Head Start-College Partnership to Promote Student Parent Family Success: A Roadmap to Guide Collaboration

The Student Parent Success team at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research is excited to announce the release of our newest resource for higher education institutions looking to improve support for students with children: Head Start-College Partnership to Promote Student Parent Family Success: A Roadmap to Guide Collaboration.



This resource—informed with input from campus child care, Head Start, and student parent experts—provides a roadmap for college and university administrators and staff to explore opportunities to partner with Head Start to improve education outcomes for student parents and their families. It describes the first steps a college or university can take to evaluate whether a partnership with Head Start is a good fit for its campus, and how to begin conversations with a local Head Start grantee or provider to explore whether collaboration might be mutually beneficial.

IWPR’s research suggests that Head Start-college partnerships could help promote student parent success:

Nearly four million college students are raising children, representing nearly a quarter of all students, and over half have children under age six.
More than two in five student parents live with incomes below the federal poverty line, making them income eligible for Head Start. Student parents are also more likely to report experiencing food- and housing-insecurity than their peers without children.
Access to affordable and high-quality early care and learning for children can improve single mothers’ graduation rate by 21 percent.

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About the Student Parent Success initiative

The Student Parent Success Initiative (SPSI), a project of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, conducts research and analysis to improve supports and services for student parents and promote their success in postsecondary education. SPSI serves to initiate new research, raise awareness on the need for student parent supports, and foster communication and collaboration among advocates, policymakers, educators, and practitioners. Contact us at [email protected].

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