Hhs Report to Congress Raises New Questions About Head Start Accountability
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WASHINGTON, May 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. House Education & the Workforce committee leaders today called attention to the results of a Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) inquiry, requested by congressional leaders last year, resulting from growing bipartisan concern in Congress about reported financial abuses and a lack of accountability in the federal Head Start early childhood program. The congressionally-requested inquiry "brought additional management issues to light" with respect to Head Start, said HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson in letter sent to Capitol Hill last night, available online at http://edworkforce.house.gov/.
"The results of this inquiry suggest that while many Head Start grantees are taking pains to ensure federal Head Start funds are spent directly on disadvantaged children, others are not," said Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), the committee's chairman. "Families, teachers, taxpayers, and Head Start grantees across the nation who are doing good work deserve to know where the bad apples are. We commend Secretary Thompson and his Department for taking steps to improve accountability in the Head Start program, and look forward to continuing to work with the administration toward this goal for our nation's most disadvantaged children."See the full content of this document
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Hhs Report to Congress Raises New Questions About Head Start Accountability
"I appreciate this report because it helps us to gain a better understanding of what is being spent on salaries, travel and other compensation, and displays that these abuses aren't a uniform occurrence across the nation," said Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.), chairman of the Education Reform Subcommittee. "The Head Start agencies wh...
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