requirement

Child has an IEP/IFSP

6%

Child was referred to Head Start

by child welfare 0%
Child experienced homelessness 0%
Single parent family
Parental unemployment

28%
22%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
99%

99%

99%
85%

99%

99%

99%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
100%

100%

85%

0%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

80%

48%
21%

Parenting education

7%

7%

4%

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

419

Mental health services

AMERICAN SAMOA Early Head Start

NO EARLY HEAD START

ENROLLMENT

420

AMERICAN SAMOA Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

$23,032

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials None
Teachers with an AA

$16,696

Teachers with a
BA or higher

CDA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Teacher left

15%

Speaks a language
other than English

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

Hispanic or 0%
Latino
Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$16,696

All teachers

2011

AA

100%

9%

Teacher left for 0%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies 0%
filled

75%

Home visitor left No home visitors

Home visitor left for
better compensation No home visitors

$23,596
Difference
not
available

Home visitor vacanies No home visitors

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No home visitors

Public elementary Not available

school teacher

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

ECD management degree qualifications

No home visitors

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Pacific Island
Other/Unspecified

421

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

AMERICAN SAMOA Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

49%

50
25
0

25
0%
American Samoa

National average

National average

Child turnover rate

0%
American Samoa

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

14%

25

1%
0

American Samoa

National average

0%
American Samoa

National average

25%*

American Samoa

National average

92%

18%

25
4%

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

7%

0%
American Samoa

100

American Samoa

National average

*Reflects data for American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, and Virgin Islands

422

GUAM Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

534

4%

10%

Pregnant Women

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

< 3-Year-Olds

0%

0%

Head Start Funding

3-Year-Olds

91

3%

9%

4-Year-Olds

443

16%

43%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$2,537,054

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

$ 0
$2,537,054

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START

100

6.1

6
80

2.3

43%

40

20%

18%

9%

2%
0%
< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
Guam

Instructional support

4-year-olds

Classroom organization

National average

Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%

60

$60,000

NO EARLY HEAD START

44%
$40,000

20

$20,000

$0

Early Head Start

Guam

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

$57,092

NO EARLY
HEAD START

$42,430
$33,387
Data not
available

Early Head Start

Head Start
Guam

Public elementary school

National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000
$10,000

NO EARLY HEAD START

$8,000

44%

40

$8,038

NO EARLY HEAD START

$6,000

$4,751

$4,000

20
0

Emotional support

Guam*

National average

TEACHER DEGREE

60

2.9

20

40

5.7

5.6

5
4

60

6.0

Early Head Start

Guam

$2,000

0%
Head Start
National average

$0

423

Early Head Start

Guam

Head Start
National average

*Average for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands

GUAM Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

534

534

534

534

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

572

572

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
2,000

1,500

1,000

500

2007

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2010

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2009
< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2008

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$2,537,054

$0

$2,537,054

$2,537,054

$0

$2,537,054

$2,537,054

$0

$2,537,054

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,575
$10,000
$8,038
$5,663
$5,000

$0

$4,812

$5,622

$5,053

$4,732

2010

2011

$4,872

$4,872

$0
2007

2008

2009

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

$4,859

$4,528

$0

$0

$0

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

424

$4,751

Not available
2015

National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

GUAM Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

81%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

19%

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

2%

AA, vocational school, some college

4%

HSD/GED

51%

Less than HSD/GED

42%

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

13%

Asian
Black or African American 0%

RACE

BA or higher

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

74%

White 0%
Biracial/Multi-racial

13%

TANF

17%

SSI 0%
40%

WIC
SNAP

71%

80%

English

HOME LANGUAGE

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

Other/Unspecified 0%

Spanish 0%
East Asian

3%

Pacific Island
Other/Unspecified

16%
1%

Meets income requirement

95%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

8%

Child was referred to Head Start

by child welfare

1%

Child experienced homelessness

2%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

42%
38%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
98%

98%

92%

90%

94%

89%

87%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
88%

85%
62%

53%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

64%

74%
20%
10%
Parenting education

Health education

1%

3%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

425

Mental health services

GUAM Early Head Start

NO EARLY HEAD START

ENROLLMENT

426

GUAM Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials None
$40,343

Teachers with a
BA or higher

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino
$42,239

Teachers with an AA

2011
CDA

Teacher left

46%

Home visitor left No home visitors

Home visitor left for
better compensation No home visitors

$42,430

Public elementary Not available

school teacher

7%

Teacher left for

better compensation 0%
Teacher vacancies 0%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies 0%
filled

49%

Speaks a language
other than English

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
93%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,387

All teachers

AA

Difference
not
available

Home visitor vacanies No home visitors

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No home visitors

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

ECD management degree qualifications

No home visitors

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
Pacific Island
Other/Unspecified

427

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

GUAM Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100

100%

100%

100%

2008

2009

2010

80
60
40
20
0

0%
2007

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

100%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

49%

50
25
0

25
0%
Guam

National average

Guam

National average

Child turnover rate

Guam

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

7%
0

Guam

14%
National average

42%
25%*

25
0

0%

National average

Guam

National average

18%

25
4%

Guam

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

7%

0%

100

0%
0

Guam

National average

*Reflects data for American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, and Virgin Islands

428

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview
FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

542

11%

12%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$2,714,080

Total Federal Funding

Not available

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$920,000

< 3-Year-Olds

80

3%

3%

Head Start Funding

$1,794,080

3-Year-Olds

130

13%

15%

4-Year-Olds

332

33%

37%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START

100

6.1

6
80

60

2.3

3
37%

40
15%

20
3%
0

2%

National average

Research-based threshold

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

100%

$100,000
$80,000

73%

$57,092

$60,000

DATA NOT AVAILABLE

$40,000

20

$20,000

$0

Early Head Start

Northern Mariana Islands

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

DATA NOT
AVAILABLE

$35,429 $33,387

Early Head Start

Head Start
Northern Mariana Islands

Data not
available
Public elementary school
National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000

$11,500

$12,575

$10,000

60

DATA NOT AVAILABLE

$8,038

$8,000

44%

$6,000
$3,883

$4,000

20
0

Classroom organization

TEACHER SALARY

60

40

Emotional support

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

40

Instructional support
Northern Mariana Islands*

TEACHER DEGREE

80

2.9

1
0

< 3-year-olds
3-year-olds
4-year-olds
Northern Mariana Islands
National average

100

5.7

5.6

2
20%

18%

6.0

Early Head Start

Northern Mariana Islands

$2,000

0%
Head Start
National average

$0

429

Early Head Start

Northern Mariana Islands

Head Start
National average

*Average for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

542

80

462

542

80

462

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

Not available

American Indian/
Alaska Native

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment

Not available Not available

In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
2,000

1,500

1,000

500

486

2007

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2010

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2009
< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2008

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

2009

4-year-olds

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$2,714,080

$920,000

$1,794,080

$2,714,080

$920,000

$1,794,080

$2,714,080

$920,000

$1,794,080

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,575

$11,500
$10,000

$8,038

$5,000

$0

$4,563

$4,006

$4,530

$4,130

$4,030

2008

2009

2010

2011

$3,982

$3,982

$0
2007

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

$4,082

$3,699

$0

$3,883

$0

Not available

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

430

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Head Start & Early Head Start

