Sample A: Cover Page of Thesis, Project, or Dissertation Proposal

Program
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Rocky Mountain SER Pueblo Head Start Program Description
Created in 1980, Rocky Mountain Service, Employment, Redevelopment (SER)
aims to provide services to assist lower-functioning individuals and families facing
serious barriers to educational and employment opportunities throughout the state of
Colorado (Rocky Mountain SER, n.d.). The program includes two components: work
force development centers assisting disadvantaged populations to obtain employment;
and early childhood education, or Head Start program services to children and their
families in southern Colorado, including Pueblo, Huerfano, and Las Animas Counties
(and the cities of Pueblo, Walsenburg, and Trinidad).
Pueblo Sites
The current research project took place within the Rocky Mountain SER Head
Start Program serving children and families in Pueblo County, Colorado. Demographic
data for 2006 concluded that the city of Pueblo, Colorado, included approximately
100,000 residents with a median family income of $39,429. Residents were primarily of
Caucasian and Hispanic decent (U.S. Census Bureau, 2006). Federal poverty guidelines
for participation in Head Start with 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C., dictate
that a single-parent family earn at or below $10,210 annually, adding $3,480 per each
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