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How to fix the black-hole economy
The Fed, Washington and the world have poured trillions into the economy to try to get it moving. Here's why the dollars seem to disappear -- and what could stop it.
Related topics: stocks, economy, China, India, Anthony Mirhaydari
If you're like most people, you don't hold the economy in high regard. In fact, you probably think it stinks.
It's not for lack of effort. The Federal Reserve has created more than $2 trillion in new cash to go out and buy assets, including U.S. Treasury debt and mortgage securities, in an effort to get things moving. Short-term interest rates have been near zero since 2008.
The government has spent trillions more on stimulus packages, from then-President George W. Bush's stimulus checks in 2007 to President Barack Obama's $787 billion package to the payroll tax cut approved in December. There was the $700 billion bank bailout. The American International Group (AIG, news)bailout. The automaker bailout. The Bear Stearns dowry to JPMorgan Chase (JPM, news). Cash for Clunkers. Cash for washers. The homebuyer tax credit. The federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
And it wasn't just us. The Chinese spent $585 billion on a stimulus package. The French cut taxes on restaurant meals. Interest rates were cut around the world. Between August 2007 and May 2009 -- just before the recession officially ended -- the team at the ISI Group counted no fewer than 837 stimulative policy initiatives worldwide.
Yet through it all the economy has acted like a black hole, sucking in stimulus spending and cheap money and yielding very little in return. Each new effort, which carries ever-greater risk of inciting runaway inflation or a new government debt crisis, falls short. We can't resist the relentless gravitational pull of the Great Recession.
The good news is that the U.S. can escape this "black-hole economy," but it means tackling three huge political and economic problems that are keeping the recovery in check. Here's a look at what needs to happen.
Economists out of touch
Anthony Mirhaydari
According to the economists, we're entering the third year of an economic expansion. But this black-hole economy is not something we're imagining. That's especially clear when you compare this recovery with the rip-roaring years in the 1990s -- the last time wages and living standards enjoyed a real boost. That was economic growth fueled by income gains, not one artificially inflated by easy credit and an epic housing bubble.
Today, unemployment has moved back above 9%. Incomes are stagnant. Prices are on the rise. Home values are falling again. The U.S. Treasury faces the specter of debt default. Health care and higher education are increasingly unaffordable for millions trying to achieve the American Dream.
The numbers tell a sad story. According to Credit Suisse, the economy is nearly 8% behind the typical recovery seen in the wake of a severe recession. Consumer spending is nearly 11% below where it should be. Business investment is nearly 19% too low. Wages are 9.5% too low.
It's no wonder that a majority of Americans believes the economy is in recession or depression, according to a recent Gallup poll.
The 3 hurdles ahead
There are several reasons all that stimulus hasn't worked.
The Europeans short-circuited the recovery last summer with the panic that led to the Greek bailout. There was talk of a double-dip recession. Fear returned to the financial markets.
Then, last August, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke fended off the growth scare with a speech in Wyoming laying the groundwork for the $600 billion "QE2" money-printing stimulus that launched in November and is set to end next month. (For more on QE2, see my May 4 column, "How the Fed made the rich richer.")
But now growth is stalling again, with factory activity plunging and jobless claims rising. The European debt problem is flaring up and spreading from the periphery to semi-core countries like Spain and Italy. Japan, the world's third-largest economy, has fallen into a new recession.
The Citigroup U.S. Economic Surprise Index -- which drops when reported economic data come in below Wall Street's expectations -- has fallen to levels not seen since this past August. And the imminent end of QE2 has raised fears about what happens when you stop feeding the black hole.
The deeper issue here is that the United States is dealing with at least three big structural problems: the fallout from an epic asset price bubble and credit crisis; a runaway fiscal deficit and growing public debt problem; and the competitive implications of globalization. These are the sources of our black-hole economy.
Each one alone would be enough to limit an economic recovery and expansion. Combined, they explain why the results of the last three years have been so underwhelming.
The good news? There's a way out.
Beating the bubble
The first issue -- fallout from the credit bubble -- will simply take time, according to the work of Carmen Reinhart of the University of Maryland and Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard. Home prices must fall. Large debt piles must be repaid or restructured.