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

Hispanic/Latino 0%
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

100%

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

Asian

White 0%
4%

HOME LANGUAGE

English

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

Other/Unspecified 0%

65%

Spanish 0%
East Asian

17%
3%

Pacific Island
Other/Unspecified

AA, vocational school, some college

34%

HSD/GED

40%

Less than HSD/GED

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

RACE

55%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

Middle Eastern

10%

16%

41%

Black or African American 0%

Biracial/Multi-racial

BA or higher

14%
1%

TANF 0%
SSI

3%
90%

WIC
SNAP

51%

Meets income requirement

95%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

10%

Child was referred to Head Start 0%

by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness 0%
Single parent family
Parental unemployment

33%
27%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
92%

84%

95%
85%

95%

85%

92%

84%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
95%

95%

1%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

9%
Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

3%

0%

1%

1%

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

Mental health services

431

14%

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Early Head Start

NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ON EARLY HEAD START*

* Northern Mariana Islands received a grant to provide Early Head Start services in February 2015 and was not required to complete the PIR for this first year of operation.

432

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

2012

CDA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials None

Teacher left

Current/Former
Head Start parent

36%

Speaks a language
other than English

Teachers with an AA None

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

Hispanic or 0%
Latino
$36,000

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$19,000

All teachers

2011

AA

64%

7%

Teacher left for 0%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies 0%
filled

100%

Home visitor left No home visitors

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Home visitor left for

better compensation No home visitors

$35,429

Public elementary Not available

school teacher

Difference
not
available

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months No home visitors
Home visitor
vacancies filled No home visitors

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

ECD management degree qualifications

No home visitors

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

No ECD managers

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
Pacific Island
Other/Unspecified

433

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-year programs

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

49%

50
25
0

25
0%
Northern
Mariana Islands

National average

National average

Child turnover rate

0%
Northern
Mariana Islands

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

5%
0

Northern
Mariana Islands

14%
National average

25
0

0%
Northern
Mariana Islands

National average

25%*

Northern
Mariana Islands

National average

100%

18%

25
4%

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

7%

0%
Northern
Mariana Islands

100

Northern
Mariana Islands

National average

*Reflects data for American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, and Virgin Islands

434

PALAU Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

400

36%

Not available

Pregnant Women

N/A

N/A

< 3-Year-Olds

0%

Not available

3-Year-Olds

124

56%

Not available

4-Year-Olds

276

100%

Not available

TOTAL

FUNDING
$1,437,508

Total Federal Funding

$ 0

Early Head Start Funding

$1,437,508

Head Start Funding

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START
7

100

6
80

5
4

60

DATA NOT AVAILABLE

3
40
20
0

2
20%

18%
Data not
available 2%
< 3-year-olds

1
0

Data not
Data not
available
available
3-year-olds
4-year-olds
Palau
National average

Palau

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%

60

$60,000

NO EARLY HEAD START

$40,000

Early Head Start

Palau

0%
Head Start
National average

$0

PROGRAM DURATION

$33,387
$9,908

Early Head Start

Head Start
Palau*

Data not
available
Public elementary school
National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000

80

$12,000
$10,000

NO EARLY HEAD START

$8,000

44%

40

$8,038

NO EARLY HEAD START

$6,000
$3,594

$4,000

20
0

$57,092

NO EARLY
HEAD START

$20,000

20

60

Classroom Organization
Research-based threshold

TEACHER SALARY

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

Emotional Support
National average

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

40

Instructional Support

Early Head Start

Palau

$2,000

0%
Head Start
National average

*No teachers had a BA or higher. Salary data is for teachers with an AA.

$0

435

Early Head Start

Palau

Head Start
National average

PALAU Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

400

400

400

400

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

489

489

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
2,000

1,500

1,000

500

2007

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2010

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2009
< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2008

2013

2014

2015

DATA NOT AVAILABLE

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$1,437,508

$0

$1,437,508

$1,437,508

$0

$1,437,508

$1,437,508

$0

$1,437,508

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,575
$10,000
$8,038

$5,000

$0

$3,017

$2,913

$2,995

$3,004

$2,931

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

$2,896

$2,896
$0

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

$3,703

$2,835
$0

$0

$0
2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

436

$3,594

Not available
2015

National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

PALAU Head Start & Early Head Start

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

Hispanic/Latino 0%
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

100%

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

RACE

29%

HSD/GED

28%

Less than HSD/GED

33%

6%

Black or African American 0%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

92%

White 0%
Biracial/Multi-racial

10%

AA, vocational school, some college

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian

BA or higher

2%

TANF 0%
SSI 0%
WIC 0%
SNAP 0%

HOME LANGUAGE

English

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

Other/Unspecified 0%

5%

Spanish 0%
East Asian

6%

Pacific Island

89%

Other/Unspecified 0%

Meets income requirement

Child has an IEP/IFSP

96%
2%

Child was referred to Head Start

by child welfare 0%
Child experienced homelessness 0%
Single parent family
Parental unemployment

21%
7%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
100%

100%
86%

82%

86%

82%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

100%
82%

100%
82%

65%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

81%

50%
24%

Parenting education

Health education

15%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

2%

2%

Adult education

Mental health services

437

PALAU Early Head Start

NO EARLY HEAD START

ENROLLMENT

438

PALAU Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

$7,364

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

$7,278

Teachers with an AA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Teacher left

Current/Former
Head Start parent

81%

Speaks a language
other than English

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

Hispanic or 0%
Latino

$9,908

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$4,567

All teachers

2011
CDA

100%

9%

Teacher left for 0%

better compensation
Teacher vacancies 0%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

100%

Home visitor left No home visitors

Teachers with a None

BA or higher

Home visitor left for

better compensation No home visitors

Difference
not
available

Home visitor vacanies No home visitors

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No home visitors

Public elementary Not available

school teacher

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

ECD management degree qualifications

No home visitors

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Pacific Island
Other/Unspecified

439

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

PALAU Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

100

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

79%
75
49%

50
25
0

25

Palau

National average

7%

0%

Palau

National average

Child turnover rate

0%
Palau

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

22%

Palau

14%
National average

25
0

0%

National average

25%*

Palau

National average

18%

25
4%

Palau

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

0%
Palau

National average

*Reflects data for American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, and Virgin Islands

440

PUERTO RICO Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview
FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

36,776

19%

23%

FUNDING
$286,890,332

Total Federal Funding

519

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$46,818,000

< 3-Year-Olds

3,205

3%

3%

Head Start Funding

$240,072,332

3-Year-Olds

13,445

36%

42%

4-Year-Olds

19,607

49%

58%

Pregnant Women

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY
CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START

100

6.0

6
80

6.0

5.7

5.6

60

2.7

42%

40

58%

2.9

2
20%

18%

20
3%
0

1
0

2%

< 3-year-olds
Puerto Rico

3-year-olds
National average

Emotional support

Puerto Rico

National average

Classroom organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

98%

100

Instructional support

4-year-olds

$100,000

85%
80

$80,000

73%

$57,092

$60,000

60
40

$40,000

30%

20

$20,000

$0

Early Head Start

Puerto Rico

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

$18,605

Early Head Start

Data not
available
Head Start
Public elementary school
Puerto Rico
National average

