The Head Start Child Development Program was part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty." It was funded by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to combat risks to health, education and welfare of pre-school children living in poverty. In 1965 at the University at Buffalo, Nicholas Kish from Millard Fillmore College, and Richard T. Salzer, from the Department of Education, administered the program to train early childhood teachers who would staff Head Start classes. In 1966 and 1967, programs continued with Nicholas Kish as administrator and Ruth McGrath, director of the University at Buffalo nursery school, as program coordinator.
From the description of Richard T. Salzer Head Start Program collection, 1965-1968. (SUNY at Buffalo). WorldCat record id: 715440299
