Head Start and Early Head Start
provide comprehensive, family-centered services for parents and children, with resources and referrals in the areas of health, nutrition and other social services.

 

Champlain Valley Head Start offers different types of services to meet the needs of families

 

  • Full-day / Full-year Classrooms (EHS & HS): Children attend a classroom in a local childcare center five full days each week, year-round.
  • Home-based Program (EHS & HS):  Children and families receive one home visit per week with a Home Visitor and take part in playgroup activities twice per month.  The Early Head Start program runs year round.  The Head Start program runs September through May.
  • Part-day / School-year Classrooms (Head Start only): Children attend a preschool classroom four or five times each week (mornings or afternoons) from September through June.
  • Part-day / combination Classrooms (Head Start only): Children attend a preschool classroom three times each week (mornings or afternoons) from September through June, and receive one home visit per month with a Head Start Teacher. 

Click Here for a Head Start / Early Head Start Application

Click Here for an Expectant Mother EHS Application

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