|
|
4
Wayne County Health and Family Services Head Start
MISSION
| Head Start is a national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to enrolled children and families. |
 |
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Head Start program provides grants to local public and private non-profit and for-profit agencies to provide comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged children and families, with a special focus on helping preschoolers develop the early reading and math skills they need to be successful in school.Head Start also helps parents to become more self-sufficient, officials say. They, with the governing board and administrative staff, set policy for their own Head Start programs. Parents can also earn a GED degree or child development associate certification by being involved with Head Start.
Funds are granted from the United States Department of Health and Human Services to Wayne County to provide services to 3723 children in Wayne County outside the City of Detroit. Five agencies in Wayne County have been given the responsibility for the actual operation of the Wayne County Head Start site with oversight by Wayne County Head Start, a division of Wayne County Health and Human Services.
PROGRAMS
- Head Start Program Management Program Services
The purpose of Administration and Program Management is to provide administrative and fiscal support, leadership, training, technical assistance, and regulatory oversight to five contracted community agencies and a human resources vendor so that 3,723 eligible children and families receive high quality services as mandated by the Head Start Performance Standards. - Family and Community Partnership Program Services
The purpose of the Family and Community Partnership Program is to provide information, training, skill development and referral services to enrolled families in Wayne County communities (excluding Detroit) so they can address their socio-economic needs and increase self-sufficiency. - Education and Early Childhood Development Program Services
The purpose of the Education and Early Childhood Development Program is to provide social, emotional, cognitive, physical and creative development experiences and referral services to enrolled children, including those with special needs, who live in Wayne County communities (excluding Detroit) so they can demonstrate the skills necessary to enter and succeed in school. - Child Health and Development Program Services
The purpose of the Child Health and Development Program is to provide health, nutrition, social/emotional assessment and referral services to eligible children and families in Wayne County communities (excluding Detroit) so they can obtain health services to support their development as they transition into the school system.
What Head Start Offers You and Your Child:
|
:: Click here for online registration ::
For enrollment information |
The Guidance Center
(serving Gibraltar, Trenton, Flat Rock, Grosse Ile, Brownstown, Huron, Woodhaven, Melvindale, Allen Park, Romulus, Taylor, Ecorse, Lincoln Park, River Rouge, Southgate, Wyandotte, Riverview, Sumpter, Belleville and Van Buren)
(734) 785-7702
Starfish Family Services
(serving Crestwood School District, Inkster, Livonia, Northville, parts of Clarenceville School District, Plymouth, and Canton)
1-888-887-9980
Wayne-Metro CAA
(serving Harper Woods, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Park, Hamtramck, and Highland Park)
(734) 246-2280
Wayne-Westland Community Schools
(serving the Wayne-Westland School District)
(734) 419-2635
YWCA of Western Wayne County
(serving Dearborn, Dearborn Heights #7 School District, Garden City, Redford, South Redford, and the Westwood School District)
(313) 561-4110
City of Detroit Headstart
Contact the City of Detroit Head Start (serving Detroit residents only)
5031 Grandy, Detroit, MI 48221
(313) 852-5621
Description Of WCHS Child Outcome Measures Web Site
What is Head Start?
To find out more about the program, contact us toll free at:
1-866-534-KIDS (5437)
- Get A Job...
- Apply For...
- Get Documents For...
- Sign Up For...
- Pay For...
- Report...
- Get Training...
- Learn About...
