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Parent praises Head Start for child development and parenting support
Summary
During public comment, a parent said the Head Start program helped her daughter grow and provided support that helped her become a better parent. No motions or votes related to Head Start appear in the provided transcript.
A public commenter who identified herself as a parent told the meeting that the Head Start program has helped both her child and her parenting.
"It's a program. The Head Start program has not only given my daughter an opportunity to grow, but it also gives me an opportunity to grow and become a better parent with the support that Head Start offers," the commenter said.
The remark came during the meeting's public-comment period. The transcript provided contains no motions, votes or staff reports related to Head Start, and no named speaker on the record discussed follow-up action on the program.
Head Start is a federal program that provides early childhood education, health, nutrition and family-support services for low-income children and families. The commenter framed the program as providing both child-development benefits and parent-support services.
