Commemorating October 2025 as Head Start Awareness Month and recognizing its positive impact on more than 40,000,000 children and their families.

This joint resolution designates October 2025 as Head Start Awareness Month , honoring the program's significant 60-year legacy. It acknowledges Head Start's profound positive impact on more than 40 million children and their families since its launch in 1965, recognizing its role in preparing them for success in school and life. The resolution highlights Head Start's comprehensive approach, which includes promoting children's health through screenings and access to medical care, combating childhood hunger with nutritious meals, and providing developmental screenings for early intervention. It emphasizes the program's commitment to family engagement , involving parents in planning and decision-making while empowering them through education, workforce support, and childcare access. Head Start participation is linked to improved long-term outcomes for children, such as higher rates of high school and college completion, and also benefits parents by increasing their education levels, employment, and household income. This bipartisan federally supported program reflects a national commitment to ensuring every child has the opportunity to reach their full potential.