This report examines three federal programs (Head Start, WIC--special supplemental food program for Women, Infants, and Children, and immunization) designed to prepare children for a healthy start in life and school and shows, county-by-county, how well Minnesota children are served. It notes that during 1992-93, only 31 percent of eligible Minnesota children were enrolled in the Head Start preschool program, only 67 percent of eligible women and children participated in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and that only 63 percent of Minnesota kindergartners had been fully immunized by age 2. The report advocates increased funding for Head Start and WIC, and increased emphasis on childhood immunization and immunization outreach in other community, state, and federal programs. The report also examines differing rates of enrollment and participation at the county level, and provides suggestions for parents and community members to help increase Head Start, WIC, and immunization awareness and funding. (MDM)