Early Head Start focuses on healthy cognitive, physical, social and emotional development of infants and toddlers.  We also promote healthy outcomes for pregnant women and support positive family relations.  Father/male participation is encouraged.

Early Head Start strives to have the greatest impact on participating children by offering supportive services as early in life as possible.  The prenatal period of growth and development has a lasting impact on the child's potential for healthy growth and development after birth.  Early Head Start programs provide services to pregnant women and their families through the child's first three years of life.

Some of our expected outcomes include:

• to promote safe, healthy and developmentally enriched care given to infants and toddlers through an array of both home and group experiences
• to support family members as primary caregivers and educators of their children as they strive toward self-sufficiency
• to encourage parent involvement in all aspects of planning, implementing, and evaluating the EHS program
• to encourage Early Head Start families to participate in and advocate for comprehensive high quality services that support children and families within their communities

Eligibility:

Participants must meet the federal low-income guidelines, be pregnant and have an infant 0-12 months of age, or have an infant 0-18 months with a disability.