In their seminal work "The Aftermath of Financial Crises," they find that recessions resulting from bank panics are "protracted affairs" that dampen economic growth for a decade afterward. The job market takes a big hit, too, with unemployment jumping an average of 7% during the down cycle, which lasts an average of four years. We saw a 5.7% increase in the unemployment rate from March 2007, hitting a peak of 10.1% in October 2009.
we got hussein and bin laden off this earth, why are we still in those countries. bring all our troops home is one way to stop some of the military spending.
stop bailing out every major bank or corporation when they whimper, bail out the average citizen who is screaming for help and getting none.
time to make EVERYONE pay their fair share, not like GE paying no taxes and getting something like three billion refund which they promptly invested overseas.
get rid of the irs as it is today, institute a flat tax for all with no deductions, exemptions or bailouts.
i would be happy to forego all my tax deductions and pay a flat 10% of my income. if enforced there should be enough money to bail out this country.
Anthony, you are getting real close. The reason economist seem out of touch is because most have only been taught supply side economics and the current depression is a demand driven event. There will be no recovery until purchasing power starts to increase and that means ending wage stagnation.
Since wages going up is the only time that business interests start to feel inflationary pressures, they will only do so kicking and screaming and in denial of the consequences of what they did. Close to twenty years of wage stagnation in the face of some of the greatest productivity gains in history.
Our politicians need to start really addressing the cost of health care and I don't mean the current vector for catastrophic failure that is the best case scenario being proposed that solves nothing on an adequate scale. Without addressing the global disadvantage of our economically inefficient mess of a health care system, this economy will continue in the doldrums they are currently in. Doldrums equals a black-hole economy.
The private health care system we currently have would never be profitable without a public sector system to dump their chronically unprofitable patients and that system is approaching failure. The Paul Ryan plan ignores that very basic fact of life. This whole line of reason is a waist of time. This kind of stalling makes me question the Republican's sincerity about finding real solutions. They are just stalling the evitable; single payer system.
We are currently running over 100 different health care systems all at once. Economies of scale are the only way to be competitive on a global level. We are going to have to match the competition or we are doomed to the doldrums as jobs continue to off shore and purchasing power continues to deteriorate from the high unemployment that is causes.
Multiple recessions within a greater depression that continues for generations.
You fix a black hole with a little light. First of all America is not broke. Our 4 biggest banks have 8 trillion in assets and get billions ini 0% loans to play the market. Our corrupt corporations are holding mountains of cash and investing in foreign slave labor. God may be the only one who knows how much is stuffed in foreign banks; But I suspect our prostitute government knows.
The middle class is declining poverty is growing and the top few take more and more. That's a sure formula for disaster and nothing is being done to change course. Now, they want to take from hard earned social security and the struggling people while they continue giving all for the big rich.This may be the last straw. What we have is trickle up socialism for the rich. and trickle down {pea on you} economics for the 90%. Put on your life jackets or force change.
Our biggest problem is the consumer is not spending as much which reduces manufacturing output, that reduces jobs, that reduces taxes going to the State and Federal Gov'ts.
The stimulus packages were meant to put money out there for the banks to loan out to get people to borrow, to get them to spend, to get manufacturing moving which increases taxes.
It didn't work.
It didn't work because banks are like people. When the going gets tough, they get conservative and pull back on spending (and borrowing). How much less spending do they do? In Europe, the Gov't are requiring the banks have cash reserves built up to overcome any more "failures" or "bubbles". Where did this money come from? It came from the packages these Gov'ts and American Stimulus packages put out there. That money is not going anywhere. It is being accumulated in the vaults with the blessing of the Gov'ts.
This is where Gov'ts went wrong.
The Stimulus money and not the few hundred dollars the American tax payer got a few times should have been given directly to the Taxpayers of America. Not directly to banks, corporations, non-taxpayers or other people that may be freeloading up on this "black hole" funding. It should have been used to pay down the consumer debt levels on housing and automobiles. Every Taxpayer and home owner could have gotten a 0.25% loan from the Gov't on the balance of their home mortgages and on their auto loans. The IRS has this information. This way the money owed on the higher interest loans that no one could afford would have eventually been returned to the banks which have it now, but the consumer would be far better off and would have had some room to continue to spend on the necessities that would bring manufacturing jobs back this nation and create the tax base needed to run the Gov'ts.
A stimulus would work, it just wasn't steered in the right direction and to the correct people.
Homes and Automobiles are the largest "black holes" for most American consumers. We could have dumped the money in there and made a real difference to the people that need it the most; the American Taxpayer.
