Bob Bissen
@bbissen.bsky.social
Husband & Dad.
⚽️ fan — Washington Spirit, Liverpool & DC United
Senior Director of Government Affairs — National Head Start Association.
⚽️ fan — Washington Spirit, Liverpool & DC United
Senior Director of Government Affairs — National Head Start Association.
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The PROMISE award recognizes US Rep. Jill Tokuda for her commitment to early childhood education and her leadership in championing the needs of Head Start children and families across the nation.
Tokuda honored with national Head Start PROMISE Award for leadership
The PROMISE award recognizes US Rep. Jill Tokuda for her commitment to early childhood education and her leadership in championing the needs of Head Start children and families across the nation.
mauinow.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The PROMISE award recognizes US Rep. Jill Tokuda for her commitment to early childhood education and her leadership in championing the needs of Head Start children and families across the nation.
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Did you know?
✅ 86% of rural counties have #HeadStart (HS) centers.
✅ In some states, HS makes up 1/3 of #childcarecenters.
🚫 W/out HS, 48 counties spread across 9 of the 10 states included in the analysis would have 0 child care options.
Learn more: cep.asu.edu/resource...
✅ 86% of rural counties have #HeadStart (HS) centers.
✅ In some states, HS makes up 1/3 of #childcarecenters.
🚫 W/out HS, 48 counties spread across 9 of the 10 states included in the analysis would have 0 child care options.
Learn more: cep.asu.edu/resource...
June 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Did you know?
✅ 86% of rural counties have #HeadStart (HS) centers.
✅ In some states, HS makes up 1/3 of #childcarecenters.
🚫 W/out HS, 48 counties spread across 9 of the 10 states included in the analysis would have 0 child care options.
Learn more: cep.asu.edu/resource...
✅ 86% of rural counties have #HeadStart (HS) centers.
✅ In some states, HS makes up 1/3 of #childcarecenters.
🚫 W/out HS, 48 counties spread across 9 of the 10 states included in the analysis would have 0 child care options.
Learn more: cep.asu.edu/resource...
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In 2023 alone, #HeadStart connected over 500,000 parents w/ vital services — from housing & mental health support to job training & parenting education.
📊Research shows the impact lasts generations.
Learn more in our latest report: cep.asu.edu/resource...
📊Research shows the impact lasts generations.
Learn more in our latest report: cep.asu.edu/resource...
July 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In 2023 alone, #HeadStart connected over 500,000 parents w/ vital services — from housing & mental health support to job training & parenting education.
📊Research shows the impact lasts generations.
Learn more in our latest report: cep.asu.edu/resource...
📊Research shows the impact lasts generations.
Learn more in our latest report: cep.asu.edu/resource...
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Fighting for this funding is about giving every child – no matter their background – a fair start and the best chance to succeed. I’ll keep working to make sure Head Start gets the investment it deserves.”
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June 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Fighting for this funding is about giving every child – no matter their background – a fair start and the best chance to succeed. I’ll keep working to make sure Head Start gets the investment it deserves.”
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Opinion: Cuts to Head Start will be felt at kitchen tables, in classrooms and even in corner offices.
Head Start is a lifeline for American families, children. We must keep investing. | Opinion
Cuts to Head Start will be felt at kitchen tables, in classrooms and even in corner offices.
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June 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Opinion: Cuts to Head Start will be felt at kitchen tables, in classrooms and even in corner offices.
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“Head Start programs are anchors for our families. This 60-year-old program gives our children a fair shot at development and the ability to thrive.”
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
Head Start programs are anchors for our families. This 60-year-old program gives our children a fair shot at development and the ability to thrive.
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June 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“Head Start programs are anchors for our families. This 60-year-old program gives our children a fair shot at development and the ability to thrive.”
Thanks for visiting #HeadStart @cisneros.house.gov. The children, families, and communities who benefit from this life changing program appreciate your support. #StandForHeadStart
For decades, Head Start has set up our kids for success through high-quality early childhood education. I visited Jeff Seymour Family Center in El Monte to see their Head Start program in action!
I will never stop fighting to protect the future of our children’s education.
I will never stop fighting to protect the future of our children’s education.
May 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Thanks for visiting #HeadStart @cisneros.house.gov. The children, families, and communities who benefit from this life changing program appreciate your support. #StandForHeadStart
Thank you for your support of #HeadStart @repangiecraig.bsky.social! Your leadership benefits children, families, and communities in MN-02 and beyond. #StandForHeadStart
Head Start sets our kids up for success, and it’s next on Republicans’ chopping block.
Today I joined MN Head Start administrators, parents and students to push back against this Administration’s attack on early education. I won’t stop fighting for our kids.
Today I joined MN Head Start administrators, parents and students to push back against this Administration’s attack on early education. I won’t stop fighting for our kids.