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100

$16,000
$14,000
72%

$12,572

$12,575

$12,000
$10,000

60
40

$20,640

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS
80

$33,387

$29,769

42%

43%

$8,000

44%

$7,263

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Puerto Rico

$0

Head Start
National average

441

Early Head Start

Puerto Rico

Head Start
National average

PUERTO RICO Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

36,776

3,724

33,052

36,776

3,724

33,052

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

37,856

3,579

34,277

88

88

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
60,000

45,000

30,000

15,000

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$286,890,332

$46,818,000

$240,072,332

$286,890,332

$46,818,000

$240,072,332

$286,890,332

$46,818,000

$240,072,332

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$13,730
$12,536

$12,591

$12,572

$12,575

$10,000
$7,793

$7,525

$7,750

$7,971

2007

2008

2009

2010

$7,455

$7,895

$7,408

$7,238

$7,274

$8,038

$7,263

$5,000

$0

Not available
2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

442

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

PUERTO RICO Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

99%
1%

American Indian/Alaska Native

2%

BA or higher

16%

AA, vocational school, some college

26%

HSD/GED

47%

Less than HSD/GED

11%

Asian 0%

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

RACE

Black or African American 0%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%
White 0%
Biracial/Multi-racial

78%

Other/Unspecified

1%

Spanish

HOME LANGUAGE

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

English

20%

99%

East Asian 0%
Middle Eastern 0%
Pacific Island 0%
Other/Unspecified 0%

TANF

5%

SSI 0%
77%

WIC
SNAP

67%

Meets income requirement

92%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

20%

Child was referred to Head Start 0%

by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

1%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

59%
47%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
99%

97%

100%

100%

99%

98%

94%

87%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
98%

97%

3%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

37%

81%

44%

5%
Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

12%

12%

Adult education

Mental health services

443

PUERTO RICO Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

CDA

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$20,174

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$18,605

2015

Not reported

100%

Teacher left

100%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

14%

Speaks a language
other than English

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$16,294

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$19,339

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

AA

2012

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$14,124

All teachers

2011

Home visitor left

8%
3%
7%
50%
4%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 1%

Difference
not
available

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

Public elementary Not available

school teacher

67%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

444

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

PUERTO RICO Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80

82%

75%

78%
69%

67%

2010

2011

73%

73%

71%

72%

2012

2013

2014

2015

60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

1%

1%

1%

2007

2008

2009

5%
2010

0%

0%

2011

2012

4%

0%

2013

2014

3%
2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50
25
0

38%

25

7%
Puerto Rico

8%

2%
National average

Puerto Rico

445

National average

25
0

7%

10%

Puerto Rico

National average

PUERTO RICO Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

$23,277

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino
Current/Former
Head Start parent

$18,761

Teacher left

100%

Teachers with a
BA or higher

9%

Teacher left for

better compensation 2%
Teacher vacancies
16%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

19%

Speaks a language
other than English

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

$15,664

Teachers with an AA

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$15,731

All teachers

2011

AA

100%

71%

Home visitor left 0%

Home visitor left for
better compensation 0%

$20,640
Difference
Not
available

Home visitor vacanies No turnover

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled No turnover

Public elementary Not available

school teacher

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Other/Unspecified

446

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

PUERTO RICO Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80

83%

81%

83%

81%

74%

73%

72%

57%

60

43%
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

99%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

50

49%

43%

25
0

25

Puerto Rico

National average

2%

7%

Puerto Rico

National average

Child turnover rate

100

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

7%
0

Puerto Rico

14%
National average

25
0

0%
Puerto Rico

National average

447

Puerto Rico

18%

25
4%

42%

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

75

65%

Puerto Rico

93%

2%
0

Puerto Rico

National average

National average

VIRGIN ISLANDS Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview
FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

1,014

17%

47%

Pregnant Women

25

N/A

N/A

Early Head Start Funding

$1,676,000

< 3-Year-Olds

95

3%

8%

Head Start Funding

$7,965,546

3-Year-Olds

372

32%

87%

4-Year-Olds

522

43%

100%

TOTAL

FUNDING

ENROLLMENT

QUALITY

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START

CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

100%

100

2.3

8%

2%

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds

Instructional support

4-year-olds

Emotional support

Virgin Islands*

National average

National average

Classroom organization
Research-based threshold

Significantly above threshold Significantly below threshold

TEACHER SALARY

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

100

$100,000

80

69%

$80,000

73%

60

$57,092

$60,000

40

$40,000

30%
17%

$31,576

$29,060 $29,769

$33,387

$20,000

Early Head Start

Virgin Islands

$0

Head Start
National average

PROGRAM DURATION

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

100%

100

Early Head Start

Data not
available
Head Start
Public elementary school
Virgin Islands
National average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS
$16,000
$14,000

80

40

2.9

1
0

TEACHER DEGREE

60

5.7

5.6

2
20%

18%

Virgin Islands

6.0

40

20

6.1

60

87%

80

20

$9,641,546

Total Federal Funding

$13,967
$12,575

$12,000
60%

$10,000
42%

$8,910

$8,000

44%

$8,038

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Virgin Islands

$0

Head Start
National average

448

Early Head Start

Virgin Islands

Head Start
National average

*Average for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands

VIRGIN ISLANDS Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

1,014

120

894

1,014

120

894

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

American Indian/
Alaska Native

1,097

138

959

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
2,000

1,500

1,000

500

2007

2008

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2009

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding
Head Start Federal Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$9,641,546

$1,676,000

$7,965,546

$9,641,546

$1,676,000

$7,965,546

$9,641,546

$1,676,000

$7,965,546

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$10,000

$13,929

$9,776

$9,441

$9,706

$10,111

$9,346

$9,703

$14,147

$13,023

$9,136

$13,967
$12,575

$8,529

$9,024

$8,910

$8,038

$5,000

$0

Not available
2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2012

2013

2014

Early Head Start

Head Start

449

2015
National average

2015
adjusted COL

2015
National average

VIRGIN ISLANDS Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

23%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

77%

American Indian/Alaska Native 0%

BA or higher

2%

AA, vocational school, some college

20%

HSD/GED

41%

Less than HSD/GED

37%

RACE

Black or African American

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 0%
79%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White 0%
Biracial/Multi-racial

5%

Other/Unspecified

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

HOME LANGUAGE

86%
11%

Spanish

Caribbean

11%

SSI 0%
76%

WIC
SNAP

87%

16%

English

Mexican and South

& Central American

TANF

1%
2%

Other/Unspecified 0%

Meets income requirement

98%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

13%

Child was referred to Head Start 0%

by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

1%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

85%
51%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
91%

83%

81%

91%

88%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

93%
82%

77%

50%
30%

21%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

2%

2%

0%

Parenting education

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

7%
Adult education

450

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

1%
Mental health services

21%

VIRGIN ISLANDS Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

$21,444

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2012

CDA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino
Current/Former
Head Start parent

