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Policy Review 1 Policy Review of Head Start: Effectiveness of Head Start in Rural America Department of Social Work, Rutgers University Social Welfare and Policy I 19:910:604:96 Professor Woojin October 2, 2023

Policy Review 2 Introduction and Background The purpose of this paper is to review the social policy of Head Start within the dimensions of social welfare outlined by Gilbert and Terrell (2002). The mini-analysis will be from the view of Benefit-Allocation and Human Rights frameworks. Social welfare policy analysis is used to provide a framework for the policy choices needed to be made to design the programs meant to resolve social problems like that of childcare. I will use articles and reports from these sources to strengthen my statement that the Head Start policy is a productive and positive social welfare policy: Center for American Progress, Congressional Research Service (CRS), Science Direct and assigned class readings. Head Start was created by making choices on how to deliver the social service of early childhood care and education for low-income families who qualify. Head Start was started in 1964 as a part of the Economic Opportunity Act (EOA)Title II Community Action Program(CAP). This funded Head Start for communities of low income especially ensuring those in rural America received same advantages as those poor in urban areas (Stern & Axinn 2012). The article I chose from the progressive research group Center for America Progress also provided for support of this social need for equity in the distribution of early childhood care and education especially to those in rural areas who are the poorest and most underserved (Malik and Sochchet 2018). The Head Start program is a federally funded way to ensure low-income families have access to childcare so they can become successful part of the work force and to ensure access to family wellness services. Benefit Allocation Framework Gilbert and Terrel outline the framework of Benefit Allocation (BA) to examine the basic choices made in creating social policy based from social welfare problem of early childhood

Policy Review 3 education. This framework outlines a policy by who is allocated to receive the benefits, who and how is it provided to those allocated, and how these benefits are paid for (2002). Head Start policy is meant to serve low-income families with children. This is defined by households consisting of children under 5 years old with income below the federal poverty line (2019). It can be labeled a selective policy that requires application and is not granted to all. This includes those in rural counties who are the most impacted by the Head Start Program (2018). Head Start is provided by the federal government through the department of Health and Human Services and then allocates to the service providers directly (2019). Head Start is a federally funded block grant program that also requires the program supply 20% matching cash or in-kind contribution (2019). The BA framework review of the policy of Head Start reveals that the program is successful of positive as children who attend Head Start in Rural areas have option for care similar to their urban peers, connect families with critical services like healthcare and allow parents to access resources otherwise unattainable in the area (2018). Human Rights Framework The social, economic, environmental, justice/human rights framework (HR) is used to answer the why question in regards to social policy. This framework uses a broad system of examining the the policies creation include the 3 core values of equality, equity, and adequacy(2002). The goal of Head Start as reviewed above is to provide low-income families with young children education and wellness services that allow for a more harmonious working American family (2012). This is true even more so for rural families who otherwise not have options for childcare and be unable to work or contribute to the economy. Head Start can illustrate the equality value in that poor children anywhere in America can obtain quality education and care. The CAP article supports this statement with statistics that those in rural counties would be left with a gap

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Policy Review 4 in care options leaving families to care for the children instead of working (2018). The research article from Child Abuse and Neglect illustrated that without Head Start providing early intervention on trauma young kids in rural areas would have worse outcomes in life due to the adversity of poverty in those areas exposes them to (Thomas & Keesler 2021). The value of equity is that now low-income families can work without worry of budget-breaking childcare costs even in limited rural areas. Free childcare is an incentive to work and the bonus wellness services offered by Head Start also allow for effects of poverty to be combated in communities where it is most prevalent. Child poverty is deepest in rural counties and Head Start being one of the main sources of childcare and services ensures that residents can prosper in life as much as those in urban counties with more funding(2018). As for the last value, adequacy, the Head Start program is adequate due to its funding changing yearly either increasing or decreasing on need and use in that area. The statistics from the research article support the value of adequacy as well since Head Start has shown value intervening in early childhood trauma and adversity in rural areas is beneficial to the outcomes of children’s health and education (2021). Policy Effectiveness The policy of Head Start is effective in allowing those in rural areas to obtain the same childcare and services that other low-income families have access to in urban communities. The CAP article illustrated that America was low in the rankings of rich countries' social welfare for children but the Head Start program is a progressive program that serves to allocate childcare for low-income families in America and reduce the effects of poverty. The program does effect a positive change for the social problem of early childhood education and services aiding the poorest children in rural areas as outlined in the supporting Child Abuse and Neglect research (2021).

Policy Review 5 The Head Start program is effective at this time but I feel as though the implementation of trauma-informed care and services can help those experiencing poverty, especially in rural areas become more upwardly mobile both parent and child.

Policy Review 6 References Malik, Rasheed & Schochet, Lelia (April 10, 2018). A Compass for Families: Head Start in Rural America. Center for American Progress. Retrieved from https://www.americanprogress.org/article/a-compass-for-families/ Gilbert, N. & Terrell P.(2002). Dimensions of Social Welfare Policy, 5 th edition Boston: Allyn and Bacon Lynch, K. E. (2019). Head Start: overview and current issues ([Library of Congress public edition].). Congressional Research Service. Stern, M. J. & Axinn, J. (2012). Social Welfare: A History of the American Response to Need (8th ed.). NY: Pearson Thomas-Giyer, J., & Keesler, J. M. (2021). Exploring maternal adversity and childhood outcomes among low-income rural families. Child Abuse & Neglect, 111, 104817–104817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104817

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