The primary reason the recession is taking so long to recover is something liberals like me have long argued against: Accumulation of the nations wealth to the few.
The economy grows based on consumer spending. No matter what business does on the production side, consumers must be able to purchase said items for the economy to grow.
However, as workers salaries/benifits have decreased over the last few decades, as costs have gone up, and more people drop into the lower classes, you run into the situation where if hardship does occur, enough consumers cut back on spending so the economy will not be able to grow at any decent pace.
It the classic catch-22: Business won't hire until consumers spend, but consumers can't spend until they get work. Unless consumers have disposable income to spend, the situation will not improve, regardless of economic policy. [In theory, supply-side theory leading to lower prices could also work, but when was the last time that reduced costs and increased profits have caused business to lower prices?]
Hence, why I wanted a Federal Work Program the minute this mess started, as I knew we'd have very sluggish growth for at least 3-4 years. It was predictable, just like the current economic situation.
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Life comes to near standstill after sunset for the great majority of Bangladeshis living in the countryside. Only about 40% of rural households have access to grid electricity, and even these consumers suffer frequent and prolonged power cuts due to lack of supply. The Second Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development Project (RERED II) aims to increase access to electricity in off-grid rural areas through renewable energy sources.
At present, against a peak demand of about 8,500 megawatt (MW), current supply is only about 6,500 MW. The urban areas with large industrial loads are prioritized for power supply leaving the rural areas with a disproportionate share of the power cuts. Further, the dispersed nature of rural settlements and the numerous rivers that crisscross the country make grid electrification in many areas of Bangladesh both difficult and expensive. Though progress is being made by the government to counter the power generation shortages, it is clear that reliance on grid electricity alone will not allow Bangladesh to realize its vision of universal access to electricity by 2021.
RERED II is building on the success of the earlier project, which has supported more than 650,000 new connections to the power grid in Bangladesh and supported more than 1.2 million solar home systems in remote rural areas. Since RERED's inception in 2003, the project contributed to increasing access to electricity in Bangladesh by 6%. A recent impact evaluation study on SHS have confirmed increased study time for children, increased mobility and sense of security for women, and increased use of contraceptives and fall in recent fertility in SHS households, thanks to awareness from watching TV.
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Cubs 101 - Pt. 69 - The 2008 Chicago Cubs
The prelude to the 2008 season was not marked by as much excitement as the '07 season had seen. This happened in part because so many important roster spots were already filled, and also because Jim Hendry was running out of the funny money he'd been tossing around like Matthew Lesko. Still, he managed to complete a long-time quest to sign Japanese hitting sensation Kosuke Fukudome to a long-term deal, while also picking up key contributor Reed Johnson for next-to-nothing early in Spring Training.
2008 also marked the move of Ryan Dempster into the rotation, with Kerry Wood making his previously-mentioned ascension into the closer's role. Many of us thought it would be a disaster. The Brewers were looking like a talented young team, the Cubs didn't have a definitively effective center fielder, and the last time Ryan Dempster started for the Cubs he only lasted 6 games, going 1-3 with a 5.35 ERA in 2005. It turned out that we were in for a lot of surprises, though.
First and foremost, the Cubs had a surprising Rookie of the Year in Geovany Soto. The previous season he'd played in the final month of the season, batting close to .390 and earning the role of starter in the playoffs. Then in '08 he delivered an undeniably solid bat, hitting 23 homeruns, knocking in 83 RBI, and batting .285 en route to his well-earned trophy.
But beyond Soto, the Cubs received surprise performances from a handful of players. Mark DeRosa, who'd played an essential role as a super-sub in '07, had a career year in '08 batting .285 while hitting 21 homeruns as he played multiple positions around the diamond.
After DeRosa came the performance of Ryan Dempster, who shocked everybody -- especially me -- by being nearly unbeatable at home. He won 17 games, 14 of them in Wrigley Field, and finished the year with a 2.96 ERA. He was complimented by Ted Lilly, who won 17 games of his own and would've had an ERA below 4.00 had the Reds not owned him all season long.
But beyond those three, Jim Hendry made two huge moves along the way that paid off. Noticing that his team had crappy-at-best performance from Felix Pie in center field, and becoming increasingly aware of the rapidly-fading performance of Fukudome -- who started off red hot in April and faded into dust by mid summer -- Hendry signed former Cub nemesis and aging center fielder Jim Edmonds on May 14th. At the time, the Cubs were 24-16, and in first place by 1 game. They were also conveniently playing the Padres, Jim's former team.