$29,060

Teacher left

18%

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$29,060

Public elementary Not available

school teacher

32%

Difference
not
available

17%

Teacher left for

better compensation 0%
Teacher vacancies 0%
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

11%

Speaks a language
other than English

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

$18,345

Teachers with an AA

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$18,345

All teachers

2011

100%

Home visitor left

50%

Home visitor left for

better compensation

50%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

50%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Caribbean
East Asian
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

451

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

VIRGIN ISLANDS Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

60%
50%

50%

60%

60%

60%

60%

2012

2013

2014

2015

50%

40
20%

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50
25
0

38%

25

14%
Virgin Islands

National average

8%

0%
Virgin Islands

452

National average

25
3%
0

Virgin Islands

10%
National average

VIRGIN ISLANDS Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

2011

2012

CDA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$24,950

All teachers

$30,045

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials None
Teachers with an AA

$29,393

Teachers with a
BA or higher

$31,576

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Teacher left

28%

Teacher left for

11%
better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies 0%
filled

14%

Speaks a language
other than English

2015

STAFF TURNOVER

10%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014
Not reported

17%

100%

Home visitor left No home visitors

Home visitor left for
better compensation No home visitors

Difference
not
available

Home visitor vacanies No home visitors

over 3 months

Public elementary Not available

school teacher

Home visitor
vacancies filled No home visitors

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

ECD management degree qualifications

No home visitors

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Caribbean
Other/Unspecified

453

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

VIRGIN ISLANDS Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

80
60
40
20
0

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

100%

75
49%

50
25
0

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

National average

100

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

0%
Virgin Islands

100

National average

Virgin Islands

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

Virgin Islands

14%
National average

42%
25%*

25
0

0%

Virgin Islands

National average

18%

25
4%

Virgin Islands

Percent of children in double sessions

100

7%

75

65%

7%

Child turnover rate

25

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

25

Virgin Islands

100%

National average

0%
Virgin Islands

National average

*Average for American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, and Virgin Islands

454

State(s) of Head Start

NATIONAL PROFILE

455

NATIONAL Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

929,941

5%

10%

Pregnant Women

13,329

N/A

N/A

< 3-Year-Olds

153,073

1%

3%

3-Year-Olds

351,215

9%

18%

4-Year-Olds

412,324

10%

21%

TOTAL

FUNDING
$8,244,919,188

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

Early Head Start Funding

$1,829,389,000

Head Start Funding

$5,844,297,882

AIAN Early Head Start Funding

$60,935,000

AIAN Head Start Funding

$176,373,066

Migrant & Seasonal Head Start Funding

$333,924,240

QUALITY

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START

CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

100

6.0

Emotional Support

Classroom Organization

7
6

80

5.7

60

2.9

40
18%

20

21%

3%
0

< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
National average

4-year-olds

Instructional Support

Research-based threshold Significantly above threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

Significantly below threshold

TEACHER SALARY

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

73%

60
40

$57,092

$60,000

50%

$40,000

30%

20

$29,769

$33,387
$24,083

$20,000

Early Head Start

Head Start

$0

Migrant & Seasonal Head Start

PROGRAM DURATION

Early Head Start

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

$16,000

93%

$14,000

80

$12,612

$12,000

$10,753

$10,000

60
40

Migrant & Seasonal Public elementary

Head Start
school national average

FUNDING

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS
100

Head Start

42%

$8,038

$8,000

44%

$6,000
$4,000

20

$2,000
0

Early Head Start

Head Start
National average

$0

Migrant & Seasonal Head Start

456

Early Head Start

Head Start
National average

Migrant & Seasonal Head Start

NATIONAL Head Start & Early Head Start

ENROLLMENT

Total Funded Enrollment

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD
START

&
HEAD MIGRANT
SEASONAL
START HEAD START

944,479

151,322

762,103

31,054

Federally Funded

907,181

145,474

730,653

31,054

State Supplemental

13,593

489

13,104

945

945

22,760

4,414

18,346

N/A

1,098,788

172,819

897,090

28,879

34,979

5,983

28,236

760

MIECHV Funded
American Indian/
Alaska Native
Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
1,000,000

750,000

500,000

250,000

2007

100

80

80

60

60

40

40

20

20
2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

2013

3-year-olds

2010

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

2007

2009
< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2008

2014

2015

2007

2008

2009

4-year-olds

2010

2011

< 3-year-olds

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

MIGRANT & SEASONAL

HEAD START

$8,421,604,566

$1,903,119,056

$6,184,561,270

$333,924,240

$8,244,919,188

$1,890,324,000

$6,020,670,948

$333,924,240

Head Start Federal Funding

$8,007,611,122

$1,829,389,000

$5,844,297,882

$333,924,240

American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

$237,308,066

$60,935,000

$176,373,066

Not applicable

$176,685,378

$12,795,056

$163,890,322

$0

Total Funding
Total Federal Funding

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000
$12,219

$11,387

$11,027
$10,000

$8,369

$9,186
$8,098

$8,780

$8,482

$9,407

$8,733

$9,716

$11,134

$10,753

$9,839

$9,424
$8,151

$12,612

$11,897

$8,457

$7,942

$8,260

$7,840

$8,558

$8,062

$8,801

$8,038

$5,000

$0

2007

2008

2009

2010

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2011

2012
Early Head Start

457

2013
Head Start

2014
Migrant & Seasonal Head Start

2015

NATIONAL Head Start & Early Head Start

Hispanic/Latino

38%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

62%

American Indian/Alaska Native

4%
2%
29%

RACE

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1%

43%

White
Biracial/Multi-racial

10%

Other/Unspecified

11%

English

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

24%

East Asian 1%
Middle Eastern 1%
European & Slavic 1%
African 1%
Other/Unspecified 1%

6%

AA, vocational school, some college

23%

HSD/GED

43%

Less than HSD/GED

27%

TANF
SSI

71%

Spanish

HOME LANGUAGE

BA or higher

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

13%
7%

WIC

56%

SNAP

55%

Meets income requirement

89%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

12%
2%
5%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

58%
35%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
97%

93%

97%

94%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

97%

93%

86%

91%
80%

62%

24%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

51%

72%

44%
17%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

12%

10%

Adult education

Mental health services

458

NATIONAL Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

21%

Speaks a language
other than English

$26,479

Teachers with a
BA or higher

29%

Teacher left
Teacher left for
better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

16%
4%
12%
69%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$29,769
Difference
$27,323

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

27%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

$22,805

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$26,484

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,870

All teachers

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$57,092

19%
5%
9%
74%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Middle Eastern
East Asian
Native North American/Alaska Native
European & Slavic
African
Other/Unspecified

459

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NATIONAL Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

47%

46%

44%

41%

41%

40%

40%

40%

42%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

40
20
0

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

11%

10%

8%

8%

7%

7%

6%

5%

7%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

38%

25
0

25

National average

8%
National average

460

25
0

10%
National average

NATIONAL Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

2012

26%

Speaks a language
other than English

$24,979

Teachers with a
BA or higher

28%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

16%
5%
11%
67%

Home visitor left

$33,387

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$23,705

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Teacher left

26%

Current/Former
Head Start parent

2014
Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

$22,376

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$31,220

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

2011
CDA

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$19,452

All teachers

AA

$57,092

17%
4%
18%
70%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Caribbean
Middle Eastern
East Asian
Native North American/Alaska Native
European & Slavic
Other/Unspecified

