ci
no
perished en left alone in their
D de County home' er their
er' informal child care ar-
r emen fell through.
Ia 3: An incremen-
tal incre e in the ucc sful
He d Start Program. Although
He d Start h deonstr ted its
effectiven in preparing and
elping . dvantaged children
do better in chool, it no
reach only 18 percen of the
eligib e children. Our goal 0 r
five year . to e end Head Start
to t le t half the poor three to
five year-old children in
America.
It: Girding family
e . t inflation by raising
the minimum e. Although
incre number of homeless
and hungry families with
children re orking, they are
un be to tretch their stagnat­
ing d eroding incom to meet
ri in rent and utility co ts.
Preventing growing child
hun er and homele nes in
America will require a number
of e beginning ·th adj
iDg the minimum e in 1988
and ucceding ye to restore
i 1979 value. .
. The total proposed federal
investment for aU of these ur-
tly Deeded e in FY 1989
i $7.44 billion: le s than the
$12.4 billion annu revenue I
from the pedal tax break
provided th who inherit cor-
por te oc . untaxed capi-
tal gains. Current n tion policy
favors the althy d d over the
living young and poor. It . time
no to set our national priorities
straight.
Marian Wright Edelman is
President af the Children's
Defense Fund, a national voice
for chi/dt'en ..