May 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Thank you for your support of #HeadStart @repangiecraig.bsky.social! Your leadership benefits children, families, and communities in MN-02 and beyond. #StandForHeadStart
Thank you for taking time to visit #HeadStart @baldwin.senate.gov. Your support benefits children, families, and communities in Wisconsin and beyond. #StandForHeadStart
Head Start works. It is a vital lifeline for affordable child care and early childhood education that we should be working to expand, not defund. It was great to be in Racine today to hear about what Head Start means to these Wisconsin families.
May 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Thank you for taking time to visit #HeadStart @baldwin.senate.gov. Your support benefits children, families, and communities in Wisconsin and beyond. #StandForHeadStart
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Jordan Farr’s teammates love his U.S. Open Cup heroics. And his beef jerky ad.
My fun piece on D.C. United’s third-choice, shootout-winning, short-shorts wearing goalkeeper:
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My fun piece on D.C. United’s third-choice, shootout-winning, short-shorts wearing goalkeeper:
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Jordan Farr’s teammates love his U.S. Open Cup heroics. And his beef jerky ad.
Farr’s performance against Charlotte FC clinched a place in the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals for D.C. United.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Jordan Farr’s teammates love his U.S. Open Cup heroics. And his beef jerky ad.
My fun piece on D.C. United’s third-choice, shootout-winning, short-shorts wearing goalkeeper:
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
My fun piece on D.C. United’s third-choice, shootout-winning, short-shorts wearing goalkeeper:
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
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“This collaboration will highlight the vital role of early childhood learning and expand arts access for the nearly 800,000 children and families served by Head Start programs nationwide.”
Made me smile 😊
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Made me smile 😊
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Natalie Merchant Partners with the National Head Start Association to Champion Early Childhood Education and Arts Access
Natalie Merchant and the National Head Start Association partner to support early learning and Head Start.
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May 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
“This collaboration will highlight the vital role of early childhood learning and expand arts access for the nearly 800,000 children and families served by Head Start programs nationwide.”
Made me smile 😊
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Made me smile 😊
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Head Start is vital for kids & families served by 60 centers in my district – & for more than 26,000 children served across Pennsylvania!
I was proud to advocate for #HeadStart funding at a DC news conference with @repdean.bsky.social, @childrenfirstpa.bsky.social and...
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I was proud to advocate for #HeadStart funding at a DC news conference with @repdean.bsky.social, @childrenfirstpa.bsky.social and...
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May 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Head Start is vital for kids & families served by 60 centers in my district – & for more than 26,000 children served across Pennsylvania!
I was proud to advocate for #HeadStart funding at a DC news conference with @repdean.bsky.social, @childrenfirstpa.bsky.social and...
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I was proud to advocate for #HeadStart funding at a DC news conference with @repdean.bsky.social, @childrenfirstpa.bsky.social and...
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We should be expanding access to early childhood education and childcare — not slashing it.
I joined @repdwightevans.bsky.social in calling out the cruel cuts to Head Start. We must do better for America’s kids and our shared future.
I joined @repdwightevans.bsky.social in calling out the cruel cuts to Head Start. We must do better for America’s kids and our shared future.
May 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We should be expanding access to early childhood education and childcare — not slashing it.
I joined @repdwightevans.bsky.social in calling out the cruel cuts to Head Start. We must do better for America’s kids and our shared future.
I joined @repdwightevans.bsky.social in calling out the cruel cuts to Head Start. We must do better for America’s kids and our shared future.
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1/ Happy 60th birthday, Head Start! For six decades, Head Start has provided crucial early learning, support, and resources to our youngest learners and their families in our communities.
May 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
1/ Happy 60th birthday, Head Start! For six decades, Head Start has provided crucial early learning, support, and resources to our youngest learners and their families in our communities.
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Today we celebrate 60 years of Head Start!
Head Start has prepared over 40 million children for lifelong success through early childhood education.
We cannot allow Republicans to end this program.
Head Start has prepared over 40 million children for lifelong success through early childhood education.
We cannot allow Republicans to end this program.
May 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Today we celebrate 60 years of Head Start!
Head Start has prepared over 40 million children for lifelong success through early childhood education.
We cannot allow Republicans to end this program.
Head Start has prepared over 40 million children for lifelong success through early childhood education.
We cannot allow Republicans to end this program.
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Today marks the 60th anniversary of Head Start.
Trump has said recently he will not make cuts to Head Start, and I’m fighting to make sure he sticks to that promise.
Cutting Head Start is not efficiency - it’s breaking the bones of our nation and stopping futures.
Trump has said recently he will not make cuts to Head Start, and I’m fighting to make sure he sticks to that promise.
Cutting Head Start is not efficiency - it’s breaking the bones of our nation and stopping futures.
May 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Today marks the 60th anniversary of Head Start.
Trump has said recently he will not make cuts to Head Start, and I’m fighting to make sure he sticks to that promise.
Cutting Head Start is not efficiency - it’s breaking the bones of our nation and stopping futures.
Trump has said recently he will not make cuts to Head Start, and I’m fighting to make sure he sticks to that promise.
Cutting Head Start is not efficiency - it’s breaking the bones of our nation and stopping futures.
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May 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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On this day 60 years ago, Head Start was created to give every child—no matter their background—a fair shot at success. Today, it provides early education, health care, and family support for 833,000 children across the country.
