Strengthening Head Start:  What the Evidence Shows

Appendix A

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Overview of Major Federal and State Spending for
Preschool and Child Care Programs
(Funding, in billions)
  FY 2003 FY 2004
Department of Education(1) 1.7 1.8
 
Department of Health and Human Services(2)    
CCDF/TANF/SSBG (Federal)(3) 8.6 8.6
CCDF/TANF (State MOE & Match)(4) 3.0 3.0
         HHS Child Care Subtotal 11.6 11.6
 
Head Start (Federal) 6.7 6.8
 
Estimated State Pre-Kindergarten(5) 2.7 2.7
State Supplements to Head Start(5) 0.2 0.2
 
Total Federal and State Spending on Pre-Kindergarten and Child Care(6) 22.9 23.1
 
Notes:
  1. Based on estimated proportion of pre-kindergarten services provided by each program.
  2. DHHS expenditures are for children of all ages.
  3. Includes Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) mandatory and discretionary spending; Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) transfer to CCDF; TANF direct spending; Social Security Block Grant (SSBG).
  4. Includes CCDF State Maintenance of Effort (MOE) & Match; TANF MOE in excess of CCDF MOE.
  5. Based on estimates provided by states to the Head Start Bureau. State preK estimates are generally for 2002; assumed constant for 2003 and 2004.
  6. Total does not include tax expenditures ($3.5 billion estimate in 2003) or the Child and Adult Care Food Program ($1.9 billion estimate for child portion in 2003).

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