Edmonds, an 8-time Gold Glover and 4-time All Star, had faded rapidly from his former glory as a 40-homer stud. As mentioned, he'd been released earlier in the season by the Padres, after batting .178 in 90 at bats with them. But the Cubs thought he had a hole in his swing they could fix, and they were right. In his 4.5 months with the Cubs, Edmonds managed to play in 85 games. He batted .256 with 19 homeruns and 49 RBI, and helped contribute at times dramatically to a boomingly successful Cubs offense.
Then, on July 8th Hendry dealt four young players to the Athletics for fireballer -- and Mark Prior clone -- Rich Harden. This occurred within a week of Milwaukee swinging a huge deal for ace lefty C.C. Sabathia. While Sabathia received all the press and glory as he pitched his ass off in Milwaukee, an injury-plagued Harden managed to make 12 starts for the Cubs. He went 5-1 in Chicago, with a 1.77 ERA, striking out 89 in 71.0 innings of work.
Harden's addition filled out an already-deep rotation. The Cubs were already 3.5 games in first place when they acquired him, and while Milwaukee pressed to surpass the Cubs toward the end of July, Chicago managed to upgrade enough to not only hold them off but to also go on a torrid second-half run despite losing effectiveness from Carlos Zambrano and watching long-time staple Derrek Lee become a double-play king.
From the moment the Cubs and Brewers were tied on July 27th, Chicago would win their next 5 straight and 15 out of their next 17. By September 1st, they'd be up by 6.5 games, and on Septembers 14th and 15th something incredible would happen.
Thanks to a miserable hurricane season that resulted in some delayed games in Houston, the Cubs played the Astros on the road in Milwaukee. Houston served as the "home team" in a park filled by Cub fans, and on September 14th Carlos Zambrano threw the first no-hitter of my lifetime. To gain a better understanding of how shocking this was, you have to understand that Carlos had pitched in all of August without a win, with diminishing velocity, and had received a cortisone shot before the game. Lou Piniella had intended to limit him to 90 or 100 pitches, but instead held off and witnessed Z. toss 110, striking out 10, walking 1, and otherwise being perfect. Then, the following day, Ted Lilly and the bullpen combined to toss a 1-hitter, with Houston's 1 hit not coming until the 7th. In other words, the Cubs went 15+ innings against the Astros without allowing a single hit. It was brutal.
By the end of the year, Chicago was the winningest team in the NL with 97, barely failing to win 100. They became the first Cub team in a century to reach the playoffs in consecutive years, they'd had productive performances from nearly every player, and they did it all while making it look easy. Of course there were rocky moments, and there were times when players looked lost -- like Marmol for about a month -- but in many ways it was the first non-dramatic successful season that we've ever experienced. Starting in mid April, and except for a week and a half in early May, the Cubs owned first place all season long. That sort of success is about as rare as Haley's Comet making an appearance.
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All of my three children have attended this excellent elementary. Now my youngest has completed her sixth grade year. This school is a study in coordination, cohesion and how to benefit from your parent base. This coordination supports many extra curricular activities, family nights and more. Misbehavior is not tolerated. I always felt confident that my child was safe at this school and had a nurturing environment. It has been so outstanding that I can find little to improve it. Send your child here if you can!!
Overall a well balanced combination of great teachers combined with a very involved PTO and parent involvement make this a very good school
During the first year my child attended this school, I was not very happy. Her class contain 32 students to 1 teacher and I feel that no child can learn in that atmosphere. However now her class only has 27 kids and she is getting the special help that she needs to be successful. My opinion has changed and I am glad she is attending Seymour Elementary.
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This week, if you're somehow involved with the game of football, it's difficult to not hear someone talking about the NFL's new controversial guideline on extreme hits or tackles. Under penalty of suspension from the game, a player may not launch themselves at another player's head or neck with the intent of doing bodily harm. As the game gets faster and the players get larger, this may stem the aggression and number of injuries associated with the game. New guidelines are not only for the NFL. This past Monday, the University Interscholastic League, created by The University of Texas at Austin to provide leadership and guidance to public school debate and athletic teachers, recommended additional rules for athletes who suffer head injuries.
