Watch for Survey of Head Start Family
Self-Sufficiency Initiatives

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The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), has contracted with CSR, Inc., to develop and conduct a survey of Head Start family self-sufficiency initiatives. The purpose of this study is to obtain current information on how programs are supporting family progress toward self-sufficiency. In working with families, Head Start staff have observed that literacy, employability, and substance abuse are often problems that interfere with Head Start parents' movement toward self-sufficiency.

In January or February 1994, all Head Start grantees will receive a survey in the mall and will be asked to fill in the questionnaire and mail it back to CSR. It will be important for everyone to complete the survey in a timely manner.

ACYF is constructing and administering this survey to all Head Start grantees in order to collect descriptive information on the number and type of efforts undertaken by Head Start programs to help their families address the issues which jeopardize their self-sufficiency. The information that grantees provide will give ACYF a better understanding of Head Start grantees' current levels of involvement in community efforts to address three of the major obstacles to moving families toward self-sufficiency, as well as the potential role that grantees could play in these efforts. Your cooperation with this study is greatly appreciated.

For more information on the survey, contact Jack Corrigan, Head Start Bureau, ACYF (202) 205-8403, or James DeSantis, CSR, Inc., (202) 842-7600.

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