Think about a conversation the four of us had recently regarding the benefits of Headstart. For working mothers the biggest hurtle to participating was finding transportation for the child to go from daycare to the program.

Instead of making the programs mandatory, we need to find a way to fund the programs to include transportation for these children who can't go to Headstart due to lack of transportation.

The only mandatory thing should be that the state provide the funding for transportation for those who need/want to participate and leave the rest of us out of it. This would also require the state to fund additional Headstart programs.