### Question
How does HEAD START PROGRAMS define State?


### Answer
Under *42 U.S.C. § 9832*, **State** is defined as:

> a State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 9832*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 105-COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS > SUBCHAPTER II-HEAD START PROGRAMS**

