> HISTORY

Begun in 1965 as a part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty," the Head Start program was sponsored by the Dallas Independent School District in 1967 as a summer program. When DISD chose not to reapply for the grant, the Dallas County Community Action Committee, Inc. (DCCAC) became the new benefactor and administered the program for the next 20 years.

In 1988, the Head Start program separated from DCCAC and went under the interim sponsorship of Community Council of Greater Dallas for six months. The program then became incorporated as an independent nonprofit organization known as Dallas County Family Services, Inc.

In February of 1992, the Board of Directors decided to change the agency's name to Head Start of Greater Dallas, Inc. to better reflect the agency's single purpose of providing Head Start services to the local community.