New Associate Commissioner of the Head Start Bureau

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Helen Hollingshed Taylor has been appointed Associate Commissioner of the Head Start Bureau in the Department's Administration for Children and Families.

Prior to her appointment, Ms. Taylor was the Executive Director of the National Child Day Care Association in Washington, DC. She has also served as a preschool project director, program director, and social worker.

"Helen Taylor brings to the Head Start Bureau a career that has been devoted to strengthening America's children and their families," says Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. "Helen is a seasoned, hands on professional who knows Head Start from the perspective of being a Head Start Director for over fourteen years."

Taylor is a member of numerous organizations which advocate on behalf of and with America's children and families, including the National Head Start Association, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the National Academy of Early Childhood Education, and the National Black Child Development Institute. She was also a member of the National Advisory Committee on Head Start Quality and Expansion.

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Ms. Taylor holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University and a Master's degree in early childhood education from Catholic University, Washington, DC.

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