461

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

NATIONAL Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
45%

46%

46%

47%

46%

45%

44%

43%

44%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

40
20
0

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

50

49%

25

25

100
75

65%

42%

7%
0

National average

National average

Child turnover rate

National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy
100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

14%
National average

25

25

18%

4%
0

National average

462

National average

Percent of children in double sessions

100

25

National average

State(s) of Head Start

AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE HEAD START PROFILE

463

AIAN Head Start & Early Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

22,760

Not available

Not available

366

N/A

N/A

< 3-Year-Olds

4,048

Not available

Not available

3-Year-Olds

8,612

Not available

Not available

4-Year-Olds

9,734

Not available

Not available

Pregnant Women

FUNDING
$237,308,066

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

Early Head Start Funding

$60,935,000

Head Start Funding

$176,373,066

QUALITY

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START

CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

100

6.0

Emotional Support

Classroom Organization

7
6

80

60

DATA NOT AVAILABLE

2.6

40

20
0

1
< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
National average

4-year-olds

Instructional Support

Research-based threshold Significantly above threshold

TEACHER DEGREE

AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

60

$60,000
38%

40

$40,000

15%

AIAN Early Head Start

$0

AIAN Head Start

$35,974

$32,543

AIAN Early Head Start

AIAN Head Start

Public elementary
school national average

FUNDING
FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS
$16,000

100

$14,000

80

$13,805

$12,000
$9,614

$10,000

60

$8,000

39%

$6,000

28%

$4,000

20
0

$57,092

$20,000

PROGRAM DURATION

40

Significantly below threshold

TEACHER SALARY

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

20

5.6

$2,000
AIAN Early Head Start

$0

AIAN Head Start

464

AIAN Early Head Start

AIAN Head Start

AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE Head Start & Early Head Start
ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

EARLY
HEAD START

HEAD
START

22,760

4,414

18,346

22,760

4,414

18,346

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

23,344

4,670

19,674

191

55

136

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

Cumulative Enrollment
In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED

OVER TIME, BY AGE
40,000

30,000

20,000

10,000

2007

2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

100

80

80

60

60

DATA NOT AVAILABLE

40

DATA NOT AVAILABLE

40

20
0

2011

20
2007

2008

2009
< 3-year-olds

2010

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

2009

4-year-olds

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

4-year-olds

FUNDING

Total Funding
American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Funding

TOTAL

EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START

$237,308,066

$60,935,000

$176,373,066

$237,308,066

$60,935,000

$176,373,066

$0

$0

$0

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$10,000

$13,292

$9,346

$9,097

2007

2008

$9,823

$10,030

2009

2010

$9,438

$9,708

$13,234

$9,083

$9,998

$13,805

$13,045

$9,384

$10,272

$9,722

$10,427

$9,614

$5,000

$0

2011

2012

Head Start and Early Head Start combined

2013
Early Head Start

465

Head Start

2014

2015

AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE Head Start & Early Head Start
PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

7%

Hispanic/Latino

93%

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native

86%

BA or higher

8%

AA, vocational school, some college

26%

HSD/GED

48%

Less than HSD/GED

16%

TANF

16%

1%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

HOME LANGUAGE

White

8%

Biracial/Multi-racial

3%

Other/Unspecified

2%

English

95%

Spanish

2%

Native North American/Alaska Native

2%

Other/Unspecified

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

RACE

Black or African American

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 0%

1%

SSI

5%

WIC

45%

SNAP

37%

Meets income requirement

78%

Child has an IEP/IFSP

Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

13%
2%
8%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

44%
34%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
91%
80%

89%

85%

91%

84%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION

90%

86%

77%
61%

48%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

28%

46%

28%
11%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

Health education

Emergency/Crisis intervention

5%

9%

Adult education

Mental health services

466

AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE Early Head Start

EARLY HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$27,607

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012
No ECE-related credentials

52%

Speaks a language
other than English

Teachers with a
BA or higher

11%

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

22%
3%

Home visitor left

24%
69%
28%

Home visitor left for

better compensation 1%

$35,974
Difference
$21,118

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

Not reported

Teacher left

Current/Former
Head Start parent

$28,524

2014

STAFF TURNOVER

5%

$24,370

Teachers with an AA

2013

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$22,681

All teachers

2011

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$57,092

36%
43%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Native North American/Alaska Native
Pacific Island
Other/Unspecified

467

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE Early Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF EARLY HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed
Pregnant women

Number of years enrolled in Early Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60

54%

50%

52%

47%

40

42%

47%

51%

44%

39%

20
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

2%

2%

3%

1%

2%

1%

2%

2%

2%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

25
0

25%

AIAN National average

25
0

2%
AIAN National average

468

25
0

6%
AIAN National average

AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE Head Start

HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

Hispanic or
Latino

$29,493

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

2012

Teacher left

Current/Former
Head Start parent
Speaks a language
other than English

$26,339

Teachers with a
BA or higher

Public elementary
school teacher

2014

54%

23%

2015

Not reported

STAFF TURNOVER

5%

$24,653

Teachers with an AA

2013

No ECE-related credentials

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$20,729

All teachers

2011

AA

Teacher left for

better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

20%
5%
32%
53%

Home visitor left

$32,543

Home visitor left for

better compensation

Difference
$24,549

Home visitor vacanies

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$57,092

35%
5%
38%
54%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Mexican and South & Central American
Native North American/Alaska Native
Other/Unspecified