Approximately 1.4 million suffer sports-related injuries annually, according to a 2006 national sports survey. Some will be head injuries that can lead to concussion, particularly with contact sports such as football, soccer and hockey. Injuries can occur with players of either gender.
We asked Specially For Children pediatric neurologist Michael S. Reardon, MD, who sees patients at Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, about what parents and players need to know about concussion.
"Statistics available for high school football players show that 20 percent will have at least one concussion during their four-year career," says Dr. Reardon. "There is also evidence that if a player has had one concussion, they are four to six times more likely to have another one."
The American Academy of Neurology defines a concussion as a trauma-induced alteration of mental status with or without loss of consciousness.
"That implies there is an absence of structural injury to the brain, in other words, something that can be detected on a CT scan or MRI. Although the injury is a reversible process and no damage to the structure of the brain, there is extensive research evidence that the brain is in a state of metabolic dysfunction that can take anywhere from several days to several weeks to normalize. While the brain is in this state, further trauma to the head can have devastating consequences. There is recent evidence that too much physical or cognitive exertion can aggravate the situation, leading to worsening of brain function and longer recovery time. Therefore, an athlete experiencing any ongoing symptoms of concussion should not be allowed to return to competitive contact sports," adds Dr. Reardon.
New Guidelines point to the following new criteria;
- Remove player with any signs or symptoms of concussion.
- Never return to play on same day.
- Medical evaluation following injury
- Rule out more serious injury/structural lesion
- Neuropsychological assessment (compared to baseline where available)
- Gradual, step-wise return to play once all symptoms and signs have resolved.
Signs & Symptoms of Concussion
Dr. Reardon recommends that anyone playing a contact sport who develops signs of concussion needs to be pulled out of the game or practice immediately and evaluated by a trainer. The player should not return to the field of play and immediately a full evaluation should be made. In an evaluation of the player, look for:
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- Forgets events before play
- Forgets events after hit
Symptoms reported by players
- Headache
- Nausea
- Balance problems or dizziness
- Double, fuzzy, or blurry vision
- Sensitivity to light or noise
- Feeling slowed down
- Feeling foggy or groggy
- Concentration or memory problems
- Change in sleep pattern
- Feeling fatigued
New Return to Play Guidelines
Dr. Reardon summarizes the basics.
Step-wise return to play after all concussion signs and
symptoms have resolved
- Light aerobic activity (stationary bike or jogging)
- Sport-specific training (sprints, weight lifting)
- Non-contact drills
- Full-contact drills/practice
- Competition/game play
- At least 24 hours between each step
- If any symptoms or signs return during activity, return to previously level for at least 24 hours
"There have been numerous guidelines developed to grade the severity of concussion at the time of injury, and hence estimate the time it will take to recover. What we know now is that this is highly variable from one individual to another, and therefore difficult to predict in the early stages. Recent research does provide some useful information. For instance, the presence of amnesia-much more so than loss of consciousness-predicts a more significant impairment with longer recovery time. It has also been demonstrated that even the mildest type of concussion- the so called "ding" or "bell-ringer" that seems to clear up within a few minutes, has been associated with impairment of cognitive function for up to one week. We also know that younger athletes as a whole take longer to recover than older athletes. The bottom line is, there is no way to predict ahead of time how long it will take an athlete to recover, and when it will be safe for him or her to return to sports. We have to wait and monitor until all symptoms and signs have resolved, and cognitive functioning is back to normal, then start the process of gradual increase in activity, making sure that symptoms don't return."
How Serious is Concussion?
"My personal opinion is that athletics are good for kids. It is more likely that athletes will get through school sports without significant problems than to have a serious injury. That said, if your child plays a sport like football, where tackling is part of the game, or soccer, where going up to head the ball is part of the game, the chance of having a concussion increases," believes Dr. Reardon. He summarizes the things parents and coaches should know about concussions as their student athlete participates in sports.
- It is important to take any symptoms or signs of
concussion seriously.
- A player should absolutely not go back on the field if
there are any symptoms of concussion or the observation was
made of a serious head strike. If it has happened before,
you need to be even more vigilant. If it happens a third
time, one should seriously consider whether or not return
to contact sports is the best choice for your child. There
is still debate in the literature about the extent to which
repeated concussions leads to long term neurological
problems for some people. The most critical thing is to
avoid re-injury while still in the recovery process.
- Eagerness to get back in the game can get in the way of
judgment. It's important to be firm about doing what is
- If a player has symptoms or signs of a concussion
beyond one hour, get a medical evaluation immediately.
