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ERIC Number: EJ328499
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Changing Family Trends--Head Start Must Respond.
Washington, Valora; Oyemade, Ura Jean
Young Children, v40 n6 p12-15,17-19 Sep 1985
Discusses four trends in family life which are particularly affecting Head Start and other programs serving low-income families (1) feminization of poverty, (2) teenage parenting, (3) increasing number of employed mothers, and (4) increasing challenges to attaining economic self-sufficiency. Explores the implications of these trends for Head Start services. (DST)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comprehensive Programs, Early Parenthood, Economic Opportunities, Employed Women, Family Life, Family Programs, Family Structure, Females, Low Income Groups, Minority Groups, Needs Assessment, One Parent Family, Parent Participation, Poverty, Preschool Children, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Social Services, Sociocultural Patterns
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Project Head Start