Even Start: Funding Controversy (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Feb. 6, 2008 |
| Report Number |
RL33071 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Gail McCallion, Domestic Social Policy Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
The Even Start program, first authorized in 1989, grew rapidly in its first years,but it has been subject to increasing criticism in recent years and has seen its fundingdecline in every year since FY2003. For FY2009, the fifth year in a row, theAdministration has requested no funding for the program. The program received$66.454 million in funding for FY2008; FY2007 funding was $82.283 million. Theentire funding history for the program is provided in Table 1. The rationalegiven for eliminating the program is the disappointing results from nationalevaluations of the program. Moreover, the Administration maintains that Even Startresources should be directed to other literacy programs it argues are potentially moreefficacious.
