Expanding Head Start Eligibility Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 29
- Latest action
- Jan 24, 2025
What it does
Expanding Head Start Eligibility Act of 2025 This bill expands eligibility for Head Start programs to include the children of families eligible for specified public assistance programs. Specifically, the bill expands Head Start eligibility to include the children of families that qualify for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), and federal housing assistance (commonly known as Section 8). The bill also provides statutory authority for the eligibility of families that qualify for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and the Supplemental…
Official summary · Introduced in House · Jan 24, 2025
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- John Garamendi
- Adam Smith
- Dina Titus
- Dwight Evans
- Gilbert Cisneros
- Greg Landsman
- Gwen Moore
- Henry Johnson
- J. Correa
- Jahana Hayes
- Jennifer McClellan
- Jesús García
- Joaquin Castro
- Jonathan Jackson
- Laura Friedman
- Linda Sánchez
- Lori Trahan
- Melanie Stansbury
- Mike Quigley
- Robert Garcia
- Seth Moulton
- Sharice Davids
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
- Shri Thanedar
- Suzan DelBene
- Sylvester Turner
- Vicente Gonzalez
- Wesley Bell
- Yassamin Ansari
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