16 Head Start Sites Share $3 Million for Services for Homeless

By Deborah L. Cohen

WASHINGTON--Sixteen Head Start programs have been awarded grants to help them develop strategies for serving homeless preschool children and families.

The $3 million in grants, announced this month by Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala, is intended to help Head Start programs enroll homeless children who are not now being served and to offer specialized services more "responsive'' to their needs.

Craig Turner, the chief of the program-management and operations branch of the Head Start Bureau, acknowledged that the amount of money involved represents...

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