119th Congress · introduced in the House · Jan 24, 2025
Expanding Head Start Eligibility Act of 2025
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Latest action (Jan 24, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Social Welfare
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Jan 24, 2025)
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 Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Families that qualify for state-funded food assistance programs with eligibility standards identical or substantially similar to the standards for SNAP must also be eligible for Head Start.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Child health · Child safety and welfare · Family services · Food assistance and relief · Low- and moderate-income housing · Nutrition and diet · Poverty and welfare assistance · Preschool education
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NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 22, 2025 · issue area: Education
$650,000
Spent on own lobbying
…- Pell Grant Sustainability Act S. 740 - Affordable College Textbooks Act H.R. 1886 - Affordable College Textbooks Act H.R. 2402 - No Hungry Kids in School Act H.R. 728 - Expanding Head Start Eligibility Act H.R. 777 - Closing the College Hunger Gap Act H.R. 817 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit ag…
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