The Director of the Office of Head Start is an appointed position. We share the parting words of the outgoing Director, Khari Garven. While we wait for the new appointment, the Deputy Director, Tala Hooban assumes responsibility for the Office of Head Start.
“I love the Head Start program because of its audacity to wage war against poverty: It draws a line in the sand to safeguard America’s most precious resource — children and families — by putting a check on homelessness, food insecurity, health disparities, education inequality, and other factors commonly associated with poverty.
I love the Head Start program because of its thoughtful, research-based design that necessarily includes the involvement and input of parents and caregivers at the heart of its service-delivery model.
I love the way Head Start programs make room for an individual’s talents to be incubated and nurtured, often creating a glidepath for a parent (or anyone!) to go from a program volunteer to a classroom aide, a teacher or family service worker, a manager, to a CEO.
I love that the Head Start program’s worldview does not ignore those who society often renders as “the least of these” and that the program truly understands that poverty does not have to be a final destination for anyone.”
Read his full farewell letter here: https://headstart.gov/blog/my-love-letter-head-start-program