469

American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials
Not reported

AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100
80
60
40
20
0

20%

21%

21%

2007

2008

2009

25%

24%

2010

2011

29%

28%

25%

28%

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

100

100

75

75

75

75

50

50

50

43%

25

25

44%

50

25

DATA NOT AVAILABLE

25

5%
0

AIAN National average

AIAN National average

Child turnover rate

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

AIAN National average

100

100

75

75

75

50

50

50

25
5%

AIAN National average

25
2%
AIAN National average

470

AIAN National average

Percent of classes that are double sessions

100

25

5%
0

AIAN National average

State(s) of Head Start

MIGRANT AND SEASONAL HEAD START PROFILE

471

MIGRANT & SEASONAL Head Start 2014-2015 Overview

FEDERALLY FUNDED ENROLLMENT

TOTAL

FEDERAL FUNDING

NUMBER
ENROLLED

PERCENT
OF STATE

PERCENT OF
LOW-INCOME

31,054

Not available

Not available

197

N/A

N/A

< 3-Year-Olds

16,306

Not available

Not available

3-Year-Olds

6,663

Not available

Not available

4-Year-Olds

7,888

Not available

Not available

Pregnant Women

FUNDING
$333,924,240

Total Federal Funding

ENROLLMENT

Early Head Start Funding

Breakdown not available

Head Start Funding

Breakdown not available

QUALITY

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

SERVED BY HEAD START

CLASSROOM QUALITY SCORES

100

6.0

80

5.6

5
60

DATA NOT AVAILABLE

2.6

40

2
20
0

1
0
< 3-year-olds

3-year-olds
National average

Instructional Support

4-year-olds

TEACHER DEGREE

Classroom Organization

Significantly below threshold

TEACHER SALARY
AVERAGE SALARY OF TEACHERS WITH A BA DEGREE

PERCENT OF TEACHERS WITH BA OR HIGHER

100

$100,000

80

$80,000

60

Emotional Support

Research-based threshold Significantly above threshold

$57,092

$60,000

50%

40

$40,000

20

$20,000

$24,083

$0

Migrant & Seasonal Head Start

PROGRAM DURATION

Public elementary school

national average

FUNDING
FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY,

5-DAY/WEEK PROGRAMS
100

Migrant & Seasonal Head Start

$16,000

93%

$14,000

80

$12,000

$10,753

$10,000

60

$8,000
40

$6,000
$4,000

20
0

$2,000
$0

Migrant & Seasonal Head Start

472

Migrant & Seasonal Head Start

MIGRANT & SEASONAL Head Start

ENROLLMENT
NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED
OVER TIME, BY AGE

MIGRANT & SEASONAL

HEAD START

40,000

31,054

Total Funded Enrollment

Federally Funded

30,000

31,054

State Supplemental

MIECHV Funded

Cumulative Enrollment

20,000

28,879

In Center-Based
Child Care Partner

10,000

760
0

2007

2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

PERCENT OF CHILDREN
IN THE STATE SERVED

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

4-year-olds

PERCENT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN

IN THE STATE SERVED

100

100

80

80

60

60

DATA NOT AVAILABLE

40

DATA NOT AVAILABLE

40

20
0

2011

20
2007

2008

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

2015

2007

2008

4-year-olds

2009

2010

< 3-year-olds

2011

2012

3-year-olds

2013

2014

4-year-olds

FUNDING
MIGRANT & SEASONAL HEAD START
Total Funding

$333,924,240

Migrant & Seasonal Head Start Funding

$333,924,240

Head Start State Supplemental Funding

$0

FEDERAL FUNDING PER CHILD (2015 DOLLARS)

$20,000

$15,000

$10,000

$9,186

$8,780

2007

2008

$9,407

$9,716

$9,424

$9,839

2009

2010

2011

2012

$11,387

$11,134

2013

2014

$10,753

$5,000

$0

Migrant & Seasonal Head Start

473

2015

2015

MIGRANT & SEASONAL Head Start

Hispanic/Latino
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

American Indian/Alaska Native

99%
1%

2%

PARENT EDUCATION

ETHNICITY

CHILD AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

BA or higher 1%
AA, vocational school, some college

7%
23%

HSD/GED

69%

Less than HSD/GED

RACE

Black or African American

1%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0%

White

67%
4%

Other/Unspecified

26%

English

11%

Spanish

83%

Mexican and South & Central American

Other/Unspecified

OTHER CHILD AND FAMILY

CHARACTERISTICS

Biracial/Multi-racial

HOME LANGUAGE

FAMILY USE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Asian 0%

5%
1%

TANF

5%

SSI 1%
WIC

76%

SNAP

45%

Meets income requirement

Child has an IEP/IFSP
Child was referred to Head Start
by child welfare
Child experienced homelessness

88%
8%
.3%
3%

Single parent family

Parental unemployment

28%
14%

SUPPORT SERVICES
CHILDREN RECEIVING HEALTH SERVICES
98%

95%

91%

85%

98%

94%

CHILDREN RECEIVING
TRANSPORTATION
91%

95%

86%

63%

63%
Up-to-date
immunizations

Health insurance

Medical home
At enrollment

Up-to-date on age-appropriate
preventive and primary health

Dental home

At end of enrollment

FAMILIES USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

50%

Parenting education

FAMILIES RECEIVING AT LEAST

ONE SUPPORT SERVICE

45%

Health education

67%
12%

10%

11%

Emergency/Crisis intervention

Adult education

Mental health services

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HEAD START STAFF
PERCENT OF TEACHERS BY HIGHEST DEGREE IN ECE OR RELATED FIELD
100
80
60
40
20
0

2007

2008

2009
Advanced

2010
BA

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY

All assistant teachers

$18,058

Teachers with an AA

$21,021

Teachers with a
BA or higher

2012

2013

No ECE-related credentials

Hispanic or
Latino

$22,050

Teachers with a CDA

or no ECE credentials

CDA

Current/Former
Head Start parent

Teacher left
Teacher left for
better compensation
Teacher vacancies
over 3 months
Teacher vacancies
filled

19%

75%

13%
5%
9%
50%

Home visitor left

Home visitor left for
better compensation

$24,083
Difference
$33,009

Public elementary
school teacher

2015

STAFF TURNOVER
99%

Speaks a language
other than English

2014
Not reported

STAFF CHARACTERISTICS

$16,633

All teachers

2011

AA

18%
9%

Home visitor vacanies 0%

over 3 months
Home visitor
vacancies filled

$57,092

100%

ADDITIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS

Assistant teacher degree qualifications

Home visitor degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

ECD management degree qualifications

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

STAFF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Staff language proficiency

Staff race

English
Spanish
Mexican and South & Central American
Other/Unspecified

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American Indian/Alaska Native

Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
White
Bi-racial/Multi-racial
Other/Unspecified

Advanced
BA
AA
CDA
No ECE-related credentials

MIGRANT & SEASONAL Head Start

TYPE AND DURATION OF HEAD START SERVICES
PROGRAM TYPE AND DURATION
Enrollment by program type

Enrollment in center-based programs by operating schedule

Center-based
Home-based
Combination
Family care
Locally-designed

Number of years enrolled in Head Start

(including Early Head Start)
1 year
2 years
3+ years

School-day, 5 days/week
School-day, 4 days/week
Part-day, 5 days/week
Part-day, 4 days/week

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SCHOOL-DAY, 5-DAY PER WEEK PROGRAMS

100

96%

96%

95%

95%

95%

94%

93%

93%

93%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

80
60
40
20
0

PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS

100
80
60
40
20
0

4%

7%

5%

8%

8%

7%

10%

10%

9%

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ADDITIONAL TYPE AND DURATION INFORMATION

Percent of children in school-day programs
100

93%

Percent of children in full-working-day,

full-calendar-year programs

Percent of children in 5-day/week programs

93%

Percent of children receiving at

least 1,020 hours of Head Start per year

100

100

75

75

75

75

50

50

50

50

25

25

25
0

25

MSHS National average

Child turnover rate

25%

MSHS National average

Percent of children receiving

a child care subsidy

MSHS National average

100

Percent of classes that are double sessions

100

100

100

75

75

75

75

50

50

50

25

25

DATA NOT AVAILABLE

25

25
4%

MSHS National average

MSHS National average

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0%
MSHS National average

MSHS National average

Percent of pregnant women who

left program before giving birth

100

50

DATA NOT AVAILABLE

15%
MSHS National average

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METHODOLOGY

RESPONDENT UNIVERSE

multiple states making it difficult to ascertain the

precise number of children enrolled in MSHS in each
state. Therefore, this report only presents data on
MSHS at the national level. AIAN programs may also
operate across multiple states. In the current report,
AIAN data is reported based on the state in which
the grantee is based. AIAN Head Start programs
are based in 26 states (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, ME,
MI, MN, MS, MT, NE, NV, NM, NY, NC, ND, OK, OR, SC,
SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, and WY). AIAN Early Head Start
programs are based in 19 states (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID,
KS, MI, MN, MS, MT, NM, NC, ND, OK, OR, SD, WA, WI,
and WY).

