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Welcome to Montana Head Start AssociationOur Mission: “The Montana Head Start Association brings together families, staff, directors and friends of all Head Start and Early Head Start programs in Montana, to provide leadership, education, information and advocacy on behalf of young children, pregnant women, and families throughout Montana.” What is Head Start?
Head Start is a
federally funded comprehensive child
development program that has served
low-income families since 1965. These
child-focused programs serve children 3 to 5
years of age, and their families with the
goal of increasing school readiness of
children from low-income families.
Head Start provides a range of
individualized services in the areas of
education and early childhood development;
medical, dental, and mental health;
nutrition; and parent involvement which are
responsive and appropriate to the
development, cultural and linguistic
heritage and abilities of each enrolled
child and family.
Montana has 20 Head Start programs serving preschool aged children. What is Early Head Start?
The
reauthorization of the Head Start Act in
1994 made it possible to establish Early
Head Start as The Goals of Early Head Start:
Head Start and Early Head Start Programs seek:To support parents in their role as primary caregivers and first, most important teachers of their children and to assist and guide them as they seek to meet personal goals and achieve self-sufficiency. To ensure the provision of high quality responsive services to families through the development of trained, and caring staff. To build relationships with families that support:
In some communities these two federally funded programs are combined under one grantee as a birth to age five program. In other communities funding has been awarded to different grantees that make every effort to coordinate services for the benefit of the child and family.
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