- If a concussion occurs, it is very important to inform a player's primary care physician as soon as possible. In addition, it is strongly recommended that some type of standardized neurological and cognitive assessment be performed by a clinician with specific experience and expertise in concussion management.
More Information
The Centers For Disease Control (CDC) has developed a set of downloadable fact sheets entitled Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports. They contain advice and information about concussion specifically for use by coaches, parents and players.
S. Reardon, MD
Pediatric Neurology
Specially For Children
1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd
Suite 200
Austin, Texas 78723
(512) 628-1850
Dr. Reardon earned his medical degree at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. He then completed a residency in Neurology at the University of Iowa, serving as Chief Resident during his final year. He continued at the University of Iowa to complete training in Pediatrics and Child Neurology.
Dr. Reardon earned his board certification from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in June of 2004.
Research and scholarly activities have included studying the cognitive and behavioral effects of Traumatic Brain Injury and focal brain lesions, cognitive impairment associated with movement disorders, functional brain imaging associated with face recognition, and studying causes and outcomes related to stroke in children and adolescents.
Dr. Reardon currently practices general Pediatric Neurology, with special interests in concussion and traumatic brain injury. Dr. Reardon is co-director of the concussion clinic at Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, and serves as co-director of the Pediatric Muscular Dystrophy Association clinic in Austin.


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Vikings DE Nealy suspended
Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) - Minnesota Vikings defensive end Spencer Nealy will have the start of his 2014 season cut short.
"Spencer Nealy of the Minnesota Vikings has been suspended without pay for the first four games of the 2014 regular season for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancing substances," a statement from the league read on Friday. "Nealy will be eligible to return to the Vikings' active roster on Monday, September 29 following the team's September 28 game against the Atlanta Falcons. Nealy is eligible to participate in all offseason and preseason practices and games."
Nealy is a native of San Antonio and second-year pro out of Texas A&M who was signed as an undrafted free agent by Minnesota. He spent six of the final seven weeks of last season on the club's practice squad.
"Recently I learned from the NFL that I tested positive for a stimulant that is banned under the NFL policy. I worked with my agent and the union to investigate the test results, and I learned that a supplement I took contained a banned stimulant," Nealy related in a statement issued on his behalf by the NFLPA on Friday.
"I understand that the NFL policy is very strict, and I take responsibility. I'm very sorry for the impact of this situation on my teammates, the Vikings organization and Vikings fans. I will work extremely hard during training camp, and during the suspension, I will stay in top shape and will be ready to contribute upon my return."


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Office of Early Childhood
Head Start-State Collaboration Office (HSSCO)
Early Head Start Child Care Partnerships
Head Start Oral Health Training
2013 Early Childhood Data Summit
Nebraska Head Start Grantees:
Counties Served
Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center
Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework
Nebraska Head Start Program Data
Head Start State Collaboration Office: Nebraska Head Start Programs
Data Clarification and Qualification
This information is self-reported by Head Start programs.
HS Grantee: Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska
Business: 402-494-6878
Classrooms: Dakota City
Counties Served/Number Served: Dakota Center Based: 48
HS Grantee: Blue Valley Community Action Partnership (BVCA)
Center Based Head Start Classrooms: York (3), Thayer (2), Seward (1), Saline (7), Jefferson (6), Gage (4), Fillmore (1), Kansas: Smith (1)
Kansas: Smith=17 HS
Early Head Start (all home based): Thayer/Fillmore; Saline, Gage, Jefferson, York
Early Head Start: 90
HS Grantee: Cass County Head Start/Plattsmouth Public Schools
Business: 402-296-5250; Ext. 2619
Classrooms: Plattsmouth, Murray, Weeping Water
HS Grantee: Central Nebraska Community Services, Inc.