The respondent universe for this report is all Head

Start and Early Head Start program administrators
in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and six U.S.
territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern
Mariana Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
Islands). This universe also includes administrators of
American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Head Start
and Early Head Start and Migrants and Seasonal
Head Start (MSHS) programs. Head Start programs
are in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and
all territories. However, American Samoa, Guam,
and Palau do not have Early Head Start programs
and the Northern Mariana Islands began an Early
Head Start program mid-way through the 20142015 program year (and therefore not all data are
available). Many MSHS programs operate across

HEAD START PROGRAMS

This report includes information on five types of
Head Start programs:

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1. Head Start (HS): Serves children 3- to 5-years-old

during the two years before kindergarten
2. Early Head Start (EHS): Serves children birth
through age 3 and pregnant women
3. American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start
(HS AIAN)
4. American Indian and Alaska Native Early Head
Start (EHS AIAN)
5. Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS): Serves
children birth through age 5
Throughout this report data on these different
programs are reported both separately and together
as noted in the Guide to the State Profiles section
of the report. In most of the report, HS and HS AIAN
are combined as are data for EHS and EHS AIAN.
Some sections combine data across these four
programs. MSHS data are reported separately on the
MSHS pages. AIAN data is also reported separately
on the AIAN pages. The national overview presents
data from all five program types: the first two pages
of the national overview include data from all five
program types. The next two pages include data only
on EHS and EHS AIAN and the last two pages include
data only on HS and HS AIAN. MSHS programs
are not included in these last four pages because
data are not broken down into programs for infants
and toddlers and preschool-age children. Rather,
information on MSHS staff and program duration and
type is reported separately in the MSHS section.

STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY
This is a universe data collection, employing data
previously collected from surveys of Head Start
programs. All Head Start programs are included in
the data. Because the data collection is based on a
universe of sample members, weighting adjustments
and adjustments to variances for statistical purposes
are not necessary.

DATA SOURCES
Program Information Report: The primary source
of data for the State(s) of Head Start report is the
Office of Head Start Program Information Report
(PIR).1 Each year all federally-funded Head Start
grantees and delegates (including HS, EHS, HS AIAN,
EHS AIAN, and MSHS) are required to complete the
PIR questionnaire. The annual survey collects data
on the children and families served by Head Start,
program staff, and services provided. PIR data for
2007-2008 through 2014-2015 were downloaded

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from the Head Start Enterprise System (HSES) in

November, 2015. Data for the 2006-2007 program
year were previously downloaded in December 2007.
(Data from this year were not available in the newer
PIR format). Some data for the 2007-2008 program
year were downloaded previously in December, 2008.
Some national level data were downloaded from the
HSES as reports in fall 2016. Data were aggregated
from the individual program to state level for
analysis.
Administration for Children and Families: The
Office of Head Start in the Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) provided NIEER with
additional Head Start data for this report. For each
program year, they provided the number of funded
Head Start and Early Head Start slots in each state
and territory. They further separated this into
federally-funded slots and state supplemental slots.
In addition, they provided NIEER with the total
enrollment for HS AIAN, EHS AIAN, and MSHS. In
2013-2014 and 2014-2015, they also provided the HS
AIAN funded enrollment in each state.
ACF also provided the total federal funding for HS,
EHS, HS AIAN, EHS AIAN, and MSHS each year.
From 2006-2007 though 2010-2011, ACF could
not disaggregate funding into HS and EHS due to
resources and changes in data systems. Beginning
with the 2011-2012 program year, funding was
reported separately for HS and EHS programs. HS
and EHS funding were provided for each state and
territory. MSHS and EHS AIAN funding were provided
at the national level only. HS AIAN funding was
provided by state in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015; data
for other years were provided at the national level
only.
ACF provided average scores in each state on the
Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS).2
CLASS scores are from Head Starts on-site review of
grantees as part of the grant renewal process. Within
each state, CLASS scores were averaged across
grantees who received a CLASS observation and
over years (between 2012 and 2015). Not all grantees
are represented. Means and standard deviations
for the three CLASS domains (Emotional Support,
Classroom Organization, and Instructional Support)
and the number of grantees that received a CLASS
observation were provided to NIEER.
Finally, ACF provided NIEER with information on the
percent of HS children who received at least 1,020
hours of HS services each year.

CALCULATIONS OF STATE AND

NATIONAL DATA

OTHER DATA SOURCES:

Census: U.S. Census data were used to determine
the number of children by single year of age in each
state for each year covered by this report.3 Data
from the U.S. Census American Community Survey,
three-year estimates, were used to determine the
number of children by single year of age who were
living below 100 percent and 200 percent of the
FPL.4 Children below 200 percent of the FPL were
considered to be low-income for the purposes of
this report. And children below 100 percent of the
FPL were considered to be in poverty. The percent
of children below 200 percent of the FPL was
approximately double the percent of children below
100 percent of the FPL.

Both funded enrollment and cumulative enrollment

of children and pregnant women are presented in
this report. Funded enrollment refers to the number
of slots that each Head Start program is funded to
provide. Cumulative enrollment refers to the total
number of children and pregnant women who attend
Head Start during the program year. Cumulative
enrollment is typically larger than funded enrollment
as multiple children may be enrolled in the same slot
during different parts of the year. That is, cumulative
enrollment reflects all children who move in and out
of the program during the program year.
The PIR data includes the number of children,
families, and teachers in each program who have
various characteristics and qualifications and/or
who received specific Head Start services. For the
purposes of this report, the number of children,
families, and teachers were summed across all
programs in a state to calculate the total for each
state. Next, the percentage of children, families,
or teachers in each state meeting each criterion
was calculated by dividing by the total number
of children, families, or teachers. All percentages
are rounded to the nearest whole number and
percentages less than 0.5 are rounded to 0.

The number of children by single year of age for each

territory (other than Puerto Rico) was retrieved from
the International Census, Mid-year population by
Single Year Age Groups.5 The 2010 Census was used
to estimate the percent of low-income children in
the territories, using information about the percent
of families living below the federal poverty level.6
This data was not available for Palau. The number of
children and the number of children living below the
poverty line in Puerto Rico was obtained from the
Puerto Rico Census.7
Public School Teacher Salary: The National
Education Association Rankings & Estimates 2016
report was used to determine the average salary of
elementary school teachers in public schools.8 This
data was not available for the territories.

