Head Start children and their families may experience better health because of a partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that is educating Head Start families about the health risks children face from secondhand smoke and other environmental factors. Learn more about how secondhand smoke may be putting your family at risk, and what the EPA and HHS are doing to help low-income families whose children are enrolled in Head Start programs.

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