Head Start Social Services
How African American Mothers Use and Perceive Them
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This book examines the social, economic, and psychological benefits which five economically disadvantaged African American women report receiving following participation in the federally funded Head Start Project. Recent studies of Head Start have focused more on child outcomes, such as cognitive gains, social development, and socioeconomic development. However, there continues to be a problem understanding the extent of how Head Start, one of the U.S. government's largest social experiments, helps families. This study investigates the mothers' experiences and perceptions of Head Start and how they influenced these mothers to move toward self-sufficiency.
First published in 1999. Project Head Start, a federal child development program for low-income families, serves both the mother and her children. Previous studies have emphasized Head Start's influence on the child in terms of cognitive gains, social development, and social-emotional development. A continuing problem to understanding the extent of Head Start impact on families is the absence of reliable information about Head Start's influence on the mother and how that influence transfers to the family as they work toward self-sufficiency. This study investigated two issues: (1) the experiences, perceptions, and levels of involvement of mothers who participate in Head Start social services, and (2) how these mothers describe their benefits and relate these benefits to family experiences such as increased problem-solving, coping, and parenting skills.
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