 head start and other federal failures several head start programs were suspended when the federal government shut down on october 1 the wailing and gnashing of teeth was heard across the country how could those nasty republicans deprive these lowincome children of a chance for a better life but is that what head start is doing the federal goverment is spending billions on this program but do the results justify the cost has anyone ever considered writing a followup program evaluation process into these laws read more  reasoncom archives 20131118 headstartandotherfederalfailures  head start and other federal failures  