Head Start programs serve only about onethird of eligible children between 3 and 5 years of age. The Federal Government should continue its commitment made in the 1990 Head Start reauthorization to the goal of serving all eligible children. The bill also recognizes the plight of child refugees world wide. Refugee assistance programs are desperately needed to curb the rampant growth of the number of refugees and displaced persons that has grown dramatically over the last decade. Sadly. more than half of all refugees are children. The sad plight of children is a tragedy and it is also a very real and growing problem. Clearly. all of us in this chamber face significant challenges if we are to secure the protection and basic care that are these childrens rights.
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