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Overview of the Family Services Role in Head Start Programs

References

1. Sparrow, Joshua D. “Child Justice, Caregiver Empowerment, and Community Self-Determination,” in Promoting Social Justice for Young Children ed. Beatrice S. Fennimore and A. Lin Goodwin (Springer, 2011), 35.

2. Nordberg, Anna. “Family Stories Aren’t Fairytales — but Kids Still Need to Hear Them.” Washington Post. April 12, 2022. Reprinted at https://www.annanordberg.com/article/family-stories-arent-fairytalesbut-kids-still-need-to-hear-them.

3. Baldari, Cara, and Micaela McConnell. Policy Brief: Child, Youth, and Family Homelessness in the United States: Undercounted & Misunderstood. (First Focus Campaign for Children, 2021).

4. Pawl, Jeree H., and Maria St. John. How You Are Is as Important as What You Do ... in Making a Positive Difference for Infants, Toddlers and Their Families. (Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, 1998).

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