Our legislation also urges full funding by the year 2001 for Head Start. a program that dramatically improves the performance of children in their early years in school. Internationally. this bill would shift funds within the U.S. foreign assistance budget to meet the urgent needs of children. Specifically. it would increase allocations in foreign assistance for a few costeffective programs: Child survival. basic education. nutrition programs. UNICEF. AIDS prevention. CARE. refugee assistance. and family planning. If we are truly concerned about the kind of future we leave for our children. we must look beyond our borders to the world they will inherit as they come of age. If we want our Nation to be prosperous. we must invest in our future.