Business: 308-745-0780 Ext: 123
Classrooms: Ainsworth (2), Schuyler (4), Broken Bow (1), Burwell (2), Spalding (1), Aurora (1), Atkinson (1), O'Neill (2), St. Paul (2), Central City (2), Fullerton (1), Columbus (7), Loup City (2), Ord (2), Centura (2) Early Head Start: Platte, Holt, Colfax, Garfield, Valley, Sherman, Howard, Greeley, Brown, Custer
Counties Served/Number Served: (13) Head Start: Brown=17, Colfax=54, Custer=20, Garfield=17, Greeley=17, Hamilton=20, Holt=34, Howard=26, Merrick=17, Nance=17, Platte=108, Sherman=17, Valley=17
Early Head Start: Platte=97, Sherman-Howard-Greeley=9, Colfax=46, Garfield-Valley=9, Holt=10, Custer=9, Brown=9 Center Based: 381
Early Head Start Expansion: Platte=8, Colfax =26
Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties
Business: 402-436-1988
HS Grantee: Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties
Business: 402-471-4515
Classrooms: Lincoln, Wahoo
HS Grantee: Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska
Business: 308-865-5334
Classrooms: Kearney (4), Gibbon (1), Lexington (2), Cozad (1), Ravenna (1), Ogallala (1), North Platte (4), Holdrege (1), McCook (1), Minden (1)
HS Grantee: Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska
Business: 308-635-3089
(Federal Region VII and Federal Region XII)
Classrooms: Bridgeport (20), Central (16), Gering (30), HFRC (46), Kimball (17), Lewellen (10), Lyman/Morrill (20), Minatare (20), Mitchell (17), Scottsbluff (30), Sidney (18), WNCDC (75)
Total Served: 415
HS Grantee: Head Start Child & Family Development Program, Inc.
Business: 402-462-4187 Ext: 148
Classrooms: Hastings (10 sessions), Franklin, HS (2 sessions), Clay- Clay Center (1 session), Fairfield (3 sessions), Nuckolls County-Superior (1 sessions) also Lawrence site (2), Webster County in combination with Blue Hill (2 sessions), Silver Lake (2 sessions),and Red Cloud (2 sessions) (3), Hall- Grand Island- Piper Site (2 classrooms, FD/FY), GIPS at three sites (28 sessions), Doniphan HS (1)
Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties
Business: 402-443-4250
Classrooms: Wahoo, Ashland
Counties Served/Number Served: (1)
Center Based: 44
HS Grantee: Midland Lutheran
Business: 402-721-9022
Classrooms: (6)
HS Grantee: Northeast Nebraska Community Action Partnership
Contact: RITA EICHELBERGER
Business: 402-385-6300; 800-445-2505
Classrooms: Oakland-Craig (2), West Point (1), Dakota City (2), South Sioux City (3), Madison (1), Norfolk (5), Newman Grove (2), Stanton (1), Walthill (1), Wayne (1), Pierce (1), Niobrara (2), Wisner (2)
Counties Served/Number Served: (10)
Center Based: 333
HS Grantee: Northwest Community Action Partnership
Business: 308-432-3393, Ext. 22
Head Start Classrooms - up to 20 children each: Chadron (2), Alliance (3), Gordon (1), Valentine (1).
HS Grantee: Omaha Public Schools Head Start
Business: 402-827-5339
EHS/HS Delegate: Educare of Omaha
Business: 402-898-1783
|Classrooms:23 locations in the City of Omaha Head Start ; 2 locations in the City of Omaha Early Head Start
Counties Served/Number Served: (1)
Douglas = 1013
Early Head Start Program (Wave III): Center Based: 120
Head Start: 893
Total Served: 1013 Head Start = (2)
Early Head Start = (3)
HS Grantee: Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Business: 402-837-4110
Delegate Classroom: Macy (6)
HS Grantee: Salvation Army Early Head Start
Business: 402-898-5920
Classrooms: Omaha (6)
HS Grantee: Santee Sioux Council Tribal Head Start
Business: 402-857-2738
Native American Classrooms: Santee, Niobrara=35
HS Grantee: Sarpy County Cooperative Head Start - Four School District Cooperative (Bellevue, Papillion, La Vista, Gretna, & South Sarpy District 46)
Business: 402-339-6592 Ext. 108
Classrooms: Bellevue (57), La Vista (17), Papillion (51)
Counties Served/Number Served: (1)
HS Grantee: Southeast Nebraska Community Action (SENCA) Head Start
Business: 402-862-2411, ext. 108
Classrooms: Auburn (31 half day), Nebraska City (52: 17 full day - 35 half day), Table Rock (16 half day), Falls City (33 half day)
Collaboration Sites with Public Schools: Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer (in Humboldt) 9 half day; Parent Child Center (in Falls City) 6 half day; District 29 (in Auburn) 9 half day
HS Grantee: Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Business: 402-878-2200
Classroom: Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska