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Jeromy McKinney, a youth mentor with Family Services of Grant County and SkillSource, reads to Michael Gentry, right, and Isaiah Ewing as part of a youth mentorship grant to provide adult mentorship and improve literacy skills. The Head Start Program which is provided throgh FSGC, is currently undergoing a national reauthorization to assess needed changes to the program. Head Start Programs are said to receive more government oversight than almost any other, intended to make the program accountable. However, some Head Start administrators say the oversight gets in the way of staying competitive for grants as laws continually change.

Jeromy McKinney, a youth mentor with Family Services of Grant County and SkillSource, reads to Michael Gentry, right, and Isaiah Ewing as part of a youth mentorship grant to provide adult mentorship and improve literacy skills. The Head Start Program which is provided throgh FSGC, is currently undergoing a national reauthorization to assess needed changes to the program. Head Start Programs are said to receive more government oversight than almost any other, intended to make…

April 18, 2005

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Reauthorization of Head Start programs
April 18, 2005 9 p.m.

Reauthorization of Head Start programs

MOSES LAKE — Reauthorization of Head Start programs — a process conducted every five years by Congress to evaluate the program — is nothing new to Denise Schmidt, who has worked in the program for several years.