The Pennsylvania Head Start Association

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The Pennsylvania Head Start Association The Collective Voice of Pennsylvania Head Start:
Uniting our members to create lasting impact for Head Start children and families.

Our Mission: Pennsylvania Head Start Association improves the future for children, families, and communities who are economically challenged. Our Vision: The Pennsylvania Head Start Association advocates for children and families who are economically challenged to ensure all children reach their full potential. As a responsive, collaborative, and thriving organization, we embrace diversity, promote comprehensive services, and unify the early childhood community by leading the charge for professional development, information sharing, and advocacy.

๐ŸŒป โ€œWe should be expanding Head Start, not rolling back the standards that make it work for our communities.โ€ โ€” Rep. Pat ...
10/22/2026

๐ŸŒป โ€œWe should be expanding Head Start, not rolling back the standards that make it work for our communities.โ€ โ€” Rep. Pat Harkins

๐Ÿ’› A sneak peek into an incredible week of advocacy at the Pennsylvania State Capitol! 252 legislative touchpoints, a bipartisan press conference, and countless voices advocating for Head Start.

๐Ÿ“ฃ More to come! For now, thank you to City & State Pennsylvania for highlighting this important work!

๐Ÿ“ฐ https://www.cityandstatepa.com/policy/2026/10/lawmakers-families-and-educators-make-bipartisan-push-protect-head-start/416740/

๐Ÿšจ PENNSYLVANIA, TODAY IS THE DAY!October 19 is the LAST DAY to register to vote before the November 3 election!We advoca...
10/19/2026

๐Ÿšจ PENNSYLVANIA, TODAY IS THE DAY!

October 19 is the LAST DAY to register to vote before the November 3 election!

We advocate for children, families, and communities every day. Voting is another opportunity to make our voices heard.

๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ Register to vote.
๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ Check your registration.
๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ Remind someone else.

Voting determines who sits at the table. Advocacy is what happens between elections.

Don't miss your opportunity to participate!

๐Ÿ”— Register: vote.pa.gov/Register
๐Ÿ”— Check your status: vote.pa.gov/Status

๐Ÿงก Senator Fetterman declared himself to be "a disciple of Head Start" and promised he would always vote for Head Start i...
10/16/2026

๐Ÿงก Senator Fetterman declared himself to be "a disciple of Head Start" and promised he would always vote for Head Start in a recent visit with parents, member program staff and the Association. He is a Head Start champion and friend!

๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ž? ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž!Today, Brandie connected with many parents at the Lebanon Coun...
10/15/2026

๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ž? ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž!

Today, Brandie connected with many parents at the Lebanon County Head Start Resource Event, where 1๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ discovered they weren't registered to vote!

We were energized by how many took a few minutes to check their status, ask questions, and make updates!

๐Ÿ’™ Thank you, Lebanon County Head Start, for having us and to everyone who stopped by!

๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง! Take a minute TODAY to check your registration status!

๐Ÿ”— https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/pages/voterregistrationstatus.aspx

๐Ÿ”ฆRecently, parents and program leaders met with Senator McCormick's staff to highlight the power of Head Start. ๐Ÿ’ฅWe unit...
10/13/2026

๐Ÿ”ฆRecently, parents and program leaders met with Senator McCormick's staff to highlight the power of Head Start.

๐Ÿ’ฅWe unite to create lasting impact for Head Start children and families!

๐Ÿ“ฃ OVER 40,000 VOICES SPOKE UP FOR HEAD START!More than 40,000 public comments were submitted in response to the proposed...
10/08/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ OVER 40,000 VOICES SPOKE UP FOR HEAD START!

More than 40,000 public comments were submitted in response to the proposed changes to the Head Start Program Performance Standards!

๐Ÿ–ค Parents, Staff, administrators, advocates, community partners, and supporters across the country took the time to make their voices heard.

40,000+ comments. One powerful reminder: Our voices matter.

๐Ÿ‘ To everyone who submitted a comment, shared information, encouraged others to participate, or helped make public participation more accessible โ€” THANK YOU!

The public comment period may be over, but our advocacy doesn't stop here!

๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ One way to stay engaged is through civic participation. Take a moment to check your voter registration status and make sure your information is up to date.

๐Ÿ“… October 19, 2026, is Pennsylvania's voter registration deadline for the November 3 General Election.

โœ… Check your registration: vote.pa.gov/Status

We showed up. We spoke up. And we'll keep showing up for Head Start. ๐ŸŒป

๐Ÿšจ TODAY is the deadline.๐Ÿ“ฐ The Gettysburg Times is covering concerns about the proposed rewrite of the Head Start Program...
10/06/2026

๐Ÿšจ TODAY is the deadline.

๐Ÿ“ฐ The Gettysburg Times is covering concerns about the proposed rewrite of the Head Start Program Performance Standards.

๐Ÿ’ญ Read it. Consider what these changes could mean.

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Then make sure your perspective is part of the public record.

โฐ Comments are due TODAY, October 6.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Use your voice.

๐Ÿ”—Gettysburg Article: https://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/basket/federal-head-start-rewrite-draws-pa-concern-as-comment-deadline-nears/article_eb39023e-f7e1-44ca-9498-f2238f069600.html

๐Ÿ”—Submit Your Comment: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/ACF-2026-0595-0001

โฌ‡๏ธShare Below that you Commented!

๐Ÿšจ HEAD START: TWO IMPORTANT ACTIONS THIS WEEKThe public comment period on the proposed Head Start rule ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ.I...
10/05/2026

๐Ÿšจ HEAD START: TWO IMPORTANT ACTIONS THIS WEEK

The public comment period on the proposed Head Start rule ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ.

If you have not submitted your comment yet, we encourage you to ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ. Anyone can submit a comment!

๐ŸŽฅ Watch the webinar recording for help getting started.
๐Ÿ“ Use our public comment resources and templates.
๐Ÿ“ฃ Submit your comment before the deadline.

๐Ÿšจ๐ŸšจAnd then โ€” keep going.

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Join us Wednesday, October 7 for Advocacy in Action: a FREE virtual Day of Advocacy for Pennsylvania Head Start Association members.

๐Ÿ’ป Attend all or some sessions โ€” whatever works for your day.

๐ŸŽฅ All registered attendees will receive the recordings.

Weโ€™ll explore storytelling, legislative conversations, relationship-building, language access, civic engagement, representation, and more.

๐Ÿ“ Submit your comment today.
๐Ÿ“… Register for Wednesday.
๐Ÿ“ฃ Keep using your voice for Head Start.

๐Ÿ”— ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ:
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/--Weekly-Feature-.html?soid=1102661542221&aid=t-ozBF475I0

๐Ÿ”— ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fLFA1Rj6Q4&feature=youtu.be

๐Ÿ”— ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/07/2026-16134/reducing-federal-burden-for-head-start-programs

๐Ÿ”— ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐œ๐ฒ:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/dV0f30R4RlSxZ__1eWYM5w #/registration

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PO Box 6445
Harrisburg, PA
17101

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Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

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