CDI IS THE NATIONAL INTERIM MANAGEMENT CONTRACTOR UNDER DHHS, ACF, OFFICE OF HEAD START. IN THE DIRECT OPERATION OF HEAD START PROGRAMS, CDI HAS SERVED 125,000 CHILDREN AND EMPLOYED OVER 35,000 LOCAL HEAD START STAFF AS THE NIM CONTRACTOR SINCE 2000. CDI HAS OPERATED 255 HEAD START/EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS IN 48 STATES, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND PUERTO RICO.