Head Start Program Overview

Skagit/Islands Head Start. EARLY HEAD START (EHS)For pregnant mothers, infants, and toddlers, Early Head Start offers a weekly home visiting program as well as a combination. PRESCHOOL HEAD START (PHS)Children who are 3 by the school cutoff date of August 3. Preschool Head Start. Those classrooms provide a.

Head Start is back in the news because of President Obama's new early childhood education initiative and concerns about how the program will be affected by sequestration. History of Head Start. Head Start is a national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through educational, health, nutritional. Portland Public Schools Head Start serves over 850 low-income three and four year old children and their families. The goal of Head Start is to.

The Head Start program originated as part of a comprehensive effort to combat poverty in America by providing children ages three to five years old with a.