Head Start

The Head Start program provides comprehensive developmental services for low-income preschool children between the ages of three and five and support services for their families. Head Start provides diverse services consistent with goals for: education, health, parent involvement and social services. Programs administered by the Office of Head Start also provide services for children of American Indian and migrant worker families, and include Early Head Start programs, which expand the benefits of Head Start to pregnant women and children from birth to age three.