Head Start Program
Head Start prepares America’s most vulnerable young children to succeed in school and life beyond school. To achieve this, Head Start programs deliver services to children and families in core areas of early learning, health, and family well-being while engaging parents as partners every step of the way.
Head Start encompasses Head Start preschool programs, which primarily serve 3- and 4-year-old children, and Early Head Start programs for infants and toddlers.
Early Head Start
Early Head Start (EHS) programs serve infants and toddlers under the age of 3. EHS programs provide in comprehensive child development and family support services to eligible infants, toddlers and their families. EHS programs are designed to nurture attachments between parent and child (and caregiver and child). Services encompass the full range of a family’s needs through a child’s third birthday.
Head Start
Head Start (HS) programs deliver services to children and families in core areas of early learning, health, and family well-being while engaging parents as partners every step of the way.
Head Start preschool programs, which primarily serve 3- and 4-year-old children, help young children from low-income families prepare to succeed in school, promoting children’s development through early learning, health, and family well-being.