Funded enrollment was not provided by single year

of age. Therefore, federally-funded enrollment by
age was estimated based on the proportion of the
cumulative enrollment that was either under 1-, 1-,
2-, 3-, 4- or 5-years-old.13 In this report, we consider
a 3-year-old to be someone eligible to attend
kindergarten two years from now. (For example, a
3-year-old in the 2014-2015 program year would
be eligible to attend kindergarten in 2016-2017.) A
4-year-old is eligible to attend kindergarten during
the following year. Because HS is intended to serve
3- and 4-year-olds, we counted 2-year-olds in HS as
3-year-olds; and we counted 5-year-olds as 4-yearolds. Similarly, since EHS is intended to serve infants
and toddlers, we considered 3-year-olds enrolled in
EHS to be under 3 years old. For MSHS, 0-, 1-, and
2-year-olds were considered to be under 3 years old
and 5-year-olds were considered to be 4-year-olds.

State Supplemental Head Start Funding: The

Education Commission on the States report, State
Pre-K Funding: 2014-15 Fiscal Year,9 and information
collected directly from states as part of the 2015
State of Preschool Yearbook10 were used to determine
the amount of supplemental funding for Head Start
provided by each state.
Cost Adjustments: A State Cost Index was used to
adjust funding in each state to account for cost of
education differences across states. This cost index
was based on 2014 updates by one of the original
authors of the 2006 state cost index from the
Institute of Education Sciences report, A Comparable
Wage Approach to Geographic Cost Adjustment.11

The percentages of children under 3 years, 3 years

old, and 4 years old in each state who were enrolled
in Head Start were calculated by dividing by the
total number of children under 3, 3 years old, and 4
years old (respectively) in the state based on census
data. Similar calculations were done to determine
the percent of children from low-income families in

Inflation Adjustment: Spending data from

2007 through 2014 was adjusted to 2015 dollars
using inflation adjusters from the U.S. Office of
Management and Budget. The chained deflators for
the Gross Domestic Product, total non-defense, from
2007 through 2015 were used.12

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each state enrolled in Head Start. Here, the number

of children living below 200 percent of the FPL was
used, based on data from the census. Head Start
enrollment as a percent of children in poverty in
each state was calculated by dividing the number
of children enrolled in Head Start by the number of
children living below 100 percent of the FPL.

and positive developmental outcomes. Average

CLASS scores from evaluations of publicly funded
preschool programs and Head Start FACES were also
considered in determining the thresholds. For this
report, the research-based thresholds are as follows:
Instructional Support: 3; Emotional Support: 5.5; and
Classroom Organization: 5.5.

Funding per child in each state was calculated by

dividing the federal funding in that state by the
number of federally-funded slots. Spending per child
for the 2014-2015 program year was adjusted for
differences in cost of living in each state using a state
cost index so that state-to-state comparisons could
be made on the same scale. Funding per child from
2007 through 2014 was adjusted for inflation so that
all funding per child amounts are presented in 2015
dollars to show how spending has changed in real
dollars.

One sample t-tests were conducted in Stata version

14 to determine, in each state, if average scores
on each CLASS score domain (1) were statistically
significantly lower than the research-based threshold,
(2) statistically indistinguishable from the researchbased threshold, or (3) statistically significantly
higher than the research-based threshold. States
were determined to have CLASS scores significantly
higher or lower than the research-based threshold if
p<0.05.

Research-based thresholds for each of the three

CLASS domains were determined by NIEER in
consultation with the authors of the instrument and
based on recent research findings regarding the level
of quality in each domain needed to support learning

Data from the PIR provided average salaries for all

teachers and assistant teachers as well as average
salaries for teachers by degree qualifications
(Advanced degree, BA, AA, CDA, and no ECE-related
credentials). To estimate the average salary for
teachers with an advanced degree or BA (BA or

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FUNDING NEEDED

higher), a weighted average based on the average

salary for teachers with a BA and advanced degree
and the number of teachers with an advanced degree
and BA was computed. A similar procedure was
followed to calculate the average salary for teachers
with a CDA or no ECE-related credentials. These
averages were calculated separately for HS and EHS
teachers.

To calculate the funding needed to serve 50

percent of all low-income 3- and 4-year-olds (or the
equivalent of all 3- and 4-year-olds in poverty) in
each state in Head Start, a per child funding amount
of $10,000 was assumed to be needed to provide
high-quality services for 1,020 hours per year. The
$10,000 per child amount was adjusted to account
for cost differences in each state (since $10,000 goes
further in some states than others). The adjusted
spending per child in each state was multiplied by
the number of low-income 3- and 4-year-olds in that
state to calculate the total funding needed to serve
all low-income 3- and 4-year-olds per state. This
number was divided by 2 to get the funding needed
to serve 50 percent of all low-income 3- and 4-yearolds. To determine the additional funding needed to
serve 50 percent of low-income 3- and 4-year-olds in
each state, the current HS funding in each state was
subtracted from this number.

Using data from the State of Preschool Yearbook,14

the percent of children in each state enrolled in
Head Start or state-funded preschool was calculated.
As part of the Yearbook data collection, some
states reported the number of children enrolled
in state-funded preschool and Head Start. When
this information was available, an unduplicated
percentage was calculated. National averages on the
state profiles and in the text of the report include the
50 states, District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, and
AIAN programs (unless otherwise noted). National
averages in the Figures (pages 25 to 44) do not
include the U.S. Territories.

FOOTNOTES
1 Head

8 National

Start Program Information Reports (PIR) for 2006-2007

through 2014-2015.

Education Association (2016). Rankings & Estimates:

Rankings of the States 2015 and Estimates of School Statistics
2016. Retrieved from http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/2016_NEA_
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2 Pianta,

R. C., LaParo, K. M., & Hamre, B. K. (2008). Classroom

Assessment Scoring System (CLASS). Baltimore, MD: Brookes.

9 Atchison,

B., & Workman, E. (2015). State Pre-K Funding: 2014-15

Fiscal Year. Denver, CO: Education Commission on the States.
Retrieved from http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/01/16/97/11697.
pdf

3 U.S.

Census Population Estimates, Single Year of Age and Sex

Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 - Civilian. 6 race
groups. Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/
asrh/2014/SC-EST2014-ALLDATA6.html

10 Barnett,

W. S., Friedman-Krauss, A. H., Gomez, R. E., Horowitz,

M., Weisenfeld, G. G., Brown, K., & Squires, J. H. (2016). State of
Preschool Yearbook. New Brunswick, NJ: National Institute for
Early Education Research.

4 American

Community Survey, PUMS Data 2000-current. Retrieved

from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/data/pums.
html

5 United

States Census Bureau, International Programs. Retrieved

from https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/
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11 Taylor,

L. (2014). Extending the NCES CWI. The Bush School of

Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University.

12 U.S.

Office of Management and Budget. Table 10.1 - Gross Domestic

Product and Deflators Used in the Historical Tables: 1940-2021.
Retrieved from https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/
Historicals

6 2010

Census Island Areas. Retrieved from http://www.census.

gov/2010census/news/press-kits/island-areas/island-areas.html

7 U.S.

Census Bureau, American Fact Finder. Retrieved from http://

factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.
xhtml?src=bkmk and http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/
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13 As

a result of rounding, enrollment numbers by age may not

always add up to the total enrollment.

14 Barnett,

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