Launched in the year 1965, the Head Start program cultivates preparedness for school among kids from poor backgrounds by providing them with social, nutritional, educational, health and other relevant services. Ever since its introduction, the program has catered to over 33 million early childhood-age kids (0-5 years of age) and their family members. Figures for 2015 revealed program funding to cater to almost a million expectant mothers and early childhood-age kids at home, educational facilities, and family childcare homes within rural, urban, and suburban communities across America. The program's advantages are being closely scrutinized in the wake of congressional talks to consider reauthorizing it. How successful has the program been? Are there any areas for improvement? This paper will assume the form of a critical analysis and summary of the program; its implications will help inform formal discussions on the subject. Considerable controversy exists regarding whether or not the program has any long-term advantages, tracing back to the days of its inception. The analysis has gleaned mixed, although largely positive, proofs pertaining to the program's long-term advantages (Barnett & Hustedt, 2005).Answers to Questions

Intermediate Outcome Measures

S. No

Measure

Explanation

Unit of Measurement

1

Personnel Performance

Routinely implement performance assessment. This has been recognized as a clear strategy, indicating an interactive assessment technique incorporating the 'appraisee' and appraiser in establishing feasible annual professional goals and work plans. Formats for performance assessment are both job-specific (i.e., associated with individual roles) and generic (related to overall corporate objectives).

One task or job a day

2

Charging fees

Fees ought to recover total costs of delivering services, including direct organizational and activity connected expenses and a suitable share of support or overheads.

One patient's expenses

3

Budget Tracking

Sources of funds and expenditure ought to...

A sound system in this regard will be able to assess and collect information linking program implementer activities to outcomes achieved (Manna, Vinovskis, & Haskins, 2012).
One individual responsible

5

Cultural Modifications

Head Start's facilities are required to develop "ethnic pride," besides having in place an appropriate Programme that reflects the aided population's requirements (bicultural/bilingual, multi-ethnic and so forth). As some disagreement exists regarding whether early childhood bilingual education eventually facilitates or hampers English language acquisition, the empirical question deals with whether these programs of Head Start prove more beneficial compared to other preschools that don't mandate bilingual instruction (Currie & Thomas, 1996).

One problem dealt with monthly

6

Structural Modifications

African-American kids in Head Start reportedly exhibited greater attentiveness, lesser structured learning issues, and improved interactions and relationships with fellow students and educators (Westat, 2010).

A single patient daily

7

Allotment of Time

Programs reveal managers' lack of adequate time to commit to I am Moving/ I am Learning. This can hamper effective implementation.

Allotment of 1 hour allocated

8

Networking or establishing contacts /

Roughly 550 facilities of Head Start were contacted by researchers for ascertaining whether there was room for fictitious kids. Most facilities cited a lack of open slots for enrollment; however, they did have waiting lists for every program requirement (Kutz, 2010).

1 new contact every day

9

Material Support

Most courses performed activities in evaluation planning and objective establishment, recruitment and personnel training, documented plans and assistance, community partnership forging and…