Information About the National Head Start Programs

The following information about Head Start Programs is taken from the U.S. Department of Health and Social Services.
Head Start is a national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families.
The Head Start program provides grants to local public and private non-profit and for-profit agencies to provide comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged children and families, with a special focus on helping preschoolers develop the early reading and math skills they need to be successful in school. In FY 1995, the Early Head Start program was established to serve children from birth to three years of age in recognition of the mounting evidence that the earliest years matter a great deal to children's growth and development.
Head Start programs promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families. They engage parents in their children's learning and help them in making progress toward their educational, literacy and employment goals.
I am proud to be a part of the 39th Anual Head Start Convention in Nashville Tennessee.  I will be speaking about Infant and Toddler Development and promoting the importance of proper stimulation  of our children in their crucial first few years of life.
Next week I will report to you about the convention.
SEE YOU IN NASHVILLE!!!!!!!!