in 2015, ccr analytics, formerly child care analytics, published the results of their family outcomes survey completed by nearly 11,600 california head start and early head start parents. 90% of parents surveyed said that head start helped them to get or keep a job. 92% of parents surveyed said that head start helped them to enroll in an educational or training program. 99% of families surveyed said that head start helped them to improve their parenting skills, such as responding to children's misbehavior and helping their children to learn. these results indicate that head start has a positive impact on the whole family, beyond the individual children who attend the program.