91ST CONGRESS 1ST SESSION

S. 2060

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 5, 1969

Mr. MONDALE (for himself, Mr. CRANSTON, Mr. DODD, Mr. EAGLETON, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. HART, Mr. HARTKE, Mr. HOLLINGS, Mr. HUGHES, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MCGEE, Mr. McGOVERN, Mr. MAGNUSON, Mr. MANSFIELD, Mr. Moss, Mr. MUSKIE, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PELL, Mr. RANDOLPH, Mr. WILLIAMS of New Jersey, Mr. YARBOROUGH, and Mr. YOUNG of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

A BILL

To provide for an expanded Headstart child development program within the Office of Economic Opportunity.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Headstart Child Develop4 ment Act of 1969."

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SEC. 2. Title V of the Economic Opportunity Act of

6 1964 is amended to read as follows:

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1 "TITLE V-HEADSTART CHILD DEVELOPMENT

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PROGRAM

"STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

"SEC. 501. It is the purpose of this title to provide 5 comprehensive child development program which will (1) 6 assist children of preschool age from low-income families or 7 from poverty areas to attain their full potential, and (2) 8 provide needed care to expectant or nursing mothers in low9 income families. It is further the purpose of this title in providing this program to enhance the probability that families 11 and relatives of the persons it serves will become or remain

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self-sufficient or otherwise obtain objectives related to the

purposes of this Act, including their being enabled to choose to undertake or to continue basic education, vocational train

ing, or gainful employment.

"FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT

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PROJECTS

"SEC. 502. (a) The Director is authorized to make grants to, or to contract with, public or private agencies or

organizations to pay all or part of the costs of planning,

developing, and carrying out child development projects both on an in-the-home basis and in child development cen

ters which are focused upon children who have not reached the age of compulsory school attendance and who are from low-income families or from urban and rural areas with high

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1 concentrations or proportions of low-income persons. Finan2 cial assistance under this section may also be provided to 3 employers, labor unions, or to joint employer-union orga4 nizations for child development projects established at or in 5 association with a place of employment or training where 6 such projects are financed in major part by the project 7 sponsor.

8 "(b) Projects assisted under this section will (A) 9 provide such comprehensive health, nutritional, education, 10 social, and other services as the Director finds will aid 11 children to attain their full potential, (B) provide for direct 12 participation of the parents of such children in the develop13 ment, conduct, and overall direction of the program at the 14 local level, and (C) provide for the utilization of personnel 15 adequate to meet the specialized needs of children, particu16 larly those who are disadvantaged, including nonprofessional 17 and volunteer personnel. Such projects may also provide 18 such services to expectant or nursing mothers in low-income 19 families as the Director finds will help to reduce malnutri20 tion, infant and maternal mortality, and the incidence of 21 mental retardation and other handicapping conditions. Fi22 nancial assistance under this section may be provided in 23 conjunction with or to supplement child development or day 24 care projects under the Social Security Act or other relevant

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statutes, utilizing to the extent practicable the joint funding

authorities provided in section 612 of this Act.

"(c) Pursuant to such regulations as he may prescribe,

the Director may permit persons who are not members of low-income families to receive child development services

under projects provided for in this section. The Director 7may require a family which is not low-income to make pay8 ment in whole or in part for such services where the family's income is, or becomes through employment or otherwise, such as to make such payment appropriate.

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"(d) Children and expectant or nursing mothers who

are members of low-income families and who are served by 13 any project assisted under this section shall be deemed eligible for certification to receive food assistance under the sup15 plemental food program for low-income vulnerable groups 16 administered by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to 17 the authorities of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 18 (7 U.S.C. 612c), and Public Law 90-463 (82 Stat. 645, 19 646), August 8, 1968.

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"(e) In carrying out projects assisted under this section, 21 emphasis shall be placed on providing unemployed or low

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22 income persons residing in communities served by such proj23 ects with jobs providing career ladder opportunities, and such 24 persons, to the extent feasible, shall be provided opportunities

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1 for occupational training in programs authorized under sec

2 tion 504 of this Act for the purpose of facilitating career

3 advancement.

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"(f) The Director shall assure that of the total number 5 of children served by projects assisted under this section in 6 each State the number of children served who have special 7 education and other needs because of coming from environ8 ments in which the dominant language is other than English 9 or is an identifiable dialect or vernacular of English, will be 10 reasonably proportionate to the percentage such children con11 stitute of the total population of children in the State who are 12 eligible to be served by such projects.

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"(g) In providing assistance under this section, the 14 Director shall give preference to applications therefor sub15 mitted by community action agencies established pursuant to 16 title II of this Act.

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"(h) Project costs under this section may include costs

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"ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING PHYSICAL FACILITIES

20 "SEC. 503. (a) The Director is authorized to make 21 grants to, contract with, or provide other assistance to agen22 cies and organizations assisted under section 502 for the pur23 chase of land and the purchase, construction, renovation, and