
The Administration for Children and Families is overhauling a federal low-income childcare program to include less regulation and lower administrative costs, while increasing the number of spots available.
The notice of proposed rulemaking, titled "Reducing Federal Burden for Head Start Programs," slashes the 130-page regulations governing the Head Start program to just 10 pages. The administration says the changes to the program will reduce costs and save $2.2 billion.
Created in 1965, the program serves low-income families by providing early education and health programs for pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and preschool children.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s uncle, Sargent Shriver, founded Head Start, but Kennedy feels





