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On the recordOctober 6, 2015
The return on investment by reduced incarceration, reduced teen pregnancy, reduced remedial education, those reduced costs are a lot more than the cost of the Head Start program.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

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Scott discusses the financial benefits of investing in Head Start.

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