Head Start Volunteer In Kind HandbookHead Start was founded on the belief that successful programs demand meaningful citizen participation. To achieve such participation, the program was designed to require using volunteers to allow their services to be counted as in-kind contributions toward the non-federal share of the annual budget. At the beginning of each school year, Singing River Educational Association, INC is required by the Federal Government to generate 20% of its annual budget in in-kind at no cost to Head Start. Although Head Start is a free program, the 20% in-kind match must be received in volunteer time, volunteer service or donated goods to continue the program. What a volunteer does for the program is valuable; it helps the program