The report found instances of child abuse, lack of supervision and unauthorized release, among other problems in 1 in 4 grant recipients of Head Start, the nation’s program that provides early-childhood education to children from low-income families.
on the nation’s 57-year-old Head Start program, which provides early-childhood education to children from low-income families. It was issued by the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.of Head Start grants saw an incident of child abuse, lack of supervision or release of a child to an unauthorized person from October 2015 to May 2020, with the most common citation being lack of supervision.
The report, released Sept. 28, found that the roughly 1,600 recipients of U.S. funds did not always promptly report incidents to ACF, as required — and that some incidents were not reported at all. One example: A child who was not properly supervised fell in a bathroom and needed stitches, but the Head Start grantee did not report it; it came to light through an anonymous complaint.
The OIG report said that Head Start served about 861,000 children in fiscal year 2021 and had a fiscal year 2022 budget of $11 billion. In a statement to The Post, the agency said Head Start programs are “extraordinarily safe” and that more than 99 percent of children are not affected by a safety incident.“The Administration for Children and Families takes every child safety incident seriously,” the statement said. “Staff swiftly respond to any allegations to ensure children involved receive the support they need.”
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