May 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
On this day 60 years ago, Head Start was created to give every child—no matter their background—a fair shot at success. Today, it provides early education, health care, and family support for 833,000 children across the country.
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Happy 60th birthday to Head Start, which has helped put generations of Americans on the path to success from an early age.
We must keep fighting to protect Head Start and stop the Trump Administration from doing away with this critical program.
We must keep fighting to protect Head Start and stop the Trump Administration from doing away with this critical program.
May 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Happy 60th birthday to Head Start, which has helped put generations of Americans on the path to success from an early age.
We must keep fighting to protect Head Start and stop the Trump Administration from doing away with this critical program.
We must keep fighting to protect Head Start and stop the Trump Administration from doing away with this critical program.
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Sixty years ago, Head Start was created to unlock early education and child care for millions of children and families.
Thank you, Austin ISD and Child Inc. TX, for serving thousands in Travis County each year. I’ll continue fighting to help our youngest learners reach their full potential.
Thank you, Austin ISD and Child Inc. TX, for serving thousands in Travis County each year. I’ll continue fighting to help our youngest learners reach their full potential.
May 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Sixty years ago, Head Start was created to unlock early education and child care for millions of children and families.
Thank you, Austin ISD and Child Inc. TX, for serving thousands in Travis County each year. I’ll continue fighting to help our youngest learners reach their full potential.
Thank you, Austin ISD and Child Inc. TX, for serving thousands in Travis County each year. I’ll continue fighting to help our youngest learners reach their full potential.
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Today marks the anniversary of the founding of Head Start—a program that has helped millions of children thrive for 60 years.
Despite Trump's threats to the program, I’m fighting to protect it from devastating cuts because every child deserves a shot at a brighter future.
Despite Trump's threats to the program, I’m fighting to protect it from devastating cuts because every child deserves a shot at a brighter future.
May 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Today marks the anniversary of the founding of Head Start—a program that has helped millions of children thrive for 60 years.
Despite Trump's threats to the program, I’m fighting to protect it from devastating cuts because every child deserves a shot at a brighter future.
Despite Trump's threats to the program, I’m fighting to protect it from devastating cuts because every child deserves a shot at a brighter future.
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Every year, Head Start serves thousands of MN kids, setting them up for long-term success.
Today marks the 60th Anniversary of Head Start—and as this Admin remains hell-bent on cutting Head Start programs across the country, I’ll keep fighting to ensure no child in MN gets left behind.
Today marks the 60th Anniversary of Head Start—and as this Admin remains hell-bent on cutting Head Start programs across the country, I’ll keep fighting to ensure no child in MN gets left behind.
May 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Every year, Head Start serves thousands of MN kids, setting them up for long-term success.
Today marks the 60th Anniversary of Head Start—and as this Admin remains hell-bent on cutting Head Start programs across the country, I’ll keep fighting to ensure no child in MN gets left behind.
Today marks the 60th Anniversary of Head Start—and as this Admin remains hell-bent on cutting Head Start programs across the country, I’ll keep fighting to ensure no child in MN gets left behind.
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For 60 years, Head Start has supported millions of families—caring for young children while their parents go to work.
Shame on Trump for inflicting needless chaos and uncertainty on this lifeline.
I'll always defend Head Start and the families it serves.
Shame on Trump for inflicting needless chaos and uncertainty on this lifeline.
I'll always defend Head Start and the families it serves.
May 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
For 60 years, Head Start has supported millions of families—caring for young children while their parents go to work.
Shame on Trump for inflicting needless chaos and uncertainty on this lifeline.
I'll always defend Head Start and the families it serves.
Shame on Trump for inflicting needless chaos and uncertainty on this lifeline.
I'll always defend Head Start and the families it serves.
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Happy anniversary, Head Start!
It was built on a simple but powerful idea: that every child deserves a strong start in life and currently supports more than 4,000 kids enrolled in programs across in New Mexico.
We must continue investing in our kids—in our future. ❤️
It was built on a simple but powerful idea: that every child deserves a strong start in life and currently supports more than 4,000 kids enrolled in programs across in New Mexico.
We must continue investing in our kids—in our future. ❤️
May 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Happy anniversary, Head Start!
It was built on a simple but powerful idea: that every child deserves a strong start in life and currently supports more than 4,000 kids enrolled in programs across in New Mexico.
We must continue investing in our kids—in our future. ❤️
It was built on a simple but powerful idea: that every child deserves a strong start in life and currently supports more than 4,000 kids enrolled in programs across in New Mexico.
We must continue investing in our kids—in our future. ❤️
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60 years ago today, President Johnson created Head Start to give low-income children access to the tools they need to succeed!
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I was a low-income student who attended Head Start. I'm now an educator with a master's degree and owe all my success to the federal program.
Head Start, a federally funded program for low-income students, is shuttering some regional offices. The program was important to my development.
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May 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
60 years ago today, President Johnson created Head Start to give low-income children access to the tools they need to succeed!
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