HEAD START / EARLY HEAD START
Comprehensive early childhood development
FCM’s Head Start and Early Head Start programs promote school readiness — inclusive of health, mental health, nutrition, disability, and family and community partnerships. Head Start serves children three to five years of age and their families; Early Head Start serves infants, toddlers, pregnant women, and their families.
Through both programs, FCM provides learning environments that support children’s growth across central domains:
We also build relationships with families that support family well-being and positive parent-child relationships, families as learners and lifelong educators, engagement in transitions, connections to peers and community, and families as advocates and leaders.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF HEAD START
Established in 1965, Head Start promotes school readiness for children ages three to five in low-income families by providing educational, nutritional, health, and social services, and by actively engaging parents in their children’s learning. Early Head Start, launched in 1995, extends support to low-income infants, toddlers, pregnant women, and their families. Together, the programs have served tens of millions of children and families.